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Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, presents conversations and feature stories about current events. On Wednesdays, the senior editor Tyler Foggatt goes deep on a consequential political story via far-reaching interviews with staff writers and outside experts. And, on Fridays, the staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the latest developments in Washington and beyond, offering an encompassing understanding of this moment in American politics.

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A.I. Loses the Popular Vote

2026-11-12 · 47 min · Episode 50

The New Yorker staff writer and historian Jill Lepore joins Tyler Foggatt for a conversation about how public feeling around artificial intelligence, and the backlash to the industry, affected the recent midterm…
Pete Buttigieg on the Democrats’ Sweep of Congress, and Where They Go from Here

2026-11-09 · 34 min · Episode 49

Though Pete Buttigieg, the former Secretary of Transportation and Indiana mayor, wasn’t on the midterms ballot, he campaigned for Democrats across the country in this election. Buttigieg’s ability to hold his own with…
The Voters Have Spoken. What Comes Next?

2026-11-07 · 44 min · Episode 48

The Washington Roundtable convenes after a historic midterm election—which amounted to a sweeping repudiation of Donald Trump and the Republican Party that the staff writer Susan B. Glasser says is “unlike any election…
The Democrats’ Big Night and the Repudiation of Donald Trump

2026-11-05 · 37 min · Episode 47

The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick, and the staff writers Vinson Cunningham and Benjamin Wallace-Wells join Tyler Foggatt to discuss the sweeping Democratic victories in the midterm elections and what the results…
Democrats Might Take Back the House. Then What?

2026-11-02 · 35 min · Episode 46

The Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin has been relentlessly challenging the Trump Administration in his role as the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee. He was the lead manager in the second impeachment of…
The Washington Roundtable Live: The Final Stretch with David Plouffe

2026-10-31 · 49 min · Episode 45

The Washington Roundtable is joined onstage at The New Yorker Festival by David Plouffe, the political strategist and the campaign manager for Barack Obama’s historic 2008 Presidential run, for a final look at the…
Is Donald Trump’s Unpopularity Catching Up with Republicans?

2026-10-28 · 37 min · Episode 44

The New Yorker staff writer Jason Zengerle joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss how Republican candidates are responding to Donald Trump’s historically low approval ratings. They talk about the races in which the President’s…
Gina Hinojosa Aims to Make Texas Blue Again

2026-10-26 · 31 min · Episode 43

The Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton dominates the news out of Texas, but, in the race for governor, a Democratic state legislator is also running neck and neck with the longtime Republican incumbent,…
Rahm Emanuel is “Cautiously Optimistic” About the Democrats’ Midterm Prospects

2026-10-24 · 45 min · Episode 42

The Washington Roundtable is joined by Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff under Barack Obama, for a discussion about the Democratic Party’s odds heading into the midterm elections. In 2006, as chair of…
Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump?

2026-10-19 · 34 min · Episode 41

A growing portion of the electorate appears to recognize the mayhem President Donald Trump has instigated since returning to the Oval Office. That segment includes some of the people who put him back into office,…

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