David Remnick appears in the following:
Michael R. Jackson’s “A Strange Loop,” and an Internet Horror Story
Friday, April 15, 2022
The playwright, whose musical won the Pulitzer Prize, speaks with Hilton Als. And the director Jane Schoenbrun discusses “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” and coming of age online.
Jennifer Egan on the Literary Pleasures of the Concept Album
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The writer—whose new book, “The Candy House,” is one of the year’s most anticipated novels—delves into the musical influences on her writing.
Anita Hill and Jane Mayer on Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the State of the Supreme Court
Monday, April 11, 2022
What to make of confirmation hearings marked by grandstanding and racial attacks; and how controversy around Clarence and Ginni Thomas is further eroding the Court’s reputation.
Anita Hill and Jane Mayer on Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the State of the Supreme Court
Friday, April 08, 2022
What to make of confirmation hearings marked by grandstanding and racial attacks; and how controversy around Clarence and Ginni Thomas is further eroding the Court’s reputation.
The Card Problem, Plus Anita Hill on Ketanji Brown Jackson
Friday, April 08, 2022
Hill joins the staff writer Jane Mayer to reflect on confirmation hearings marked by grandstanding and racial attacks. Plus, a childhood scheme with grown-up consequences.
The Missing Boater
Tuesday, April 05, 2022
A note discovered in Dick Conant’s overturned canoe read, “I’m not good @ everything. I’m good @ long-distance canoe.” Ben McGrath on the story of a man and his boat.
Investigating January 6th
Friday, April 01, 2022
New Yorker writers on what accountability means for a former President. Plus, Sheldon Pearce on three artists who aren’t getting their due at the Grammy Awards.
Investigating January 6th
Friday, April 01, 2022
New Yorker writers on what accountability means for a former President. Plus, Sheldon Pearce on three artists who aren’t getting their due at the Grammy Awards.
Connor Ratliff Talks with Sarah Larson, Plus Chef Bryant Terry
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
For a podcast about being fired from a movie set by Tom Hanks, landing Hanks as an interview guest is redemption. Plus, Helen Rosner talks with the author of “Black Food.”
Jill Lepore on Parents’ Rights and the Culture War
Friday, March 25, 2022
The historian and staff writer looks at a century-old battle in schools between parents and the state.
Connor Ratliff’s “Dead Eyes,” and Jill Lepore on the Culture War
Friday, March 25, 2022
The actor turned a crushing defeat in the movie business into a hit podcast. And the historian looks at the long battle between parents and the state.
Returning to the Office . . . While Black
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
The Radio Hour producer KalaLea talks frankly with some Black workers about returning to the fraught dynamics of the office after two years away.
Radio Ukraine
Friday, March 18, 2022
Kraina FM calls itself Ukraine’s “radio station of national resistance.” Nicolas Niarchos describes how its staff is broadcasting through the chaos of war. Plus, the 2022 Brody Awards.
Radio Ukraine
Friday, March 18, 2022
A visit to Kraina FM, Ukraine’s “radio station of national resistance.” Plus, how some Black workers feel about returning to the office.
Jane Campion on “The Power of the Dog”
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
One of cinema’s true auteurs, the director discusses her new film, which is set in the West but not quite a Western. Plus, a staff writer on the extraordinary music of Caetano Veloso.
Stephen Kotkin: Don’t Blame the West for Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Friday, March 11, 2022
Some have argued that NATO expansion in the post-Soviet era has forced Putin’s hand. Kotkin, a historian of the U.S.S.R., disagrees. Russia, he says, is just being Russia.
Putin’s Descent Into Despotism, and Jane Campion on “The Power of the Dog”
Friday, March 11, 2022
The historian Stephen Kotkin puts Vladimir Putin’s destructive campaign against Ukraine in context, and Campion talks about her Western that isn’t really a Western.
Pauline Kael on “The Godfather”
Tuesday, March 08, 2022
Fifty years ago, Francis Ford Coppola’s film revived the gangster picture for a darker and more cynical age. The New Yorker’s legendary film critic recognized its importance at once.
Masha Gessen and Joshua Yaffa on the Escalation of Violence in Ukraine
Friday, March 04, 2022
New Yorker correspondents on the state of the invasion in Moscow and Kyiv. And a former adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky explains the President’s success in shaping the narrative.
Ukraine Under Siege
Friday, March 04, 2022
Joshua Yaffa, who is reporting from Kyiv on the invasion, and Masha Gessen, who has reported from Moscow on the response among Russians, talk about the escalation of violence.
