David Remnick

Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

David Remnick appears in the following:

Roomful of Teeth Redefines Vocal Music for the Future

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

A vocal octet expands the definition of classical music.

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Ronan Farrow on a Campaign of Silence

Friday, October 18, 2019

The reporter details the efforts by men like Harvey Weinstein to censor their accusers and to intimidate journalists.

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Nancy Pelosi on Impeachment, and Ronan Farrow on a Campaign of Silence

Friday, October 18, 2019

The House Speaker talks with Jane Mayer about President Trump’s Ukraine call and more. And Farrow details the efforts by men like Harvey Weinstein to intimidate their accusers.

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Nancy Pelosi: “Timing Is Everything”

Monday, October 14, 2019

The House Speaker talks impeachment and more with the legendary investigative journalist Jane Mayer.

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New Yorker Writers on Hong Kong, and Nixon After Tiananmen Square

Friday, October 11, 2019

Just back from China, Evan Osnos and Jiayang Fan look at what the protesters want, and how the country’s leadership is handling the most visible protest movement in thirty years.

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Will Hong Kong Bring China to the Breaking Point?

Friday, October 11, 2019

Two writers analyze the protests in Hong Kong. And, from the archive, a report about Richard Nixon’s deliberations after Tiananmen Square.  

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New Yorker Reporters on Impeachment

Friday, October 04, 2019

Five writers address the responses to “Ukrainegate.”

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Adam Gopnik on Aging, and a Visit to Maine with Elizabeth Strout

Friday, October 04, 2019

As the population ages, Adam Gopnik explores what it’s like to be elderly. Plus, Elizabeth Strout returns to a hill on her college campus, where she’d contemplate the world.  

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The Looming Shadow of Impeachment

Friday, October 04, 2019

David Remnick and five New Yorker contributors on what it would take to remove Trump from office. Plus, Adam Gopnik on getting old, and a visit to Maine with Elizabeth Strout.

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This Year's New Yorker Festival

Thursday, October 03, 2019

Looking forward to The New Yorker Festival.

Cory Booker on How to Defeat Donald Trump

Friday, September 27, 2019

The New Jersey senator and Presidential candidate on when to compromise, when to empathize, and when to impeach.

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Cory Booker Looks for His Moment

Friday, September 27, 2019

The Presidential candidate talks with David Remnick about the need for empathy in the era of Trump. Also, the director of “Ad Astra” discusses his early struggles to get a film released.

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The Green Rush

Friday, September 20, 2019

Eleven states and counting have legalized marijuana. In the age of corporate cannabis, who’s cashing in, and who’s left out of the newly booming industry? 

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The Green Rush

Friday, September 20, 2019

Eleven states and counting have legalized marijuana. In the age of corporate cannabis, who’s cashing in, and who’s left out of the newly booming industry?

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Brittany Howard, of Alabama Shakes, Talks with David Remnick

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Putting her popular band on hold was difficult, Howard says, but, “Wherever creativity leads my ship, I can’t force it. Once I start forcing it, it’s not going to be no good, anyway.”

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A Texas Republican Exits the House

Friday, September 13, 2019

Will Hurd, the only black Republican in the House, already announced that he won’t run in 2020. Plus, Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert on the urgency of climate action.

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Brittany Howard Steps Out

Friday, September 13, 2019

The front woman of Alabama Shakes explains why she had to make a solo record. And Will Hurd, the only black Republican in the House of Representatives, makes for the exit.

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Salman Rushdie’s Fantastical American Quest Novel

Friday, September 06, 2019

Inspired by “Don Quixote,” Rushdie’s “Quichotte” sends its hero through an America ravaged by opioids, white supremacy, and mastodons. It is, by turns, fantastical and all too realistic.

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Salman Rushdie’s Fantastical American Quest Novel

Friday, September 06, 2019

Inspired by “Don Quixote,” Rushdie’s Quichotte sends its hero through an America ravaged by opioids, white supremacy, and mastodons. It is, by turns, fantastical and all too realistic.

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The New Norms of Affirmative Consent

Tuesday, September 03, 2019

 What is affirmative consent, and what does it mean for college students and all sexually active people? Plus, a conversation with a teen-age climate striker.

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