Conversations We Love: David Remnick

Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Unholy Media

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🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan may be away, sitting on a lounge chair positioned on a sandy beach somewhere, but it doesn’t mean Unholy listeners will be deprived of their weekly podcast fix. This summer break, we’re taking you back to some of our favorite conversations with outstanding guests. In this episode, Yonit and Jonathan revisit their discussion with one of America’s most accomplished journalists, David Remnick. Recorded on the eve of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the editor of The New Yorker reflects on being a correspondent in Moscow during the last days of the Soviet Union and shares his thoughts on why nobody really knows what goes on in Putin’s head. Plus, no podcast hosted by Jews can really be concluded without discussing Jewish identity - nor without a session on Leonard Cohen. Follow us on Facebook + Instagram: Unholy Podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Cyber Attacks Can Be Prevented. Checkpoint, you deserve the best security.
0:12.8	Hello, everyone. Hi, Jonathan. One of us is on vacation. We're not going to say who, but the one wearing the red trousers and t-shirt that says,
0:22.9	I'm cool.
0:24.4	No, I'm really, this is not what you're wearing.
0:26.0	I'm just making this up.
0:26.7	Very definitely not wearing that.
0:28.0	But yes, imagine us, or imagine me anyway, somewhere soaking up the sun and being on holiday, as I would say.
0:35.2	That is how you find us.
0:37.4	Right. No, how you find us.
0:37.6	Right.
0:41.5	No, how you find you, because one of us is still doing the news during the month of August.
0:45.6	So sorry, I'm so laid back now, but I just assume everybody is on vacation.
0:47.3	It's unfair of me.
0:56.1	Since Jonathan is on vacation, we will do what we do on this podcast, which is to bring you or remind you of some of our favorite conversations, the ones that kind of stayed with us and resonated with us that we wanted
1:00.3	you to maybe have another opportunity to listen into.
1:03.8	And we begin with really one of the standout guests we've had on the show.
1:07.9	I think we definitely both agree, but I think our listeners would agree.
1:11.2	Editor-in-chief of the New Yorker magazine, journalistic legend. And crucially, for the conversation
1:17.5	we had, former Moscow correspondent, David Remnick. I mean, it's amazing, David, because he's been
1:25.0	the editor of this, you know, the world's most storied magazine for decades,
1:28.2	but had this whole other life as a really eminent correspondent in Moscow and then wrote a fantastic
1:34.7	book, Lenin's Tomb, about the last years of the Soviet Empire. And the reason and the timing
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