In the New Yorker fiction podcast for June, 2026, Joan’s story “Evolution,” first published in 2022, is discussed by fiction writer Sarah Shun-lien Bynum and fiction editor Deborah Triesman. Sarah reads the whole story and then they discuss it. You can skip around to whatever you want to hear.“Safety,” by Joan Silber | The New Yorker | December 8, 2025Joan SIlber Reads “Safety” | The New YorkerJoan SIlber on Friendship in a Fractured World | The New Yorker View fullsize