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What Is Hakeem Jeffries’s Plan for the Midterms, and After?
May 20, 2026
The New Yorker staff writer Jason Zengerle joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss his Profile of Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader. They talk about how Jeffries has balanced resisting Donald Trump’s…
The History Wars and America at 250, with the Historian Jill Lepore
May 18, 2026
The two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence arrives during intense disputes about American history, as the Trump Administration demands a more glorifying view of the…
A Member of the “Seditious Six” on Reviving the Democratic Party
May 16, 2026
The Washington Roundtable is joined by Representative Jason Crow, of Colorado, an Army Ranger veteran, member of the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, and one of the so-called…
Hungary Avoided Democratic Collapse. Can We?
May 13, 2026
The New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Péter Magyar, the new Prime Minister of Hungary, whom Marantz recently interviewed for the magazine . Marantz tells Foggatt…
Barack Obama in the Trump Era
May 11, 2026
The contributing writer Peter Slevin met with Barack Obama at the new Obama Presidential Center, which opens next month, in Chicago, and asked him the question on a lot of Democrats’ minds: Where is…
Have Billionaires Gone Too Far?
May 09, 2026
The über-rich have enjoyed a remarkable degree of sway in Donald Trump’s Washington—but they may now be facing a backlash. The Washington Roundtable traces the signs of invigorated “pitchfork…
Kash Patel’s Strategic, Frivolous Lawsuit Against The Atlantic
May 07, 2026
The New Yorker’s general counsel, Fabio Bertoni, joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Kash Patel’s two-hundred-and-fifty-million-dollar lawsuit against The Atlantic, on claims that the magazine defamed the…
How a Trump-Endorsed Republican Could Become California’s Next Governor
May 04, 2026
In the governor’s race in California, the leading Republican candidate appears to be Steve Hilton, a British-born political consultant and former Fox News contributor. Hilton has been endorsed by…
An Assassination Attempt and a Royal Visit to Washington
Apr 30, 2026
The New Yorker staff writer Antonia Hitchens joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss a surreal week in Washington: the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents’…
Why Senator Rand Paul Voted to Limit Donald Trump’s War Powers
Apr 27, 2026
One of Donald Trump’s few critics within his party is the libertarian-leaning senator Rand Paul, from Kentucky. Paul was recently the sole Republican to vote in favor of restricting the President’s…
Donald Trump’s Economic Warfare Abroad Comes Home
Apr 25, 2026
The Washington Roundtable discusses the global consequences of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz with Edward Fishman, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of the book…
What Pro Wrestling Taught Linda McMahon About Politics
Apr 23, 2026
The New Yorker staff writer Zach Helfand joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss his Profile of Linda McMahon , the Secretary of Education. They talk about the sweeping layoffs and downsizing at the…
A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel
Apr 20, 2026
Omer Bartov is an Israeli professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University. He grew up in a Zionist home and served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, but he has long been…
Corruption Toppled Viktor Orbán. Could Donald Trump Be Next?
Apr 17, 2026
The Washington Roundtable discusses how the anti-corruption candidate Péter Magyar brought down Hungary's autocratic Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, and what implications that victory holds for the…
Is Zohran Mamdani’s “Sewer Socialism” Resonating?
Apr 15, 2026
The New Yorker staff writer Molly Fischer joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Zohran Mamdani’s first hundred days as mayor of New York. They talk about how Mamdani has carried his highly disciplined…
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI
Apr 13, 2026
At the end of February, OpenAI’s C.E.O., Sam Altman, made headlines by swiftly cutting a deal with the Pentagon for his company to replace Anthropic, which had balked at the Trump Administration’s…
Will J. D. Vance Inherit MAGA?
Apr 10, 2026
The Washington Roundtable discusses Vice-President J. D. Vance’s week on the world stage: stumping for the Kremlin-aligned Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán and being tasked with leading American…
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Pam Bondi Fails to Make Her Case
Apr 08, 2026
The New Yorker contributing writer Ruth Marcus joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Pam Bondi’s removal from her post as Attorney General. They examine the series of missteps and failures that led to her…
How Donald Trump’s War on Iran Helps Vladimir Putin’s War on Ukraine
Apr 06, 2026
In 2021, when Olga Rudenko and other journalists launched the English-language news outlet the Kyiv Independent, they were committed to making a publication that wouldn’t face political pressure from…
The Art of No Deal: Trump’s Approach to the Iran War
Apr 04, 2026
The Washington Roundtable discusses Donald Trump’s address on the Iran war and the playbook that has defined his career in business and politics when confronted with a crisis: escalate and blame…
A Former Federal Prosecutor on Why He Quit Donald Trump’s Department of Justice
Mar 31, 2026
Thousands of federal prosecutors have been fired or have resigned from their roles since Pam Bondi took over as Attorney General. She has made no secret of weaponizing the Justice Department to…
A Mamdani Strategist’s Advice for Democrats in the 2026 Midterms
Mar 28, 2026
The Washington Roundtable examines the potential for a “Blue Wave” in the 2026 midterms. The hosts are joined by Morris Katz, a twenty-six-year-old Democratic political strategist for Zohran Mamdani…
How the War Has Reshaped Life in Iran
Mar 25, 2026
The reporter Cora Engelbrecht joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss what life is like for the people of Iran as war unfolds. They talk about Engelbrecht’s reporting, which is based on dispatches from a…
Is Cuba Trump’s Next Target?
Mar 23, 2026
The staff writer Jon Lee Anderson has reported from Cuba for many years, and recently wrote about the deteriorating economic conditions on the island. His newest piece for the magazine dives into the…
From Critics at Large: Why We Cling to the Kennedy Myth
Mar 20, 2026
The Washington Roundtable is off today, and will be back next week. In the meantime, enjoy an episode of The New Yorker’s Critics at Large podcast about the FX series “Love Story,” which drops…
The Pentagon Wants an Obedient A.I. Soldier. Will It Get One?
Mar 18, 2026
The New Yorker staff writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the escalating standoff between the A.I. company Anthropic and the Department of War. They consider recent reporting on…
Social Media Goes to Court
Mar 16, 2026
In the book “The Anxious Generation,” Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University, argues that social-media platforms are detrimental to youths’ well-being, and that society needs to…
Pete Hegseth’s Holy War
Mar 13, 2026
The Washington Roundtable considers how the ideological commitments of Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of War, are at play in the conflict with Iran. Their guest, the journalist Katherine Stewart, has…
The Kristi Noem Show Is Cancelled
Mar 11, 2026
The New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Kristi Noem’s removal from her post as Secretary of Homeland Security. They talk about the lead-up to her firing—which…
The Global Fallout of Donald Trump’s War on Iran
Mar 09, 2026
As Iran’s retaliation hit American allies throughout the Middle East this week, David Remnick was joined by two New Yorker writers with decades of experience reporting from the region. Robin Wright…
