The New Yorker Radio Hour
WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
The New Yorker Radio Hour
WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
Friday 01 July 2022 : The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dobbs case was not a surprise; given the draft opinion that was leaked in May, its decision to overturn...
Monday 27 June 2022 : When the New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz first heard that the Conservative Political Action Conference, the flagship event of the...
Friday 24 June 2022 : Alan Alda spent his early years in the burlesque theatres where his father, the actor Robert Alda, would perform. Those early years opened...
Tuesday 21 June 2022 : A survey that started as a student project at Stanford University has become a popular dating and relationship tool on campuses across the...
Friday 17 June 2022 : Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has shown himself uniquely skilled at attracting attention beyond the borders of his home state. Just this...
Wednesday 15 June 2022 : Michael R. Jackson’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “A Strange Loop” features a Black queer writer named Usher, who works as...
Tuesday 14 June 2022 : Ian Frazier, who has chronicled American life for The New Yorker for more than forty years, travelled to a house in Fort Collins, Colorado,...
Friday 10 June 2022 : Twenty years ago, Regina Spektor was yet another aspiring musician in New York, lugging around a backpack full of self-produced CDs, and...
Tuesday 07 June 2022 : Masha Gessen is reporting for The New Yorker on the war in Ukraine, which is now in its fourth month. They checked in with David Remnick...
Friday 03 June 2022 : While working on his Ph.D., the historian Eric Cervini (whose book “The Deviant’s War” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) noticed...
Tuesday 31 May 2022 : Roger Angell, who died last week, at the age of 101, was inducted in 2014 into the Baseball Hall of Fame in recognition of his extraordinary...
Friday 27 May 2022 : In America, unthinkable violence has become routine. In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, David Remnick speaks with the...
Tuesday 24 May 2022 : Across five studio albums, Florence and the Machine has explored genres from pop to punk and soul; the band’s most recent record, “Dance...
Friday 20 May 2022 : Across the United States, conservative politicians are leading a backlash against L.G.B.T.Q. identity, framing legal restrictions as...
Tuesday 17 May 2022 : Before the pandemic, Megan Stalter was an unknown comedian, trying to catch a lucky break at clubs in New York City. But with the arrival of...
Friday 13 May 2022 : Assuming that Justice Samuel Alito’s final opinion in the Mississippi abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization gets...
Tuesday 10 May 2022 : “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is in a genre all its own—you could call it sci-fi-martial-arts-family-drama. Stephanie Hsu...
Friday 06 May 2022 : Last week, a draft opinion was leaked which suggests that a majority of Supreme Court Justices are ready to overturn the precedents of Roe...
Tuesday 03 May 2022 : Rickie Lee Jones emerged into the pop world fully formed; her début album was nominated for five Grammys, in 1980, and she won for Best New...
Friday 29 April 2022 : As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters a third month, prospects of ending the conflict are still nowhere in sight, and there seems to be...
Monday 25 April 2022 : The Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis traces her career in Hollywood back to a single moment of inspiration from her childhood: watching...
Friday 22 April 2022 : Ronan Farrow has published an investigation into a software called Pegasus and its maker, NSO Group. Pegasus is one of the most invasive...
Tuesday 19 April 2022 : The Internet can be a scary place in real life, and far more so in Jane Schoenbrun’s film “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,”...
Tuesday 12 April 2022 : Jennifer Egan’s new novel, “The Candy House,” one of the most anticipated books of the year, has just been published. It is...
Friday 08 April 2022 : Ketanji Brown Jackson has been voted in as a Supreme Court Justice—the first Black woman to serve in that role. But, to reach this...
The New Yorker Radio Hour
WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
Jia Tolentino and Stephania Taladrid on the End of Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dobbs case was not a surprise; given the draft opinion that was leaked in May, its decision to overturn...
Why Do Conservatives Love Hungary’s Viktor Orbán?
When the New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz first heard that the Conservative Political Action Conference, the flagship event of the...
Alan Alda, Podcaster
Alan Alda spent his early years in the burlesque theatres where his father, the actor Robert Alda, would perform. Those early years opened...
Forget Dating Apps—the “Marriage Pact” Goes for the Long Haul
A survey that started as a student project at Stanford University has become a popular dating and relationship tool on campuses across the...
Dexter Filkins on the Rise of Ron DeSantis
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has shown himself uniquely skilled at attracting attention beyond the borders of his home state. Just this...
Michael R. Jackson on “A Strange Loop,” His Black, Queer Coming-of-Age Musical
Michael R. Jackson’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “A Strange Loop” features a Black queer writer named Usher, who works as...
The Adrenaline Rush of Racing Drones
Ian Frazier, who has chronicled American life for The New Yorker for more than forty years, travelled to a house in Fort Collins, Colorado,...
Regina Spektor on Her New Album, “Home, Before and After”
Twenty years ago, Regina Spektor was yet another aspiring musician in New York, lugging around a backpack full of self-produced CDs, and...
Masha Gessen on the Quiet in Kyiv
Masha Gessen is reporting for The New Yorker on the war in Ukraine, which is now in its fourth month. They checked in with David Remnick...
“The Book of Queer,” and “Bob’s Burgers” Hits the Big Screen
While working on his Ph.D., the historian Eric Cervini (whose book “The Deviant’s War” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) noticed...
Remembering Roger Angell, and Fishing with Karen Chee
Roger Angell, who died last week, at the age of 101, was inducted in 2014 into the Baseball Hall of Fame in recognition of his extraordinary...
What Makes a Mass Shooter?
In America, unthinkable violence has become routine. In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, David Remnick speaks with the...
Florence and the Machine, Live at The New Yorker Festival
Across five studio albums, Florence and the Machine has explored genres from pop to punk and soul; the band’s most recent record, “Dance...
The Attack on Gender-Affirming Medical Care
Across the United States, conservative politicians are leading a backlash against L.G.B.T.Q. identity, framing legal restrictions as...
The Comedian Megan Stalter on Finding Inspiration in American Absurdity
Before the pandemic, Megan Stalter was an unknown comedian, trying to catch a lucky break at clubs in New York City. But with the arrival of...
The Battle After Roe v. Wade
Assuming that Justice Samuel Alito’s final opinion in the Mississippi abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization gets...
Stephanie Hsu on “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” is in a genre all its own—you could call it sci-fi-martial-arts-family-drama. Stephanie Hsu...
The Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi; and a Look at White Empathy
Last week, a draft opinion was leaked which suggests that a majority of Supreme Court Justices are ready to overturn the precedents of Roe...
Rickie Lee Jones’s Life on the Road
Rickie Lee Jones emerged into the pop world fully formed; her début album was nominated for five Grammys, in 1980, and she won for Best New...
A Ukrainian Diplomat on the Future of Russian Aggression
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters a third month, prospects of ending the conflict are still nowhere in sight, and there seems to be...
Viola Davis on Playing Michelle Obama, and Finding Her Voice as an Actor
The Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis traces her career in Hollywood back to a single moment of inspiration from her childhood: watching...
Ronan Farrow on the Threat of Modern Spyware
Ronan Farrow has published an investigation into a software called Pegasus and its maker, NSO Group. Pegasus is one of the most invasive...
“We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” and a Short History of Movies about the Internet
The Internet can be a scary place in real life, and far more so in Jane Schoenbrun’s film “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,”...
Jennifer Egan on the Literary Pleasures of the Concept Album
Jennifer Egan’s new novel, “The Candy House,” one of the most anticipated books of the year, has just been published. It is...
Anita Hill and Jane Mayer on Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the State of the Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been voted in as a Supreme Court Justice—the first Black woman to serve in that role. But, to reach this...
