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Donald Trump’s TV years; Steve Bannon’s Hollywood years; and Bruce Eric Kaplan on New York Street, a set in Los Angeles. (episode)
As an NBC executive, Jeff Zucker helped make Donald Trump. Now Trump might like to unmake Zucker, who runs the President’s favored punching bag, CNN.
The White House chief strategist has depicted himself as a former Hollywood mogul—but some creative license may have been taken.
As a child, Bruce Eric Kaplan loved TV so much that he wanted to crawl inside it. Then he did.
Bonding over a book, a father and son test each other’s patience and forge a new bond.
Elizabeth Warren on the future of the Democratic Party, the pianist Chilly Gonzales, and the cartoon editor Bob Mankoff. (episode)
The New Yorker’s departing cartoon editor shows how it’s done.
Senator Elizabeth Warren on the future of the Democratic Party.
A poet remembers his father’s role in the air-traffic-controller strike, which had devastating effects on organized labor.
Chilly Gonzales performs in his pajamas and collaborates with some of the biggest names in hip-hop.
The New Yorker’s poetry editor recommends a painter, a poet, and a rocker.
Margaret Atwood’s realism, an evangelical climate scientist, and the dangers of working from home. (episode)
Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader perform a 9-1-1 call from a tele-commuter.
Start with common ground, she suggests.
On the legacy of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Hilton Als on winning the Pulitzer Prize.
A conversation about Sophocles in the aftermath of the Iraq and Afghan wars.
Trevor Noah, Bassem Youssef, the founders of Reductress, and Andy Borowitz talk satire; a far-right blogger in the White House looks for a fight. (episode)
The New Yorker’s in-house satirist shares a moment from a Presidential Administration that’s almost beyond satire.
Jon Stewart’s successor on “The Daily Show” had big shoes to fill, but the rise of Trump gave Trevor Noah the chance to prove his mettle.
Bassem Youssef gave up practicing surgery to perform hard-hitting political satire. His enemies hit harder.
Beth Newell and Sarah Pappalardo founded a satirical Web site that finds plenty of fodder in the way women’s magazines speak to their readers.
A far-right blogger trolls the White House press corps.