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Trevor Noah, Bassem Youssef, the founders of Reductress, and Andy Borowitz talk satire; and two cartoonists attempt to escape from an escape room. (article)
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.
Cartoonists Emily Flake and Drew Dernavich attempt to escape from an escape room.
Leonard Cohen talks about finding peace at the end of his life. And, Christmas greetings from E.B. White. (article)
Ian Frazier, keeper of a long tradition at The New Yorker, with this year's Christmas poem. (article)
David Remnick talks with A. G. Sulzberger, the incoming publisher of the New York Times. And Kathleen Turner performs as Satan, in an unusual Christmas story. (article)
Three unusual Christmas stories from The New Yorker; and The New York Times’s new publisher talks about the future of print and digital news. (episode)
Every year, countless poor spellers accidentally address their Santa letters to Satan. Satan—played by Kathleen Turner—always replies.
A. G. Sulzberger, the new publisher of The New York Times, talks with David Remnick about changing a venerable institution and the future of print newspapers.
Bill’s year-end message to friends and loved ones ­in 2016 was packed with exaggerations, inconsistencies, and outright fabrication. In 2017, he’s determined to set the record straight.
In one of his last interviews, Leonard Cohen talked with David Remnick about preparing for the end.
E. B. White sends Christmas greetings to uncertified accountants, old men asleep in libraries, and people who think they are in love but aren’t sure.
Jon Lee Anderson recently interviewed the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, who is consolidating his power as his country collapses into chaos. (article)
What does Roy Moore’s defeat in his Alabama Senate race say about sexual misconduct in politics?; and Louise Erdrich imagines a dark future in Minnesota. (article)
Jon Lee Anderson reports from Venezuela, where democracy is on the ropes; and Louise Erdrich imagines a dark future in Minnesota. (episode)
What does Roy Moore’s defeat in his Alabama Senate race say about sexual misconduct in politics?
“Those balcony seats are probably pretty plush. If you’re about to be assassinated, you deserve to be comfortable.” A few random thoughts from the cheap seats.
The Native American novelist Louise Erdrich writes an homage to Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Jon Lee Anderson recently interviewed the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, who is consolidating his power as his country collapses into chaos.
A visit to the Hinsdale Public Library with the writer Cristina Henriquez.
A business reporter looks at a surge of advances in robotic technology and sees a looming wave of unemployment that our country is not preparing for. (article)