Vinson Cunningham is a staff writer and a theatre critic at The New Yorker. His essays, reviews, and profiles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, FADER, Vulture, The Awl, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. A former White House staffer, he now teaches an MFA Writing course at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City.
Shows:
Vinson Cunningham appears in the following:
Can't-Miss Culture: Theater
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
The New Yorker's Vinson Cunningham shares some of the NYC theater offerings to catch this fall.
Is Capitalism Working for You?
Monday, October 02, 2023
One guest says “a free market is a mythical creature, like Santa Claus.” So how do we describe “capitalism” really, and can we make it do better?
The Joy of Beach Reads
Friday, August 27, 2021
Our guest host, Vinson Cunningham, looks at the particular joy of disconnecting from devices and diving into a book.
Kim Stanley Robinson on “Utopian” Science Fiction
Friday, August 27, 2021
July was, globally, the hottest month on record. The author of a climate-change novel tries to imagine how things could begin to turn around.
'The Nod' Live with Guests Aminatou Sow and Vinson Cunningham
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings launch their new podcast with guests Aminatou Sow of Call Your Girlfriend podcast and The New Yorker's Vinson Cunningham.
What's Next for Activist and Congressman Keith Ellison?
Thursday, March 02, 2017
New Yorker staff writer Vinson Cunningham joins us to discuss his latest article, “The Protest Candidate.” (Online: “Will Keith Ellison Move the Democrats Left?”).
