The New Yorker: Politics and More
A weekly discussion about politics, hosted by The New Yorker's executive editor, Dorothy Wickenden.
Donald Trump Finally Gets His Way on Tariffs
The Washington Roundtable discusses President Donald Trump’s invocation of emergency powers to enact...
EscucharHow Tesla Dealerships Became the Epicenter of the Trump Resistance
Sarah Larson joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the Tesla Takedown movement, protesting Elon Musk and Donald...
EscucharSenator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”
With congressional Republicans unwilling to put any checks on an Administration breaking norms and issuing...
EscucharFrom “Inside the Hive”: Gavin Newsom’s Risky Podcast Gambit
The Washington Roundtable is off today, and will be back next week. In the meantime, enjoy a conversation...
EscucharWill Trump’s Obsession with Space Save NASA?
The writer David W. Brown, who has long covered NASA and the space industry, joins Tyler Foggatt to...
EscucharKaitlan Collins Is Not “Nasty”; She’s Just Doing Her Job.
Kaitlan Collins was only a couple years out of college when she became a White House correspondent for...
EscucharWill Judges Stick Together to Face Trump’s Defiance?
The Washington Roundtable speaks with with Michael Waldman, the president and C.E.O. of the Brennan...
EscucharCan Donald Trump Deport Anyone He Wants?
The veteran courts reporter Ruth Marcus joins the host Tyler Foggatt to discuss the Trump Administration’s...
EscucharAtul Gawande on Elon Musk’s “Surgery with a Chainsaw”
Two weeks after the Inauguration of Donald Trump, Elon Musk tweeted, “We spent the weekend feeding...
EscucharThe “Cognitive Élite” Seize Washington
The Washington Roundtable discusses the ideological underpinnings of Elon Musk’s DOGE with the former...
EscucharWill Trump’s Tariffs Trigger a Recession?
The staff writer John Cassidy joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the recent meltdown of the U.S. stock market,...
EscucharHow Bob Menendez Came By His Gold Bars
Recently, the former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to eleven years in prison for accepting...
EscucharAmerica’s Founders Feared a Caesar. Has One Arrived?
The Washington Roundtable speaks with Jeffrey Rosen, the president and C.E.O. of the National Constitution...
EscucharEric Adams and Donald Trump’s Curious Alliance
The staff writer Eric Lach joins the guest host Andrew Marantz to discuss the alleged quid pro quo between...
EscucharDoes Tim Walz Have Any Regrets?
Democrats in Washington have seemed almost paralyzed by the onslaught of far-right appointments and...
EscucharTrump’s Putin-Like Cull of the White House Press Pool
The Washington Roundtable discusses the Trump Administration’s decision to bar the Associated Press...
EscucharIs America Destined for a Future Without Children?
The staff writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss why people around the world are having...
EscucharJohn Fetterman on Trump’s “Raw Sewage,” and What the Democrats Get Wrong
Since the election, Senator John Fetterman—once a great hope of progressives—has conspicuously blamed...
EscucharWhat Stops Democracy from Backsliding?
The Washington Roundtable discusses with the Stanford University political scientist Larry Diamond about...
EscucharElon Musk’s A.I.-Driven Government Coup
The New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Elon Musk’s seizure of power...
EscucharThe A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0
In Donald Trump’s first term in office, the American Civil Liberties Union filed four hundred and...
EscucharWhat Does It Mean to Resist Trump in 2025?
The essayist and cultural critic Brady Brickner-Wood talks with Tyler Foggatt about the opposition Donald...
EscucharTrump’s Boogeyman: D.E.I.
Many of the most draconian measures implemented in the first couple weeks of the new Trump Administration...
EscucharWhy Trump Is Targeting Foreign Aid, with Atul Gawande
The Washington Roundtable is joined by Atul Gawande, the former head of the U.S. Agency for International...
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