Hi, it's David Remnick with just a quick note before we start.

If you've been listening to the podcast, you've probably noticed that over the past few weeks,

we've been trying something new.

We're delivering two episodes to you every week, each about a half hour, give or take.

It's the same exact contents of the radio hour that we broadcast,

but we've rearranged it for the best

podcast listening experience. So we hope you like it, and here's the show.

I basically just think it would be interesting to look at the emergence of a criminal

economy. And also, I'm always amazed that there aren't more profiles of her out there.

This really subversive, strange thing in rap, especially,

and see what their lives are like on both sides of the border.

From One World Trade Center in Manhattan, this is The New Yorker Radio Hour,

a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker.

Welcome to The New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick.

It started way back in third grade. I used to sit beside me new haze. Pretty much every great I used to sit beside me new haze

Pretty much every great singer

reaches a point where he or she can start taking it easy

show up to play the occasional concert,

play the hits for the old fans,

and everybody goes home happy.

George Strait is certainly at that point in his career,

but there's a wrinkle.

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