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:
How Donald Trump Is Trying to Rewrite the Rules of Capitalism
Friday, May 02, 2025
The financial columnist John Cassidy on America’s turn to tariffs, and his new book “Capitalism and Its Critics.”
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Confounding Politics of Junk Food
Friday, May 02, 2025
The nutrition researcher Marion Nestle on the health impact of America’s diet, and whether the Trump Administration will take on the food industry.
How Science Fiction Led Elon Musk to DOGE
Friday, April 18, 2025
Jill Lepore says that the SpaceX CEO, an avid science-fiction fan, misreads cautionary tales as instruction manuals—and that his obsessions will shape America’s future.
Will the Supreme Court Yield to Donald Trump?
Friday, April 11, 2025
The contributor Ruth Marcus looks at resistance to executive orders by federal judges—and whether the Supreme Court will ultimately allow Trump to remake the government in his image.
Why the Tech Giant Nvidia May Own the Future. Plus, Joshua Rothman on Taking A.I Seriously
Friday, April 04, 2025
Stephen Witt on the microchip maker’s rise, and the geopolitical challenges it faces. And, Rothman thinks people outside the tech world should help shape the impact of A.I.
Kaitlan Collins Is Not “Nasty”; She’s Just Doing Her Job
Friday, March 21, 2025
The CNN anchor and chief White House correspondent talks with the guest host Clare Malone about covering the Trump Administrations—and how Trump’s circle isn’t as hostile as it seems.
What Trump Has Got Wrong—and Right—About the War in Ukraine
Friday, March 07, 2025
The Russia scholar Stephen Kotkin looks at America’s turning point in supporting Ukraine.
Does Tim Walz Have Any Regrets?
Friday, February 28, 2025
The Minnesota governor, who was Kamala Harris’s running mate, on what went wrong for the Democrats in 2024, and what they should do now that Donald Trump is back in the White House.
Richard Brody Presents the 2025 Brody Awards
Friday, February 21, 2025
Oscar who? The film critic—a true believer in the art of cinema—picks the winners of the most coveted award of all: The Brodys.
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0
Friday, February 14, 2025
Anthony Romero, the head of the A.C.L.U., says that the United States is on the brink of a constitutional crisis. “We’re at the Rubicon. Whether we’ve crossed it remains to be seen.”
The New Yorker Celebrates a Hundred Years as a Poetry and Fiction Tastemaker
Friday, January 31, 2025
The New Yorker editors Deborah Treisman and Kevin Young discuss literary anthologies published for the magazine’s centennial.
How “Saturday Night Live” Reinvented Television, Fifty Years Ago
Friday, January 24, 2025
The New Yorker editor Susan Morrison on Lorne Michaels, the producer who still runs “S.N.L.” with an iron hand. Plus, Tina Fey reads The New Yorker’s review of the show from Season 1.
The Unfinished Business the Biden Administration Is Handing Back to Donald Trump
Friday, January 17, 2025
The staff writer Evan Osnos offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on President Biden’s handling of world crises—from Gaza and Ukraine to China’s designs on Taiwan.
Representative Ro Khanna on Elon Musk and the Tech Oligarchy
Friday, January 10, 2025
Representing Silicon Valley in Congress, Khanna knows tech moguls—and knows how dangerous they are. “Some of them,” he tells David Remnick, “think they’re Nietzsche’s Superman.”
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.
Sara Bareilles Talks with Rachel Syme
Friday, January 03, 2025
The songwriter and performer on her journey from pop music to theatre, with a live performance of “Gravity.”
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: Alex Barasch on “Babygirl” and Some Classic Erotic Thrillers
Friday, December 27, 2024
The culture editor picks three of the best erotic thrillers after being inspired to study the genre by his recent Profile of the director of the new film, “Babygirl.”
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.
