David Remnick appears in the following:
Jack Antonoff on Growing up Jersey
Friday, July 30, 2021
The acclaimed music producer returns with a record of his own. Plus, John Kerry on trying to get the world to tackle climate change; and an evangelical scholar breaks from her church.
An Iranian Plot Grew in Brooklyn, and the Revelations about Pegasus
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
The plot was out of a bad spy novel, but the F.B.I. says the threat to Masih Alinejad was very real. And Isaac Chotiner interviews one of the journalists targeted by Pegasus.
Eric Adams Talks with David Remnick
Friday, July 23, 2021
In a wide-ranging conversation, the likely next mayor of New York talks about what he calls the right way to stop and frisk a suspect—and about the city’s chronic “dysfunctionality.”
The Ascendance of Eric Adams
Friday, July 23, 2021
New York’s likely next mayor was once a victim of police violence and is now an advocate for the N.Y.P.D. Plus, how Iran plotted to kidnap an American citizen from her home in Brooklyn.
Helen Rosner’s Summer Drinks, Plus an Anxious Future in Afghanistan
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
The founder of Afghanistan’s only all-girls boarding school watches the Taliban’s resurgence, hoping to keep her students safe. Plus, three cocktails to toast the reopening world.
The Golden Arches in Black America
Friday, July 16, 2021
The historian Marcia Chatelain talks about her Pulitzer Prize-winning book about McDonald’s and its complex relationships with Black franchise owners, workers, and communities.
Helen Rosner’s Summer Drinks
Friday, July 16, 2021
The food-and-drink writer picks three cocktails to toast the reopening world, and mixes them on a very hot roof. Plus, the perilous future of girls’ education in Afghanistan.
Gillian Flynn, Akhil Sharma, and Alison Bechdel on Their Most Memorable Jobs
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Three writers share on-the-job tales that they won’t be putting on their résumés.
Bon Iver Live at the New Yorker Festival
Friday, July 09, 2021
Justin Vernon and some of his collaborators in the celebrated indie band talk with Amanda Petrusich, and play songs off their latest album, “i,i.”
The Battle Over Britney Spears’s Conservatorship
Friday, July 09, 2021
Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino speak with David Remnick about the pop star’s legal fight to regain control of nearly all aspects of her life.
Janet Mock Finds Her Voice
Tuesday, July 06, 2021
The writer, director, and trans activist Janet Mock talks with The New Yorker’s Hilton Als.
Live: Janet Mock, and a Performance by Bon Iver
Friday, July 02, 2021
Two live conversations—and one musical performance—at The New Yorker Festival.
A Family Divided Over the COVID-19 Vaccine
Friday, June 25, 2021
What happens when you ask your parents if you can get vaccinated and they say no? Plus, Naomi Fry on a turning point for reality TV.
The Unhoused House Sitters of Los Angeles
Friday, June 25, 2021
A company offers a novel—and morally complicated—way for those in need to find shelter. Plus, a family grapples with vaccine denial.
The Newspaperman Who Championed Black Tulsa
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
A. J. Smitherman founded one of the first Black-owned dailies. He addressed his eloquence and his ire at civic nuisances and at the gravest injustices of American life.
Naftali Bennett and the New Hard Line in Israeli Politics
Friday, June 18, 2021
Israel’s new coalition government includes leftists and an Arab-Israeli party, but nothing seems likely to shake the Prime Minister’s hard line on the Palestinian question.
The Newspaperman Who Championed Black Tulsa
Friday, June 18, 2021
A. J. Smitherman documented Greenwood at its height, and tried to prevent its destruction in the Tulsa massacre. Plus, David Remnick on what a new Prime Minister will mean for Israel.
A Rift over Racism Divides the Southern Baptist Convention, Plus, the Fallout from Gamestop
Monday, June 14, 2021
The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. is in crisis over the group’s response to systemic racism. And our producer asks how the GameStop squeeze happened, and if it matters.
Jon M. Chu on “In the Heights”
Friday, June 11, 2021
An Asian-American director from California was tapped to adapt Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit stage musical, a love letter to the Latino community of Manhattan. No pressure!
Jon M. Chu on “In the Heights”
Friday, June 11, 2021
The director talks about his film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical. Plus, the politics of race drives a wedge deep into America’s largest Protestant denomination.
