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The New Yorker Radio Hour

Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.

  1. 20 HR AGO

    Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights

    The first transgender person elected to Congress discusses how to respond to a bathroom bill and transphobic attacks from other House members, including Speaker Mike Johnson.

    41 min

  2. 4 DAYS AGO

    Ketanji Brown Jackson on Ethics, Trust, and Keeping It Collegial at the Supreme Court

    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.

    25 min

  3. 19 NOV

    Danielle Deadwyler on August Wilson and Denzel Washington

    The actress discusses starring in the new film adaptation of “The Piano Lesson,” Wilson’s play about the Great Migration and a family torn apart by inheritance.

    18 min

  4. 15 NOV

    The Authors of “How Democracies Die” on the New Democratic Minority

    Two leading political scientists explain why voters failed to defend democracy: We never do.

    32 min

  5. 12 NOV

    Sam Gold’s “Romeo + Juliet” Is Shakespeare for the Youth

    Gold, a celebrated Shakespeare director, designed his theatre production for a young audience. “It’s loud. I’m willing to hear the complaints, because I have risk tolerance,” he said.

    22 min

  6. 8 NOV

    Donald Trump’s Reëlection, and America’s Future

    David Remnick joins Evan Osnos, Jane Mayer, and Susan Glasser to explain how Trump won the race, and what his rhetoric of vengeance and retribution portends for his return to power.

    49 min

  7. 4 NOV

    Rachel Maddow on the Fascist Threat in America, Then and Now

    The MSNBC host says that Trump’s authoritarian message is timeless. “You can sell [it] to people who are in great need of relief,” she says. “But you can also sell it to billionaires.”

    22 min

  8. 1 NOV

    Liz Cheney on Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Jeff Bezos

    Once a top Republican in Congress, and now a supporter of Kamala Harris, Cheney cancelled her subscription to the Washington Post after Bezos blocked its endorsement: “It’s a disgrace.”

    28 min
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