Dorothy Wickenden

Ben Wallace-Wells joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the new wave of progressives in Texas, Georgia, and Florida.

Susan B. Glasser joins David Rohde to discuss the courtroom spectacle of the Manafort Trial, how Mueller is building his case, and what's at stake for the President. 

Margaret Talbot joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the surge in women running for office in 2018, and how the sexual scandals surrounding Trump could affect the elections in November. 

A. G. Sulzberger, the new publisher of the New York Times, talks with David Remnick about changes he is initiating at the venerable institution, and the future of print newspapers.

Evan Osnos joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the new American isolationism, and how China is exploiting it.

John Cassidy joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how the GOP tax plan would damage the economy, and guarantee a system that is rigged to benefit the wealthiest Americans.

Ryan Lizza joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how presidents contain political scandals and whether Trump is succeeding with the cascading Russia revelations.

New Yorker writers join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the upheavals in American politics since The Political Scene débuted, a decade ago.

Successful Republican efforts at gerrymandering have left the Democratic Party fighting for its life; the Supreme Court might change that.

Jane Mayer joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the political rise of Mike Pence, and why he has stayed loyal to Trump through his tumultuous first ten months in office. 

Legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick on the unresolved clash between the First Amendment and the Second.    

The President and the history of anti-immigration movements in the U.S.

David Rohde joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss his years as a reporter in Afghanistan and his seven months as a hostage of the Taliban.

Maggie Haberman covered Donald Trump years ago for the New York tabloids. Now she has a front-row seat in the White House.      

Ryan Lizza joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how Democrats can exploit Trump’s vulnerabilities.

Ezekiel Emanuel advised the Obama Administration on the A.C.A. Now he’s meeting with a new White House, to try to keep health as the focus of a new health-care bill.  

John Cassidy talks with Dorothy Wickenden about how the Russia scandal is closing in on the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. and his son-in-law Jared Kushner

Staff writer Evan Osnos gets the straight talk from a lawyer who defended Bill Clinton.  

Journalists from the Washington Post, MSNBC, and other outlets discuss the challenges that the press faces in covering this President.

Ryan Lizza joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss his conversation with the former acting attorney general, Sally Yates.