Max is a radio producer and audio engineer from Brooklyn, New York. He comes to The New Yorker Radio Hour after working on WNYC programs including On the Media, The Brian Lehrer Show, and The Takeaway. He’s a graduate of the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at City University of New York, and the Sonic Arts Center at CUNY’s City College.
Max Balton appears in the following:
Rashid Khalidi on the Palestinian Cause in a Volatile Middle East, and the Meaning of Settler Colonialism
Friday, December 13, 2024
The historian discusses events that have weakened supposed allies of the Palestinians, and the idea of settler colonialism that has taken hold on the left. Critic Adam Kirsch responds.
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.
Charlamagne tha God Has Some Advice for Kamala Harris and the Democrats
Friday, October 25, 2024
The “Breakfast Club” co-host talks with David Remnick about Black voters, his recent interview with the Vice-President, and why the Democratic Party needs a lot more “Bulworth.”
The Astonishing Rise—and Uncertain Odds—of Kamala Harris’s Presidential Campaign
Friday, October 11, 2024
Though historically unpopular as a Vice-President, Harris unified the Democratic Party around her. Evan Osnos reports on her emergence as a contender for the White House.
Could the War in Gaza Cost Kamala Harris the Election?
Friday, September 27, 2024
A co-founder of the Uncommitted National Movement tells the staff writer Andrew Marantz why Muslim voters in Michigan are turning in droves to Jill Stein—and Donald Trump.
Timothy Snyder on Why Ukraine Can Still Win the War
Friday, September 20, 2024
The historian has travelled extensively in Ukraine, and discusses the lessons Ukrainians can teach America about freedom.
Josh Shapiro on How Kamala Harris Can Win Pennsylvania
Friday, September 13, 2024
The deeply purple swing state is key to this election. The Democratic governor, a runner-up for Harris’s Vice-Presidential pick, explains how she can win.
Lake Street Dive Performs in the Studio
Friday, September 13, 2024
Ahead of their show at Madison Square Garden, one of rock’s most interesting bands talks songwriting with David Remnick, and plays some of their songs.
Picking 2024’s Song of the Summer
Friday, August 16, 2024
The staff writers Kelefa Sanneh and Amanda Petrusich anoint the song of the summer.
For Republicans, the End of Abortion Rights Was a Dangerous Victory
Friday, August 16, 2024
Susan B. Glasser discusses growing fissures in the Republican Party around abortion. She speaks with Representative Matt Rosendale, who wants to push the battle further and end I.V.F.
Louisa Thomas on the Paris Olympics
Friday, July 26, 2024
The New Yorker’s sports writer on the unexpected venues of the Paris games.
Jane Mayer, David Grann, and Patrick Radden Keefe on the Importance of a Good Villain.
Friday, July 12, 2024
Three masters talk about the craft of investigative journalism, and how the bad guy makes the story tick.
Kevin Costner on “Yellowstone,” “Horizon,” and Why the Western Endures
Friday, June 21, 2024
The actor and director, whose film “Horizon: An American Saga” has been in the making for decades, thinks of the Western as America’s Shakespeare.
Paul Scheer Picks the Very Best of the Very Worst Movies
Friday, June 14, 2024
The co-host of “How Did This Get Made?” enlightens David Remnick on the art of terrible film. Plus, the New Yorker film critic Justin Chang praises Coppola’s divisive “Megalopolis.”
Ilana Glazer on Motherhood and Friendship, On- and Off-Screen
Friday, May 24, 2024
Glazer’s new movie, “Babes,” delves into the absurd, paradoxical, graphic realities of pregnancy and parenthood.
How a Tech Executive Lobbied Lawmakers for the TikTok Ban
Friday, May 10, 2024
In lobbying Congress to force the sale of TikTok, a Palantir executive called it a national-security threat—a digital Trojan horse controlled by the Chinese government.
Wired’s Katie Drummond: The TikTok Ban Is “a Vast Overreach, Rooted in Hypocrisy”
Friday, May 10, 2024
A prominent tech journalist sees Silicon Valley corporations making policy in Washington—and lawmakers refusing to regulate social media properly.
Lawrence Summers on Harvard Protests, Antisemitism, and the Meaning of Free Speech
Friday, May 03, 2024
“To say that speech is antisemitic is not to say that the speech should be banned,” the former Harvard president says. But leaders have an obligation “to set a moral tone.”
Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, Who Refused to “Find” Votes for Donald Trump, Prepares for Another Election
Friday, April 26, 2024
Amid threats, Georgia’s secretary of state describes how he convinces Republican voters that elections are fair.
Judi Dench on Bond and Shakespeare
Friday, April 19, 2024
The acclaimed actor talks with David Remnick about her new book, and a lifetime of performing Shakespeare.
