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The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick, presents interviews, profiles, and humor, in a co-production with WNYC Studios.
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Governor Josh Shapiro on How to Win Pennsylvania
The deeply purple swing state is key to this election. The state’s governor, a runner-up for Kamala Harris’s Vice-Presidential pick, explains how a Democrat can win.
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Lake Street Dive Performs in the Studio
Ahead of their show at Madison Square Garden, one of rock’s most interesting bands talks songwriting with David Remnick, and plays some of their songs.
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Preparing For Trump’s Next “Big Lie,” with the Election Lawyer Marc Elias
The Democrats’ top legal strategist in the 2020 Presidential election won nearly every lawsuit brought by Trump’s team. He explains why the threat to democracy is far greater in 2024.
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A Legend on Broadway, Patti LuPone Makes Her Début in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The three-time Tony winner discusses her new play “The Roommate,” alongside Mia Farrow, and bringing Aubrey Plaza—her castmate on “Agatha All Along”—to a “sort of theatre boot camp.”
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The Writer Danzy Senna on Kamala Harris and the Complexity of Biracial Identity in America
The novelist, who uses the word “mulatto” to describe mixed-race people like herself, talks with Julian Lucas about living across the color line, in a country obsessed with it.
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Ian Frazier’s Tour of “Paradise Bronx”
The staff writer walks through New York’s most overlooked borough. “There are places . . . where ‘a Bronx’ means a slum,” he notes. “This cannot, this should not, stand.”
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From In the Dark: What Happened That Day in Haditha?
A new series from the award-winning investigative podcast examines the killing of twenty-four Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines, and why no one was ever brought to justice.
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Picking 2024’s Song of the Summer
The staff writers Kelefa Sanneh and Amanda Petrusich anoint the song of the summer.
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Why Are More Latino Voters Supporting Trump?
Geraldo Cadava speaks with prominent Latinos about why the Republican message is resonating with them.
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For Republicans, the End of Abortion Rights Was a Dangerous Victory
Susan B. Glasser discusses growing fissures in the Republican Party around abortion. She speaks with Representative Matt Rosendale, who wants to push the battle further and end I.V.F.
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Nancy Pelosi, the Power Broker
The Speaker Emerita played a leading role in pushing the Biden Administration’s legislative agenda through Congress. Then she helped clear the path for a new Democratic leadership.
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R.F.K., Jr., and the Central Park Bear, with Clare Malone
The staff writer Clare Malone reported that Kennedy, a Presidential candidate, once dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park as a joke. But Kennedy tried to get ahead of the story.
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Israel’s Other Intractable Conflict
The writer Nathan Thrall and the lawyer Raja Shehadeh on the occupation of the West Bank, and whether there can be any prospect for peace.
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Celebrating Fifty Years Since Philippe Petit’s High-Wire Walk Through the Sky
Gwen Kinkead profiled the famous artist for the magazine in 1987.
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What Kamala Harris Needs to Win the Presidency
Jennifer Palmieri, a veteran of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, explains what she learned working on the 2016 election, and how the race that Harris faces differs from those of other women who’ve run for President.
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Louisa Thomas on the Paris Olympics
The New Yorker’s sports writer on the unexpected venues of the Paris Games.
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The Presidential Race Is in Uncharted Territory, but It’s Clear Who’s Winning
CNN’s data guru Harry Enten says that, unless the race shifts significantly, Donald Trump will win. And the pollster Ann Selzer explains how the polls know what they know.
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Karla Cornejo Villavicencio on “Catalina,” the Tale of an Undocumented Student at Harvard
The writer talks with David Remnick about writing the lives of the undocumented, in journalism and in fiction. Her previous work, a memoir, was a finalist for the National Book Award.
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Julián Castro on the Biden Problem, and What the Democratic Party Got Wrong
A former Presidential candidate, Castro tells David Remnick why Democratic leaders concerned about President Biden’s age were afraid to challenge the establishment and run against him.
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Jane Mayer, David Grann, and Patrick Radden Keefe on the Importance of a Good Villain
Three masters talk about the craft of investigative journalism, and how the bad guy makes the story tick.
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