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679 Episodes
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Does Tim Walz Have Any Regrets?
Published: 03/03/2025 -
Trump’s Putin-Like Cull of the White House Press Pool
Published: 01/03/2025 -
Is America Destined for a Future Without Children?
Published: 26/02/2025 -
John Fetterman on Trump’s “Raw Sewage,” and What the Democrats Get Wrong
Published: 24/02/2025 -
What Stops Democracy from Backsliding?
Published: 22/02/2025 -
Elon Musk’s A.I.-Driven Government Coup
Published: 20/02/2025 -
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0
Published: 17/02/2025 -
What Does It Mean to Resist Trump in 2025?
Published: 13/02/2025 -
Trump’s Boogeyman: D.E.I.
Published: 10/02/2025 -
Why Trump Is Targeting Foreign Aid, with Atul Gawande
Published: 08/02/2025 -
Is Flying Actually Becoming Less Safe?
Published: 06/02/2025 -
Bill Gates on His New Memoir and Dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Published: 03/02/2025 -
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on What Democrats Should Do Next
Published: 01/02/2025 -
How Trump’s Federal-Aid Fiasco Is Testing the Separation of Power
Published: 30/01/2025 -
A Spirit of Vengeance in Trump’s First Week
Published: 25/01/2025 -
David Remnick on the Dawn of Trump’s Second Term
Published: 23/01/2025 -
Big Money and Trump’s New Cabinet
Published: 18/01/2025 -
How the Blazes in L.A. Got Swept Into the Culture War
Published: 15/01/2025 -
Representative Ro Khanna on Elon Musk and the Tech Oligarchy
Published: 13/01/2025 -
What the End of Meta’s Fact-Checking Program Means for the Future of Free Speech
Published: 10/01/2025
Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, presents conversations and feature stories about current events. On Wednesdays, the senior editor Tyler Foggatt goes deep on a consequential political story via far-reaching interviews with staff writers and outside experts. And, on Fridays, the staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the latest developments in Washington and beyond, offering an encompassing understanding of this moment in American politics.