David Remnick

Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

David Remnick appears in the following:

Ayanna Pressley and Abigail Spanberger on the Rift in the Democratic Party

Friday, December 11, 2020

Two prominent representatives on a debate roiling the Democrats: did a leftward turn cause losses in the November election?  

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Steve McQueen Comes Home

Tuesday, December 08, 2020

The director’s new project reflects his upbringing in West Indian London. Plus, the difficulty of divorce in an insular religious community.

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Atul Gawande on Taming the Coronavirus

Friday, December 04, 2020

The staff writer on some of the challenges to vaccination.

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Atul Gawande on Taming the Coronavirus

Friday, December 04, 2020

The staff writer on some of the challenges to vaccination. Plus, the film critic Richard Brody talks with the director Steve McQueen about his new film series, “Small Axe.”

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Live at Home Part II: Phoebe Bridgers

Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Phoebe Bridgers performs and talks with Amanda Petrusich, and the novelist Donald Antrim extols music as a balm for isolation and fear.

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Live at Home Part I: John Legend

Friday, November 27, 2020

The musician, who released a new album over the summer, describes how the coronavirus pandemic changed his creative process.

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Music Will Not Be Quarantined

Friday, November 27, 2020

John Legend and Phoebe Bridgers perform live from their houses for a special episode of the New Yorker Radio Hour.

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A Novel About a Secret Family, and Adam Gopnik on Being Old

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Sanaë Lemoine’s début novel wrestles with her own familial history, and Adam Gopnik explores what the world feels like for the elderly.

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The Fight to Turn Georgia Blue

Friday, November 20, 2020

For a generation, Georgia has been a Republican stronghold. What changed?

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A Novel About Secret Families, and the Fight to Turn Georgia Blue

Friday, November 20, 2020

An author’s début novel, about a politician's secret daughter, draws on her own complex past. Plus, the organizers working toward a Democratic Georgia.

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Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld, and Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Two remarkable duos from this year’s New Yorker Festival: the comedians talk about the art of the joke, and the musicians discuss Beethoven’s cello sonatas.

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Jane Mayer on the G.O.P.’s Post-Trump Game

Friday, November 13, 2020

David Remnick talks with the writer about the chaotic post-election period, and why some Republicans decline to recognize Joe Biden as President-elect.

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Two Comedians Walk into a Zoom Meeting

Friday, November 13, 2020

Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld talk about their combined century practicing comedy. Plus, Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax play Beethoven, and Jane Mayer analyzes the G.O.P.’s post-Trump game.

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Jill Lepore on Democracy in Peril, Then and Now

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

A historian looks to the nineteen-thirties—the last time democracy in America seemed so fraught—for insights into our moment.  

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A Chaotic Election Ends—Maybe?

Friday, November 06, 2020

David Remnick talks with Susan Glasser, Evan Osnos, Jeannie Suk Gersen, and Amy Davidson Sorkin about the challenges to a peaceful transition of power.

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A Chaotic Election Ends—Maybe?

Friday, November 06, 2020

David Remnick talks with Susan Glasser, Evan Osnos, Jeannie Suk Gersen, and Amy Davidson Sorkin about the challenges to a peaceful transition of power.

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Trump in Review

Friday, October 30, 2020

Donald Trump’s time in office has shaken American politics to its core. We’ll examine some of the ways that Trump’s impact will be felt long after he’s gone.

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Driving Through the Pandemic

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

A New York City bus operator recalls the terrifying early days of the pandemic, and reflects on the current state of danger and frayed nerves.

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The Future of Trumpism

Friday, October 23, 2020

Donald Trump ran as a populist insurgent; he has governed largely according to Republican priorities. If he loses, what will become of his movement? Plus, Carrie Battan on K-pop.

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Driving Through the Pandemic, and the Future of Trumpism

Friday, October 23, 2020

A New York bus operator on working under the threat of the virus, and Nicholas Lemann on the Republican Party after Trump.

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