David Remnick

The deeply purple swing state is key to this election. The Democratic governor, a runner-up for Harris’s Vice-Presidential pick, explains how she can win.

The three-time Tony winner opens a new comedy onstage and makes her début in the Marvel universe. And the Democrats’ top lawyer on preparing for threats in the election. 

The novelist talks about living across the color line, in a country obsessed with policing that line. Plus, Ian Frazier’s tour of what he calls “Paradise Bronx.”

New Yorker reporters on key issues shaping the Republican campaign: maximizing support from Latino voters, and tension over the next steps in ending abortion in America. 

She played a leading role in major legislation of the Biden Administration, then Pelosi helped clear the path for new Democratic leadership. Plus, Clare Malone on RFK and the bear.

The writer Nathan Thrall and the lawyer Raja Shehadeh on the occupation of the West Bank, and whether there can be any prospect for peace.

Jennifer Palmieri explains how the race that Harris faces differs from those of other women who’ve run for President. Plus, Louisa Thomas on the start of the Olympics.

CNN’s data guru Harry Enten says that, unless the race shifts significantly, Donald Trump will win. And Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s novel about an undocumented college student.

The former presidential candidate on why the President needs to step out of the race. Plus, staff writers Jane Mayer, David Grann, and Patrick Radden Keefe on writing a great villain.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells shares insights from his profile of the Pennsylvania senator. Plus, a crack team of staff writers answers listeners’ questions about the presidential election. 

The Academy Award-winning actor and director thinks of Westerns as America’s Shakespeare. Plus, Emily Nussbaum on the reality of reality TV.

Rory Stewart, a former Member of Parliament, explains the fallout of Brexit and the soul-crushing nature of life in politics. Plus, Paul Scheer on the very best of bad movies. 

Though rooted in the jazz tradition, the singer's interests and repertoire reach across eras, languages, and continents.

Lawsuits and the labor movement come to reality TV, by way of the Netflix hit. Plus, Ilana Glazer’s buddy movie tackles the realities of pregnancy, motherhood and friendship.

David Remnick asks R.F.K., Jr., where his run for President and his beliefs are coming from. Plus, Miranda July’s new novel explores marriage, desire, and perimenopause.

Is TikTok the killer app of social media—or a Trojan horse sent by the enemy? Two views on the recent ban. Plus, salmon in the dishwasher, and more highlights of culinary TikTok.

Not since the Vietnam War has a protest movement reached college campuses with such fury. We look at the reverberations at one school, Harvard University.

At seventy, the comedian débuts as a movie director with “Unfrosted,” about the invention of the Pop-Tart. And, Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger on how to convince an election denier.

It’s not another moral panic, the social psychologist says: the evidence clearly implicates social-media apps for a decline in mental health. Plus, Judi Dench on a life in Shakespeare.

Rare across-the-aisle coöperation in Austin aims to protect some people who need abortions and the doctors who provide them. Plus, a band rehearsal with songwriter and actor Maya Hawke.