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How Zohran Mamdani Won, and What Comes Next
The New Yorker staff writer Eric Lach joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral race, and what his time in…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Resistance Means to Governor J. B. Pritzker
Few Democratic officials have been more outspoken in opposition to the Trump Administration than J. B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois. He seems a…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Washington Roundtable Answers Your Questions
The Washington Roundtable kicks off the 2026 election season by answering questions from listeners about the forces most likely to shape next year’s…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Have the Democrats Figured Out How to Win Again?
The New Yorker staff writer Benjamin Wallace-Wells joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Democrats’ sweeping victories in the first major elections of Donal…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump
Jon Stewart has been a leading figure in political comedy since before the turn of the millennium. But compared to his early years on Comedy Central’…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
From In the Dark: “Blood Relatives,” an investigative series
On August 7, 1985, five family members were shot dead in their English country manor, Whitehouse Farm. It looked like an open-and-shut case. But the …
4 months ago
How Bad Is It?: Why an Antifascism Scholar Fled the Country
The New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz joins Tyler Foggatt for the latest installment of “How Bad Is It?,” a regular checkup on the health of Ame…
4 months ago
Zadie Smith on Politics, Turning Fifty, and Mind Control
Since Zadie Smith published her début novel, “White Teeth,” twenty-five years ago, she has been a bold and original voice in literature. But those wh…
4 months ago
How the Trump Administration Made Higher Education a Target
The swiftness and severity with which the Trump Administration has tried to impose its will on higher education came as a shock to many, not least un…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Ceasefire and the Business of Trump’s Diplomacy
The Washington Roundtable examines the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire and the uncertain road ahead, asking to what degree the Trump family’s business…
4 months, 1 week ago