David Remnick appears in the following:
Rhiannon Giddens, Americana’s Queen, Goes Global
Friday, May 03, 2019
A founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the singer and banjo player talks with David Remnick and performs songs from her new album.
A New Approach to Dementia Care
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
As the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease in this country rises, a memory-care center tries a new approach to treatment.
Julián Castro Is Not Afraid
Friday, April 26, 2019
The Presidential candidate doesn’t shy away from immigration, and an eccentric performance artist makes the leap to Broadway.
Julián Castro on Trump’s Signature Issue, and a Radical New Approach to Dementia Care
Friday, April 26, 2019
The Presidential candidate doesn’t shy away from immigration. And the New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar reports on a radical shift in treatment for dementia patients.
The Green New Deal, and an Unusual Night at the Orchestra
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
The Green New Deal is the most ambitious plan for tackling climate change ever considered by Congress. But what would it take to actually pass it?
The N.R.A.’s Financial Mess
Friday, April 19, 2019
New documents shed light on the gun group’s financially destructive business relationships.
Trouble at the N.R.A., and the Green New Deal on the Rise
Friday, April 19, 2019
An insider describes how financial problems came to threaten the gun organization’s survival; and a reality check on the most ambitious climate proposal ever brought to Congress.
The actor Christine Baranski on “The Good Fight,” and Kurt Vile on Songwriting
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Christine Baranski on her second career as a TV star, and a live performance from Kurt Vile.
Partners in Division
Monday, April 15, 2019
Just as Netanyahu showed Trump the possibilities of right-wing populism, Trump has shown Netanyahu the possibilities of outrageous invective, voter suppression, and disdain for the law.
Masha Gessen and Keith Gessen Debate Russian and American Politics
Friday, April 12, 2019
Two leading observers of the geopolitical relationship are also siblings who have a complicated history with the two countries.
Live: Christine Baranski, the Gessen Siblings, and Kurt Vile
Friday, April 12, 2019
Masha and Keith Gessen discuss their complicated history with Russia, Baranski reflects on her second career as a TV star, and Vile gives a live performance.
The Neurology of Bias, and a Visit with Thundercat
Tuesday, April 09, 2019
A social psychologist measures bias and shows how it works. And Thundercat—a producer of Kendrick Lamar’s album “To Pimp a Butterfly”—gets personal.
The Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg on Coming Out: “I Realized I Couldn’t Go On Like That Forever”
Friday, April 05, 2019
The Democratic hopeful explains a career that has included Navy service, two terms as a small-city mayor, a Navy officer, and coming out as gay.
Mayor Pete Aims for the History Books
Friday, April 05, 2019
Indiana mayor, former Navy officer, and would-be first gay President Pete Buttigieg makes an impression on the campaign trail. Plus: a visit with the bassist and producer Thundercat.
How OxyContin Was Sold to the Masses
Tuesday, April 02, 2019
A pharmaceutical sales rep explains how the maker of OxyContin helped to create an epidemic. Plus, beloved cartoonists Roz Chast and Liana Finck talk shop.
Has the Mueller Report Changed Anything?
Friday, March 29, 2019
After a lengthy and thorough investigation, the special counsel’s report is finally in. Why is Washington still in chaos? Masha Gessen and Susan Glasser weigh in.
Has the Mueller Report Changed Anything?
Friday, March 29, 2019
Susan Glasser and Masha Gessen tease out the implications of the Mueller Report. Plus, an insider on how Purdue Pharma flooded America with OxyContin, and helped launch an epidemic.
U.K. Edges Closer to the Cliff of a No-Deal Brexit
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Our reporter in Manchester on the rapidly approaching cliff of a no-deal Brexit; and Roomful of Teeth defines classical music.
It's Mueller Time
Monday, March 25, 2019
The special counsel’s report is in, and other investigations are accelerating. And yet it is impossible to imagine the President changing his behavior, much less giving up his office.
Emilia Clarke on a Near-Death Experience Scarier than “Game of Thrones”
Friday, March 22, 2019
On the set of “Game of Thrones,” Emilia Clarke walked in to a funeral pyre and didn’t know when to stop. Then came the frightening part.