David Remnick

Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

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David Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker since 1998 and a staff writer since 1992...

He has written many pieces for the magazine, including reporting from Russia, the Middle East, and Europe, and Profiles of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Katharine Graham, Mike Tyson, Ralph Ellison, Philip Roth, and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Remnick began his reporting career as a staff writer at the Washington Post in 1982, where he covered stories for the Metro, Sports, and Style sections. In 1988, he started a four-year tenure as a Washington Post Moscow correspondent, an experience that formed the basis of his 1993 book on the former Soviet Union, “Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire.” In 1994, “Lenin’s Tomb” received both the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and a George Polk Award for excellence in journalism.

Since Remnick became editor, The New Yorker has garnered a hundred and forty-nine nominations for National Magazine Awards and has won thirty-seven. In 2001 and again in 2005, the magazine won an unprecedented five National Magazine Awards; in 2014, the magazine won four awards. In addition, in 2000 Remnick was named Advertising Age’s Editor of the Year.

Remnick has written six books: “Lenin’s Tomb,” “Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia,” “King of the World” (a biography of Muhammad Ali), “The Bridge” (a biography of Barack Obama), and “The Devil Problem” and “Reporting,” which are collections of some of his pieces from the magazine. Remnick has edited many anthologies of New Yorker pieces, including “Life Stories,” “Wonderful Town,” “The New Gilded Age,” “Fierce Pajamas,” “Secret Ingredients,” and “Disquiet, Please!”

Remnick has contributed to The New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, Esquire, andThe New Republic. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and has taught at Princeton, where he received his B.A., in 1981, and at Columbia. He lives in New York with his wife, Esther Fein; they have three children, Alex, Noah, and Natasha.

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Sarah McBride on the Fight for Trans Rights

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

The first transgender person elected to Congress discusses how to respond to a bathroom bill and transphobic attacks from other House members, including Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson on Ethics, Trust, and Keeping It Collegial at the Supreme Court

Friday, November 22, 2024

The Supreme Court Justice talks with David Remnick about the Court’s ethical code, and more. Plus, Ayelet Waldman on why quilting relieves stress.

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Danielle Deadwyler in “The Piano Lesson,” and the Authors of “How Democracies Die” on the New Democratic Minority

Friday, November 15, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

The actress discusses her new film, which was adapted from an August Wilson play. And two leading political scientists explain why voters failed to defend democracy: We never do. 

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Donald Trump’s Reëlection, and America’s Future

Friday, November 08, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

David Remnick joins Evan Osnos, Jane Mayer, and Susan Glasser to explain how Trump won the race, and what his rhetoric of vengeance and retribution portends for his return to power.

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Liz Cheney and Rachel Maddow on Donald Trump and the Fascist Threat

Friday, November 01, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

David Remnick discusses Trump, Mitch McConnell, Jeff Bezos, and the danger of an authoritarian president with a Republican who crossed the aisle, and a liberal icon.

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Charlamagne tha God Has Some Advice for Harris and the Democrats

Friday, October 25, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

The “Breakfast Club” co-host on Black voters and Kamala Harris, and why the Democratic Party needs some “Bulworth.” And Jazmine Hughes on how Alpha Kappa Alpha shaped the Vice-President.

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David Remnick on the Presidential Election and the New Yorker Festival

Monday, October 21, 2024

David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, talks about this year's New Yorker Festival, and the election.

How Kamala Harris Became a Contender; Plus, an Interview with Bon Iver

Friday, October 11, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

Evan Osnos explains how a historically unpopular Vice-President rapidly unified the Democratic Party around her. And the enigmatic musician Bon Iver sits for a rare interview.

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Newt Gingrich on What Trump Could Accomplish in a Second Term

Friday, October 04, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

The former Speaker of the House says Trump now “has a much deeper grasp of what has to be done, and how to do it.” Plus, Brian Jordan Alvarez on “English Teacher.”

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Young Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and the Dark Arts of Power

Friday, September 27, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

Gabriel Sherman on “The Apprentice,” his coming-of-age film about Trump. And a look at the Uncommitted Movement in Michigan, and how the war in Gaza could cost Harris the election.

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Can Trump Voters Still Change Their Minds?

Friday, September 20, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

The political strategist Sarah Longwell on what she’s hearing in focus groups with discontented Trump supporters. Plus, Timothy Snyder on the meaning of freedom in Ukraine and America.

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Josh Shapiro on How Kamala Harris Can Win Pennsylvania

Friday, September 13, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

The deeply purple swing state is key to this election. The Democratic governor, a runner-up for Harris’s Vice-Presidential pick, explains how she can win.

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Patti LuPone’s Five Decades on Broadway, plus Marc Elias on Preparing for Trump’s Next “Big Lie”

Friday, September 06, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

The three-time Tony winner opens a new comedy onstage and makes her début in the Marvel universe. And the Democrats’ top lawyer on preparing for threats in the election. 

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The Writer Danzy Senna on Kamala Harris and the Complexity of Biracial Identity in America

Friday, August 30, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

The novelist talks about living across the color line, in a country obsessed with policing that line. Plus, Ian Frazier’s tour of what he calls “Paradise Bronx.”

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The Make-or-Break Issues of the 2024 Election

Friday, August 16, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

New Yorker reporters on key issues shaping the Republican campaign: maximizing support from Latino voters, and tension over the next steps in ending abortion in America. 

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Nancy Pelosi, The Power Broker

Friday, August 09, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

She played a leading role in major legislation of the Biden Administration, then Pelosi helped clear the path for new Democratic leadership. Plus, Clare Malone on RFK and the bear.

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Israel’s Other Intractable Conflict

Friday, August 02, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

The writer Nathan Thrall and the lawyer Raja Shehadeh on the occupation of the West Bank, and whether there can be any prospect for peace.

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What Kamala Harris Needs to Win the Presidency, from a Veteran of Hillary Clinton’s Campaign

Friday, July 26, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

Jennifer Palmieri explains how the race that Harris faces differs from those of other women who’ve run for President. Plus, Louisa Thomas on the start of the Olympics.

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The Presidential Race Is in Uncharted Territory, but It’s Clear Who’s Winning

Friday, July 19, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

CNN’s data guru Harry Enten says that, unless the race shifts significantly, Donald Trump will win. And Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s novel about an undocumented college student.

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Julián Castro on the Biden Problem, and What the Democratic Party Got Wrong

Friday, July 12, 2024

By David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

The former presidential candidate on why the President needs to step out of the race. Plus, staff writers Jane Mayer, David Grann, and Patrick Radden Keefe on writing a great villain.

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