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The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On... more

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The Unfolding Genocide in Sudan

The New Yorker recently published a report from Sudan, headlined “Escape from Khartoum.” The contributor Nicolas Niarchos journeyed for days... more

16 Jun 2025 · 19 minutes
Trump Makes a Big Show of Military Force

The Washington Roundtable discusses President Trump’s deployment of uniformed troops in Los Angeles, the Administration’s attempt to blur the distinction... more

14 Jun 2025 · 32 minutes
What Broke the U.S.-China Relationship?

Michael Luo, an executive editor of The New Yorker, joins the show as guest host. He sits down with Peter... more

12 Jun 2025 · 43 minutes
What Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Doesn’t Understand About Autism

When Donald Trump made an alliance with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., he brought vaccine skepticism and the debunked link between... more

09 Jun 2025 · 30 minutes
The Oligarchs Are Fighting

The Washington Roundtable discusses the fallout from the messy rupture between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, how battles between maximalist... more

07 Jun 2025 · 33 minutes
The Man Who Thinks Trump Should Be King

The New Yorker staff writer Ava Kofman joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss her recent Profile of the iconoclastic right-wing blogger... more

05 Jun 2025 · 38 minutes
Lesley Stahl on What a Settlement with Donald Trump Would Mean for CBS News

Lesley Stahl, a linchpin of CBS News, began at the network in 1971, covering major events such as Watergate, and... more

02 Jun 2025 · 26 minutes
Examining Trump's War on the Media, and a Warning from Hungary

This is the second installment of “How Bad Is It,” a recurring series in which the staff writer Andrew Marantz... more

29 May 2025 · 48 minutes
How Experts Became the Enemy

The Northwestern history professor and New Yorker contributor Daniel Immerwahr joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the ways in which the... more

22 May 2025 · 41 minutes
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

Nearly a year ago, a Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash... more

19 May 2025 · 49 minutes
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The Unfolding Genocide in Sudan
The Political Scene | The New Yorker