The New Yorker Radio Hour

The reporter Danny Funt discusses his new book, “Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.”

Transcribed - Published: 20 January 2026

A left-wing, atheist reality-TV host from Oklahoma is one of the most popular liberal podcasters, channelling outrage with MAGA and with Democrats she views as complacent.

Transcribed - Published: 16 January 2026

The staff writer Jennifer Wilson explores why prenuptial agreements have boomed in popularity among millennial and Gen Z couples.

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2026

The historian Daniel Immerwahr says Trump’s embrace of imperialist adventuring is not just about business interests—it’s an appeal to masculinity which “seems to sell.”

Transcribed - Published: 9 January 2026

The star discusses some of her demanding roles from decades of filmmaking.

Transcribed - Published: 6 January 2026

The singer recounts his unlikely journey from a record-company mailroom to the top of the salsa charts.

Transcribed - Published: 2 January 2026

The best-selling religion scholar discusses her recent book about historical controversies surrounding the life of Jesus, and her complicated lifelong relationship with Christianity.

Transcribed - Published: 30 December 2025

The microchip maker Nvidia dominates the market for the critical hardware that powers A.I. Stephen Witt chronicles Nvidia’s rise, and the geopolitical challenges it faces.

Transcribed - Published: 26 December 2025

The veteran and Senate candidate from Maine talks about the affordability crisis, his campaign’s controversies, and why he isn’t ashamed about his past offensive comments.

Transcribed - Published: 19 December 2025

The poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi talks with Kevin Young, The New Yorker’s poetry editor, about their newest collection “The New Economy,” and poetry’s role in addressing grief.

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2025

The former C.I.A. director and Secretary of Defense explains the problem with using the military for law enforcement.

Transcribed - Published: 12 December 2025

The creators of the film, now streaming on Netflix, on capturing the publication on film and how the magazine’s editorial process resembles a colonoscopy.

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025

Michael Schulman talks with the director about her new film, which explores the death of Shakespeare’s only son.

Transcribed - Published: 7 December 2025

The congressman is currently being investigated by the Justice Department and notes that Trump can’t stop thinking about him: “I live rent-free in that guy’s head.”

Transcribed - Published: 5 December 2025

The director talks with the New Yorker editor Susan Morrison about his new film, in which a famous actor wonders whether he’s made the right choices.

Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2025

The novelist talks with David Remnick about his new book, set a century in the future, and why writers should try to describe the wider world—not just themselves.

Transcribed - Published: 28 November 2025

Rich Logis was a MAGA warrior before he hung up his red hat, and founded the organization Leaving MAGA to help others do the same. He speaks with Radio Hour producer Adam Howard.

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2025

The Maryland Democrat talks with David Remnick about Chuck Schumer’s leadership of a fractured party, and whether Van Hollen himself harbors presidential ambitions.

Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2025

The curator Thelma Golden takes David Remnick on a tour of the unique institution, which is reopening to the public after a seven-year building project.

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2025

The financial journalist discusses his new book about the Wall Street crash of 1929, and the mounting concerns about an A.I. bubble.

Transcribed - Published: 14 November 2025

In the musician’s most revealing account, she discusses her retreat from public life, the early loss of her husband, and the challenge of learning and writing about her biological father.

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2025

The Illinois governor talks with Peter Slevin about immigration raids in Chicago, and the limits of state authority when it comes to opposing the federal government.

Transcribed - Published: 7 November 2025

Tune in to the first episode of the new series, from The New Yorker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative podcast.

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2025

The “Daily Show” host talks with David Remnick about his contract with Paramount Skydance, the government’s attack on political satire, and how our institutions got so weak.

Transcribed - Published: 31 October 2025

In the new book “Enshittification,” Cory Doctorow argues that the deterioration of the online user experience is a deliberate business strategy; he chats with the tech columnist Kyle Chayka.

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2025

The author’s new essay collection, “Dead and Alive,” addresses debates on representation in literature, feminism, and how our phones have radicalized us.

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2025

The director talks with Justin Chang about his latest work on artistic genius. One dramatizes the decline of Lorenz Hart; the other details the triumphant début of Jean-Luc Godard.

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2025

The staff writer Emma Green reports on how the MAGA movement aims to implement fundamental change in both private and public colleges, and in how Americans think about education.

Transcribed - Published: 17 October 2025

The director stopped shooting movies years ago to focus on writing film scores and his own records. He shares some inspirational work from film history with the producer Adam Howard.

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2025

The Democratic candidate for mayor would be one of the youngest and the first Muslim in the job. He discusses threats from Donald Trump, and what socialism means in practice.

Transcribed - Published: 10 October 2025

The singer talks with Hanif Abdurraquib about his career’s “mountaintops and valleys,” being bullied as a child, and how the Commodores did the “dumbass shit” they wanted to avoid.

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2025

Robert P. George opposed Roe v. Wade, same-sex marriage—and the rise of MAGA. “I say to my [liberal] colleagues,” he claims, “it was you guys who gave us Donald Trump!”

Transcribed - Published: 3 October 2025

The comedian has returned to late-night TV. What can the response to his suspension teach us about countering Trump?

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2025

The writer and podcaster on why he thinks Democrats need to broaden their scope—to both the right and the left—and what people misunderstand about his role in politics and media.

Transcribed - Published: 26 September 2025

The illustrator explains how kids’ books made her an artist, and shares favorites from William Steig, Maira Kalman, and Lore Segal and Harriet Pincus.

Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2025

Donald Trump has long claimed elections are rigged; now he gets to do the rigging. The election lawyer Marc Elias explains what the Administration can and can’t do to impact voting.

Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2025

The New Yorker’s poetry editor discusses his new collection of poems, and how the pandemic brought him to themes of grief, political outrage, and our susceptibility to hoaxes.

Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2025

The veteran negotiators Hussein Agha and Robert Malley spent decades trying to broker peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and they know why it failed.

Transcribed - Published: 12 September 2025

Wilco’s front man on his forthcoming solo record—a triple album, but “whittled down from five,” as he tells Amanda Petrusich. “I’ve made single records that feel longer.”

Transcribed - Published: 9 September 2025

Vogue is almost synonymous with its longtime editor, Anna Wintour. She talks with David Remnick about choosing Chloe Malle as her successor, and how fashion changed under her tutelage.

Transcribed - Published: 5 September 2025

The comedian talks about his new album, a sound-effects record for the modern era, with the staff writer Michael Schulman.

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2025

Adam Gopnik discusses the Administration’s moves to dictate what is acceptable and unacceptable in American culture, and why pluralism remains essential to democracy.

Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2025

Dhruv Khullar, who reports on medicine for The New Yorker, investigates the medical effects of extreme heat.

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025

Evan Osnos speaks with Wired’s Katie Drummond about the hype around artificial intelligence, and what tech moguls learned from Elon Musk’s tenure in the White House.

Transcribed - Published: 22 August 2025

The reporter Mohammed R. Mhawish was targeted in an Israeli air strike. He lived, and escaped Gaza. He continues to report on the deprivation and challenges of people trapped in the war.

Transcribed - Published: 18 August 2025

The director and the actor discuss their latest collaboration, nineteen years after their previous film together. “Time flies!,” Lee says. “I didn’t know it had been that long.”

Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2025

The New Yorker critic explains which movies by the filmmaker he loves most—and why.

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2025

Jeannie Suk Gersen and Ruth Marcus, who write about the law for The New Yorker, address listeners’ pressing questions about the Trump Administration’s legal controversies.

Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2025

The celebrated writer discusses how she found her unique voice, and a new collection of her writings that begins with her first published piece in The New Yorker.

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2025

Brennan’s C.I.A. was lambasted by Donald Trump as part of what he called the “Russia hoax.” Why is the Administration going after Brennan now?

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2025