Bonus: David Remnick Takes Calls on the Midterms and the Media
The New Yorker Radio Hour
WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
4.2 • 6.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, New Yorker Radio Hour listeners. |
| 0:05.7 | We have a bonus episode of the podcast for you. |
| 0:08.5 | On Wednesday, David Remnick appeared on WNYC's Brian Larris show, |
| 0:12.9 | and he talked with Brian about the late newspaper mogul, Donald Newhouse, |
| 0:17.1 | as well as the New York Knicks finally reaching the NBA finals for the first time in over a quarter century. |
| 0:23.4 | And also, the radio hour's upcoming live event at the Tribeca Festival. |
| 0:28.7 | David will be sitting down on June 10th with John Lovett, the former Obama speechwriter and political podcaster, |
| 0:34.6 | to talk about the midterm elections and much more. |
| 0:43.3 | If you want to join us for that event, go to tribecafilm.com slash audio. That's tribecafilm.com slash audio. |
| 0:47.3 | Here's Brian Lair talking with our host, David Remnick. |
| 0:51.3 | It's David Remnick. |
| 1:01.5 | It's the Brian Laira show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. |
| 1:06.2 | David Remnick is with us, the editor-in-chief of the New Yorker and host of the New Yorker Radio Hour, which the magazine and we here at WNYC produced together. |
| 1:10.5 | We'll talk about this morning's midterm elections news, |
| 1:13.4 | some media news, including CBS firing Scott Pelly, |
| 1:16.9 | after he criticized their new boss, Barry Weiss. |
| 1:19.5 | That broke last night. |
| 1:21.0 | Yes, we will talk about the Knicks, |
| 1:22.7 | opening their first NBA finals in 27 years tonight |
| 1:25.9 | and hoping for their first championship since 1973. |
| 1:29.8 | David wrote a, I'll call it, euphoric New Yorker piece about that. |
| 1:34.3 | And we'll preview a live taping David will be doing for the New Yorker Radio Hour next week |
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