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The New Yorker Radio Hour
WNYC Studios and The New Yorker · Culture
Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.
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Defending the Midterms from Donald Trump
The reporter Barton Gellman discusses threats to the upcoming elections.
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Democrats Might Take Back the House. Then What?
Representative Jamie Raskin on the unprecedented depths of corruption in the current Administration, potential impeachments, and how the Democratic Party can gain credibility.
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Despite Reports, Reading Is Alive and Well
In “The New Age of Reading,” the staff writer Nathan Heller says that news of the demise of reading is greatly exaggerated. He lays out his case to David Remnick.
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Gina Hinojosa Aims to Make Texas Blue Again
Powered by disappointment among Trump voters and outrage over data centers, a Texas Democrat is running neck and neck with the Republican incumbent in the governor’s race.
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Molly Fischer on Waymo, the Driverless Taxi Coming to a City Near You
Removing human drivers isn’t only a cost-cutting strategy; Waymo riders prefer the solitude, the New Yorker staff writer Molly Fischer tells David Remnick.
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Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump?
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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John Wilson and “The History of Concrete”
The documentary filmmaker and the New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz meet up at Wilson’s independent movie theatre to discuss his newest endeavor.
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Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee
In his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” the former N.F.L. star recounts the backlash he faced from the league.
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Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Americans in a Time of Peril
The writer, who recently released a new novel, speaks with The New Yorker’s Doreen St. Félix about the meaning of home in an era when Haitian Americans are targeted for mass deportation.
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Sarah Longwell, a Former Republican, on “How to Eat an Elephant”
Working with focus groups, Longwell keeps a bead on what voters are really thinking, and how to combat Trumpism. She presents the playbook to the New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos.
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Gloria Steinem in Conversation with David Remnick, from 2015
The writer and activist, who died this week, discussed her memoir, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a question for activists: Which comes first, changing hearts or changing laws?
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Ian Frazier and Samy Burch on “Coyote vs. Acme”
Frazier, the author of the New Yorker humor essay that inspired the new, buzzy film, talks with Burch, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter who reimagined it as a satire of legal thrillers.
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Kai Bird on Roy Cohn, a Founding Father of Donald Trump’s America
The biographer’s new book “American Scoundrel” details Cohn’s infamous tactics during the McCarthy purges; a sex-trafficking allegation; and his profound influence on Trump.
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Jessica Tarlov, a Lonely Liberal on Fox News’ “The Five”
Tarlov occupies the hot seat on a Fox News panel of diehard conservatives, arguing for liberal values and rousing the ire of the President, who has encouraged Fox to fire her.
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Jon Lovett Answers Your Questions
The “Pod Save America” host answers listeners’ questions about the 2026 midterm elections and what they tell us about the 2028 Presidential race.
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Erin Brockovich Takes on Data Centers
The environmental activist has launched a project to document community concerns about the boom in data-center construction across the U.S.
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Bernie Sanders Takes on Data Centers
The Vermont senator co-sponsored a bill that calls for a moratorium on building data centers. He discusses the environmental and economic concerns, and what the government can do.
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Sam Smith on Their New Album, “Hazel Eyes”
The Grammy-winning singer talks about their new album, which marks a departure for them: these love songs are very much requited.
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How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains
Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.”
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The Democratic Socialist Running for Mayor of Los Angeles
The city-council member Nithya Raman was an ally of Karen Bass, but Raman launched a challenge against her to bring more “urgency” to fighting the city’s housing crisis.
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Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed Is “Not a Burn-It-Down Kind” of Candidate
The midterms are becoming a referendum not just on Trump but on the Democratic Party. Will the Senate candidate be a savior of the Party—or a spoiler?
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