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The New Yorker Radio Hour

Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.

Pete Buttigieg on the Democrats’ Sweep of Congress, and Where They Go from Here
Nov 2026
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Live Event: Movie Night for New Yorker Radio Hour Listeners
Nov 2026
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Defending the Midterms from Donald Trump
Nov 2026
0:00 / 18:09
Democrats Might Take Back the House. Then What?
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers
James Madison
where do you see that in the federalist papers where do you see it in the constitutional convention ▶ tap to play from here
Despite Reports, Reading Is Alive and Well
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Middlemarch
George Eliot
kids were reading middlemarch and do you know how long middlemarch is ▶ tap to play from here
Gina Hinojosa Aims to Make Texas Blue Again
Oct 2026
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Molly Fischer on Waymo, the Driverless Taxi Coming to a City Near You
Oct 2026
0:00 / 26:18
Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump?
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of Burn It Down: What the Polls Say Young Americans Really Want
Burn It Down: What the Polls Say Young Americans Really Want
Rich Barris
coauthor of a new book called burn it down what the polls say young americans really want ▶ tap to play from here
The Reporter Nicholas Lemann on California’s Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty
it all starts with thomas pickety writing that surprise bestseller on inequality the book capital in the twenty first century ▶ tap to play from here
Canada’s Plans for Donald Trump
Oct 2026
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An American Journalist Imprisoned as a Spy in Russia
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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This Cursed Beautiful Land
Evan Gershkovich
he details his experience in a new book this cursed beautiful land ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Becoming
Becoming
Michelle Obama
michelle obama's memoir was in there ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
Arnold Schwarzenegger
arnold schwarzenegger's too ▶ tap to play from here
Jeremy Strong on Playing Mark Zuckerberg and Other Unpopular Characters
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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Ghosts
Henrik Ibsen
because ibsen had written ghosts which he felt like was a deeply personal expression ▶ tap to play from here
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An Enemy of the People
Henrik Ibsen
uh uh about someone attempting to tell the truth to a community ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Do It!
Do It!
Jerry Rubin
i remember as a kid reading his classic book do it ▶ tap to play from here
Min Jin Lee on “American Hagwon,” Her First Novel After the Phenomenon of “Pachinko”
Sep 2026 · 6 books
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Free Food for Millionaires
Min Jin Lee
once a corporate lawyer she quit her job and spent more than ten years working on her debut novel free food for millionaires ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Pachinko
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
and a decade went by before we read pachenko a historical epic and truly a phenomenon that was translated into some 35 languages ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of American Hagwan
American Hagwan
Min Jin Lee
and now after nearly another decade we finally have a chance to read min jinli's third book american hagwan ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Grimms' Fairy Tales
Grimms' Fairy Tales
Brothers Grimm
because in korea my mother had this set of grimms fairy tales that she bought ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Bible
The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
the bible was not in the cards ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Colette
Colette
Judith Thurman
i maybe you know her judah thurman my colleague judah thurman and she had published a biography of colette and she had done uh isaac dinnison and she'd written many essays ▶ tap to play from here
Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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The Art of the Deal
Donald Trump
the art of the deal is the title of course of a famous book by donald trump ▶ tap to play from here
Grandmaster Flash on “Birth of a Culture”
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Birth of a Culture
Grandmaster Flash
in a new memoir birth of a culture grandmaster flash takes us behind the scenes of hiphop's earliest days ▶ tap to play from here
Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic
The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic
Malcolm Gladwell
the book is called the american way of killing and malcolm's subject is gun violence ▶ tap to play from here
From In the Dark: The Journey
Sep 2026
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John Wilson and “The History of Concrete”
Sep 2026
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Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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The Perilous Fight
Colin Kaepernick
in his new memoir the perilous fight colin kaepernick writes that this wasn't even the full extent of the league's efforts to punish him ▶ tap to play from here
Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Americans in a Time of Peril
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Day
Edwige Danticat
uh the book's title is day d e accent grave y and it means uh grief m mourning in haitian kyle ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of My Life on the Road
My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem
it was recorded when steinem's memoir my life on the road had just come out in twenty fifteen ▶ tap to play from here
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