David Remnick

David Remnick, New Yorker editor and the author of The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, discusses the trial of jailed Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once the country's richest man, and talks about the notion of an independent judiciary in Russia.

It wasn’t that long ago that presidential candidate Barack Obama could command rapt crowds chanting his campaign motto of hope, change and rejuvenation for a nation seemingly in dire straits. But these days, President Obama has a harder time commanding that kind of grassroots support.

New Yorker editor David Remnick and longtime writer Roger Angell discuss the art of sports writing. The Only Game in Town, Sportswriting from the New Yorker is a classic collection of more than eighty years of some of the wisest, funniest, and most moving sports writing around—from reportage and analysis to profiles and tributes.

New Yorker editor David Remnick and longtime writer Roger Angell discuss the art of sports writing. The Only Game in Town, Sportswriting from the New Yorker is a classic collection of more than eighty years of some of the wisest, funniest, and most moving sports writing around—from reportage and analysis to profiles and tributes.

David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, discusses his new book The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama.

David Remnick, discusses the circumstances and experiences of Barack Obama’s life and explores the ambition behind his rise. His book The Bridge offers the most complete account yet of Obama’s upbringing and the experiences that shaped his greater mission.

David Remnick tells us what he's listening to on The Leonard Lopate Show!

Special Guest: David Remnick

Kurt Andersen and writer David Remnick talk about pop culture’s fascination with organized crime. 

Remnick is the editor of The New Yorker. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Lenin’s Tomb and is the author of the Muhammad Ali biography, King of the World.

America watches with wonder as John Glenn blasts off decades after his NASA glory. Does America care about any other space missions? Does the press cover NASA well? Is what they're doing up there good science?

Why the public hates the media (and can't get enough of it).

We're not listening: "Public Tunes Out Recent News", a Times Mirror poll.