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David Remnick and New Yorker writers on Ukraine, Iran, Hollywood, and AI ethics.
The New Yorker Radio Hour brings the magazine's serious-minded curiosity to audio, moving between geopolitical analysis, cultural interviews, sports talk, and institutional reporting. Its best moments are patient, historically alert conversations that let guests argue through complicated subjects at length.
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The show is built around David Remnick's interviews, supplemented by segments where other New Yorker writers conduct or co-conduct conversations on their areas of expertise. Foreign-affairs segments often bring in New Yorker correspondents such as Dexter Filkins and Robin Wright to unpack a single unfolding story — the Ukraine war, the Iran conflict, Cuba's economic crisis — in panel or two-way format. Culture segments are more conventional single-guest interviews, covering film directors and actors (Noah Baumbach, John Lithgow), fashion (Anna Wintour on Vogue's transition), and media investigations, sometimes conducted by other New Yorker contributors like Susan Morrison. A recurring investigative thread examines the technology industry, including a multi-part look at Sam Altman and OpenAI reported by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz. Episodes run roughly 20 to 50 minutes and are typically framed by Remnick's introduction connecting the topic to current events. The tone is conversational but reporting-driven, reflecting the magazine's house style rather than a casual chat format. Listeners interested in international affairs, U.S. politics, and film/arts criticism are both served, often within the same episode. The guest roster skews toward journalists, authors, directors, and public figures with a current book, film, or controversy. Production is credited to WNYC Studios and The New Yorker jointly, with regular sponsor mentions for other public-radio programs like Marketplace and Planet Money.
Made for: Readers of The New Yorker and listeners who want reported, magazine-style interviews spanning geopolitics, technology ethics, and film and arts culture.
What sets it apart: Combines New Yorker correspondents' foreign-policy panel analysis with single-guest cultural interviews in the same weekly episode slate, rather than sticking to one lane.
Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
David Remnick turns reported detail and sustained questioning into clear accounts of power, policy, conflict, and cultural influence.
The New Yorker Radio Hour uses David Remnick's interviews to connect immediate events with the people, institutions, and decisions shaping them.
David Remnick makes power explain itself before you decide whose confidence to trust.
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A composed Wintour interview turns Vogue, the Met Gala, and fashion's future into a study of cultural authority.
Anna Wintour's place in fashion culture comes through here as more than celebrity shorthand. David Remnick frames the conversation through the return of The Devil Wears Prada, Wintour's move away from running American Vogue day to day, and her still-defining presence at the…
A measured look at Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the trust problem beneath the AI race.
Sam Altman's Trust Issues at OpenAI frames the AI boom as a problem of power, trust, and personal judgment. David Remnick opens with the scale of the moment, from fears of an AI bubble to the possibility of change on the order of the Industrial Revolution, then turns to Ronan…
A sober Kyiv conversation on how Iran, oil, NATO pressure, and U.S. aid politics may strengthen Putin's hand.
Donald Trump's war on Iran gives this New Yorker Radio Hour conversation its uneasy frame: a Middle East crisis that, in Olga Rudenko's telling, can make Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine easier to sustain.
A thoughtful Lithgow conversation about Dahl, difficult artists, and the uneasy bargain between beloved work and ugly legacies.
The New Yorker Radio Hour uses John Lithgow's visit to worry a familiar but still live question: what do we do with beloved art made by people whose views repel us?
A sober look at why a weakened Cuba may still be hard for Washington to control.
The New Yorker Radio Hour treats Cuba as the next pressure point in a widening season of American force. David Remnick opens with Trump moving from an America First promise into confrontations involving Venezuela, Greenland, Iran, and now Cuba, then turns to New Yorker staff…
Chloe Zhao talks through Hamnet as a film about grief, art, and the emotions that find shelter in imagination.
Chloe Zhao's Hamnet brings The New Yorker Radio Hour into the intimate mechanics of grief and artistic self-protection. David Remnick sets up the film as a departure from Nomadland, then lets Zhao explain how Amblin's call reached her on a spotty drive through New Mexico and led…
A clear, court-facing conversation about teen anxiety, social media, and the evidence Jonathan Haidt wants taken seriously.
Social media's effect on young people is treated here as a cultural alarm that has moved into the courts. David Remnick sets up Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation as a book that did more than sell: it helped push school phone restrictions, age checks for social media users,…
A sober, skeptical look at Washington's fast-forming Iran war logic and the risks behind regime-change talk.
David Remnick frames The New Yorker Radio Hour's Iran discussion around a blunt problem: Donald Trump has opened a war while his administration keeps shifting its public rationale.
Patient conversations with working creative people.
Sam Harris interviews scientists and journalists on AI risk, religion, and US politics.
WSJ reporters unpack the Epstein files, surrogacy industry abuses, and true-crime court battles.
Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway argue through tech, media, and Trump-era politics twice weekly.
Dan Carlin's solo essays connecting executive power, historical collapse, and American democracy.
Anna Wintour prefers looking forward.
AI is no longer abstract.
David Remnick interviews New Yorker writer Louisa Thomas about LeBron James's evolving role as a 41-year-old NBA player and his impact on the Lakers.
Ukraine's predicament has widened.
A former federal prosecutor discusses why he resigned from Donald Trump's Department of Justice due to political interference under Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Art and moral revulsion share the bill.
This episode profiles comedian Julio Torres, discussing his unique surreal humor, background on SNL and HBO shows, and his new special 'Color Theories' that explores his distinctive perspective on colors.
Trump has turned outward.
Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao discusses her latest film Hamnet, which earned eight Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Director.
Social media is put in the dock.
David Remnick interviews filmmaker Ryan Coogler about his Oscar-nominated vampire film Sinners, set in the Jim Crow South.
Donald Trump has opened a war with Iran, and David Remnick is less interested in the slogan than the wobble behind it.
Harper starts with the least leverage.
Protests in Iran sit at the center of the episode.
David Remnick interviews Dhruv Kular about the potential of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic to treat addiction.
A falling light changes the room.
David Remnick hosts the annual Brody Awards discussion with critics Alexandra Schwartz and Richard Brody, analyzing the year's best films and Oscar nominations.
David Remnick interviews Miami Herald reporter Julie K.
David Remnick interviews a lawyer about government involvement in social media censorship and First Amendment violations during the Trump era.
David Remnick introduces a segment analyzing Ben Shapiro's speech at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest, where he criticizes conservative figures like Tucker Carlson for platforming extremists.
A city becomes a test case.
This episode explores Bari Weiss's controversial rise from leaving The New York Times to leading CBS News, examining her impact on media and journalism.
David Remnick interviews Jason Zengerle about his new book on Tucker Carlson, exploring Carlson's rise, influence, and shifting political stances.
David Remnick interviews Danny Funt about the rapid expansion of legal sports gambling in the U.S.
David Remnick discusses the shift in how people get political information and interviews Jennifer Welch, co-host of the political podcast 'I've Had It'.
David Remnick introduces an interview with Demi Moore about her memoir and career, discussing her early life and adaptability.
Noah Baumbach tells The New Yorker Radio Hour’s Susan Morrison that Jay Kelly grew out of a rough White Noise shoot on a “deserted highway in Ohio at about 4 a.m.” and a later, better experience making Barbie with Greta Gerwig.
David Remnick interviews film director Richard Linklater about his two new films, with commentary from critic Justin Chang.
Staff writer Emma Green discusses the Trump administration's aggressive campaign to change how universities operate, as reported in The New Yorker.
David Remnick interviews New York City mayoral candidate Zoran Mamdani about his surprising primary victory and campaign.
David Remnick interviews Lionel Richie about his memoir 'Truly', covering his 50-year career, the Commodores, and personal reflections.
A conservative professor discusses the challenges of campus culture, balancing opposition to political interference with concerns about stifled debate in universities.
David Remnick discusses the Jimmy Kimmel free speech controversy and its implications for democracy with civil resistance expert Hardy Merriman.
David Remnick interviews Ezra Klein about the challenges facing Democrats and the threat to democracy from Trump's rhetoric and actions.
David Remnick discusses Donald Trump's persistent claims of election fraud and their impact on American politics.