Jeffrey joined The New Yorker Radio Hour in 2022. He previously worked as the Director of Podcasts at The Advocate magazine, where he received a GLAAD Media Award for his reporting. He is the host and creator of the long-running interview podcast LGBTQ&A, which has featured interviews LGBTQ+ guests including Angela Davis, Laverne Cox, Janelle Monáe, Pete Buttigieg, Tammy Baldwin, and Brandi Carlile.
Jeffrey Masters appears in the following:
The Writer Katie Kitamura on Autonomy, Interpretation, and “Audition”
Friday, April 04, 2025
The novelist speaks with the staff writer Jennifer Wilson about her newest book, “Audition,” a nuanced story about desire, agency, and creative craft.
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets
Friday, January 03, 2025
Munro kept quiet about the sexual abuse of her daughter by her partner—but wrote about the family trauma in fiction.
The Art of Cooking with Ina Garten
Friday, December 27, 2024
The food guru explains why she hated dinnertime growing up, and how she learned to love it. And we dig into the craft of reading an audiobook with a master of the form.
Pick 3: Justin Chang’s Downer Movies for the Holiday Season
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The New Yorker’s critic on holiday-season films that he’s excited about. “These are not upbeat movies,” Chang admits, “but they are among the most thrilling that I've seen this year.”
Ketanji Brown Jackson on Ethics, Trust, and Keeping It Collegial at the Supreme Court
Friday, November 22, 2024
The Supreme Court Justice talks with David Remnick about the decline in public trust and questions about the Court’s ethical code, and how Justices get along in a very partisan era.
Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane
Friday, November 22, 2024
The writer explains how she took up quilting to help her cope with terrible news, and the science behind why it works.
How Alpha Kappa Alpha Shaped Kamala Harris
Friday, October 25, 2024
Jazmine Hughes considers the nation’s oldest Black sorority and its most famous sister.
Brian Jordan Alvarez on “English Teacher”
Friday, October 04, 2024
The actor and showrunner talks with Vinson Cunningham about his new comedy whose main character is a gay English teacher in Texas, and what he learned on the set of “Will & Grace.”
Young Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and the Dark Arts of Power
Friday, September 27, 2024
Gabriel Sherman on “The Apprentice,” his coming-of-age film about Trump. There are “parts of the film that I could imagine Donald Trump liking,” Sherman says.
A Legend on Broadway, Patti LuPone Makes Her Début in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Friday, September 06, 2024
The three-time Tony winner discusses her new play “The Roommate,” alongside Mia Farrow, and bringing Aubrey Plaza—her castmate on “Agatha All Along”—to a “sort of theatre boot camp.”
The Writer Danzy Senna on Kamala Harris and the Complexity of Biracial Identity in America
Friday, August 30, 2024
The novelist, who uses the word “mulatto” to describe mixed-race people like herself, talks with Julian Lucas about living across the color line, in a country obsessed with it.
Why Are More Latino Voters Supporting Trump?
Friday, August 16, 2024
Geraldo Cadava speaks with prominent Latinos about why the Republican message is resonating with them.
Why Are More Latino Voters Supporting Trump?
Friday, August 16, 2024
Geraldo Cadava speaks with prominent Latinos about why the Republican message is resonating with them.
Israel’s Other Intractable Conflict
Friday, August 02, 2024
The writer Nathan Thrall and the lawyer Raja Shehadeh on the occupation of the West Bank, and whether there can be any prospect for peace.
What Kamala Harris Needs to Win the Presidency, from a Veteran of Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
Friday, July 26, 2024
Jennifer Palmieri explains what she learned working on the 2016 election, and how the race that Harris faces differs from those of other women who’ve run for President.
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio on “Catalina,” the Tale of an Undocumented Student at Harvard
Friday, July 19, 2024
The writer talks with David Remnick about writing the lives of the undocumented, in journalism and in fiction. Her previous work, a memoir, was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Julián Castro on the Biden Problem, and What the Democratic Party Got Wrong
Friday, July 12, 2024
A former Presidential candidate, Castro tells David Remnick why Democratic leaders concerned about President Biden’s age were afraid to challenge the establishment and run against him.
Emily Nussbaum on the Beginnings of Reality TV
Friday, June 21, 2024
The staff writer picks three pioneering entries to the genre. “If you hate reality television,” she says, “I'm trying to talk to you.”
The Trans Athletes Who Changed the Olympics—in 1936
Friday, May 31, 2024
A track star’s gender transition in the nineteen-thirties, and the response of Olympic officials, foreshadowed today’s culture-war battles over gender and sports.
Love Is Blind, and Allegedly Toxic
Friday, May 24, 2024
Lawsuits and the labor movement come to reality TV, by way of the Netflix hit.
