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WNYC Studios and The New YorkerArts, News, Books, Politics
WNYC Studios and The New YorkerArts, News, Books, Politics
WNYC Studios and The New YorkerArts, News, Books, Politics

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Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.

  • The U.F.C. President, Dana White, on Donald Trump: “He’s Not a Racist”
    White discusses his relationship with the President, the upcoming match on the White House South Lawn, and why he thinks he’s above politics.
  • America at 250: A View from the Streets
    We asked Americans what they’re thinking and feeling about the nation’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary.
  • The History Wars and America at 250, with the Historian Jill Lepore
    Three prominent historians discuss a national milestone arriving in the midst of a politically charged conflict over how Americans see the past. It’s a “goat rodeo,” Lepore says.
  • Growing Up with a Mother in Prison
    Harriet Clark’s new novel “The Hill” parallels her own childhood years spent visiting the prison where her mother was incarcerated. She talks with Rachel Aviv.
  • Barack Obama in the Trump Era
    The reporter Peter Slevin asks the former President the question on many Democrats’ minds: Where is he, and why isn’t he doing more in a time of crisis?
  • The N.B.A. Legend Steve Kerr
    The Golden State Warriors’ coach on playing with Michael Jordan in his prime, what he’s learned about leadership, and how outspoken is too outspoken in the league.
  • How a Trump-Endorsed Republican Could Become California’s Next Governor
    Steve Hilton is leading in the polls in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by twenty per cent. Could he win in blue California?
  • “Fat Swim” and Literature’s Fatphobia Problem
    The novelist Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses her short-story collection “Fat Swim,” and the fatphobia she finds in contemporary fiction, with the critic Jennifer Wilson.
  • Why Senator Rand Paul Voted to Limit Donald Trump’s War Powers
    The libertarian-leaning Republican discusses his effort to restrain the President’s actions in Iran, and how he would campaign against other G.O.P. Presidential candidates in 2028.
  • Patrick Radden Keefe on “London Falling,” His Book About a Teen-Ager’s Mysterious Life and Death
    The New Yorker staff writer, who has chronicled political violence under the Irish Republican Army and the opioid epidemic, traces how a teen came to impersonate an oligarch’s son.
  • A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel
    The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.
  • Anna Wintour as Vogue Icon
    Vogue is almost synonymous with its longtime editor, Anna Wintour. She talks with David Remnick about choosing a successor, and wearing Prada to the première of “The Devil Wears Prada.”
  • Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI
    Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on the rise of the C.E.O. of OpenAI, and how allegations of deceptive behavior continue to dog one of the most powerful figures in tech.
  • Pick Three: Spring Sports News
    The New Yorker staff writer Louisa Thomas on the season’s biggest basketball stories.
  • How Donald Trump’s War on Iran Helps Vladimir Putin’s War on Ukraine
    Olga Rudenko, the editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent, explains how Russia is supporting Iran with drone technology, and how the worldwide shock to oil prices is helping Russia.
  • A Former Federal Prosecutor on Why He Quit Donald Trump’s Department of Justice
    Troy Edwards tells Ruth Marcus why he left his senior position in the government, and what his father-in-law, James Comey, had to do with it.
  • John Lithgow on the Controversial Authors Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling
    The actor, who stars in the new Broadway production “Giant,” about Dahl’s fraught legacy, discusses whether we can separate the art from the artist.
  • Julio Torres Makes Everything Funny—Including Color Theory
    Julio Torres got his big break as a writer on “Saturday Night Live,” and went on to make the cult favorites “Los Espookys” and “Fantasmas” for HBO. He also wrote and directed the film “Problemista,” about a toy designer facing deportation. There’s a particular kind of surrealism to Torres’s humor; “I just don’t think his mind works quite like anyone else’s,” the staff writer Michael Schulman says, comparing Torres to “a guest lecturer at an art school . . . laying out his very particular way of seeing the world.” They met in New York to discuss the unique, synesthetic ideas about color which Torres describes in a new HBO special, “Color Theories,” and to check out a few hues at a nearby dollar store.   Thanks to Home in Heven and Third Avenue Dollar and More.     Further reading: “The Otherworldly Comedy of Julio Torres,” by Michael Shulman   New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. Join host David Remnick as he discusses the latest in politics, news, and current events in conversation with political leaders, newsmakers, innovators, New Yorker staff writers, authors, actors, and musicians. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
  • Is Cuba Trump’s Next Target?
    The staff writer Jon Lee Anderson on what regime change in Cuba could look like, and the Pulitzer Prize-winner Ada Ferrer on the vexed history between the U.S. and the island.
  • Chloé Zhao on “Hamnet,” Which Is Nominated for Eight Academy Awards
    Zhao, a previous Oscar winner, for Best Director, discusses her acclaimed film with Michael Schulman.