The New Yorker Radio Hour Podcast

The New Yorker Radio Hour

WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.
“Fat Swim” and Literature’s Fatphobia Problem
The novelist Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses her short-story collection “Fat Swim,” and the fatphobia she finds in contemporary fiction, with the critic Jennifer Wilson.
Apr 28
19 min
Why Senator Rand Paul Voted to Limit Donald Trump’s War Powers
The libertarian-leaning Republican discusses his effort to restrain the President’s actions in Iran, and how he would campaign against other G.O.P. Presidential candidates in 2028.
Apr 24
29 min
Patrick Radden Keefe on “London Falling,” His Book About a Teen-Ager’s Mysterious Life and Death
The New Yorker staff writer, who has chronicled political violence under the Irish Republican Army and the opioid epidemic, traces how a teen came to impersonate an oligarch’s son.
Apr 21
19 min
A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel
The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.
Apr 17
39 min
Anna Wintour as Vogue Icon
Vogue is almost synonymous with its longtime editor, Anna Wintour. She talks with David Remnick about choosing a successor, and wearing Prada to the première of “The Devil Wears Prada.”
Apr 14
38 min
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI
Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on the rise of the C.E.O. of OpenAI, and how allegations of deceptive behavior continue to dog one of the most powerful figures in tech.
Apr 10
49 min
Pick Three: Spring Sports News
The New Yorker staff writer Louisa Thomas on the season’s biggest basketball stories.
Apr 7
14 min
How Donald Trump’s War on Iran Helps Vladimir Putin’s War on Ukraine
Olga Rudenko, the editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent, explains how Russia is supporting Iran with drone technology, and how the worldwide shock to oil prices is helping Russia.
Apr 3
36 min
A Former Federal Prosecutor on Why He Quit Donald Trump’s Department of Justice
Troy Edwards tells Ruth Marcus why he left his senior position in the government, and what his father-in-law, James Comey, had to do with it.
Mar 31
22 min
John Lithgow on the Controversial Authors Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling
The actor, who stars in the new Broadway production “Giant,” about Dahl’s fraught legacy, discusses whether we can separate the art from the artist.
Mar 27
28 min
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