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We visit a Brooklynite whose antique cars have appeared in films like "Bridge of Spies" and "Pollock," and a woman searches for her father, a once-prominent downtown poet. (episode)
Writer Jonathan Blitzer visits Lenny Schiller at his Brooklyn garage, where he keeps dozens of antique cars that have appeared in big-time movies.
Jill Lepore's three-part story about Adrianna Alty's search for her biological father, a once-prominent downtown poet, is presented here in its entirety.
In this episode, Sofia Coppola talks about getting Bill Murray to croon for her Christmas special, a New Yorker writer has some fun with Donald Trump, and new drone owners get some tips. (episode)
You can’t be too prudent in planning for the future. Paul Rudnick, the playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, shares his wishes in this humor piece.
In the fall of 1996, The New Yorker’s editor Tina Brown assigned Mark Singer to profile Donald Trump for the magazine. Here's how that played out.
In “Citizen,” poet Claudia Rankine offers an unsparing account of what it feels like to be on the receiving end of racism.
If all you want for Christmas is a Netflix special with Bill Murray and other stars singing carols in the Carlyle Hotel, you’re in luck.
Nick Paumgarten, who’s written about drones as tools of surveillance, speaks with editor Nicholas Thompson about the good and the bad sides of the drone.
In this episode, jazz musician Robert Glasper discusses the genre's problematic fondness for the past, and a troubled man takes to the water for a series of adventures. (episode)
"Jessica Jones" is the latest in a surprising number of shows, from fantasy to family drama to comedy, dealing with sexual violence in ways TV has never shown before.
Have you ever wondered what that man behind the genial but authoritative voice that cautions subway riders is really thinking?
Robert Glasper, a Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist, says the genre’s become a museum of itself, obsessed with the great players of the mid-20th century at the expense of new talent.
Staff writer Ben McGrath tells the story of Dick Conant, a troubled man who spent years of his life crisscrossing America by canoe, like a Mark Twain character.
In this episode, high schoolers in Queens simulate an election, Salt Lake City’s openly gay mayor-elect talks about the Mormon Church, and Lena Dunham tries to get drinks with a friend. (episode)
Why is it so hard to make a simple plan with a friend? Lena Dunham and Allison Williams, from the HBO series “Girls,” perform Kelly Stout’s “Let’s Get Drinks.”
Townsend Harris High School in Queens mounted a school-wide presidential election simulation, with students playing the candidates, pollsters, fundraisers, and journalists.
Roger Angell, a senior editor and staff writer, has contributed to The New Yorker since 1944, and he spoke with David Remnick about writing into his tenth decade.
David Haglund, an editor at The New Yorker who was born in Utah and raised Mormon, spoke with Salt Lake City's mayor, who's an openly gay woman.
Amelia Lester, an editor at The New Yorker, shares two recent cultural picks: “Please Like Me,” an Australian television series, and Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels.