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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.
In this episode, hear David Remnick interview Patti Smith, and Jonathan Safran Foer speaks with George Saunders. Both conversations were recorded at the 2015 New Yorker Festival. (episode)
Smith spoke with Remnick at the 2015 New Yorker Festival about writing and music, and she sings her hit song, “Because the Night,” with Remnick accompanying on guitar.
Saunders sat down with Foer at the 2015 New Yorker Festival for a wide-ranging conversation about ethics in writing, and how to talk about vegetarianism without angering people.
In this episode, we meet a father who's turning around a gang feud in Harlem, the owners of Sylvia's give us a tour of the famed restaurant, and two cartoonists chat about talking dogs. (episode)
David Remnick talks with staff writer George Packer, who has covered the Iraq War and American politics, about the banlieues of Paris, which have been called “incubators” of terrorism.
There was no Planet Fitness on Malcolm X Blvd. when Sylvia’s, the soul food restaurant, moved to its current location in 1967. Sylvia's family tells us how they've stayed in the game.
Staff writer Jennifer Gonnerman spent time with Taylonn Murphy to understand how and why he has dedicated his life to ending the feud that killed his daughter.
George Booth started cartooning at three-and-a-half years old, when he drew a picture of a race car stuck in the mud. Nearly 90 years old, he still contributes to The New Yorker.
Staff writer Judith Thurman introduces us to linguist Daniel Kaufman, whose mission it is to preserve some of New York City's endangered languages.
In this week's episode, we meet a couple who adopted twenty children, Elizabeth Kolbert primes us for the upcoming U.N. conference on climate change, and David Remnick goes surfing. (episode)
Roger Pasquier, a 67-year-old ornithologist, spends a good deal of time walking around with his eyes glued to the gutter, because he thinks it’s the best spot to find loose change.
When William Finnegan, a staff writer, isn’t covering conflicts in Mexico, Sudan, and Somalia, he's chasing waves. He recently gave David Remnick his first and only surfing lesson.
When the U.N. Conference on Climate Change convenes later this month, countries with different priorities and forms of government will attempt to agree on how to address global warming.
Larissa MacFarquhar, a New Yorker staff writer, spent time with the Badeaus, a family that adopted twenty children.
In this week's episode, David Remnick speaks with feminist icon Gloria Steinem, Rebecca Mead shares her love of “Hamilton,” and we learn about hacking software made for the layperson. (episode)
Vauhini Vara, who writes about technology for The New Yorker, spoke with Vinnie Omari, a hacker associated with Lizard Squad, a group trying to make hacking software for the layperson.
Staff writer Jill Lepore concludes her three-part story about her friend Adriana Alty’s search for her biological father, a Greenwich Village street poet named William “Big” Brown.
Remnick spoke with Steinem about Black Lives Matter, Hillary Clinton, and a fundamental question for activist politics: which comes first, changing hearts or changing laws?
Staff writer Rebecca Mead talks about why she loves the Hamilton soundtrack, and also talks a classic a novel by a man without children that has surprising insights on motherhood.
This excerpt from a 1961 recording, from the WNYC Archives, features a man believed to be Big Brown reciting “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” by Oscar Wilde.
On this week's show, Amy Schumer discusses her political advocacy, Univision's Jorge Ramos reveals the peculiarities of TV journalism, and we test out an app for birders. (episode)
The New Yorker's editor David Remnick speaks with the comedian Amy Schumer, whose work as a feminist performer has brought her into the fold of several prominent politicians.
New Yorker staff writer William Finnegan speaks with Univision's Jorge Ramos about the Republican party's stance on immigration and the peculiar act of arguing about it on television.
In the second installment of staff writer Jill Lepore’s story, her childhood friend Adrianna Alty uncovers further details about her biological father.
Carolyn Kormann tries out BirdGenie, a new app that works like Shazam for birders.
In this week's episode, David Remnick speaks with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Evan Osnos stops by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's office, and Kelefa Sanneh plays arcade games with a pop-punk band. (episode)
Allison Williams of HBO's Girls reads "The Privileged Few," by George Meyer.
The New Yorker's editor, David Remnick, speaks with Ta-Nehisi Coates about James Baldwin's enduring influence on Coates' writing.
Staff writer Evan Osnos visits Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York to discuss the election and the issues facing the Democratic Party now.
Staff writer Jill Lepore presents part one in a three-part series about her childhood friend, Adrianna Alty, who was one of few people of color in her town growing up.
Staff writer Kelefa Sanneh visits the pop-punk Spraynard at a suburban arcade and batting cage where several band members have day jobs.