David Remnick

Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

David Remnick appears in the following:

Scott Pruitt, the “Originalist” at the E.P.A.

Friday, March 23, 2018

Scott Pruitt made his name as a tormentor of the Environmental Protection Agency, repeatedly suing the agency. Then Trump appointed him to run it.

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The American Bombs Falling on Yemen

Friday, March 23, 2018

At a funeral in Sana’a, a Saudi plane dropping American bombs took the life of a man who might have made peace. Plus; a look at Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. nemesis who runs Trump’s E.P.A.

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A Homemade Museum in a Refugee Camp

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

A refugee from Yemen’s civil war walks for miles each day in the desert, picking up objects of all sorts and assembling them into a homemade museum.

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Armando Iannucci on “The Death of Stalin”

Friday, March 16, 2018

Armando Iannucci mines the comedy of terror under dictatorship in his new film, about the murderous officials who have to deal with life after Stalin.

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The Death of Stalin, and Tracy K. Smith in the Woods

Friday, March 16, 2018

Armando Iannucci mines the comedy of terror under dictatorship in his new film, and Tracy K. Smith talks about leaving the city to find peace in the woods.

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Illiberal Arts

Monday, March 12, 2018

In "Illiberal Arts," David Remnick writes about Donald Trump and the stress test of liberal democracy.

In Secret, a North Korean Writer Protests the Regime

Friday, March 09, 2018

Bandi is the pen name of a North Korean writer who creates propaganda by day and writes protest fiction in secret.

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Christopher Steele and the Russian Dossier, and a North Korean Poet

Friday, March 09, 2018

Jane Mayer on the former spy Christopher Steele, who compiled the notorious dossier on Trump’s ties to Russia. And a dissident poet opens a window on North Korea.

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Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Dossier

Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Jane Mayer explains how the former spy Christopher Steele compiled his infamous “Russia dossier,” a secret report on Trump’s ties to Russia.

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Alone and on Foot in Antarctica

Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Henry Worsley set off across Antarctica, on foot and alone. As the journey began to destroy him, his wife faced a painful choice whether to continue supporting his dream.

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Jennifer Lawrence on “Red Sparrow” and Times Up

Friday, March 02, 2018

Jennifer Lawrence on a role combining two big issues: Russian espionage and sexual coercion at work. And a reporter explains how the N.R.A. came to rule Florida.

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Jennifer Lawrence on “Red Sparrow” and Real Housewives, and Henry Worsley’s Antarctic Expedition

Friday, March 02, 2018

Jennifer Lawrence on her challenging new roles in movies and in the Time’s Up movement, and a British explorer attempts to cross Antarctica on foot.

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The West Wing Is 'a Zoo' According to David Remnick

Thursday, March 01, 2018

Editor of The New Yorker, David Remnick, discusses the latest in politics news including the resignation of Communications Director Hope Hicks and more.

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The New Yorker presents “The Brodies”

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Richard Brody offers his take on Best Picture of 2017, and the writer Chang-rae Lee goes shopping

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Masha Gessen on Trump and Russia, and a Former Border Agent on the U.S.-Mexico Border

Friday, February 23, 2018

Masha Gessen reports on Russian-American politics. And a former border patrol agent looks back at his time on the job

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An Alternative Oscars Ceremony, and Masha Gessen on Putin's Russia and Trump's America

Friday, February 23, 2018

The New Yorker hosts an alternative Oscars ceremony, and Masha Gessen discusses Russian and American politics.

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Director Ava DuVernay on “Selma” and “A Wrinkle in Time”

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Director Ava DuVernay talks with Jelani Cobb about civil rights, women in Hollywood, and interplanetary travel.

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A Reckoning at Facebook

Friday, February 16, 2018

An inside report on how the effect of Russian meddling in the 2016 election is forcing change at Facebook.

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Ava DuVernay, and a Reckoning at Facebook

Friday, February 16, 2018

Director Ava DuVernay on the distance between “Selma” and “A Wrinkle in Time.” And a report on how Facebook is reckoning with the fallout from Russian tampering during the election.

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Ian Frazier Among the Drone Racers

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

The New Yorker’s Ian Frazier, holding on for dear life, looks at the birth of a new sport: high-speed drone racing.

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