The New Yorker Radio Hour

WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
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Sep 2, 2016 • 56min

Episode 46: Gary Johnson, Angel Olsen, and a Bee Stylist

In this episode, Libertarian Presidential nominee Gary Johnson talks guns and marijuana, dead bees are beautified, and actor Reed Birney reads Donald Barthelme’s classic short story about the school year from hell.
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Aug 30, 2016 • 16min

Special Preview: Gary Johnson’s Bid for the White House

The Libertarian Gary Johnson is an E.P.A.-supporting gun-rights advocate who appreciates a good edible, and he wants your vote for President.
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Aug 26, 2016 • 56min

Episode 45: Father Pfleger, Larry David, and the History of Autism

Larry David vents, and a Chicago priest delivers a sermon to gang members.
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Aug 19, 2016 • 56min

Episode 44: Russia Then and Now, and the Bard of Katonah

In this episode, a Nobel Prize winner talks about the pain of the fall of the Soviet Union, David Remnick remembers the coup the failed, and Hillary Clinton’s top policy advisor considers the problem of Putin
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Aug 12, 2016 • 56min

Episode 43: Summer in the City

In this episode, F. Murray Abraham reads Arthur Miller’s essay about the sweltering summers of Miller’s youth; two writers talk fish and fiction; and a novelist recalls her childhood in idyllic Hong Kong.          
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Aug 5, 2016 • 56min

Episode 42: The Honorable John Lewis, and the Inimitable Paul Simon

 In this episode, two living legends—the civil-rights leader John Lewis and the singer-songwriter Paul Simon—reflect on how far they’ve come.    
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Jul 29, 2016 • 56min

Episode 41: Hillary Makes History, and Archery Makes a Comeback

In this episode, Andy Borowitz explains how the D.N.C. is like a Phil Collins music video from the eighties, and Patricia Marx practices archery at home.      
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Jul 22, 2016 • 56min

Episode 40: Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter and a Poet Fighting Cancer

In this episode, the ghostwriter behind “The Art of the Deal” tells all, and Andy Borowitz reviews highlights of the Republican National Convention.
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Jul 18, 2016 • 24min

Special Preview: Trump’s Remorseful Ghostwriter

Tony Schwartz spent more than a year with Trump back in 1986, ghostwriting his memoir. He hasn’t ever talked publicly about the experience of working with Trump—until now.
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Jul 15, 2016 • 56min

Episode 39: The Gawker Sex-Tape Blowup, and George Saunders on Trump

The founder of Gawker on the “karmic justice” of the Hulk Hogan lawsuit; George Saunders on what makes Trump supporters tick; and Parker Posey on a camper from hell.




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