David Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker since 1998 and a staff writer since 1992...
He has written many pieces for the magazine, including reporting from Russia, the Middle East, and Europe, and Profiles of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Katharine Graham, Mike Tyson, Ralph Ellison, Philip Roth, and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Remnick began his reporting career as a staff writer at the Washington Post in 1982, where he covered stories for the Metro, Sports, and Style sections. In 1988, he started a four-year tenure as a Washington Post Moscow correspondent, an experience that formed the basis of his 1993 book on the former Soviet Union, “Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire.” In 1994, “Lenin’s Tomb” received both the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and a George Polk Award for excellence in journalism.
Since Remnick became editor, The New Yorker has garnered a hundred and forty-nine nominations for National Magazine Awards and has won thirty-seven. In 2001 and again in 2005, the magazine won an unprecedented five National Magazine Awards; in 2014, the magazine won four awards. In addition, in 2000 Remnick was named Advertising Age’s Editor of the Year.
Remnick has written six books: “Lenin’s Tomb,” “Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia,” “King of the World” (a biography of Muhammad Ali), “The Bridge” (a biography of Barack Obama), and “The Devil Problem” and “Reporting,” which are collections of some of his pieces from the magazine. Remnick has edited many anthologies of New Yorker pieces, including “Life Stories,” “Wonderful Town,” “The New Gilded Age,” “Fierce Pajamas,” “Secret Ingredients,” and “Disquiet, Please!”
Remnick has contributed to The New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, Esquire, andThe New Republic. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and has taught at Princeton, where he received his B.A., in 1981, and at Columbia. He lives in New York with his wife, Esther Fein; they have three children, Alex, Noah, and Natasha.
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Friday, April 26, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
At seventy, the comedian débuts as a movie director with “Unfrosted,” about the invention of the Pop-Tart. And, Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger on how to convince an election denier.
Friday, April 19, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
It’s not another moral panic, the social psychologist says: the evidence clearly implicates social-media apps for a decline in mental health. Plus, Judi Dench on a life in Shakespeare.
Friday, April 12, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rare across-the-aisle coöperation in Austin aims to protect some people who need abortions and the doctors who provide them. Plus, a band rehearsal with songwriter and actor Maya Hawke.
Friday, April 05, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
Why are so many states legislating restrictions on what schools can teach about racism? Plus, the film critic Justin Chang on what he’s looking forward to seeing in 2024.
Friday, March 29, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
In her musical opening on Broadway, Keys tells a story very much like her own life—but don’t call it autobiographical. Plus, Rhiannon Giddens on the Black roots of country music.
Friday, March 22, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
Adam Gopnik considers how Hitler came to power, and what it tells us about the 2024 election. Plus, rewriting “Huckleberry Finn” from the point of view of Jim.
Friday, March 15, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The philosopher popularized new ideas about gender—and has been burned in effigy for it. They talk with David Remnick about “Who’s Afraid of Gender?” Plus, a little March Madness.
Friday, March 08, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The journalist’s autobiographical novel reflects his time working on Barack’s Obama’s campaign, and in his White House. Plus, Bradley Cooper’s shot at Oscar glory.
Friday, March 01, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The staff writer Evan Osnos had a rare, frank talk with the President about his battle for a second term. Plus, Kara Swisher falls out of love with tech in “Burn Book.”
Friday, February 23, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
According to the ex-Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb, the former President’s preoccupation with Russia is about jealousy, not conspiracy. Plus, Lily Gladstone on making Oscar history.
Friday, February 16, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The co-host of the popular podcast explains how the withering of the media and the threat of political violence are warping the Presidential campaign. Plus, the writer Brontez Purnell.
Friday, February 09, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
Our media columnist wonders if the election will be decided on social-media memes. Plus, the comedian Jacqueline Novak talks about “Get on Your Knees,” her new special on Netflix.
Friday, February 02, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
Now that the border crisis has migrated into blue cities, it’s become impossible for the White House to avoid addressing a political liability. Plus, the author Sheila Heti’s new book.
Friday, January 26, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The death toll for journalists in Gaza is extremely high, and Israel has been accused of targeting them. Plus, a conversation with the Oscar-nominated director Cord Jefferson.
Friday, January 12, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
The former President has upended the 2024 Republican contest without participating in a debate, and barely campaigning on the ground. Plus, actress Danielle Brooks on “The Color Purple.”
Friday, January 05, 2024
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
“Origin,” DuVernay's adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s best-seller “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” may be her most ambitious undertaking to date.
Friday, December 29, 2023
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
Dexter Filkins reports on the chaotic situation at the southern border. Plus, a poet whose writing on the DeafBlind experience is full of humor and life.
Friday, December 22, 2023
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
After nearly half a century, the singer-songwriter has cemented his status as a rock-and-roll legend. But, true to form, he hasn’t rested on his laurels.
Friday, December 22, 2023
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
After nearly half a century, the singer-songwriter has cemented his status as a rock-and-roll legend. But, true to form, he hasn’t rested on his laurels.
Friday, December 15, 2023
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David Remnick : Host, The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Palestinian writer is detained by Israeli forces while he tries to flee Gaza with his family. Plus, a story of Christmas at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.