David Remnick

Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

David Remnick appears in the following:

A Visit with Harry Belafonte, and an Isolated Tribe Emerges

Friday, September 01, 2017

Harry Belafonte, now ninety, discusses his lifelong activism. And an isolated tribe emerges from a forest in the Amazon.

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A Visit with Harry Belafonte, and an Isolated Tribe Emerges

Friday, September 01, 2017

In this episode, Harry Belafonte discusses his lifelong activism; an isolated tribe emerges from a forest; and we try out a voice-recognition gadget that doesn’t know when to shut up.  

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Nick Lowe Gets Better with Age

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Aging and mortality are on the singer-songwriter’s mind, and he wants to make great rock and roll out of them.    

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John Ridley on Charlottesville and the Legacy of Racism

Friday, August 25, 2017

The writer of “12 Years a Slave” says that, despite the spectacle of white supremacy on the rise, America can change for the better. And Mark Lilla on the cost of identity politics.

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John Ridley on Charlottesville, and Nick Lowe Gets Old

Friday, August 25, 2017

Writer and director John Ridley confronts the legacy of racism without giving up hope; singer-songwriter Nick Lowe confronts aging and mortality without giving up humor.  

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Why Men Should Read Romance Novels

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

The New Yorker’s Josh Rothman explains why men are missing out on romance novels, and Sherman Alexie reads a new story about a motel maid confronting the ugly sides of human nature.

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Russian Spies Never Go Out of Style

Friday, August 18, 2017

A former C.I.A. operative writes about the struggle between East and West, and Annie Dillard describes the awesome, frightening experience of a total eclipse.  

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Steamy Summer Reads: Spies, Sex, and a Total Eclipse

Friday, August 18, 2017

Russian spies in fiction and reality, why men should read romance novels, Annie Dillard describes a total eclipse, and a new story by Sherman Alexie.

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Foraging for a Salad in Central Park

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Patricia Marx goes foraging in Central Park, and Kathryn Schulz recommends a country music album, a poet, and a movie about magicians.  

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Building a War-Crimes Case Against Bashar al-Assad

Friday, August 11, 2017

Ben Taub shares his reporting on a group that’s building a war-crimes case against Bashar al-Assad, and a war-crimes expert explains how to run a fair tribunal.  

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Syrian War Crimes, Country Music, and a Central Park Salad

Friday, August 11, 2017

On this week’s show, David Remnick talks with a war-crimes expert about how to run a fair tribunal, and Patricia Marx goes foraging in Central Park.

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Senator Al Franken Really Is Senatorial

Tuesday, August 08, 2017

Senator Franken and David Remnick discuss the health-care vote, the Russia investigation, and how his sense of humor has been a liability    

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Al Franken Unbound, and the Scaramucci Call

Friday, August 04, 2017

The phone call that ended Anthony Scaramucci’s term as White House communications director; and Senator Al Franken, unbound.    

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The Scaramucci Call

Thursday, August 03, 2017

David Remnick and Ryan Lizza listen back to the phone call from Anthony Scaramucci that ended his brief term as White House communications director.    

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The Scaramucci Call

Thursday, August 03, 2017

David Remnick and Ryan Lizza listen back to the phone call from Anthony Scaramucci that ended his brief term as White House communications director.

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An Irish Novelist’s Début Explores Friendship and Adultery in the Digital Age

Tuesday, August 01, 2017

An Irish writer explores friendship and adultery in the digital age in her début novel. 

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George Strait, on the Record with Kelefa Sanneh

Friday, July 28, 2017

 Country superstar George Strait’s search for the next hit, and Lawrence Wright’s exploration of how Texas is our future. 

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George Strait on the Record, and Lawrence Wright on Texas

Friday, July 28, 2017

Country superstar George Strait’s search for the next hit; Lawrence Wright discusses how Texas is America’s future; and Sally Rooney considers adultery in the age of social media. 

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A Rookie Reporter in Vietnam Captures the War’s Futility

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

In 1967, a rookie reporter’s eyewitness account of the futility of the Vietnam War shocked readers.    

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Maggie Haberman: Gang War in the White House

Friday, July 21, 2017

Maggie Haberman and Donald Trump go way back.  

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