David Remnick appears in the following:
Amanda Gorman on Life After Inauguration
Friday, December 31, 2021
The young poet’s reading at President Biden’s Inauguration made her as famous as a poet can be. She talks with Kevin Young about writing a new book once the stakes were much higher.
Amanda Gorman on Life After Inauguration
Friday, December 31, 2021
The young poet’s reading at President Biden’s swearing in made her about as famous as a poet can be. She talks with Kevin Young about writing a new book once the stakes were much higher.
Rhiannon Giddens Plays Live, and an Epic Heist in Paris
Friday, December 24, 2021
A diva in the Americana scene shows her global side. Plus: a burglar took seventy million dollars’ worth of art from a French museum. Selling it was harder than stealing it.
Rhiannon Giddens, Americana’s Queen, Goes Global
Friday, December 24, 2021
A founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the singer and banjo player talks with David Remnick and performs songs from her new album.
When Snow Came to Puerto Rico
Friday, December 17, 2021
How did San Juan children have a snowball fight—and why? Plus, a look at how poor students struggle to afford college, even on scholarship.
Is the Gift of Tuition Enough?
Friday, December 17, 2021
Élite universities want to diversify. A college senior explains how, even when schools give full scholarships, they may misunderstand the needs of the students they seek to recruit.
Millennial Writers Reflect on a Generation’s Despair
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
The New Yorker Radio Hour producer Ngofeen Mputubwele reports on a feeling of hopelessness pervading his peers—and on how they live with that feeling.
Paul Thomas Anderson on “Licorice Pizza”
Friday, December 10, 2021
The filmmaker returns to his home terrain, where he set “Boogie Nights” and other movies. Plus, millennial writers reflect on the particular sense of despair in their generation.
Paul Thomas Anderson, Poet Laureate of the San Fernando Valley
Friday, December 10, 2021
In his new film, “Licorice Pizza,” the writer-director returns to his home terrain.
Life After Prison
Tuesday, December 07, 2021
In 2019, Jonathan was released from prison. Our producer shadowed him to learn what emancipation feels like after two decades of being locked up.
Mass Incarceration in America, Then and Now
Friday, December 03, 2021
Mass incarceration has been profoundly harmful to communities of color. A dozen years after “The New Jim Crow” helped to identify the problem, how much headway have we made?
Mass Incarceration, Then and Now
Friday, December 03, 2021
A dozen years after “The New Jim Crow,” Michelle Alexander considers its impact. Plus, a conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts, who discovered poetry in solitary confinement.
Aimee Mann Live, with Atul Gawande
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
The singer-songwriter discusses and performs songs from her new album, which was inspired in part by the best-selling memoir “Girl, Interrupted.”
Dave Grohl and Aimee Mann Give Thanks
Friday, November 26, 2021
The Foo Fighters’ frontman tells stories from a life of rock and roll. And Mann, a singer-songwriter, discusses her latest album, “Queens of the Summer Hotel.”
Dave Grohl’s Tales of Life and Music
Friday, November 26, 2021
The Foo Fighters frontman, whose new memoir is “The Storyteller,” shares stories from his life before and after Nirvana with the staff writer Kelefa Sanneh.
Mexican Abortion Activists Mobilize to Aid Texans
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Texans seeking abortion access may look south of the border, where Mexico’s Supreme Court just affirmed reproductive choice.
If Roe v. Wade Goes, What Next?
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Supreme Court is examining abortion laws with vast repercussions. Jia Tolentino co-hosts a special episode on the future of reproductive rights in America.
If Roe v. Wade Goes, What Next?
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Supreme Court is examining abortion laws with vast repercussions. Jia Tolentino co-hosts a special episode on the future of reproductive rights in America.
The Essential Workers of the Climate Crisis
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
If storms sweep into town and the roof is ripped from your house or the basement is submerged in mud, these are the people you’re looking for. But who’s looking out for them?
The Essential Workers of the Climate Crisis
Friday, November 12, 2021
If the roof is ripped from your house or the basement is drowned in mud, these are the people you’re looking for. Who’s looking out for them? Plus, Anna Deavere Smith in her own words.