Xan Parker

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

Follow the 50-year career of preeminent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams. See how his landmark cases—from the Pentagon Papers to Citizens United to Clearview AI—helped define free speech as it is known today. Join Dan Abrams, Ari Melber, Nina Totenberg and more as they explore how Abrams' career has shaped major changes in law, public discourse and civic action since the 1960s.

After the Bite

Following a series of great white shark attacks that dominated the headlines, one Cape Cod community renegotiates its relationship with the marine environment. Local residents, fishermen, and environmentalists are forced to confront dramatic changes to their way of life. How far can we push nature before it bites back?

The Big Payback

Funded by a tax on cannabis, Evanston, IL, earmarked $10 million to compensate descendants of enslaved Africans for 400 years of unpaid labor. Alderwoman Simmons leads her constituents through this historic campaign for reparations for the Black c...

Rebuilding Paradise

​On November 8, 2018, a spark flew in the Sierra Nevada foothills, igniting the most destructive wildfire in California history and decimating the town of Paradise. Unfolding during the year after the fire, this is the story of the Paradise community as they begin to rebuild their lives.

The End: Inside The Last Days of the Obama White House

An inside view of Barack Obama's last days as the first African-American President, and the legacy he leaves behind.

Wild Blue Yonder

A portrait of the late documentarian David Maysles by his daughter, Celia.

Untitled The New Yorker Centennial Documentary

Follow the editors, writers and creatives behind the scenes of The New Yorker, one of the last print magazines of our time, offering unprecedented access to its inner workings, its contributors, and its archives.