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The New Yorker Radio Hour

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick, presents interviews, profiles, and humor, in a co-production with WNYC Studios.

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Can Ukraine—and America—Survive Donald Trump?

The historian Stephen Kotkin analyzes what a President who governs in the style of professional wrestling gets wrong—and right—about an unstable world.

How Bob Menendez Came By His Gold Bars

The former senator faces prison time for accepting bribes in cash and gold, and for related crimes. Then he made a thinly veiled plea to the President whom he had once voted to impeach.

Tim Walz Might Run for President in 2028 if You Ask Him Nicely

Kamala Harris’s running mate describes losing in 2024, opposing Donald Trump now, and his future.

Alan Cumming on “The Traitors” and His Brush with Reality Television

The actor talks with Emily Nussbaum about his role on “The Traitors,” why he had always been “judgy” toward reality shows, and the perils of fame.

John Fetterman on Trump’s “Raw Sewage,” and What the Democrats Get Wrong

The Pennsylvania senator says the Administration is dumping “three feet of raw sewage” on America, “and we have a Dixie cup” to bail it out. But Democrats have to work with Trump.

Richard Brody Presents the 2025 Brody Awards

Oscar who? The film critic, a true believer in the art of cinema, picks the winners of the most coveted award of all: the Brodys.

We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country”

Anthony Romero, the A.C.L.U.’s executive director, talks about what he thinks could happen if the Trump Administration defies the authority of the courts.

Celebrating 100 Years: Jia Tolentino and Roz Chast Pick Favorites from the Archive

The staff writer and the cartoonist share their picks from the archive—an essay by Joan Didion, and a caveman cartoon by George Booth—to celebrate The New Yorker’s centennial.

Trump’s Boogeyman: D.E.I.

The staff writer Jelani Cobb talks about the Trump Administration’s attempts to root out policies of diversity, equity, and inclusion—which it describes as discriminatory.

“No Other Land”: The Collective Behind the Oscar-Nominated Documentary

Two of the filmmakers, Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham, discuss the challenges and the threat of violence they faced making a film about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.

Bill Gates and the New Trumpian Tech Oligarchs

The Microsoft founder discusses vaccine skepticism, his fellow-billionaires’ political pivots, and his dinner with the President at Mar-a-Lago.

The New Yorker Celebrates a Hundred Years as a Poetry and Fiction Tastemaker

The editors Deborah Treisman and Kevin Young discuss literary anthologies published for the magazine’s centennial.

How “Saturday Night Live” Reinvented Television, Fifty Years Ago

The New Yorker editor Susan Morrison on Lorne Michaels, the producer who still runs “S.N.L.” with an iron hand. Plus, Tina Fey reads The New Yorker’s review of the show from Season 1.

Returning to a Home Consumed by the Wildfires

The longtime staff writer Dana Goodyear talks about the inferno that devastated her house and thousands of other buildings in the Los Angeles area.

The Unfinished Business the Biden Administration Is Handing Back to Donald Trump

The staff writer Evan Osnos offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on President Biden’s handling of world crises—from Gaza and Ukraine to China’s designs on Taiwan.

Antony Blinken’s Exit Interview

President Biden’s long-serving Secretary of State on the crisis in Gaza, and his reason for optimism about lasting peace in the region.

Representative Ro Khanna on Elon Musk and the Tech Oligarchy

Representing Silicon Valley in Congress, Khanna knows tech moguls—and knows how dangerous they are. “Some of them,” he tells David Remnick, “think they’re Nietzsche’s Superman.”

One Environmental Journalist Thinks That the U.S. Needs More Mining

Mining for rare-earth metals has severe environmental consequences. Speaking with Elizabeth Kolbert, the journalist Vince Beiser says that the U.S. needs more of it.

Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

Munro kept quiet about the sexual abuse of her daughter by her partner—but wrote about the family trauma in fiction.

Sara Bareilles Talks with Rachel Syme

The songwriter and performer on her journey from pop music to theatre, with a live performance of “Gravity.”