Unveiling President Trump's Tabloid Ties
New Yorker staff writer, author and senior legal analyst at CNN Jeffrey Toobin joins us discuss his latest piece, “Feeding the Beast” (Online: “The National Enquirer’s Fervor for Trump”). He profiles...
View Article'New Yorker' Covers More Reflective of The Times
The New Yorker's cover art has long reflected a cosmopolitan sensibility — but recently, the images have become much more topical, depicting issues the nation is facing like politics, immigration and...
View ArticleWhat Feral Hogs Reveal About Local Politics, and Other Investigations by Ian...
What does the feral hog population in a region reveal about local politics? New Yorker staff writer Ian Frazier reports on this and other stories in his latest book Hogs Wild: Selected Reporting...
View ArticleIt's a 'Doggy-dog World,' and More of the Best New Yorker Spelling Errors
Author and former New Yorker editor Daniel Menaker and cartoonist Roz Chast discuss their new book, The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense, a fun collection of...
View ArticleDavid Bowie’s Last Band
David Bowie never stopped pushing himself creatively, and, in his last couple of years, he enlisted a group of unknown jazz musicians to shape the sound of what would be his final album, “Blackstar.”...
View ArticleEpisode 62: Laura Poitras, David Bowie’s Last Band, and the Poet Brenda...
The Oscar-winning documentarian Laura Poitras (“Citizenfour”) talks to David Remnick about her first solo museum exhibition, “Astro Noise,” which channels her investigations of government surveillance...
View ArticleAutomated Call-Response Center for the Weinbaum Residence
Calling mom just got a lot harder for David: “If you are family, please press one. If you are a friend, press two. If you fall somewhere on the associate-to-acquaintance continuum, press three.” Becky...
View ArticleLaura Poitras: ‘We Create the Political Landscape in Which We Live’
Laura Poitras shared a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting based on Edward Snowden’s leaks, and an Oscar for her film “Citizenfour.” Her recent project, “Astro Noise,” was neither documentary nor...
View ArticleEmma Allen Picks Three Funny Things
As the editor of the Daily Shouts blog, The New Yorker’s Emma Allen brings humor pieces to the Web. Here she shares three recommendations for making life funnier: a board game, a comedian, and a...
View ArticleBrenda Shaughnessy’s Time Machine
With her latest book of poetry, “So Much Synth,” the poet Brenda Shaughnessy is going back in time. The collection, which came out this spring, tells the story of her own coming of age, in the...
View ArticleFrom Avid Reader to Influential Editor
This is a rebroadcast of an interview that originally aired on October 3rd, 2016.Robert Gottlieb has served as the the editor-in-chief of Simon and Schuster, the president, publisher and...
View ArticleAlex Ross's Current Obsessions
Join Q2 Music this winter for weekly musical obsessions from noted New Yorker music critic Alex Ross. Each Tuesday at 1 pm, from November through January, we'll take in one of Ross's discoveries in its...
View ArticleAn Editor Reflects on a Lifetime in Publishing
Robert Gottlieb has served as the the editor-in-chief of Simon and Schuster, the president, publisher and editor-in-chief of Alfred A. Knopf, and the editor of The New Yorker. In his book, Avid Reader:...
View ArticlePolling & Democracy: An Uneasy Relationship
Back in December, with our election season partners, FiveThirtyEight, we issued a Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Election Polls Edition. It was directed towards primary election coverage, but some...
View ArticleLiving Alone in Twenty-Two Rooms
Bob Bozic, a Manhattan bartender, has been fighting for a decade to reclaim a house from the Serbian government. A twenty-two-room mansion on the nicest street in Belgrade, it was built by a father he...
View ArticleEpisode 38: The Wisdom of John McPhee, and the Agony of an iPod Lockout
The longtime New Yorker writer John McPhee is an influential teacher of writing, with bookshelves full of titles written by his former students. One of those students, David Remnick, talks with McPhee...
View ArticleIs the Brexit Vote Good for the E.U.?
The United Kingdom holds one of the world’s financial capitals; its decision to leave the European Union caused an earthquake in the markets. Even as markets stabilize, the political and economic...
View ArticleA Breakup Ceremony
What if we had rituals for the end of relationships as well as the beginnings? “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness the dramatic breakup of two people we’ve never met,” Shea Strauss...
View Article"Tales of Old Santa Fe," by Jack Handey
Santa Fe’s cowboy past and its New Age present collide in Jack Handey’s short sketches: an old-time landscape painter is challenged to a two-man show by a cocky upstart; a “fancy dude” buys a “double...
View ArticleNobody Writes a Caption Like Larry Wood
Larry Wood is a grand master of a very particular sport - The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. He’s won seven times, more than any other contestant. He explains his system to Susan Morrison, an...
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