Adam joined The New Yorker Radio Hour after launching Samantha Bee’s podcast Full Release, for which he served as executive producer. He was a senior associate producer at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee for five seasons. Adam was an editor-reporter at NBC News for nearly a decade and has been a contributor for The Daily Beast and Playboy. He has also worked as a curator, artist, and live performer in New York City.
Adam Howard appears in the following:
Willem Dafoe on “Nosferatu,” Plus, a Christmas Story in Tehran
Friday, December 20, 2024
The actor discusses Robert Eggers’s film, which aims to make vampires scary again. Plus, a minister travels to Iran to celebrate Christmas during the 1979 hostage crisis.
Christmas in Tehran During the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis
Friday, December 20, 2024
In 1979, a minister received a telegram from Iranian militants who had taken hostages in the American embassy, inviting him to perform Christmas services. Two days later, he was inside.
Willem Dafoe on “Nosferatu”
Friday, December 20, 2024
The actor talks with Adam Howard about playing a vampire hunter in Robert Eggers’s remake of “Nosferatu.” After hundreds of vampire movies, Eggers “wanted him to be scary again.”
Rachel Maddow on the Fascist Threat in America, Then and Now
Friday, November 01, 2024
The MSNBC host says that Trump’s authoritarian message is timeless. “You can sell [it] to people who are in great need of relief,” she says. “But you can also sell it to billionaires.”
The Stakes for Abortion Rights, from the Head of Planned Parenthood
Friday, October 18, 2024
Alexis McGill Johnson discusses lobbying for a Democratic “trifecta” in Washington—and what a second Trump Administration would do on abortion rights in America.
Can Trump Voters Still Change Their Minds?
Friday, September 20, 2024
The Republican strategist Sarah Longwell explains what she’s hearing in focus groups from swing-state voters, and those who’ve “flipped” between Democratic and Republican candidates.
Josh Shapiro on How Kamala Harris Can Win Pennsylvania
Friday, September 13, 2024
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.
Preparing For Trump’s Next “Big Lie,” with the Election Lawyer Marc Elias
Friday, September 06, 2024
The Democrats’ top legal strategist in the 2020 Presidential election won nearly every lawsuit brought by Trump’s team. He explains why the threat to democracy is far greater in 2024.
Nancy Pelosi, the Power Broker
Thursday, August 08, 2024
The Speaker Emerita played a leading role in pushing the Biden Administration’s legislative agenda through Congress. Then she helped clear the path for a new Democratic leadership.
March Madness 2024: College Basketball at a Crossroads
Friday, March 15, 2024
The staff writer Louisa Thomas talks with the former sportswriter David Remnick about why men’s college basketball suffers a state of malaise, while the women’s game is electrifying.
The Brody Awards: Where Films Snubbed by Oscars Seek Justice
Friday, February 23, 2024
New Yorker film critic Richard Brody’s alternative picks for the best films and filmmakers of 2023. Spoiler alert: “Oppenheimer” is nowhere to be found.
Christmas in Tehran: Bringing the Holidays to Hostages
Friday, December 15, 2023
In 1979, a minister received a telegram from Iranian militants who had taken hostages in the American embassy, inviting him to perform Christmas services. Two days later, he was inside.
Richard Brody Makes the Case for Keeping Your DVDs
Friday, September 08, 2023
With Netflix finally ending its DVD-rental business, a critic and passionate cinephile explains why owning a physical copy of a cherished film matters.
The Bipartisan Effort to Rein in Presidential Military Power
Friday, April 21, 2023
Three days after 9/11, Congress passed a joint resolution vastly expanding Presidential discretion to wage attacks abroad. Lawmakers in both parties are looking to wind that power back.
Presenting the 2023 Brody Awards
Friday, February 24, 2023
Oscar who? Only on The New Yorker Radio Hour, the critic Richard Brody hands out the awards that matter to people who really care about film.
