David Remnick

Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

David Remnick appears in the following:

"Okja" and Other Strange Stories by Jon Ronson

Friday, June 30, 2017

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

Jon Ronson’s nonfiction has often seemed too strange to be true; in the screenplay for “Okja,” he goes all in for surreal fiction. Plus, Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith.

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My Night at Mar-a-Lago, and Jon Ronson’s Kidnapped Pig

Friday, June 30, 2017

Inside Donald Trump’s gilded Palm Beach pleasure palace; and the journalist Jon Ronson tries his hand at fiction, in “Okja.”

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Ai Weiwei, and Doing Business with China

Friday, June 23, 2017

Ai Weiwei reflects on censorship and the refugee crisis, a congressman asks us to reconsider trade with China, and Chinese students explain the country’s Ivanka Trump fever.

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Virtual Reality, and the Politics of Genetics

Friday, June 16, 2017

In this episode, Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses the intimate and global implications of genetic science, and we look for the Orson Wells of VR.

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Merchant Ivory’s Gay Love Story, and a Visit with Noriega

Friday, June 09, 2017

James Ivory talks about E. M. Forster’s “Maurice,” a gay love story with a happy ending. Plus, Jon Lee Anderson talks about the rise and fall of Manuel Noriega.

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Wedding Hair on Fire, and William Barber’s Religious Politics

Friday, June 02, 2017

Kristen Wiig plays a bride whose idea for her wedding hair is out of control. And the Reverend William Barber tells David Remnick that politics needs to get religion again.

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Jerrod Carmichael, and the Truth About Impeachment

Friday, May 26, 2017

The comedian Jerrod Carmichael explains why he simply will not give back to the community. And a former lawyer for Bill Clinton explains what it really takes to end a Presidency.

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Fear and the N.R.A., and Lena Dunham on the end of "Girls"

Friday, May 19, 2017

In this episode, a gun blogger critiques the N.R.A., and Lena Dunham bids goodbye to “Girls.”

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Podcast Extra: A Hundred Days of the Trump Presidency

Thursday, May 18, 2017

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

Lydia Polgreen, Eli Lake, Joy Reid, and David Fahrenthold talk about the challenges the press faces in covering Trump.

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Michael Anton and Robin Wright Talk to David Remnick about Trump's First Trip Abroad

Monday, May 15, 2017

Michael Anton and Robin Wright talk to David Remnick about the view of the world from inside the White House, and Trump's first trip abroad as president.

The Sequel to “A Doll’s House,” and a President Abroad

Friday, May 12, 2017

The official line on Trump’s foreign policy; Jeffrey Toobin on the firing of James Comey; and a brand-new sequel to a century-old play, Henrik Ibsen’s shocking “A Doll’s House.”

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Roger Corman’s Monsters, and a Roomful of Spies

Friday, May 05, 2017

This week: Roger Corman, master of monsters; experts in espionage talk shop; and Toni Collette, who’s never played a boring character.

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CNN’s Jeff Zucker, the Man Who Made Trump

Friday, April 28, 2017

Donald Trump’s TV years; Steve Bannon’s Hollywood years; and Bruce Eric Kaplan on New York Street, a set in Los Angeles.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren, and How to Pick a Great Cartoon

Friday, April 21, 2017

Elizabeth Warren on the future of the Democratic Party, the pianist Chilly Gonzales, and the cartoon editor Bob Mankoff.

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Margaret Atwood, Evangelizing Against Climate Change, and Greek Tragedy

Friday, April 14, 2017

Margaret Atwood’s realism, an evangelical climate scientist, and the dangers of working from home.

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Jon Stewart’s Children, and Trolling the Press Corps

Friday, April 07, 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.

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Terrific, Tremendous New Health Plans, and Lynn Nottage on her play “Sweat”

Friday, March 31, 2017

Ideas to replace Obamacare that will blow your mind; Lynn Nottage’s new play about racial tension in the Rust Belt; and Jessica Lange’s foray into the art of mime.

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Goodbye to “Elephant and Piggie,” and Getting to Know Gorsuch

Friday, March 24, 2017

Jill Lepore takes a look at history and the Supreme Court. And we'll learn why Mo Willems retired his enormously popular children’s-book series “Elephant and Piggie.”

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