David Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker since 1998 and a staff writer since 1992...
He has written many pieces for the magazine, including reporting from Russia, the Middle East, and Europe, and Profiles of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Katharine Graham, Mike Tyson, Ralph Ellison, Philip Roth, and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Remnick began his reporting career as a staff writer at the Washington Post in 1982, where he covered stories for the Metro, Sports, and Style sections. In 1988, he started a four-year tenure as a Washington Post Moscow correspondent, an experience that formed the basis of his 1993 book on the former Soviet Union, “Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire.” In 1994, “Lenin’s Tomb” received both the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and a George Polk Award for excellence in journalism.
Since Remnick became editor, The New Yorker has garnered a hundred and forty-nine nominations for National Magazine Awards and has won thirty-seven. In 2001 and again in 2005, the magazine won an unprecedented five National Magazine Awards; in 2014, the magazine won four awards. In addition, in 2000 Remnick was named Advertising Age’s Editor of the Year.
Remnick has written six books: “Lenin’s Tomb,” “Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia,” “King of the World” (a biography of Muhammad Ali), “The Bridge” (a biography of Barack Obama), and “The Devil Problem” and “Reporting,” which are collections of some of his pieces from the magazine. Remnick has edited many anthologies of New Yorker pieces, including “Life Stories,” “Wonderful Town,” “The New Gilded Age,” “Fierce Pajamas,” “Secret Ingredients,” and “Disquiet, Please!”
Remnick has contributed to The New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, Esquire, andThe New Republic. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and has taught at Princeton, where he received his B.A., in 1981, and at Columbia. He lives in New York with his wife, Esther Fein; they have three children, Alex, Noah, and Natasha.
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Friday, May 30, 2025
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The “60 Minutes” correspondent on “dark times” for journalism at CBS and and beyond. Plus, Eno on his book “What Art Does,” his two new albums, and why we should take feelings seriously.
Friday, May 09, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The Michigan senator on why her state elected Donald Trump and her at the same time. Plus, The writer and National Book Award-winner on his book “James.”
Friday, May 02, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The nutrition researcher Marion Nestle on the health impact of America’s diet and the politics behind it. Plus, our music critic discusses the pioneering electronic band.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, offers his assessment of the first 100 days of President Trump's second term.
Friday, April 25, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The senator explains why he resists calls for Democrats to act alone in standing up to Donald Trump. Plus, Michael Luo on Chinese Americans’ century-long struggle to belong.
Friday, April 18, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jill Lepore says that Musk misreads cautionary tales as instruction manuals. Plus: the grassroots anti-Musk movement known as Tesla Takedown; and the comedian revives the roast.
Friday, April 11, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
Ruth Marcus discusses whether the Supreme Court will yield to the President’s extraordinary assertions of power. And the director talks with Jelani Cobb about his new vampire film.
Friday, March 28, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The Trump Administration aims to prevent fair elections in 2026, Murphy says; “it won’t matter if we’re more popular than them.” And the noted religion scholar talks with David Remnick.
Friday, March 14, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
Gawande, until recently a senior leader at U.S.A.I.D., explains the agency’s importance, and what its undoing by DOGE will bring. Plus, the federal workers behind We the Builders.
Friday, March 07, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The Russia scholar Stephen Kotkin looks at America’s turning point in supporting Ukraine. Plus, how the former senator got the gold bars that sent him to prison.
Friday, February 28, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The Minnesota governor, who was Kamala Harris’s running mate, on what went wrong for the Democrats in 2024, and what they should do now that Donald Trump is back in the White House.
Friday, February 21, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The Pennsylvania senator says the Administration is dumping “three feet of raw sewage” on America, “and we have a Dixie cup to bail out.” Plus, Richard Brody on the year in film.
Friday, February 07, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
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.
Friday, January 31, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The Microsoft co-founder discusses his new memoir, A.I., vaccine skepticism, and his dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Plus, two anthologies for The New Yorker’s centennial.
Friday, January 31, 2025
David Remnick on The New Yorker at 100.
Friday, January 24, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
Susan Morrison on “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,” with a reading from SNL alumna Tina Fey. And the staff writer Dana Goodyear on losing her home in the LA wildfires.
Friday, January 17, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
President Biden’s long-serving Secretary of State discusses the challenges of the last four years, and his reason for optimism that lasting peace in the Middle East remains possible.
Friday, January 10, 2025
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The California representative discusses the potential impact of Silicon Valley’s influence on policy. Plus, how an environmentalist makes the case for more mining in the U.S.
Friday, December 27, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The food guru on learning to love dinnertime; plus, Pick Three: Erotic Thrillers, and Moore on Almodóvar’s new film and why she hates when people call actors “brave.”
Friday, December 13, 2024
The historian discusses events that have weakened supposed allies of the Palestinians, and the idea of settler colonialism that has taken hold on the left. Critic Adam Kirsch responds.