Steven Valentino

Producer, The New Yorker Radio Hour

Steven Valentino appears in the following:

Apocalypse Prepping, on a Budget

Friday, April 27, 2018

Patricia Marx on how the other half prepares for the end of the world.

America After Weinstein

Friday, April 27, 2018

The Pulitzer Prize was recently awarded to the journalists who exposed Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct—revelations that launched the reckoning of #MeToo.

James Comey Makes His Case to America

Friday, April 20, 2018

Bitterly resented by supporters of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump alike, the former FBI director tells his side of the story.

Emma González at the Head of #NeverAgain

Friday, April 06, 2018

The teenage activist talks to David Remnick about her plans for the #NeverAgain movement.

A Homemade Museum in a Refugee Camp

Friday, March 16, 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.

Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Dossier

Friday, March 09, 2018

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

Jennifer Lawrence on “Red Sparrow” and Time’s Up

Friday, March 02, 2018

Jennifer Lawrence on a role that combines two of today’s most critical issues: Russian espionage and sexual coercion at work.

Taking Politics to Extremes

Friday, February 09, 2018

Both parties in Washington have seen a rise in extremist candidates. A political scientist sheds light on how this will affect midterm elections.

A Night at Richard Nixon’s

Friday, February 02, 2018

In 1989, an aging Richard Nixon planned to revisit China, but the Tiananmen Square massacre dampened his plans. He held a dinner party to solve the problem.

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.

Hoping for Asylum, a Young, Gay Honduran Was Sent to His Death

Friday, January 12, 2018

Nelson fled the gangs of Honduras at seventeen, hoping for asylum in the U.S. Immigration authorities sent him back, and he didn’t live long.

From a Washington Think Tank, the Conservative View of Immigration

Friday, January 12, 2018

 A conservative policy analyst argues for greatly increased deportations.

Immigration, Deportation, and Trump

Friday, January 12, 2018

The New Yorker staff writers Sarah Stillman and Jonathan Blitzer on immigration and deportation, the central issues of the Trump Presidency.

Fleeing Deportation, a Woman Takes Sanctuary in a Church

Friday, January 12, 2018

Amanda Morales Guerra, fleeing deportation, is hiding from ICE, and its officers know exactly where: at the Holyrood Episcopal Church, where the congregation has given her sanctuary.

Trevor Noah Talks with David Remnick

Friday, December 29, 2017

Jon Stewart’s successor on “The Daily Show” had big shoes to fill, but the rise of Trump gave Trevor Noah the chance to prove his mettle.    

Trolling the Press Corps

Friday, December 29, 2017

A far-right blogger trolls the White House press corps.    

The F.C.C. Is Poised to End Net Neutrality, and You Should Care

Friday, December 08, 2017

Internet service providers hold near-monopolies in many areas. If the F.C.C. ends its net-neutrality regulations, what will I.S.P.s do to consumers?    

Will the Harvey Weinstein Scandal Change America?

Friday, November 17, 2017

The reporter Ronan Farrow and the staff writer Alexandra Schwartz look at how the ripple effects of the Weinstein allegations are having unexpected effects.    

Tina Brown on Vanity Fair, the Eighties, and Harvey Weinstein

Friday, November 10, 2017

A legend in New York publishing, Tina Brown talks about her encounters with Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein, and how she came to understand sexism in the workplace.

Jeffrey Toobin on “The Most Important Supreme Court Case in Decades”

Friday, November 03, 2017

Successful Republican efforts at gerrymandering have left the Democratic Party fighting for its life; the Supreme Court might change that.