Podcasts
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Nancy Pelosi on Trump, Impeachment, and 2020: “Timing Is Everything”
The House Speaker talks with the legendary investigative journalist Jane Mayer.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Pete Buttigieg Live, and the History Behind the Irish Backstop
David Remnick asks the candidate about his lack of support among black voters. And Patrick Radden Keefe examines why the Northern Ireland border keeps derailing Brexit.
Horror with a Real-Life Message
Jason Blum, Sophia Takal, and others on how the scariest stories are always a little bit true.
Nancy Pelosi on Impeachment, and Ronan Farrow on a Campaign of Silence
The House Speaker talks with Jane Mayer about President Trump’s Ukraine call and more. And Farrow details the efforts by men like Harvey Weinstein to intimidate their accusers.
Will Hong Kong Bring China to the Breaking Point?
Two writers analyze the precarious situation in Hong Kong, as the region protests against Beijing’s encroachments. And, from the archive, a report about Richard Nixon’s deliberations after Tiananmen Square.
The Looming Shadow of Impeachment
David Remnick and five New Yorker contributors on what it would take to remove Trump from office. Plus, Adam Gopnik on getting old, and a visit to Maine with Elizabeth Strout.
Politics and More
How the Irish Border Keeps Derailing Brexit
Can the U.K. leave the E.U. without starting a war in Ireland? Patrick Radden Keefe explains how the memory of the Troubles throws a wrench into Brexit.
Impeachment Proceedings Go Public, and Republicans Go on the Attack
Susan B. Glasser joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how President Trump and his party are preparing for public hearings on whether the President abused his office for political gain.
Sophia Takal’s “Black Christmas” and the Producer Jason Blum on Horror with a Message
Blumhouse Productions is spearheading a new crop of horror films with political and social import, such as Jordan Peele’s “Get Out.”
Elizabeth Warren and the Revolution in Economics
John Cassidy joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how a new generation of economists is influencing politics in the run-up to the 2020 election.
Ronan Farrow on a Campaign of Silence
The reporter details the efforts by men like Harvey Weinstein to censor their accusers and to intimidate journalists.
The Writer’s Voice
Tiphanie Yanique Reads “God’s Caravan”
The author reads her story from the November 4, 2019, issue of the magazine.
Tessa Hadley Reads “The Bunty Club”
The author reads her story from the October 28, 2019, issue of the magazine.
David Means Reads “Are You Experienced?”
The author reads his story from the October 21, 2019, issue of the magazine.
Joyce Carol Oates Reads “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
The author reads her story from the October 14, 2019, issue of the magazine.
Rion Amilcar Scott Reads “Shape-Ups at Delilah’s”
The author reads his story from the October 7, 2019, issue of the magazine.
Fiction
Garth Greenwell Reads Jean Stafford
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Shorn Lamb,” by Jean Stafford, from a 1953 issue of the magazine.
Jhumpa Lahiri Reads Primo Levi
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Quaestio De Centauris,” by Primo Levi, from a 2015 issue of the magazine.
Etgar Keret Reads Janet Frame
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “You Are Now Entering the Human Heart,” by Janet Frame, from a 1969 issue of the magazine.
Margaret Atwood Reads Alice Munro
Margaret Atwood joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Corrie,” by Alice Munro, from a 2010 issue of the magazine.
Kirstin Valdez Quade Reads John L’Heureux
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Long Black Line,” by John L’Heureux, from a 2018 issue of the magazine.
Poetry
Vijay Seshadri Reads Sylvia Plath
Vijay Seshadri joins Kevin Young to discuss “The Moon and the Yew Tree,” by Sylvia Plath, and his own poem “Cliffhanging.”
Eliza Griswold Discusses “First Person”
Eliza Griswold joins Kevin Young to discuss her poetry sequence “First Person.”
Ariel Francisco Reads James Wright
Ariel Francisco joins Kevin Young to discuss “By a Lake in Minnesota,” by James Wright, and his own poem “Along the East River and in the Bronx Young Men Were Singing.”
Campbell McGrath Reads Czeslaw Milosz
Campbell McGrath joins Kevin Young to discuss “Realism,” by Czeslaw Milosz, and his own poem “The Human Heart.”
Natasha Trethewey Reads Charles Wright
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Charles Wright’s “Toadstools,” and her own poem “Repentance.”