The New Yorker Radio Hour

Episodes

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  What Does a Blue Texas Mean for America? 08.11.2026 18m

  The staff writer Jesús Rodríguez on the way in which the midterms played out in the state, the effects of gerrymandering, and how both parties have courted Latino voters.
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  Pete Buttigieg on the Democrats’ Sweep of Congress, and Where They Go from Here 06.11.2026 31m

  The former Transportation Secretary, who is a likely Presidential contender, talks about how a Democratic Congress will try to make an impact, even with an angry lame-duck President.
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  Defending the Midterms from Donald Trump 01.11.2026 18m

  The reporter Barton Gellman discusses threats to the upcoming elections.
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  Democrats Might Take Back the House. Then What? 30.10.2026 31m

  Representative Jamie Raskin on the unprecedented depths of corruption in the current Administration, potential impeachments, and how the Democratic Party can gain credibility.
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  Despite Reports, Reading Is Alive and Well 27.10.2026 20m

  In “The New Age of Reading,” the staff writer Nathan Heller says that news of the demise of reading is greatly exaggerated. He lays out his case to David Remnick.
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  Gina Hinojosa Aims to Make Texas Blue Again 21.10.2026 28m

  Powered by disappointment among Trump voters and outrage over data centers, a Texas Democrat is running neck and neck with the Republican incumbent in the governor’s race.
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  Molly Fischer on Waymo, the Driverless Taxi Coming to a City Near You 20.10.2026 26m

  Removing human drivers isn’t only a cost-cutting strategy; Waymo riders prefer the solitude, the New Yorker staff writer Molly Fischer tells David Remnick.
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  Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump? 16.10.2026 30m

  Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of the MAGA “big tent,” talks with David Remnick about how the President lost control of his movement, and why that spells disaster for Republicans.
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  The Reporter Nicholas Lemann on California’s Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax 13.10.2026 18m

  A measure to tax the ultra-wealthy in California is a bellwether progressive issue. Why are so many Democrats skeptical?
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  Canada’s Plans for Donald Trump 09.10.2026 31m

  Canadians think America “is toxic and broken and can never be trusted again,” Chrystia Freeland, the former Deputy Prime Minister, tells David Remnick, and they’re seeking allies abroad.
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  An American Journalist Imprisoned as a Spy in Russia 06.10.2026 21m

  Evan Gershkovich, a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal who was convicted on false charges of espionage, talks about his time in a Russian prison.
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  Jeremy Strong on Playing Mark Zuckerberg and Other Unpopular Characters 02.10.2026 28m

  The actor talks with David Remnick about portraying the Facebook founder under pressure in “The Social Reckoning,” and why Strong felt betrayed by The New Yorker’s 2021 Profile of him.
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  Min Jin Lee on “American Hagwon,” Her First Novel After the Phenomenon of “Pachinko” 29.09.2026 28m

  The author talks with David Remnick about leaving corporate law to become a novelist, and making Korean culture and experiences legible to readers around the globe.
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  Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics 25.09.2026 31m

  The entertainment agent and executive talks with David Remnick about his dealings with the President, Elon Musk, and Mohammed bin Salman, and operating within “shades of gray.”
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  Grandmaster Flash on “Birth of a Culture” 22.09.2026 34m

  The d.j. explains how he worked out some of the turntable innovations that led to hip-hop as we know it, and why the Furious Five’s biggest hit was the beginning of the end.
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  Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing” 18.09.2026 24m

  The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem.
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  From In the Dark: The Journey 16.09.2026 53m

  Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry.
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  John Wilson and “The History of Concrete” 15.09.2026 19m

  The documentary filmmaker and the New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz meet up at Wilson’s independent movie theatre to discuss his newest endeavor.
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  Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee 11.09.2026 49m

  In his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” the former N.F.L. star recounts the backlash he faced from the league.
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  Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Americans in a Time of Peril 08.09.2026 22m

  The writer, who recently released a new novel, speaks with The New Yorker’s Doreen St. Félix about the meaning of home in an era when Haitian Americans are targeted for mass deportation.