Brian Lairer on WNYC.

Now we continue our WNYC Centennial series, 100 Years of 100 Things.

It's thing number 63, a storied magazine that we're partners with, celebrating its own

centennial. This marks the New Yorkers 100th anniversary, 100 years of searing journalism, storytelling,

cartoons, and so much more. And of course, even the New Yorker Radio Hour in recent years,

which is how we partner with them,

the magazine started in 1925 as a self-described 15-cent comic paper and grew into one of the most

influential publications in the world and forming the way we think about politics, culture,

and literature, and more, and whether it's Shirley Jackson's The Lottery,

John Hersey's Hiroshima, or Ronan Farrow's investigation into Me Too, the New Yorker has produced

stories that stick with you and in some cases move the culture. So to celebrate at Centennial,

the magazine is rolling out special issues, a massive

archive digitization project, a film festival, even a Netflix documentary. But beyond the

celebrations, this is also a moment to reflect on the New Yorkers legacy, its legendary editors,

and the stories that have defined generations. And so who better to help us do that

than the New Yorker's longtime editor and host of the New Yorker Radio Hour, David Remnick.

David, thanks so much for this. Hey, congratulations on 100 years of The New Yorker.

Thank you. A hundred years old and my knees are still okay. So, you know, we have a writer at the magazine who writes, you know, with some frequency in

great elegance, who is, I think, six months younger than the magazine, Calvin Tompkins, a superb

writer, particularly about art.

And, you know, writers in their 20s, so it ranges.

And listeners, we also want to hear from you. Have you been a devoted New Yorker reader? How about a little oral history, New Yorker

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