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The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick, presents interviews, profiles, and humor, in a co-production with WNYC Studios.
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Donald Trump’s New Brand of Imperialism
The historian Daniel Immerwahr says that Trump’s embrace of imperialist adventuring is not just about business interests—it’s an appeal to masculinity which “seems to sell.”
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Does Every Marriage Need a Prenup?
The staff writer Jennifer Wilson explores why prenuptial agreements have boomed in popularity among millennial and Gen Z couples.
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Demi Moore Talks with Jia Tolentino
The star discusses some of her demanding roles from decades of filmmaking.
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Graham Platner Is Staying in the Race
The veteran and Senate candidate from Maine talks about the affordability crisis, his campaign’s controversies, and why he isn’t ashamed about his past offensive comments.
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Calvin Tomkins’s Century
The writer, who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1958, has chronicled turning a hundred in the same year as the magazine’s centennial.
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Leon Panetta on the Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Boat Strikes
The former C.I.A. director and Secretary of Defense explains the problem with using the military for law enforcement.
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Poetry as a Cistern for Love and Loss
The poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi talks with Kevin Young, The New Yorker’s poetry editor, about their newest collection, “The New Economy,” and poetry’s role in addressing grief.
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Adam Schiff on How the Trump Administration Targets Its Opponents
The senator, currently being investigated by the Justice Department, notes that the President can’t stop thinking about him: “I live rent-free in that guy’s head.”
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Chloé Zhao on “Hamnet,” Her Film About the Grief of William Shakespeare
The director talks with Michael Schulman about her new film, about the death of Shakespeare’s only son.
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Ian McEwan on Imagining the World After Disaster
The novelist talks about his new book, set a century in the future, and why writers should try to describe the wider world—not just themselves.
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Noah Baumbach on “Jay Kelly,” His New Movie with George Clooney
The director talks with the New Yorker editor Susan Morrison about his new film, in which a famous actor wonders whether he’s made the right choices.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen on the Epstein Files, and the Leadership Crisis in Washington
The Maryland Democrat talks about Chuck Schumer’s leadership of a fractured party, and whether Van Hollen himself harbors Presidential ambitions.
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Why Is Leaving MAGA So Difficult?
Rich Logis was a MAGA warrior before he hung up his red hat, and founded the organization Leaving MAGA to help others do the same. He speaks with the New Yorker Radio Hour producer Adam Howard.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin on What 1929 Teaches Us About 2025
The financial journalist discusses his new book about the Wall Street crash of 1929, and the mounting concerns about an A.I. bubble.
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Rewriting Art History at the Studio Museum in Harlem
The curator Thelma Golden takes David Remnick on a tour of the unique institution, which is reopening to the public after a seven-year building project.
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J. B. Pritzker Sounds the Alarm
The governor of Illinois discusses what ICE is doing in Chicago, how the Trump Administration has created a “secret police,” and what to do when the federal government is breaking the law.
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Patti Smith on Her Memoir “Bread of Angels,” Fifty Years After Her Début Album
In the musician’s most revealing account, she discusses her retreat from public life, the early loss of her husband, and the challenge of learning and writing about her biological father.
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Will Paramount Cancel Jon Stewart?
The comedian talks about the suppression of political speech under Donald Trump, why social media doesn’t mix well with democracy, and the future of “The Daily Show.”
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Zadie Smith on Politics, Turning Fifty, and Mind Control
The author’s new essay collection, “Dead and Alive,” addresses debates on representation in literature, feminism, and how our phones have radicalized us.
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It’s Not Just You: The Internet Is Actually Getting Worse
In the new book “Enshittification,” Cory Doctorow argues that the deterioration of the online user experience is a deliberate business strategy; he chats with the tech columnist Kyle Chayka.