The New Yorker Radio Hour
Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.
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- Louisa Thomas2 eps
- Emma Copley Eisenberg1 ep
- Senator Rand Paul1 ep
Also: Patrick Radden Keefe, Omer Bartov, Anna Wintour, Ronan Farrow, Andrew Marantz, Olga Rudenko, Troy Edwards, John Lithgow, Steve Hilton, Steve Kerr, Peter Slevin, Jack Schlossberg, David Remnick, Colson Whitehead, Dan Osborn, Unnamed FEMA Employee, Dana White
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- 🇺🇸United States · PoliticsHOME#7839K to 4.4M
- 🇮🇳India · Politics#650K to 263K
- 🇲🇽Mexico · Politics#729K to 155K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Politics#929K to 151K
- 🇰🇷South Korea · Politics#717K to 89K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
1.1M to 5.8M🎙 Daily cadence·1,000 episodes·Last published 5d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
3.7M to 19M🇺🇸77%🇮🇳5%🇲🇽3%+10 more - Active Followers
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2.0M to 11M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/21/26 |  Gina Hinojosa Aims to Make Texas Blue Again | Powered by disappointment among Trump voters and outrage over data centers, a Texas Democrat is running neck and neck with the Republican incumbent in the governor’s race. | 28m 23s | ||||||
| 10/20/26 |  Molly Fischer on Waymo, the Driverless Taxi Coming to a City Near You | Removing human drivers isn’t only a cost-cutting strategy; Waymo riders prefer the solitude, the New Yorker staff writer Molly Fischer tells David Remnick. | 26m 18s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 |  Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump? | Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of the MAGA “big tent,” talks with David Remnick about how the President lost control of his movement, and why that spells disaster for Republicans. | 30m 49s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 |  The Reporter Nicholas Lemann on California’s Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax | A measure to tax the ultra-wealthy in California is a bellwether progressive issue. Why are so many Democrats skeptical? | 18m 29s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 |  Canada’s Plans for Donald Trump | Canadians think America “is toxic and broken and can never be trusted again,” Chrystia Freeland, the former Deputy Prime Minister, tells David Remnick, and they’re seeking allies abroad. | 31m 57s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 |  An American Journalist Imprisoned as a Spy in Russia | Evan Gershkovich, a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal who was convicted on false charges of espionage, talks about his time in a Russian prison. | 21m 48s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 |  Jeremy Strong on Playing Mark Zuckerberg and Other Unpopular Characters | The actor talks with David Remnick about portraying the Facebook founder under pressure in “The Social Reckoning,” and why Strong felt betrayed by The New Yorker’s 2021 Profile of him. | 28m 58s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 |  Min Jin Lee on “American Hagwon,” Her First Novel After the Phenomenon of “Pachinko” | The author talks with David Remnick about leaving corporate law to become a novelist, and making Korean culture and experiences legible to readers around the globe. | 28m 50s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 |  Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics | The entertainment agent and executive talks with David Remnick about his dealings with the President, Elon Musk, and Mohammed bin Salman, and operating within “shades of gray.” | 31m 04s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 |  Grandmaster Flash on “Birth of a Culture” | The d.j. explains how he worked out some of the turntable innovations that led to hip-hop as we know it, and why the Furious Five’s biggest hit was the beginning of the end. | 34m 28s | ||||||
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| 9/18/26 |  Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing” | The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem. | 24m 11s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 |  From In the Dark: The Journey | Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry. | 53m 30s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 |  John Wilson and “The History of Concrete” | The documentary filmmaker and the New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz meet up at Wilson’s independent movie theatre to discuss his newest endeavor. | 19m 43s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 |  Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee | In his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” the former N.F.L. star recounts the backlash he faced from the league. | 49m 11s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 |  Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Americans in a Time of Peril | The writer, who recently released a new novel, speaks with The New Yorker’s Doreen St. Félix about the meaning of home in an era when Haitian Americans are targeted for mass deportation. | 22m 35s | ||||||
| 9/4/26 |  Sarah Longwell, a Former Republican, on “How to Eat an Elephant” | Working with focus groups, Longwell keeps a bead on what voters are really thinking, and how to combat Trumpism. She presents the playbook to the New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos. | 27m 39s | ||||||
| 9/3/26 |  Gloria Steinem in Conversation with David Remnick, from 2015 | The writer and activist, who died this week, discussed her memoir, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a question for activists: Which comes first, changing hearts or changing laws? | 15m 09s | ||||||
| 9/1/26 |  Ian Frazier and Samy Burch on “Coyote vs. Acme” | Frazier, the author of the New Yorker humor essay that inspired the new, buzzy film, talks with Burch, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter who reimagined it as a satire of legal thrillers. | 16m 01s | ||||||
| 8/28/26 |  Kai Bird on Roy Cohn, a Founding Father of Donald Trump’s America | The biographer’s new book “American Scoundrel” details Cohn’s infamous tactics during the McCarthy purges; a sex-trafficking allegation; and his profound influence on Trump. | 34m 58s | ||||||
| 8/25/26 |  Jessica Tarlov, a Lonely Liberal on Fox News’ “The Five” | Tarlov occupies the hot seat on a Fox News panel of diehard conservatives, arguing for liberal values and rousing the ire of the President, who has encouraged Fox to fire her. | 22m 25s | ||||||
| 8/21/26 |  Jon Lovett Answers Your Questions | The “Pod Save America” host answers listeners’ questions about the 2026 midterm elections and what they tell us about the 2028 Presidential race. | 28m 21s | ||||||
| 8/18/26 |  Erin Brockovich Takes on Data Centers | The environmental activist has launched a project to document community concerns about the boom in data-center construction across the U.S. | 23m 36s | ||||||
| 8/14/26 |  Bernie Sanders Takes on Data Centers | The Vermont senator co-sponsored a bill that calls for a moratorium on building data centers. He discusses the environmental and economic concerns, and what the government can do. | 26m 27s | ||||||
| 8/11/26 |  Sam Smith on Their New Album, “Hazel Eyes” | The Grammy-winning singer talks about their new album, which marks a departure for them: these love songs are very much requited. | 28m 15s | ||||||
| 8/7/26 |  How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains | Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.” | 33m 21s | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | film criticismsummer movies+3 | Richard Brody | The OdysseyI Love Boosters+1 | — | Richard BrodyThe Odyssey+3 | — | 13m 58s | ||
| 7/17/26 | Middle East peaceU.S. foreign policy+3 | Rahm Emanuel | — | IsraelU.S. | Rahm EmanuelIsrael+4 | — | 36m 18s | ||
| 7/12/26 | international aidhealth+4 | Atul Gawande | U.S.A.I.D.DOGE | — | international aidDOGE+5 | — | 31m 47s | ||
| 7/10/26 | sportssoccer+4 | Louisa Thomas | U.S. men’s national soccer teamN.B.A.+1 | — | World CupN.B.A.+5 | — | 18m 29s | ||
| 7/7/26 | comedymusic+3 | Fred Armisen | The New Yorker | — | Fred Armisensound effects+3 | — | 17m 55s | ||
| 7/3/26 | musicalBroadway+3 | Alicia Keys | Tony Award-winning Broadway musical | — | Alicia Keysmusical+3 | — | 32m 24s | ||
| 6/30/26 | politicsnational security+4 | — | Director of National Intelligence | — | Donald TrumpBill Pulte+5 | — | 36m 51s | ||
| 6/26/26 | historyAmerican Revolution+3 | Dominic SandbrookTom Holland | — | Britainthirteen colonies | America at 250British history+4 | — | 49m 18s | ||
| 6/23/26 | blockbuster filmsSteve Spielberg+3 | — | JawsDisclosure Day | — | Steve Spielbergblockbuster+5 | — | 51m 12s | ||
| 6/18/26 | Iran WarU.S. Politics+3 | Hillary Clinton | — | — | Hillary ClintonDonald Trump+5 | — | 49m 26s | ||
| 6/12/26 | Israeli hostagesmemoir+3 | Rachel Goldberg-Polin | When We See You Again | GazaIsrael | GazaIsraeli hostages+3 | — | 39m 09s | ||
| 6/9/26 | space explorationNASA+3 | Reid Wiseman | NASA | — | Artemis IINASA+3 | — | 24m 17s | ||
| 6/5/26 | politicselections+3 | Jack Schlossberg | Democratic Party | — | Jack SchlossbergCongress+3 | — | 27m 11s | ||
| 6/4/26 | midtermsmedia+3 | David Remnick | WNYCPod Save America | — | midtermsDavid Remnick+3 | — | 44m 56s | ||
| 6/2/26 | literaturePulitzer Prize+4 | Colson Whitehead | The New YorkerWNYC Studios+1 | — | Colson WhiteheadHarlem Trilogy+4 | — | 23m 54s | ||
| 5/29/26 | politicselections+3 | Dan Osborn | Republican | Nebraska | Dan OsbornNebraska+3 | — | 26m 54s | ||
| 5/26/26 | FEMApolitical weapon+3 | Unnamed FEMA Employee | Federal Emergency Management Agency | — | FEMAmorale+3 | — | 25m 37s | ||
| 5/22/26 | UFCpolitics+3 | Dana White | The White House | — | Dana WhiteDonald Trump+5 | — | 49m 10s | ||
| 5/19/26 | national anniversarypublic opinion+3 | — | — | America | Americaanniversary+3 | — | 18m 14s | ||
| 5/15/26 | historypolitics+3 | Jill Lepore | The New YorkerWNYC Studios | — | history warsJill Lepore+3 | — | 32m 51s | ||
| 5/8/26 | politicsDemocrats+4 | Peter Slevin | WNYC StudiosThe New Yorker | — | Barack ObamaPeter Slevin+3 | — | 26m 27s | ||
| 5/5/26 | NBAleadership+3 | Steve Kerr | Golden State Warriors | — | Steve KerrNBA+3 | — | 28m 23s | ||
| 5/1/26 | politicselections+4 | Steve Hilton | TrumpDemocrats+1 | California | Steve HiltonCalifornia governor+5 | — | 22m 06s | ||
| 4/28/26 | fatphobialiterature+3 | Emma Copley Eisenberg | Fat Swim | — | fatphobialiterature+4 | — | 19m 54s | ||
| 4/24/26 | war powerspolitics+3 | Senator Rand Paul | G.O.P. | Iran | Rand PaulDonald Trump+4 | — | 29m 53s | ||
| 4/21/26 | political violenceteen impersonation+3 | Patrick Radden Keefe | The New YorkerIrish Republican Army+1 | London | Patrick Radden KeefeLondon Falling+5 | — | 19m 39s | ||
| 4/17/26 | genocideZionism+4 | Omer Bartov | Zionism | GazaIsrael | genocideZionism+5 | — | 39m 17s | ||
| 4/14/26 | fashionmedia+3 | Anna Wintour | VoguePrada+1 | — | Anna WintourVogue+5 | — | 38m 32s | ||
| 4/10/26 | technologyleadership+3 | Ronan FarrowAndrew Marantz | OpenAItech | — | Sam AltmanOpenAI+5 | — | 49m 32s | ||
| 4/7/26 | basketballsports news+1 | Louisa Thomas | — | — | basketballsports+3 | — | 14m 14s | ||
| 4/3/26 | IranRussia+5 | Olga Rudenko | Kyiv Independent | IranRussia+1 | Olga RudenkoKyiv Independent+5 | — | 36m 09s | ||
| 3/31/26 | federal prosecutiongovernment+3 | Troy Edwards | Department of Justice | — | Troy EdwardsDepartment of Justice+3 | — | 22m 40s | ||
| 3/27/26 | art vs artistliterature+3 | John Lithgow | Giant | — | John LithgowRoald Dahl+5 | — | 28m 21s | ||
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Chart history for The New Yorker Radio Hour
Peaked at #5 in PE, top 10 in 11 of 50 tracked markets, currently #5 in PE.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| PE | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| India | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| South Africa | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| United States | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| RO | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| South Korea | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| Mexico | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| Italy | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| TR | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| Canada | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| ID | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| Ireland | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| TH | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| BE | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| Denmark | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| SG | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| HK | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| Australia | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| Japan | — | #14 | #14 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 40 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 40 markets.