David Remnick

Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour

David Remnick appears in the following:

Jane Mayer on Justice Clarence Thomas, and the Music Critic Hanif Abdurraqib on Concert Merch

Friday, April 21, 2023

Mayer discusses the disclosure scandal, and how lax ethical standards on the Court contribute to a decline in trust. Plus, the music writer on the pleasures of the concert tee.

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Jane Mayer on Justice Clarence Thomas

Friday, April 21, 2023

The staff writer discusses the latest ethical questions about the Judge. Plus, the bipartisan effort to rein in Presidential military power; and the music writer Hanif Abdurraqib.

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The Playwright Larissa FastHorse on “The Thanksgiving Play,” Broadway’s New Comedy of White Wokeness

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Vinson Cunningham talks with FastHorse, the first Native American woman to have a play produced on Broadway.

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What’s Behind the Bipartisan Attack on TikTok?

Friday, April 14, 2023

A hundred and fifty million Americans are on the Chinese-owned app. Evan Osnos and Chris Stokel-Walker discuss why politicians who agree on little else are keen to ban it.

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What’s Behind the Bipartisan Attack on TikTok?

Friday, April 14, 2023

A hundred and fifty million Americans are on TikTok. Evan Osnos and Chris Stokel-Walker discuss why politicians are so keen to ban the app. Plus, Broadway’s new comedy of white wokeness.

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The Country Singer Margo Price Talks with Emily Nussbaum

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

The singer-songwriter on her new album, “Strays,” and a memoir of struggling to make it in Nashville.

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Israel on the Brink: Understanding the Judicial Overhaul, and the Protests Against It

Friday, April 07, 2023

Two writers, Ruth and Avishai Margalit, talk with David Remnick about the massive protests against anti-democratic maneuvering by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

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Israel on the Brink: Understanding the Judicial Overhaul, and the Protests Against It

Friday, April 07, 2023

Two writers, Ruth and Avishai Margalit, talk with David Remnick about the massive protests against anti-democratic maneuvering by the government. Plus, the country star Margo Price.

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Brooke Shields on the Sexualization of Girls in Hollywood

Tuesday, April 04, 2023

Brooke Shields on sexualization, exploitation, and not being a victim—or a hypocrite.

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Jon Meacham: Indictment Won’t Break the Trump Fever

Friday, March 31, 2023

The writer and historian talks with David Remnick about the stakes of a Trump reëlection. Plus, Brooke Shields on the sexualization of girls in Hollywood.

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Jon Meacham on How the Trump Fever Breaks

Friday, March 31, 2023

The historian talks with David Remnick about the stakes of our political moment. Plus, Kelefa Sanneh on the state of rock music and a fleet of artists breathing new life into the genre.

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Who Was H. G. Carrillo? D. T. Max on a Novelist Whose Fictions Went Too Far

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Carrillo’s début novel, “Loosing My Espanish,” was praised as a triumph of Latin American literature. But his obituary revealed a secret he had spent decades concealing.

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Jia Tolentino on the Ozempic Weight-Loss Craze

Friday, March 24, 2023

The staff writer examines the celebrity obsession with the diabetes drug (generically known as semaglutide), and the unsettling undercurrent sweeping thinness back into vogue.

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Jia Tolentino on the Ozempic Weight-Loss Craze

Friday, March 24, 2023

A drug designed to treat diabetes is changing how celebrities—and maybe the rest of us—will look. Plus, D. T. Max on the Latino author who fabricated his very identity.

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How the Culture Wars Came to the Catholic Church

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

In the ten years of his pontificate, Pope Francis has opened the Church in significant ways. The reaction against his embrace of change has been unprecedented.

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What if the Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action?

Friday, March 17, 2023

The conservative majority may strike down consideration of race in school admissions. David Remnick talks with two academics and an admissions officer about the future of diversity.

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What if the Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action?

Friday, March 17, 2023

The conservative majority may strike down consideration of race in school admissions. What will that mean for colleges? Plus, how the culture wars came to the Catholic Church.

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Trans Activist Janet Mock Finds Her Voice

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

The writer, director, and trans activist Janet Mock talks with The New Yorker’s Hilton Als.

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Masha Gessen on the Battle Over Trans Rights

Friday, March 10, 2023

The writer explains why the message of rolling back social change is powerful. Plus, a Nebraska lawmaker on the front lines of the fight against anti-trans legislation.

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Masha Gessen on the Battle Over Trans Rights

Friday, March 10, 2023

The writer explains why the message of rolling back social change is powerful. Plus, a Nebraska lawmaker on the front lines of the fight against anti-trans legislation.

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