David Remnick appears in the following:
Nathan Lane, Getting Serious, Plays Roy Cohn
Friday, January 26, 2018
Nathan Lane made his name as a comic actor, but he’s playing the villain, Roy Cohn, in a new production of “Angels in America.”
Nathan Lane as Roy Cohn, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (as Herself)
Friday, January 26, 2018
Nathan Lane is a great comic, but he’s playing the villain, Roy Cohn, in “Angels in America.” And Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about becoming American and discovering blackness.
The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
In the nineteen-twenties, a rebooted Ku Klux Klan brought white supremacy right to the heart of American government. What lessons can we learn?
David Attenborough’s Planet (We Just Live on It)
Friday, January 19, 2018
The master of the nature documentary shares lessons from a life spent observing life in every corner of the world. Plus, the nature poet Mary Oliver.
Planet Attenborough, Plus the Rise of the K.K.K.
Friday, January 19, 2018
David Remnick talks with the master of nature documentaries, David Attenborough, about rats, spiders, and weedy seadragons. And, a look at white supremacy in government—past and present.
Deportation in America
Friday, January 12, 2018
Examining immigration and deportation from the perspective of a Wisconsin dairy farm, a conservative Washington think tank, and a sanctuary church where a woman is hiding from ICE.
Tracee Ellis Ross on Being a “Black-ish” Woman and Jon Hamm Gets His Life Back from Don Draper
Tuesday, January 09, 2018
The co-star of ABC’s “Black-ish” discusses the ways that black women are and aren’t allowed to be funny onscreen, plus Jon Hamm speaks with Susan Morrison about life after “Mad Men.”
The Lost Emperor
Tuesday, January 09, 2018
In “The Lost Emperor,” David Remnick writes about how the West Wing has come to resemble the darkest realms of Twitter.
Jerry Seinfeld Gets Technical
Friday, January 05, 2018
Jerry Seinfeld talks with David Remnick about his childhood and the craft of comedy.
Jerry Seinfeld, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Jon Hamm
Friday, January 05, 2018
Jerry Seinfeld runs down the anatomy of a joke, Tracee Ellis Ross pushes back on “lady chores,” and Jon Hamm mocks Don Draper, gently.
Trolling the Press Corps
Tuesday, January 02, 2018
A far-right blogger trolls the White House press corps.
Jon Stewart’s Children
Friday, December 29, 2017
Trevor Noah, Bassem Youssef, the founders of Reductress, and Andy Borowitz talk satire; and two cartoonists attempt to escape from an escape room.
Jon Stewart’s Children, and Trolling the Press Corps
Friday, December 29, 2017
Trevor Noah, Bassem Youssef, the founders of Reductress, and Andy Borowitz talk satire; a far-right blogger in the White House looks for a fight.
Leonard Cohen: A Final Interview
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Leonard Cohen talks about finding peace at the end of his life. And, Christmas greetings from E.B. White.
Bonus: Holiday Greetings from Ian Frazier
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Ian Frazier, keeper of a long tradition at The New Yorker, with this year's Christmas poem.
Children’s Letters to Satan, and a Changing of the Guard at the New York Times
Friday, December 22, 2017
David Remnick talks with A. G. Sulzberger, the incoming publisher of the New York Times. And Kathleen Turner performs as Satan, in an unusual Christmas story.
Children's Letters to Satan, and Other Christmas Stories
Friday, December 22, 2017
Three unusual Christmas stories from The New Yorker; and The New York Times’s new publisher talks about the future of print and digital news.
Nicolás Maduro on the Brink of Dictatorship
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Jon Lee Anderson recently interviewed the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, who is consolidating his power as his country collapses into chaos.
The Alabama Fallout, and Louise Erdrich on the Future
Friday, December 15, 2017
What does Roy Moore’s defeat in his Alabama Senate race say about sexual misconduct in politics?; and Louise Erdrich imagines a dark future in Minnesota.
Nicolás Maduro Takes Control, and Louise Erdrich on the Future
Friday, December 15, 2017
Jon Lee Anderson reports from Venezuela, where democracy is on the ropes; and Louise Erdrich imagines a dark future in Minnesota.
