The New Yorker Comment

In "Illiberal Arts," David Remnick writes about Donald Trump and the stress test of liberal democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In “A Climate Change?,” Elizabeth Kolbert writes about climate change and the new age of extinction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Trust Me," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on how last week's debate was largely about how radical, or just how ambitious, the Party and its candidates are prepared to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "This Is a Test," Jelani Cobb delves into the clashes over the New York City school system's reforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Another Race to Run," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the complexities of the Senate race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Hong Kong on the March," Evan Osnos reports on how the mass demonstrations are in bold defiance of Chinese authority, but a crackdown could be incalculably costly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "See Nothing," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on the failure to see what Jeffrey Epstein was doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Words and Wounds," David Remnick writes about how President Trump is bearing out Toni Morrison's warnings about the violence of language. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Lost in Translation," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Robert Muller's testimony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "No Going Back," Jelani Cobb writes about Trump's racist agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The Health-Care Defense," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the battle for healthcare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Margin Call," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the Democratic Party's moving margins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Belligerence," Robin Wright delves into Donald Trump's four Iran options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The Don and Joe Show," Amy Davidson Sorkin delves into what a Biden-Trump presidential race might look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Continental Shift," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the European elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "No Mercy," Margaret Talbot writes about the fate of immigrant children at the border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The Threat to Roe," Jeffrey Toobin writes about the abortion fight and the pretense of precedent.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Last Chances," Elizabeth Kolbert reports on climate change and the new age of extinction.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "No Rules," Margaret Talbot writes about Trump, Barr, and the rule of law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "What Mueller Found," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about President Donald Trump's brush with accountability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Partners in Division," David Remnick writes about the Trump-Netanyahu alliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Barr Review," Jeffrey Toobin writes about attorney general William Barr's choices.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In What's The Story, Steve Coll writes that the Attorney General’s summary reported no conspiracy, but serious newsrooms and journalists did the job they are supposed to do.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The special counsel’s report is in, and other investigations are accelerating. And yet it is impossible to imagine the President changing his behavior, much less giving up his office. In "It's Mueller Time," David Remnick writes about what comes next, now that the report is finally out.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The next two weeks will test how deeply a nation can immerse itself in self-delusion. In "Last Exit to Brexit," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the magical thinking around the upcoming deadline.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The Pros and Cons of Impeaching Trump," Adam Gopnik writes that real and reasonable arguments among congressional Democrats—and, indeed, among the public—range from the practical to the procedural. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Reality Shows," Evan Osnos writes about Trump, Kim, Cohen, and the limits of the President's power.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "May Days," Jeffrey Toobin writes about Andrew McCabe count down to the Mueller report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "House Cleaning," Jelani Cobb writes about how the House is taking on Amerca's voting-rights problem.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In “Not Working,” Margaret Talbot writes about President Trump’s state of disunion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Guns and the City," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on whether the Supreme Court will use a New York City regulation to strike down gun laws.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Making The Case," Jeffrey Toobin writes about William Barr and Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "On the Border," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the Republican's test at the border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Democrats in the House," Margaret Talbot writes about the house Democrats best path forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Unforeseen," Jill Lepore writes about predicting the future.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Run, Republicans, Run," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on how the G.O.P has a chance to redeem itself, by launching a primary challenge to the President.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Coal for Christmas," Elizabeth Kolbert reports on climate change diplomacy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In “Political Borders,” Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on the border crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The City of Dreams," the editors delve into the city that shaped The New Yorker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Winning Votes," Jeffrey Toobin delves into the voting rights fight.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Party of One," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the midterm elections, and their aftermath.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "This America," Jill Lepore reports on how the bloody-mindedness of broken men can be countered only by principle and fortitude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The Stakes," David Remnick reports on how the midterm elections are a referendum on Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The suppression of minority votes is the homegrown corollary of the Administration’s xenophobic rhetoric—an attempt to place a white thumb on the demographic scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Global Warning," Elizabeth Kolbert asks what is Donald Trump’s response to the U.N.’s dire climate report? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Bystanders to History," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Brett Kavanaugh and the G.O.P.'s bargain with Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "On The Attack," Margaret Talbot writes about how Christine Blasey Ford's experience was just as bad as Anita Hill's - maybe worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The Next Confirmation," Amy Davidson Sorkin asks, do the Democrats have a post-Kavanaugh, post-midterm game plan? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Scary Stuff," George Packer writes about the scariest parts of "Fear." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The Week that Was," Jeffrey Toobin writes about the deceptive contrast between Trump and Cavanaugh.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Fire Alarm," Elizabeth Kolbert writes about the new normal of wildfires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "It Was Never Thus," Jill Lepore reports about measuring Presidents' misdeeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Ten Years After," George Packer reports on how the financial crisis of 2008 was years in the making and has had a lasting impact on American political life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The Digital Public Square," Steve Coll reports on Alex Jones and social media neutrality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Get Out and Vote," George Packer reports on how the midterm elections are the last obstacle to Trump’s consolidation of power—and the greatest obstacle to voting is the feeling that it doesn’t matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Long, Hot Summers," Evan Osnos reports on how the G.O.P. is standing by as President Trump upends American security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Bad Trips," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on how, when President Trump brings up Russia, he seems to be speaking of something that is defined less by reality than by what he needs it to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "After Kennedy," Jeffrey Toobin reports on how President Trump's Supreme Court pick could undo Kennedy's legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Family Values," Margaret Talbot reports on how the policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border was the purest distillation yet of what it means to be governed by a President with no moral center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Going Rogue," George Packer writes about in how, in half a week, between Quebec and Singapore, Trump showed that the liberal order is hateful to him, and that he wants out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Kim's Chinese Lessons," Evan Osnos writes about Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un's nuclear summit, and the bid for history.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Smelling the Coffee," Jelani Cobb writes about racial bias training at Starbucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The Long Fight," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about John McCain's legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Bad Bets," Robin Wright reports on the end of the Iran deal, and Trump'confrontationaltatial foreign policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Crash Course," Nicholas Lemann writes about the dangers of undoing Dodd-Frank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One thing is becoming clear about the various Trump scandals: they center on the President’s disdain for the law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Might and Right," George Packer writes about how the president and his new national security advisor, John Bolton, are in an especially bad position to respond to the atrocities in Syria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "About Facebook," Andrew Marantz writes about the future of Facebook after Cambridge Analytica. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Death of a King," Jelani Cobb writes about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and what it means on the 50th Anniversary of his assassination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Account Settings," David Remnick reports on Cambridge Analytica and a moral reckoning in Silicon Valley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "A Revelatory Case," Amy Davidson Sorkin delves into what went wrong in the Stormy Daniels case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Gun Shots," Margaret Talbot weighs in on the gun control debate after Parkland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Indicted," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Robert Mueller’s distinctly American indictments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Peace Games," Evan Osnos writes about the politics at the Winter Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "State of the Resistance," Jelani Cobb writes about the opposition to President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Firing Offenses," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the questions that Mueller might ask Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Trump in the World," Amy Davidson Sorkin asked, "how can someone so “America first” attend an event so globally minded?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Words of the Year," Louis Menand writes about the importance of words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Christmas Stories," Adam Gopnik writes about the Christmas spirit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "How Low Will They Go?," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Roy Moore and the G.O.P. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Faking It," Steve Coll writes about how, in attacking the media, the president has in many ways strengthened it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "A History of Paranoia," Jelani Cobb writes about the new politics of race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Tests for Liberals," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Al Franken, Roy Moore, and a test for the democratic party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Autumn of the Patriarchy," David Remnick delves into the Weinstein moment and the Trump presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "A Long Year," Steve Coll writes about the president's turbulent year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "The Silent Majority," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Jeff Flake and the G.O.P.'s complicity problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In “Madmen Theories,” Steve Coll writes about President Trump’s U.N. début.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Limits of Power," Jia Tolentino writes about Harvey Weinstein and the limits of powerful men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In "Fighting Words," Evan Osnos writes about President Trump's war tantrums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In “Disasters Will Happen,” Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about President Trump’s trips to Puerto Rico and Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In “Inquietude,” Jill Lepore writes about our free speech fumbles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In “In The Dark,” Amy Davidson Sorkin explores how America is dealing with hurricane disasters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In “Broken Dreams,” William Finnegan writes about saving DACA.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In “Coming Storms,” Elizabeth Kolbert writes about Hurricane Harvey and climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jelani Cobb writes that some saw Steve Bannon’s blend of nationalism and racial grievance as the ballast in Trump’s ship. But will Bannon’s banishment change anything? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices