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Bonus: David Remnick Takes Calls on the Midterms and the Media

Bonus: David Remnick Takes Calls on the Midterms and the Media

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jun 4, 2026 45 min
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<p>In a guest appearance on WNYC’s “Brian Lehrer Show,” David Remnick, who hosts the New Yorker Radio Hour, discusses the Democratic Party’s identity crisis and the candidates vying in the midterm elections; the late newspaper magnate Donald Newhouse, and the importance of editorial independence in journalism; Remnick’s upcoming live taping at the Tribeca Festival, with “Pod Save America” ’s Jon Lovett, on June 10th; and, most important of all, the Knicks. </p> <p><a href="https://tribecafilm.com/films/new-yorker-radio-hour-live-with-david-remnick-with-guest-jon-lovett-2026" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i>Join David Remnick and Jon Lovett at the Tribeca Festival</i></a><i>.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. Follow the show wherever <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/XL9LVVAk" rel="noopener noreferrer">you get your podcasts</a>.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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