David Remnick

Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

David Remnick appears in the following:

Robyn Talks with David Remnick

Friday, December 07, 2018

The Swedish pop star talks about the long and difficult gestation of her latest album, “Honey.” Plus, critic Amanda Petrusich picks three favorites for 2018.

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Robyn Talks with David Remnick, and Claire McCaskill Gives an Exit Interview

Friday, December 07, 2018

The Swedish pop star Robyn describes the journey to her new album. And our Washington correspondent talks with McCaskill as she prepares to leave the Senate.

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Helen Rosner Ferments at Home, Plus Dexter Filkins on Saudi Arabia

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Our food correspondent conducts experiments with bacteria. And we trace the rise to power of Mohammed bin Salman.

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Voter Suppression in the Twenty-First Century

Friday, November 30, 2018

A professor explains how “white rage” shaped, and continues to shape, our democracy. Plus, an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon, whose encounter with outside society may prove fatal.

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The Culture of Fermentation, and the Problem of Voting

Friday, November 30, 2018

A food correspondent tinkers with an ancient culinary tradition, and a scholar analyzes the resurgence of voter suppression as a form of white rage.

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Bridget Everett Talks with Michael Schulman

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Auditions give Bridget Everett the shits, but she’s made a career for herself as an actor and a cabaret performer who delights in putting it all out there.  

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The City of Dreams

Monday, November 26, 2018

This week, we’ve opened the archive and republished stories, essays, poems, drawings, and cartoons that evoke New York in deeply personal ways.

Jim Carrey Doesn’t Exist (According to Jim Carrey)

Friday, November 23, 2018

The actor and comedian talks about the spiritual roots of his approach to life, and about confronting death while starring in “Kidding.”

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The Soulful Sides of Jim Carrey and Bridget Everett

Friday, November 23, 2018

From the New Yorker Festival, interviews with two great comic performers—former goofballs who found surprising darkness and depth in their characters.

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The Star Witnesses Against El Chapo

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Twin brothers from Chicago who became major drug traffickers led authorities to the drug kingpin known as El Chapo. Now they have to testify against him.

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The Countdown to Brexit, Plus Adam Gopnik’s Turkey Zen

Friday, November 16, 2018

Theresa May unveils a plan to withdraw Britain from the E.U. And Adam Gopnik unveils “the marshmallow principle” of cooking Thanksgiving dinner.  

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The Countdown to Brexit, and the Witnesses Against El Chapo

Friday, November 16, 2018

Theresa May unveils a plan to withdraw Britain from the E.U. and it doesn’t go well. Plus, the twin brothers turned drug traffickers who are testifying against the cartel boss El Chapo.

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After the 2008 Financial Crisis, the Economy Was Fracked Up

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

The Obama Administration’s stimulus bill was supposed to fuel a green energy sector. Instead, Eliza Griswold explains, it led to a boom in the highly controversial industry of fracking.

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The Financial Crash and the Climate Crisis

Friday, November 09, 2018

Teasing out the connections between the financial crash of 2008 and the ever-worsening climate crisis.

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The Financial Crash and the Climate Crisis

Friday, November 09, 2018

Teasing out the connections between the financial crash of 2008 and the ever-worsening climate crisis.

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Derek Smalls—Harry Shearer’s Character in “Spinal Tap”—Returns with His Solo Début

Tuesday, November 06, 2018

The bassist of the fictional band has struck out on his own, and he talks with Andy Borowitz about his new album.  

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From Mexico, the Reality of the Migrant Caravan

Friday, November 02, 2018

Our reporter spent a week with the migrant caravan in Mexico, and describes the reality on the ground. And progressive women in rural Texas organize in secret.  

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The Rhetoric and the Reality of the Migrant Caravan, and the Return of Derek Smalls

Friday, November 02, 2018

Our reporter spent a week with the migrant caravan in Mexico, and describes the reality on the ground. And the bassist of Spinal Tap returns with a solo début.

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Janelle Monáe, from the Future to the Present

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

The pop star has been writing music since elementary school, but her career didn’t take off until she was fired from a job at Office Depot.

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The Stakes

Monday, October 29, 2018

Explosive devices were sent to prominent critics of the President at a moment of national division—one generated by the President himself.