A Trans Woman Finds Her True Face Through Surgery
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The staff writer Rebecca Mead recently observed the seven-hour surgery of woman she calls Abby. ...
Pope Francis the Disruptor
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As a conservative columnist at the New York Times, Ross Douthat fills the post once held by no less ...
Frank Oz on Miss Piggy’s Secret Backstory and Jim Henson’s Legacy
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Oz was a teenager when he started working with Jim Henson, the puppeteer and filmmaker behind ...
Emma González at Home, and a Crown Prince Abroad
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Emma González is a survivor of the Parkland attack, and a leader of the #NeverAgain movement. She t...
How Not to Write a Caption
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, a New Yorker cartoon is posted online and printed in the magazine without a caption, and...
John Thompson vs. American Justice
30 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When police showed up to question John Thompson, he was worried that it was because he had sold drug...
The American Bombs Falling on Yemen
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Abdulqader Hilal Al-Dabab was the mayor of Sana’a, a politician with a long record of mediating di...
Scott Pruitt, the “Originalist” at the E.P.A.
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the Attorney General of Oklahoma, Scott Pruitt sued the Environmental Protection Agency fourteen ...
A Homemade Museum in a Refugee Camp
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tens of thousands of refugees from the civil war in Yemen have fled across the narrow Mandeb Strait ...
Armando Iannucci on “The Death of Stalin”
16 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the fourth season of “Veep” came to an end, director Armando Iannucci turned from chronicling...
In Secret, a North Korean Writer Protests the Regime
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bandi is the pen name of a North Korean writer. He is believed to be a propaganda writer for the gov...
Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Dossier
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The dossier—a secret report alleging various corrupt dealings between Donald Trump, his campaign, ...
Alone and on Foot in Antarctica
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Worsley was a husband, father, and an officer of an élite British commando unit; also a tapes...
Jennifer Lawrence on “Red Sparrow” and Times Up
02 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Lawrence was nominated for her first Oscar at twenty, and since then she has balanced the b...
The New Yorker presents “The Brodies”
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Brody hosts an alternative Oscars show — “The Brodies” — and recommends some of hi...
Masha Gessen on Trump and Russia, and a Former Border Agent on the U.S.-Mexico Border
23 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Masha Gessen was born in the Soviet Union and has written extensively about Russian politics. She ta...
Director Ava DuVernay on “Selma” and “A Wrinkle in Time”
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
No film adaptation of “A Wrinkle In Time,” Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved, and often banned, c...
A Reckoning at Facebook
16 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We now know that Russian operatives exploited Facebook and other social media to sow division and un...
Ian Frazier Among the Drone Racers
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Frazier, who has chronicled American life for The New Yorker for more than forty years, recently...
Extremists on the Ballot, and America’s Endless War in Afghanistan
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The 2016 Presidential primaries were a rebuke to moderates in both parties. Bernie Sanders, a someti...
Ryan Zinke’s Deregulation Quest, and the Future of Meatless Burgers
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As a congressman from Montana, Ryan Zinke was considered a moderate—he resisted radical suggestion...
Laura Kipnis on the State of #MeToo, and a Night at Richard Nixon’s
02 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Kipnis is a professor at Northwestern University and a provocative feminist critic. Her book “...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Discovering America
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has had commercial and critical success: Her best-seller “Am...
Nathan Lane, Getting Serious, Plays Roy Cohn
26 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Lane may be best known for supplying the voice of the fun-loving meerkat in “The Lion King,...
The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
23 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Ku Klux Klan was originally focused on maintaining the old racial order in the postwar South, ch...
David Attenborough’s Planet (We Just Live on It)
19 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Attenborough’s films for the BBC—impeccably researched, ambitiously filmed, and executed w...
Deportation in America
12 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A tougher stance on immigration is the signature position of the Trump Administration, and the Presi...
Tracee Ellis Ross on Being a “Black-ish” Woman and Jon Hamm Gets His Life Back from Don Draper
09 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tracee Ellis Ross, who plays Dr. Rainbow Johnson on ABC’s “Black-ish,” joins Doreen St. Félix...
Jerry Seinfeld Gets Technical
05 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry Seinfeld talks with David Remnick about his Netflix special “Jerry Before Seinfeld,” which...
Trolling the Press Corps
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lucian Wintrich, a young blogger, was recently appointed as the White House correspondent for the co...
Jon Stewart’s Children
29 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the years after September 11th, Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” made political satire a central ...
Leonard Cohen: A Final Interview
26 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Leonard Cohen was one of the world’s greatest songwriters, and a figure of almost cult-like devoti...
Bonus: Holiday Greetings from Ian Frazier
24 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, The New Yorker has published a poem on or around Christmas -- a look back at the events...
Children’s Letters to Satan, and a Changing of the Guard at the New York Times
22 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, countless poor spellers accidentally address their Santa letters to Satan. Satan—pla...
Nicolás Maduro on the Brink of Dictatorship
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nicolás Maduro was an unlikely successor to Venezuela’s popular and charismatic Hugo Chavez. And,...
The Alabama Fallout, and Louise Erdrich on the Future
15 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Moore was a classic Trumpian candidate: a political outsider of extreme positions, rejected by t...
Don’t Worry, the Robots Can’t Do Your Job—Yet
12 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The business reporter Sheelah Kolhatkar has recently written for The New Yorker about a wave of adva...
Susan Orlean on the Trail of Tonya Harding
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When the Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was kneecapped in an attack by friends of her rival Tonya H...
Barry Blitt’s Rogues’ Gallery of Presidents
05 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Blitt wasn’t into politics—music and hockey were more his things—but as an artist he’s...
Praying for Tangier Island
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Residents of Tangier Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, live through each hurricane season in fear of a ...
Bruce Springsteen Talks with David Remnick
24 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In October, 2016, Bruce Springsteen appeared at The New Yorker Festival for an intimate conversation...
Noah Baumbach’s Unhappy Families
21 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In his review of “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected),” the New Yorker critic Anthony Lane...
Will the Harvey Weinstein Scandal Change America?
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The allegations against Harvey Weinstein have opened the floodgates for women in other industries an...
Love, War, and the Magical Lamb-Brain Sandwiches of Aleppo, Syria
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When Adam Davidson was a reporter in Baghdad during the Iraq War, he started dating a fellow-report...
Tina Brown on Vanity Fair, the Eighties, and Harvey Weinstein
10 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tina Brown is a legend in New York publishing. She was barely thirty years old when she was recruite...
Voter Fraud: A Threat to Democracy, or a Myth?
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump memorably claimed, without a shred of evidence, that millions of votes cast by undocume...
Jeffrey Toobin on “The Most Important Supreme Court Case in Decades”
03 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Toobin tells David Remnick that, despite the mounting indictments against members of Donald ...
“Slut: The Play,” an Empowering Story for Young Women
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In “Slut: The Play,” Katie Cappiello captures the trauma of sexual assault, based on the stories...
How OxyContin Was Sold to the Masses
27 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When OxyContin came on the market, in 1995, physicians were understandably wary of the addictive pot...
Riz Ahmed Gets the Job Done
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The British writer, activist, and rapper Riz Ahmed has had a very public life since leaving drama sc...
Chelsea Manning on Life After Prison
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In 2010, the Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, then known as Bradley Manning, sent nearly s...
My Mother’s Career at “Playboy,” and the Politics of N.F.L. Protest
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The death last month of Hugh Hefner reopened a conversation about the “Playboy” founder and the ...
St. Vincent’s Seduction
13 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Clark, known as St. Vincent, launched her career as a guitar virtuoso—a real shredder—in i...
Roz Chast and Patricia Marx, Ukelele Superstars; Jennifer Egan on Cops and Robbers
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Marx is a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, and Roz Chast is a celebrated cart...
The Trump Children Were Investigated for Fraud, But Avoided Indictment
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump SoHo was supposed to be a splash for the Trump Organization and for Ivanka and Donald Trum...
Karl Ove Knausgaard on Near-Death Experiences, Raising Kids, Puberty, Brain Surgery, and Turtles
03 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A crime reporter and a business writer try to figure out how the government can charge a bank a sixt...
David Simon’s “The Deuce” Charts the Rise of Pornography
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Simon believes in the dignity of labor, “even when it’s undignified.” What “The Wire”...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Wins Again
26 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Louis-Dreyfus recently won her sixth consecutive Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy for the rol...
At the Brink with North Korea
22 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump mocked Kim Jong Un by calling him “rocket man,” and threatened to “totally destro...
For Teen Activists, What Good Is a Protest Song?
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Since the Inauguration, in January, there’s been a kind of protest renaissance for those on the le...
Hillary Clinton on the “Clear and Present Danger” of Collusion with Russia
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hillary Clinton harbors no doubts, she tells David Remnick in a long interview, that political allie...
What Was It Like Before the Internet?
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A magical time of unfettered creativity but zero productivity, the days before the Internet were so ...
After Charlottesville, the Limits of Free Speech
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When is speech no longer just speech? David Remnick looks at how leftist protests at Berkeley, right...
Neil Gorsuch and the Uses of History
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We have yet to learn just how closely the views of the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Neil ...
A Visit with Harry Belafonte, and an Isolated Tribe Emerges
01 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We take for granted that popular entertainers can and should advocate for causes they believe in. Bu...
Nick Lowe Gets Better with Age
29 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Lowe made it big as a pioneer of what the English called “pub rock” and Americans usually c...
John Ridley on Charlottesville and the Legacy of Racism
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Ridley has been active in in film and television since the nineteen-nineties; he also has seven...
Why Men Should Read Romance Novels
22 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker’s Josh Rothman explains why men are missing out on romance novels, and Sherman Alex...
Russian Spies Never Go Out of Style
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A former C.I.A. operative writes about the struggle between East and West, and Annie Dillard describ...
Foraging for a Salad in Central Park
15 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Marx goes foraging in Central Park, and Kathryn Schulz recommends a country music album, a ...
Building a War-Crimes Case Against Bashar al-Assad
11 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Taub shares his reporting on a group that’s building a war-crimes case against Bashar al-Assad...
Senator Al Franken Really Is Senatorial
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Senator Franken and David Remnick discuss the health-care vote, the Russia investigation, and how hi...
The Scaramucci Call
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Remnick and Ryan Lizza listen back to the phone call from Anthony Scaramucci that ended his br...
An Irish Novelist’s Début Explores Friendship and Adultery in the Digital Age
01 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An Irish writer explores friendship and adultery in the digital age in her début novel.
George Strait, on the Record with Kelefa Sanneh
28 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Country superstar George Strait’s search for the next hit, and Lawrence Wright’s exploration o...
A Rookie Reporter in Vietnam Captures the War’s Futility
25 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In 1967, a rookie reporter’s eyewitness account of the futility of the Vietnam War shocked readers...
Maggie Haberman: Gang War in the White House
21 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Haberman and Donald Trump go way back.
The Man Who Would Be King (of Mars)
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Phil Davies, a country doctor in England, says that he owns Mars. What if he’s right?
Trumpcare Revisited
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An Obamacare veteran keeps fighting the fight—even into the White House. And Jill Lepore explains...
Lucinda Williams Talks with Ariel Levy
11 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lucinda Williams talks with Ariel Levy about God, Flannery O’Connor, and her long and twisting pat...
James Taylor Will Teach you Guitar
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Gopnik talks with James Taylor and tries not to go all Chris Farley Show: “Remember when you ...
My Night at Mar-a-Lago
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Taking the political temperature of Palm Beach at a swinging party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s p...
"Okja" and Other Strange Stories by Jon Ronson
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Ronson’s nonfiction has often seemed too strange to be true; in the screenplay for “Okja,”...
Ai Weiwei, and Doing Business with China
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ai Weiwei reflects on censorship and the refugee crisis, a congressman asks us to reconsider trade w...
Virtual Reality, and the Politics of Genetics
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses the intimate and global implications of genetic scie...
Merchant Ivory’s Gay Love Story, and a Visit with Noriega
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
James Ivory talks about E. M. Forster’s “Maurice,” a gay love story with a happy ending. Plus...
Wedding Hair on Fire, and William Barber’s Religious Politics
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kristen Wiig plays a bride whose idea for her wedding hair is out of control. And the Reverend Willi...
Jerrod Carmichael, and the Truth About Impeachment
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The comedian Jerrod Carmichael explains why he simply will not give back to the community. And a for...
Fear and the N.R.A., and Lena Dunham on the end of "Girls"
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, a gun blogger critiques the N.R.A., and Lena Dunham bids goodbye to “Girls.” ...
Podcast Extra: A Hundred Days of the Trump Presidency
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lydia Polgreen, Eli Lake, Joy Reid, and David Fahrenthold talk about the challenges the press faces ...
The Sequel to “A Doll’s House,” and a President Abroad
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The official line on Trump’s foreign policy; Jeffrey Toobin on the firing of James Comey; and a br...
Roger Corman’s Monsters, and a Roomful of Spies
05 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Roger Corman, master of monsters; experts in espionage talk shop; and Toni Collette, who’...
CNN’s Jeff Zucker, the Man Who Made Trump
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s TV years; Steve Bannon’s Hollywood years; and Bruce Eric Kaplan on New York Stree...
Senator Elizabeth Warren, and How to Pick a Great Cartoon
21 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Warren on the future of the Democratic Party, the pianist Chilly Gonzales, and the cartoon...
Margaret Atwood, Evangelizing Against Climate Change, and Greek Tragedy
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Atwood’s realism, an evangelical climate scientist, and the dangers of working from home....
Jon Stewart’s Children, and Trolling the Press Corps
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor Noah, Bassem Youssef, the founders of Reductress, and Andy Borowitz talk satire; a far-right ...
Terrific, Tremendous New Health Plans, and Lynn Nottage on her play “Sweat”
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ideas to replace Obamacare that will blow your mind; Lynn Nottage’s new play about racial tension ...
Goodbye to “Elephant and Piggie,” and Getting to Know Gorsuch
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Lepore takes a look at history and the Supreme Court. Plus, we hear stories about life in pri...
High-Fashion Hijabs, Jill Soloway, and Bluesman Blind Joe Death
17 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jill Soloway, the creator of “Transparent,” goes after the patriarchy; a Muslim...
Podcast Extra: The Stuff of Fiction
15 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Salman Rushdie, Tony Kushner, and Claudia Rankine talk about culture and politics in the age of Trum...