David Remnick
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3,736 appearances
77 recordings
13 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 3d ago
David Remnick’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But we now know a great deal more about the links between Trump and his mentor, thanks to a biography of Cohn called American Scoundrel.
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Its author is the historian Kai Byrd.
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Byrd also co-wrote the definitive biography of nuclear scientist Robert Oppenheimer, which was the basis for Christopher Nolan's Oscar winning film.
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I sat down to talk with Kai Bird the other day.
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You're probably best known for your collaboration with Marty Sherwin on
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the biography of Oppenheimer, what made you choose Roy Cohn as your as your subject?
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You you knew you'd have to spend years of your life with a man who is in many ways
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Miserable.
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Yes.
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To push that point a little bit, I think what you're saying is that in the Trump era, which has now been with us for at least a decade.
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that the key to the crypt here
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Is Roy Cohn's influence on Donald Trump?
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bizarre?
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call, you just said I'm Kai Bird and off to the races you go?
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It was crazy.
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What was he especially eager to get across to you?
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where's my killer lawyer to get me off the hook?
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Oh my god.
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Well, Kitan, let's go back in time.
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I first encountered any knowledge of Roy Cohen.
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