The New Yorker Radio Hour
David Remnick is joined by The New Yorker’s award-winning writers, editors, and artists to present a weekly mix of profiles, storytelling, and insightful conversations about the issues that matter ― plus an occasional blast of comic genius from the magazine’s legendary Shouts and Murmurs page. The New Yorker has set a standard in journalism for generations, and The New Yorker Radio Hour gives it a voice on public radio for the first time. Produced by The New Yorker and WNYC Studios.WNYC studios is the producer of leading podcasts including Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, Note To Self, Here’s The Thing With Alec Baldwin, and more.
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- http://www.wnyc.org/shows/tnyradiohour
- Description
- The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine’s editor, David Remnick.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-11-19 17:49
- last episode published
- 2024-11-19 11:00
- publication frequency
- 3.2 days
- Contributors
- WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
- Author
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- 961
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| 2024-11-19 | Danielle Deadwyler, who first grabbed the spotlight for her performance as Emmett Till’s mother in the film “Till,” stars in a new film called “The Piano Lesson”—one of August Wilson’s Century Cycle plays about Black life in Pittsburgh. Denzel Washingt... |
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| 2024-11-15 |
The Authors of “How Democracies Die” on the New Democratic Minority American voters have elected a President with broadly, overtly authoritarian aims. It’s hardly the first time that the democratic process has brought an anti-democratic leader to power. The political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, who b... |
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| 2024-11-12 | Sam Gold has directed five Shakespeare tragedies, but his latest, “Romeo + Juliet,” is something different—a loud, clubby production designed to attract audiences the age of its protagonists. “It’s as if the teens from ‘Euphoria’ decided that they had ... |
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| 2024-11-08 | In the end, Donald Trump’s rhetoric of another stolen election, and his opponents’ warnings that he would once again attempt to subvert a loss, were moot. Trump, a convicted felon and sexual abuser, won not only the Electoral College, but the popular v... |
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| 2024-11-04 |
Rachel Maddow on the Fascist Threat in America, Then and Now It made news when the retired general John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said that the former President fit the definition of a fascist. The MSNBC host Rachel Maddow could hardly be blamed if she said, I told you so. Maddow’s po... |
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| 2024-11-01 | In recent weeks and months, dozens of prominent security and military officials and Republican politicians have come out against Donald Trump, declaring him a security threat, unfit for office, and, in some cases, a fascist. Way out in front of this mo... |
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| 2024-10-29 |
How Alpha Kappa Alpha Shaped Kamala Harris; Plus, Bill T. Jones One aspect of the Vice-President’s background that’s relatively overlooked, and yet critical to understanding her, is her membership in the sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha. “In one of the bylaws,” the writer Jazmine Hughes tells David Remnick, “it says that... |
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| 2024-10-25 |
Charlamagne tha God Has Some Advice for Kamala Harris and the Democrats In these final days of the Presidential campaign, Vice-President Kamala Harris has been getting in front of voters as much as she can. Given the polls showing shaky support among Black men, one man she absolutely had to talk to was Lenard McKelvey, muc... |
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| 2024-10-22 |
The Stakes for Abortion Rights, from the Head of Planned Parenthood If Vice-President Kamala Harris wins in November, it will likely be on the strength of the pro-choice vote, which has been turning out strongly in recent elections. Her statements and choices on the campaign trail couldn’t stand in starker relief again... |
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| 2024-10-18 |
With “The Warriors,” Lin-Manuel Miranda Takes on Another New York Story Since the blockbuster success of his musical “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda has been busy: acting, directing, and composing for Disney projects, including the upcoming movie “Mufasa: The Lion King.” But his new project is more personal, and a throwbac... |
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