David Remnick

At a safe house for refugees in Buffalo, NY, the difficult process of seeking asylum becomes even harder. And an establishment conservative assesses the President’s “casual dishonesty.”

A populist uprising in an online multiplayer video game, and Jonathan Franzen’s favorite place to spot birds. 

Lily Tomlin reflects on falling in love and breaking taboos, and reporters in Washington and Moscow look at Trump’s vexed relationship with Russia.

Three actors in conversation at The New Yorker Festival.

Anthony Bourdain talks writing, travel, and President Obama’s eating habits, and Robin Wright looks at the dangers of foreign policy conducted by tweet. 

Two doctors describe how Trump’s policies may affect patient care, and a brief history of entertainers making political statements on Oscar night.

An N.F.L. pro, whose son now plays football, struggles to balance safety against a certain necessary brutality, and BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith on why he broke the norm to cover Trump.

We take the temperature of the Middle East peace process. Plus, Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry, Run the Jewels’ oldster rap, and the life­saving benefits of a standing desk. 

Ian Frazier explores indoor farming; Dan Savage tells David Remnick a thing or two about sex; and Amy Davidson asks, Why Angela Merkel but not Hillary Clinton?  

Newt Gingrich talks about the opioid epidemic and Donald Trump’s Twitter habit; Patricia Marx tries to relax, and fails.

David Letterman discusses life after late night and songwriter Jason Isbell talks about songwriting while sober.

Laura Poitras turns surveillance into art, David Bowie’s jazz band, and more.  

The New Yorker’s political reporters assess the successes and failures of Barack Obama’s Presidency; Jeanette Winterson celebrates Christmas; and a poet visits the food court.

A populist candidate hires an economic team from Goldman Sachs, and an English professor delivers a Hegelian analysis of Trump. Plus, Michael Chabon on TV’s best, most boring show.

Jane Mayer gets pushback after she investigates the Koch brothers; Heather Hardy prepares for a big fight; and an astronomer makes his case for the existence of a new ninth planet.

Bruce Springsteen tells David Remnick why he waited decades to put out a memoir.

A conservative keeps the faith in the age of Trump; Zadie Smith discusses the death of the novel; and a Thanksgiving side dish speaks out.  

David Remnick’s conversation with Leonard Cohen in the last months of the musician’s life, and Amy Davidson and George Packer grapple with the Trump Presidency.

The 2016 election gets the Hollywood treatment, and an evangelical minister contemplates the decline of the Christian G.O.P.