The New Yorker: Politics and More
A weekly discussion about politics, hosted by The New Yorker's executive editor, Dorothy Wickenden.
Big Money and Trump’s New Cabinet
The Washington Roundtable discusses this week’s confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth as Secretary...
EscucharHow the Blazes in L.A. Got Swept Into the Culture War
The Eaton and Palisades fires continue to wreak destruction across Los Angeles. They are predicted to...
EscucharRepresentative Ro Khanna on Elon Musk and the Tech Oligarchy
Representative Ro Khanna of California is in the Democrats’ Congressional Progressive Caucus. And...
EscucharWhat the End of Meta’s Fact-Checking Program Means for the Future of Free Speech
The Washington Roundtable discusses Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end its fact-checking program across...
EscucharWill Justin Trudeau’s Resignation Lead to the MAGA-fication of Canada?
After nearly a decade as Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau has resigned from office. His stepping...
EscucharFrom Critics at Large: The Modern-Day Fight for Ancient Rome
The Political Scene will be back next week. In the meantime, enjoy a recent episode from The New Yorker’s...
EscucharWhy Banning TikTok Could Violate the First Amendment
The New Yorker staff writer Jay Caspian Kang joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss efforts by the U.S. government...
EscucharRemembering Jimmy Carter, a “President Out of Time”
President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of one-hundred. He is remembered as a man of paradoxes: an...
EscucharHow Henry Kissinger Accumulated and Wielded Power
The Washington Roundtable revisits an episode recorded after Henry Kissinger’s death, in November,...
EscucharWe Have Some Questions for Isaac Chotiner About 2024
From the conflict in Gaza and the war in Ukraine to political chaos across Europe and the reëlection...
EscucharRashid Khalidi on the Palestinian Cause in a Volatile Middle East, and the Meaning of Settler Colonialism
Power dynamics in the Middle East shifted dramatically this year. In Lebanon, Israel dealt a severe...
EscucharWhy Luigi Mangione Is Being Treated as a Folk Hero
After a five-day manhunt, Luigi Mangione, a twenty-six-year-old Ivy League graduate, was arrested and...
EscucharInside Donald Trump’s Mass-Deportation Plans
Immigration has been the cornerstone of Donald Trump’s political career, and in his second successful...
EscucharIs Trump’s “Shock and Awe” Transition Working?
The Washington Roundtable discusses Donald Trump’s transition back into the White House, the world...
EscucharHow the Trump Indictments Backfired
A year ago, Donald Trump was facing four separate criminal indictments, and had become the first President...
EscucharKetanji Brown Jackson on Ethics, Trust, and Keeping It Collegial at the Supreme Court
Since the founding of the nation, just 116 people have served as Supreme Court Justices; the 116th is...
EscucharHow to Prepare for Trump 2.0
The Washington Roundtable discusses how people in D.C. and across the country are preparing themselves...
EscucharWhat Is Donald Trump’s Cabinet Planning for America?
The New Yorker staff writers Dexter Filkins and Clare Malone join Tyler Foggatt to examine Donald Trump’s...
EscucharThe Authors of “How Democracies Die” on the New Democratic Minority
American voters have elected a President with broadly, overtly authoritarian aims. It’s hardly the...
EscucharChris Hayes on the New Trump Coalition, and What Democrats Do Next
The second Trump Administration might dramatically reshape the foundations of the federal government...
EscucharDonald Trump Returns. What Now?
The Washington roundtable is joined by David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, to discuss how Donald...
EscucharHow Trump Took Back America
Four years after refusing to accept defeat and encouraging a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol,...
EscucharLiz Cheney on Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Jeff Bezos
In recent weeks and months, dozens of prominent security and military officials and Republican politicians...
EscucharWhy American Democracy is in Danger, with Michael Beschloss
The Washington Roundtable discusses the 2024 election with the historian Michael Beschloss, before a...
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