Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of the MAGA “big tent,” talks with David Remnick about how the President lost control of his movement, and why that spells disaster for Republicans.
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The Reporter Nicholas Lemann on California’s Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax
A measure to tax the ultra-wealthy in California is a bellwether progressive issue. Why are so many Democrats skeptical?
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Canada’s Plans for Donald Trump
Canadians think America “is toxic and broken and can never be trusted again,” Chrystia Freeland, the former Deputy Prime Minister, tells David Remnick, and they’re seeking allies abroad.
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An American Journalist Imprisoned as a Spy in Russia
Evan Gershkovich, a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal who was convicted on false charges of espionage, talks about his time in a Russian prison.
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Jeremy Strong on Playing Mark Zuckerberg and Other Unpopular Characters
The actor talks with David Remnick about portraying the Facebook founder under pressure in “The Social Reckoning,” and why Strong felt betrayed by The New Yorker’s 2021 Profile of him.
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Min Jin Lee on “American Hagwon,” Her First Novel After the Phenomenon of “Pachinko”
The author talks with David Remnick about leaving corporate law to become a novelist, and making Korean culture and experiences legible to readers around the globe.
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Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics
The entertainment agent and executive talks with David Remnick about his dealings with the President, Elon Musk, and Mohammed bin Salman, and operating within “shades of gray.”
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Grandmaster Flash on “Birth of a Culture”
The d.j. explains how he worked out some of the turntable innovations that led to hip-hop as we know it, and why the Furious Five’s biggest hit was the beginning of the end.
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Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”
The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem.
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From In the Dark: The Journey
Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry.
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The New Yorker Radio Hour
The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine’s editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn’t a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation.
