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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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John Brennan, Former C.I.A. Director, on Being Targeted by Trump
Brennan’s agency was lambasted by the President as part of what he called the “Russia hoax.” Why is the Administration going Brennan now?
Jamaica Kincaid on “Putting Myself Together”
The celebrated writer discusses how she found her unique voice, and a new collection of her writings that begins with her first published piece in The New Yorker.
Dexter Filkins on Drones and the Future of Warfare
Rapid changes in technology are rendering American supremacy in highly advanced, expensive weapons a thing of the past. Can the military adapt in time for the next conflict?
Mayor Karen Bass on Marines in Los Angeles
Elected in part on a promise to address the housing crisis, Bass faces a different crisis: a federal “seizure” of Los Angeles, and an Administration fixated on mass deportation.
Michael Wolff on MAGA’s Revolt Over Jeffrey Epstein
The journalist talks about his interviews with the infamous abuser, and the political fallout from the White House’s attempt to close his case.
The Director Ari Aster Explains His COVID-Era Western “Eddington”
Ari Aster’s neo-noir Western involves a gun-toting sheriff, COVID, the George Floyd protests, and a mysterious A.I. data center. The writer-director talks with Adam Howard.
Carrie Brownstein on a Portrait of Cat Power by Richard Avedon
The musician and “Portlandia” co-creator dissects an iconic rock-and-roll image: a 2003 photograph of Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, for a New Yorker profile.
Susan B. Glasser on the Deficit, and Why “We Are the Boiled Frog”
The New Yorker staff writer explains the political implications of Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”
Janet Yellen on the Danger of a “Banana Republic” Economy
The former Treasury Secretary and chair of the Federal Reserve on the budget bill, the exploding deficit, and why Donald Trump is so desperate for lower interest rates.
U2’s Bono on the Power of Music
The singer on his memoir, “Surrender,” which deals with the early loss of his mother, finding religion in music, and navigating the Troubles while in a rock band from Dublin.
Kalief Browder: A Decade Later
Ten years after his suicide, lessons from what Browder shared with The New Yorker about his time in solitary confinement.
Bret Baier on Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship with Fox News
The Fox News anchor discusses the channel’s nightly news show, his role in the current media ecosystem, and what liberal outlets have got wrong about covering Trump.
America’s Oligarch Problem
How did the United States join Russia and China as an oligarchy? The staff writer Evan Osnos chronicles the shift in his new book, “The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich.”
Why Israel Struck Iran First
The Israeli American writer Yossi Klein Halevi is vehemently opposed to Benjamin Netanyahu, but he makes a case for why Netanyahu was right to start a war, whatever the consequences.
Barbra Streisand Still Has Her Voice
The singer reflects on growing up in Brooklyn, performing at the Bon Soir, duetting with Bob Dylan, and lots in between.
The Unfolding Genocide in Sudan
Nicolas Niarchos shares reporting from a civil war in which Sudan’s Black minority is caught between warring factions led by members of the country’s Arab majority.
What Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Doesn’t Understand About Autism
An autism researcher on Kennedy’s initiative to identify a cause, the focus on environmental factors, and the dangers of misinformation.
John Seabrook on the Destructive Family Battles of “The Spinach King”
The writer’s grandfather founded an agricultural empire, but destroyed his business and his family rather than cede control to his sons. “It’s ‘Succession,’ with spinach,” Seabrook says.
Trump’s Playbook to Cripple “60 Minutes” and the Press
The veteran journalist Lesley Stahl on the pressures at CBS News, the history of Presidential attacks on the news media, and how journalists today should respond.