The New Yorker Radio Hour
Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 171
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
What Biden Is Thinking About the 2024 Election
Despite hand-wringing among Democrats about Joe Biden’s age and his discouraging poll numbers, the President’s campaign for reëlection displays an “ostentatious level of serenity,” Evan Osnos says ab…
Kara Swisher on Tech Billionaires: “I Don’t Think They Like People”
Kara Swisher landed on the tech beat as a young reporter at the Washington Post decades ago. She would stare at the teletype machine at the entrance and wonder why this antique sat there when it coul…
Lily Gladstone on Holding the Door Open for More Native Actors in Hollywood. Plus, the Brody Awards
Lily Gladstone had been in several films, but unknown to most moviegoers, when she got a call for Martin Scorsese’s period drama “Killers of a Flower Moon.” The role was challenging. She plays the hi…
Ty Cobb on Trump, Putin, and the Death of Alexey Navalny
Ty Cobb represented the Trump White House during the height of the Mueller-Russia probe, so he has a unique insight into the former President’s admiration for all things Putin, and his refusal to con…
For Brontez Purnell, “Memoir Is Fiction—I Don’t Care What Anyone Says”
Brontez Purnell is a Renaissance man. He’s a musician, a dancer, a filmmaker, and the author of a number of books. His latest is “Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt,” a departure from the traditional memoir form…
“Pod Save America” ’s Jon Lovett on Trump: “The Threat of Jail Time Sharpens the Mind”
Jon Lovett had been deep inside politics, as a speechwriter in the Obama Administration, before he joined his colleagues Tommy Vietor and Jon Favreau to launch Crooked Media, a liberal answer to the …
Jacqueline Novak Is Giving Audiences “Everything She’s Got”
The comedian Jacqueline Novak wasn’t well known before her Netflix début “Get on Your Knees.” The show was a big swing in her career, an ambitious attempt to establish her singular voice, and it work…
Can Memes Swing the 2024 Election? Plus, Michelle Zauner on “Crying in H Mart”
In a Presidential race with two leading candidates who are broadly unpopular, any small perceived edge can make a tremendous difference. According to Clare Malone, more and more people will have thei…
Sheila Heti Talks with Parul Sehgal About “Alphabetical Diaries”
The writer Sheila Heti is known for unusual approaches, but her latest work is decidedly experimental. Heti “is one of the most interesting novelists working today,” according to The New Yorker criti…
Jonathan Blitzer on the Battle over Immigration; and Olivia Rodrigo Talks with David Remnick
In the shadow of another election year, Democrats and Republicans are at a bitter crossroads over immigration, as the system becomes increasingly unmanageable. With as many as twelve thousand migrant…
From In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses
The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women in Sheikh Mohammed’s family keep trying to run away? The New Yorker staff writer Heidi Blake joins In the Dar…