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- Yesterdaynarrative28 min4-min read
Jeremy Strong on Playing Mark Zuckerberg and Other Unpopular Characters
The New Yorker Radio Hour features an in-depth conversation with actor Jeremy Strong about his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin’s new film The Social Reckoning, a sequel to The Social Network that examines the fallout of social media’s global influence. The episode explores Strong’s immersive method acting, his empathetic approach to complex real-life figures, and the cultural weight of portraying powerful, controversial men.
- 4 days agonarrative28 min5-min read
Min Jin Lee on “American Hagwon,” Her First Novel After the Phenomenon of “Pachinko”
Min Jin Lee, a celebrated novelist known for her decade-spanning literary projects, discusses her latest novel American Hagwon, the culmination of a thematic trilogy on the Korean diaspora. The conversation with David Remnick explores her personal journey from a quiet, underestimated child immigrant to a writer committed to moral storytelling and historical truth.
- 1 weeks agoconversational31 min5-min read
Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics
In a wide-ranging interview with David Remnick, Ari Emanuel, the powerful CEO of WME and TKO Group, reflects on his career, the role of rage in his ambition, and his controversial relationships with figures like Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mohammed bin Salman. He defends his business decisions, including maintaining ties with controversial political and corporate leaders, while positioning live entertainment as the future counterbalance to AI.
- 1 weeks agonarrative34 min6-min read
Grandmaster Flash on “Birth of a Culture”
Grandmaster Flash, a foundational architect of hip-hop, recounts his journey from Bronx tinkerer to global DJ pioneer, revealing how childhood curiosity about electronics and music led to revolutionary turntable techniques that birthed a culture. His story is not just one of innovation, but of cultural transformation — showing how a desire to extend a drum break reshaped American music.
- 2 weeks agoconversational24 min5-min read
Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”
In a conversation with David Remnick, Malcolm Gladwell discusses his new book The American Way of Killing, a deep examination of America’s gun violence crisis. Gladwell challenges conventional narratives around gun control, arguing that the national debate is fundamentally dishonest and misdirected, focusing on homicide rates and cosmetic assault rifle bans instead of the root causes: expressive violence, inadequate policing, and systemic failures in public safety.
- 2 weeks ago53 min
From In the Dark: The Journey
A woman who acts as a surrogate, carrying a child for someone else, is said to be going on a “journey.”Kayla Elliott started her surrogacy journey at the age of twenty-six. She gave birth to a baby girl for a wealthy couple living in a mansion in L.A. County. The couple told her that they already had one child, who desperately wanted a sibling. But nothing about the situation was as it appeared.Kayla soon learned that the couple already had twenty other children, most of them under the age of three, who had also been carried by surrogates. After one of the children was taken to an emergency room with head injuries, the police got involved, and then the F.B.I. As the scandal unfolded, the surrogates for the couple began to find one another.Who was this mysterious couple, and why had they collected so many children?“The Journey,” a five-part audio series, unravels what was going on inside the couple’s mansion and exposes a scheme that threatens the surrogacy industry. New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 2 weeks agonarrative19 min4-min read
John Wilson and “The History of Concrete”
John Wilson, the idiosyncratic documentarian behind HBO’s How To With John Wilson, returns with a new feature film, The History of Concrete, a meandering, deeply personal, and darkly comedic exploration of urban infrastructure, artistic process, and the contradictions of modern life.
- 3 weeks agonarrative49 min6-min read
Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee
Colin Kaepernick's protest during the national anthem in 2016, a stand against systemic racism and police violence, cost him his NFL career despite his elite performance, revealing the league's hypocrisy in claiming meritocracy while blackballing him for activism. The episode underscores how sports, race, and politics are inextricably linked in America.
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