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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. Share your thoughts on The Political Scene. As a token of our appreciation, you will be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey. [https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2] (https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2)

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. Share your thoughts on The Political Scene. As a token of our appreciation, you will be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey. [https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2] (https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2)

 

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#150

Is Eric Adams Impervious to Scandal?

Last week, New York City’s police commissioner, Edward Caban, resigned after a federal corruption probe. Shortly after, Mayor Eric Adams’s chief legal adviser also stepped down. But, despite the scandals, Adams remains in contention for reëlection in 2025. “The job of Mayor of New York is a big job,” Eric Lach says. “But it’s also attached to a political system that is insular and small.” Tyler Foggatt sits down with the New Yorker staff writer Eric Lach to parse the scandals and to preview the upcoming mayoral election. This week’s reading: ---“ [Could Eric Adams Lose Next Year?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/could-eric-adams-lose-next-year) ” by Eric Lach ---“ [What Kind of Trouble Is Eric Adams In?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/what-kind-of-trouble-is-eric-adams-in) ” by Eric Lach To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) . Share your thoughts on The Political Scene. As a token of our appreciation, you will be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey. [https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2] (https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2) ... Read more

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30 MINS

30:33

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#149

Josh Shapiro on How Kamala Harris Can Win Pennsylvania

In 2024, all eyes are on Pennsylvania: its nineteen electoral votes make it the largest swing state, and it’s considered a critical battleground for either  or  to win the White House. For many years, Pennsylvania trended slightly blue, but the state has become deeply purple—with a divided state House and a series of razor-thin margins in general elections. One notable exception to this was the 2022 Pennsylvania governor’s race. The Democrat Josh Shapiro won by almost fifteen points against a Trump-aligned Republican, and his approval ratings in the state remain high. “To win in Pennsylvania, you’re not winning with only Democrats,” Shapiro told David Remnick. “You’ve got to get like-minded Independents and Republicans.” Shapiro was on the shortlist of candidates for Harris’s pick for Vice-President—which may be the cause of attacks from Donald Trump, including one calling him an “overrated Jewish governor.” He spoke with Remnick to talk about Harris’s  of Minnesota’s governor, , as her running mate, and what it takes for a Democrat to win Pennsylvania. “We’re a big state, but we’re still a retail state,” Shapiro said, “meaning you got to show up!” Share your thoughts on The Political Scene. As a token of our appreciation, you will be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey. [https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2] (https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2) ... Read more

16 Sep 2024

25 MINS

25:44

16 Sep 2024

#148

How to Get Under a Strongman’s Skin, with George Conway

The Washington Roundtable is joined by George Conway, co-founder of the Lincoln Project and creator of the Anti-Psychopath Political Action Committee, both of which specialize in making custom attack ads designed to aggravate Donald Trump. They discuss Vice-President Kamala Harris’s debate performance and how her campaign might continue to draw out Trump’s worst instincts by psychologically triggering him. “When we first started running ads, he went on Truth Social and specifically attacked me and Fox News for putting my ads on his TV,” Conway says. “The thing got into his head. . . . He would never have talked about himself possibly having a ‘personality defect’ if it weren’t for what we had said.” This week’s reading: ---“ [Donald Trump Had a Really, Really Bad Debate] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/donald-trump-had-a-really-really-bad-debate) ,” by Susan B. Glasser ---“ [The Presidential Campaign, After Philadelphia] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/23/the-presidential-campaign-after-philadelphia) ,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells ---“ [Kamala Harris Makes Her Case Beyond Big Cities] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/kamala-harris-makes-her-case-beyond-big-cities) ,” by Emily Witt ---“ [Donald Trump’s New ‘Voodoo Economics,’ ”] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/donald-trumps-new-voodoo-economics) by John Cassidy Tune in [wherever you get your podcasts] (https://link.chtbl.com/p7tKbZe1) . ... Read more

14 Sep 2024

41 MINS

41:58

14 Sep 2024

#147

Will Kamala Harris’s Debate Win Be Enough to Move the Needle?

Kamala Harris successfully prosecuted a case against Donald Trump on issues ranging from abortion to the January 6th insurrection at last night’s debate in Philadelphia. How will that fare with voters against Trump’s “fan service” recitation of Internet conspiracies? Tyler Foggatt sits down with the New Yorker staff writers Clare Malone and Vinson Cunningham to examine each candidate’s performance, along with a surprise Taylor Swift endorsement for Harris, and what it means with less than two months until Election Day.  Share your thoughts on The Political Scene. As a token of our appreciation, you will be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey. [https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2] (https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2) ... Read more

11 Sep 2024

27 MINS

27:02

11 Sep 2024

#146

Preparing For Trump’s Next “Big Lie,” with the Election Lawyer Marc Elias

Of the sixty-five lawsuits that Donald Trump’s team filed in the 2020 election, Democrats won sixty-four—with the attorney Marc Elias spearheading the majority.  Elias was so successful that Steve Bannon speaks of him with admiration.  Now Marc Elias is working for Vice-President Kamala Harris’s campaign, and, despite his past victories, Elias says that 2024 is keeping him up at night.  The bizarre antics and conspiracy theories of Rudy Giuliani are a thing of the past, Elias tells David Remnick: “We should all expect that they are more competent than they were before. And also Donald Trump is more desperate than he was before. … He faces the prospect of four criminal indictments, two of which are in federal court.” Election-denying officials are now in power in many swing states; Trump has publicly praised his allies on state election boards.  Elias fears the assault on the democratic process could be much more effective this time.  Still, some things don’t change. “I believe Donald Trump is going to say after Election Day in 2024 that he won all fifty states—that there’s no state he didn’t win,” Elias says. “That is just the pathology that is Donald Trump.” ... Read more

09 Sep 2024

27 MINS

27:19

09 Sep 2024

#145

Will Harris Get Trump to Self-Destruct at the Debate?

The Washington Roundtable revisits Vice-President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s past debate performances and considers how the candidates might approach next week’s showdown. “Trump doesn’t do subdued self-defense,” Evan Osnos says. “He’ll come back furious and basically do a lot of the work for [Harris] of showing, to borrow one of his favorite adjectives, what a ‘nasty’ guy he is. I think that could be pretty effective for her.” Plus, where the fund-raising race stands with Election Day only two months away. This week’s reading: ---“ [Can Red-Baiting Save Trump’s Flailing Campaign?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/can-red-baiting-save-trumps-flailing-campaign) ,” by Susan B. Glasser ---“ [How Kamala Harris’s Coalition Changes the Race for Congress] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-kamala-harriss-coalition-changes-the-race-for-congress) ,” by Isaac Chotiner ---“ [Do Celebrity Presidential Endorsements Matter?] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/09/do-celebrity-presidential-endorsements-matter) ,” by Tyler Foggatt To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) with “The Political Scene” in the subject line. ... Read more

07 Sep 2024

40 MINS

40:33

07 Sep 2024

#144

What Does “Election Interference” Even Mean Anymore?

How has a phrase that just a decade ago had a narrow, technical definition come to essentially represent anything political that we don’t like? Jon Allsop, who writes Columbia Journalism Review’s daily newsletter and contributed this week to The New Yorker, joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss how “election interference” has become a ubiquitous term and what that indicates about the future of American political discourse. “It’s a project that is designed to insulate candidates against losing, whether they actually lose or not,” Allsop said.  ... Read more

04 Sep 2024

33 MINS

33:17

04 Sep 2024

#143

The Writer Danzy Senna on Kamala Harris and the Complexity of Biracial Identity in America

In fiction and nonfiction, the author Danzy Senna focusses on the experience of being biracial in a nation long obsessed with color lines. Now that Kamala Harris is the Democratic candidate for President, some of Senna’s concerns have come to the fore in political life. Donald Trump attacked Harris as a kind of race manipulator, implying that she had been Indian American before becoming Black for strategic purposes.  The claim was bizarre and false, but Senna feels that it reflected a mind-set in white America. “Mixed-race people are sort of up for debate and speculation, and there’s a real return to the idea that your appearance is what matters, not what your background is or your identity,” she tells Julian Lucas, who wrote about Senna’s work in The New Yorker.  “And if your appearance is unclear to us, then we’re going to debate you and we’re going to discount you and we’re going to accuse you of being an impostor.”  Senna talks about why she describes people like herself and Lucas using the old word “mulatto,” despite its racist etymology. “The word ‘biracial’ or ‘multiracial’ to me is completely meaningless,” she says, “because I don’t know which races were mixing.  And those things matter when we’re talking about identity.”  Senna’s newest novel, “Colored Television,” follows a literary writer somewhat like herself, trying to find a new career in the more lucrative world of TV. ... Read more

02 Sep 2024

26 MINS

26:53

02 Sep 2024

#142

How Much is “Being Cool” Actually Worth in Politics?

The New Yorker staff writer Naomi Fry joins Tyler Foggatt to unpack Kamala Harris’s cultural blitzkrieg and how a litany of A-list celebrities and online influencers have helped revitalize the Presidential race. “It’s like the scene in ‘Pulp Fiction’ or something, where Uma Thurman overdoses and then has the adrenaline shot into her heart,” Fry said. To what degree can a candidate turn “being cool” into a winning strategy? This week’s reading: ---“ [What Kamala Harris May Have to Do Next] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/what-kamala-harris-may-have-to-do-next) ,” by Jay Caspian Kang ---“ [Kamala Harris’s Youth-Vote Turnaround] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/kamala-harriss-youth-vote-turnaround) ,” by E. Tammy Kim ---“ [The Kamala Show] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/26/the-kamala-show) ,” by Vinson Cunningham To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) . ... Read more

29 Aug 2024

31 MINS

31:33

29 Aug 2024

#141

Kamala Harris’s “Different Kind of ‘Hope’ Campaign”

The Washington Roundtable discusses the highs and lows of the Democratic National Convention and Vice-President Kamala Harris’s rousing acceptance speech, with Evan Osnos and Susan B. Glasser reporting from Chicago. Plus, behind-the-scenes moments from the “festival atmosphere” for delegates, donors, and influencers, at the United Center.  This week’s reading: ---“ [The Speech of Kamala Harris’s Lifetime] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-speech-of-kamala-harris-lifetime) ,” by Susan B. Glasser ---“ [Proud and Impassioned, Joe Biden Passes the Torch at the D.N.C.] (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/proud-and-impassioned-biden-passes-the-torch) ,” by Evan Osnos ---“ [Kamala Harris’s ‘Freedom’ Campaign] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/kamala-harris-freedom-campaign) ,” by Peter Slevin ---“ [Why Was It So Hard for the Democrats to Replace Biden?] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/02/why-was-it-so-hard-for-the-democrats-to-replace-biden) ,” by Andrew Marantz ---“ [The Democratic Party Rebrands Itself Before Viewers’ Eyes] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-democratic-party-rebrands-itself-before-viewers-eyes) ,” by Emily Witt ---“ [Can Kamala Harris’s Campaign Solve the Latino Turnout Problem?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/can-kamala-harriss-campaign-solve-the-latino-turnout-problem) ,” by Geraldo Cadava ---“ [How the Harris Campaign Beat Trump at Being Online] (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-the-harris-campaign-beat-trump-at-being-online) ,” by Kyle Chayka ---“ [What Kamala Harris May Have to Do Next] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/what-kamala-harris-may-have-to-do-next) ,” by Jay Caspian Kang Tune in [wherever you get your podcasts] (https://link.chtbl.com/p7tKbZe1) . ... Read more

24 Aug 2024

40 MINS

40:03

24 Aug 2024

#140

Unity, Millennial Cringe, And Overwhelming Relief Abound at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

The New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the sights, sounds, and broader implications of the Democratic National Convention. Marantz describes a convention defined by feelings of unity and a profound sense of relief among party insiders. Plus, they reflect on the D.N.C.’s use of what Marantz describes as “cringe-millennial” culture.This week’s reading: --- [Proud and Impassioned, Joe Biden Passes the Torch at the D.N.C.] (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/proud-and-impassioned-biden-passes-the-torch) , by Evan Osnos. --- [The Obamas’ Rousingly Pragmatic Call to Action at the D.N.C.] (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/the-obamas-rousingly-pragmatic-call-to-action-at-the-dnc) , by Vinson Cunningham To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) . ... Read more

21 Aug 2024

31 MINS

31:55

21 Aug 2024

#139

Why Are More Latino Voters Supporting Trump?

Despite a surge of enthusiasm for Vice-President Kamala Harris’s campaign, the 2024 race remains extremely competitive. And one factor very much in Donald Trump’s favor is an increased share of support from Latino voters. Anti-immigrant messaging from Trump and the Republican Party has not turned off Latino voters; he won a higher percentage of Latino voters in 2020 than in 2016, and he was roughly tied with President Biden at the time Biden stepped out of the race in July. Geraldo Cadava, the author of “ [The Hispanic Republican] (https://www.amazon.com/Hispanic-Republican-American-Political-Identity/dp/006294634X?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” [wrote about] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/does-kamala-harris-need-a-latino-campaign) the Republicans’ strategy for The New Yorker. He spoke with prominent Latino Trump supporters about why the message is resonating, and how they feel about all the signs reading “Mass Deportation Now. ... Read more

19 Aug 2024

31 MINS

31:40

19 Aug 2024

#138

What the Harris Campaign Needs to Win, with James Carville and Paul Begala

The Washington Roundtable discusses the surge of enthusiasm for the Harris-Walz campaign among Democrats in relation to Bill Clinton’s bid for the White House in 1992. They’re joined by the Democratic strategists James Carville and Paul Begala, whose work as architects of that Clinton campaign was portrayed in the 1993 documentary “The War Room.” Plus, a look ahead at next week’s Democratic National Convention. This week’s reading: ---“ [Kamala Harris’s Best Campaign Surrogate Is Donald Trump] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/kamala-harriss-best-campaign-surrogate-is-donald-trump) ,” by Susan B. Glasser ---“ [Tim Walz and the Lessons of High-School Football] (https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/tim-walz-and-the-lessons-of-high-school-football) ,” by Louisa Thomas ---“ [Kamala Harris’s Youth-Vote Turnaround] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/kamala-harriss-youth-vote-turnaround) ,” by E. Tammy Kim To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) with “The Political Scene” in the subject line. ... Read more

17 Aug 2024

45 MINS

45:58

17 Aug 2024

#137

Elon Musk’s Pivot from Online Troll to Political Machinator

The New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss how Elon Musk has once again found himself at the center of a geopolitical dustup—this time in Venezuela, where strongman Nicolas Maduro has accused Musk of hacking the nation’s electoral council. Although the allegations are unsubstantiated, Maduro’s worries about Musk meddling in the affairs of other countries “are not without foundation,” Anderson writes. His latest piece, [“Elon Musk’s Surging Political Activism,”] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/elon-musks-surging-political-activism) explores Musk’s metamorphosis into a geopolitical power broker.  This week’s reading: [“Elon Musk’s Surging Political Activism,”] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/elon-musks-surging-political-activism) by Jon Lee  ... Read more

14 Aug 2024

28 MINS

28:56

14 Aug 2024

#136

Nancy Pelosi, the Power Broker

Nancy Pelosi, who represents California’s Eleventh Congressional District, led the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives for so long, and so effectively, that one forgets she was also the first woman to hold the job. Her stewardship of consequential legislation—including the Affordable Care Act and the Inflation Reduction Act—during her eight years as Speaker is legendary. And Pelosi has wielded tremendous influence this election cycle: she seems to have been instrumental in persuading President Biden to withdraw from the campaign in place of a new Democratic candidate. After years of friendship with Biden, it wasn’t easy, she tells David Remnick, who asks, “You think your relationship will be there?” “I hope so,” Pelosi admits. “I pray so. I cry so. I lose sleep on it.” After stepping away from Democratic leadership herself, in 2023, she wrote a book with a short and apt title: “ [The Art of Power] (https://www.amazon.com/Art-Power-Story-Americas-Speaker/dp/1668048043) .”  Pelosi speaks to Remnick about the importance of having a strong mission undergirding the skills of political gamesmanship. “This is not for the faint of heart,” she says. “This is tough. If you know your ‘why,’ the slings and arrows are worth it. If you don’t know your ‘why,’ don’t even do this. . . . You’ve got to be proud of your wounds.” ... Read more

12 Aug 2024

36 MINS

36:31

12 Aug 2024

#135

The Harris-Walz Reboot

The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the addition of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to the Democratic ticket and Donald Trump’s erratic response at a press conference on Thursday. “Walz has scrambled the circuits for Trump because he’s not easy to pigeonhole,” Osnos says. “He’s not what Trump imagines, in his comic-book way, of what a progressive looks like.” Plus, the campaigns’ strategies in the battleground states and what it will take to win key states such as Georgia and Pennsylvania.  This week’s reading: ---“ [Does Anyone in America Miss Joe Biden as Much as Donald Trump?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/does-anyone-in-america-miss-joe-biden-as-much-as-donald-trump) ” by Susan B. Glasser ---“ [How Generic Can Kamala Harris Be?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/how-generic-can-kamala-harris-be) ” by Jay Caspian Kang ---“ [How Kamala Harris Became Bigger than Donald Trump] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/how-kamala-harris-became-bigger-than-donald-trump) ,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells ---“ [What Tim Walz Brings to Kamala Harris’s Campaign to Beat Donald Trump] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/what-tim-walz-brings-to-kamala-harriss-campaign-to-beat-donald-trump) ,” by Peter Slevin ---“ ‘ [Weird’ Is a Rebuke to Republican Dominance Politics] (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/weird-is-a-rebuke-to-republican-dominance-politics) ,” by Katy Waldman ---“ [What Does Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Actually Want?] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/12/robert-f-kennedy-jr-profile-presidential-campaign) ,” by Clare Malone To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) with “The Political Scene” in the subject line. ... Read more

10 Aug 2024

38 MINS

38:20

10 Aug 2024

#134

Israel’s Other Intractable Conflict

Israel has occupied the West Bank of the Jordan River since 1967, after the third Arab-Israeli war, and ever since Israelis have settled on more and more of this contested land. Violence by armed settlers against their Palestinian neighbors has increased dramatically in recent years, as a far-right government came to dominate Israeli politics. Unless things change, the American journalist Nathan Thrall tells David Remnick, the future for Palestinians is “not unlike that of the Native Americans.” Thrall won a Pulitzer Prize for his book “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,” which uses one isolated incident—a road accident in the West Bank—to illustrate the ways in which life under occupation has become nearly unlivable for Palestinians. On July 19th, the United Nations’ International Court of Justice issued an advisory ruling that the occupation violates international law. While the world’s attention is focussed on the devastating war in Gaza, and the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the occupation of the West Bank remains a fundamental challenge for any peaceful resolution.  Remnick also speaks with the Palestinian lawyer and author Raja Shehadeh, a longtime advocate for peace with Israel who lives in Ramallah. Palestinians “are, in a sense, living under a different law than the law of the settlements. And so the settlers are going to be part of Israel, and the laws of Israel apply to them—and that's annexation—but not to us. There will be two communities living side by side, each subject to different laws, and that’s entirely apartheid.” Shehadeh’s new book is titled “What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?” He argues that, as much as a concern for their security, many Israelis refuse to contemplate a two-state solution because recognizing Palestinians’ claims to nationhood challenges Israel’s national story.   Although Thrall believes that any false hope about an end to the conflict is damaging, he acknowledges that U.S. sanctions on violent settlers is a meaningful step, and Shehadeh sees the I.C.J.’s ruling as a new degree of global pressure. “That could bring about the end of the era of impunity of Israel,” Shehadeh believes. “And that can make a big difference.” ... Read more

05 Aug 2024

42 MINS

42:23

05 Aug 2024

#133

Decoding the “Compelling” Attack Ads of the 2024 Campaign

The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the fiery advertising war between Vice-President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. They are joined by Jennifer Lawless, the chair of the politics department at the University of Virginia and the author of “Women on the Run: Gender, Media, and Political Campaigns in a Polarized Era.” Plus, how memes and social media have boosted the Harris campaign. “The Harris campaign will have a couple of uplifting, very positive ads, especially when they announce who the V.P. will be,” Professor Jennifer Lawless says. “But my bet is that this will be a race to the bottom in terms of negativity.”  This week’s reading: ---“ [Trump’s Racist Attack on Kamala Harris Was No Accident] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/trumps-racist-attack-on-kamala-harris-was-no-accident) ,” by Susan B. Glasser ---“ [The Politics of ‘Weird’] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/the-politics-of-weird) ,” by Jay Caspian Kang ---“ [Does Kamala Harris Need a Latino Campaign?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/does-kamala-harris-need-a-latino-campaign) ,” by Geraldo Cadava To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) with “The Political Scene” in the subject line. ... Read more

03 Aug 2024

40 MINS

40:08

03 Aug 2024

#132

J. D. Vance’s Rough Rollout and Kamala Harris’s Veepstakes

As J. D. Vance faces a bumpy public reception on the Trump ticket and Kamala Harris considers her options for a running mate, the New Yorker staff writers Amy Davidson Sorkin and Benjamin Wallace-Wells join Tyler Foggatt to discuss all things Vice-Presidential. In a race as short and tight as this one, what is each campaign communicating with its choice? This week’s reading: ---“ [Who Should Kamala Harris Pick as Her Running Mate?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/who-should-kamala-harris-pick-as-her-running-mate) ” by Amy Davidson Sorkin ---“ [J. D. Vance’s Sad, Strange Politics of Family] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/j-d-vances-sad-strange-politics-of-family) ,” by Jessica Winter ---“ [J. D. Vance’s Radical Religion] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/j-d-vances-radical-religion) ,” by Paul Elie To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) .  ... Read more

31 Jul 2024

39 MINS

39:35

31 Jul 2024

#131

From In the Dark: Season 3, Episode 1

Today, we're bringing you a special preview of the new season of the New Yorker investigative podcast In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran. The series examines the killings of twenty-four civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and asks why no one was held accountable for the crime.In Episode 1, a man in Haditha, Iraq, has a request for the In the Dark team: Can you investigate how my family was killed?In the Dark is available [wherever you get your podcasts] (https://link.chtbl.com/itds3feeddrop) . ... Read more

30 Jul 2024

10 MINS

10:09

30 Jul 2024

#130

What Kamala Harris Needs to Win the Presidency

[Kamala Harris] (https://www.newyorker.com/tag/kamala-harris) will face barriers as a woman running for the Presidency. “Women constantly have to credential themselves,” Jennifer Palmieri, a veteran of Democratic politics who served in the Clinton Administration, says. She was also the director of communications for the Obama White House, and then for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential campaign. Harris will “need to remind people of what she has done in her career and what she’s done as Vice-President, because people assume that women haven’t accomplished anything.” But Harris also has notable strengths as a candidate, and—having avoided a bruising primary campaign and having been handed a torch from the incumbent—she has advantages that no other woman running for office has had. For a female candidate, the world has changed since 2016, Palmieri believes. She shares insights into how [Joe Biden] (https://www.newyorker.com/tag/joe-biden) was finally persuaded to step out of the race, and explains what she meant by advising women to “nod less and cry more.” ... Read more

29 Jul 2024

31 MINS

31:34

29 Jul 2024

#129

Could Kamala Harris Be a Trump-Level Cultural Phenomenon?

The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the start of Kamala Harris’s Presidential campaign and the surge of excitement among Democrats on the Internet and at rallies. Plus, who might be her running mate and how Republicans plan to launch “racist, misogynist” attacks against her.  This week’s reading: ---“ [Biden’s Exit, Harris’s Moment] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/bidens-exit-harriss-moment) ,” by Susan B. Glasser ---“ [Why Did Progressive Democrats Support Joe Biden?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-did-progressive-democrats-support-joe-biden) ,” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ---“ [Kamala Harris Should Tell Her Family’s Story] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/kamala-harris-should-tell-her-familys-story) ,” by Jay Caspian Kang ---“ [J. D. Vance’s Sad, Strange Politics of Family] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/j-d-vances-sad-strange-politics-of-family) ,” by Jessica Winter ---“ [Was Biden’s Decision to Withdraw ‘Heroic’?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/was-bidens-decision-to-withdraw-heroic) ” by Isaac Chotiner ---“ [Kamala Harris, the Candidate] (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/kamala-harris-the-candidate) ,” by Doreen St. Félix ---“ [Who Should Kamala Harris Pick as Her Running Mate?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/who-should-kamala-harris-pick-as-her-running-mate) ” by Amy Davidson Sorkin ---“ [J. D. Vance’s Radical Religion] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/j-d-vances-radical-religion) ,” by Paul Elie To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) with “The Political Scene” in the subject line. ... Read more

26 Jul 2024

39 MINS

39:44

26 Jul 2024

#128

The “Strange Charisma” of Kamala Harris

The New Yorker staff writers and cultural critics Doreen St. Félix and Vinson Cunningham join Tyler Foggatt to discuss Kamala Harris’s sudden ascendence to the top of the Democratic ticket. How might her gender, race, and long political career from prosecutor to Vice-President shape the campaign ahead? “In a weird way, I think that she can run against both Trump and, implicitly, very subtly, against Biden, too,” Cunningham says. “I think her strongest way to code herself is: we're finally turning the page.”  This week’s reading: ---“ [Kamala Harris, the Candidate] (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/kamala-harris-the-candidate) ,” by Doreen St. Félix ---“ [A Mood of Optimism at Kamala Harris’s First Campaign Stop] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/a-mood-of-optimism-at-kamala-harris-first-campaign-stop) ,” by Emily Witt ---“ [Who Should Kamala Harris Pick as Her Running Mate] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/who-should-kamala-harris-pick-as-her-running-mate) ?,” by Amy Davidson Sorkin To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) . ... Read more

25 Jul 2024

51 MINS

51:28

25 Jul 2024

#127

Special Episode: Biden Passes the Torch

The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss President Biden’s stunning exit from the 2024 Presidential election and his endorsement for Vice-President Kamala Harris to lead the Democratic ticket. How could this new matchup change the terms of the race, now that Biden’s age is no longer a key issue? This week’s reading: ---“ [Joe Biden’s Act of Selflessness] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/joe-bidens-act-of-selflessness) ,” by Evan Osnos ---“ [Joe Biden Leaves the Stage] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/joe-biden-leaves-the-stage) ,” by Adam Gopnik ---“ [Where Do Republicans and Democrats Stand After the R.N.C.?] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/29/where-do-republicans-and-democrats-stand-after-the-rnc) ” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells ---“ [The Spectacle of Donald Trump’s R.N.C.] (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-spectacle-of-donald-trumps-rnc) ,” by Antonia Hitchens, photography by Sinna Nasseri To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to themail@newyorker.com with “The Political Scene” in the subject line. ... Read more

23 Jul 2024

39 MINS

39:23

23 Jul 2024

#126

Trump’s Triumphant R.N.C. and Biden’s Dilemma

The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss takeaways from the Republican National Convention, which Glasser reports had the feeling of “a very polite Midwestern cult meeting.” Plus, Donald Trump's selection of J. D. Vance as his running mate and the mounting pressure for President Biden to drop out of the race. This week’s reading: ---“ [Donald Trump’s Second Coming] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/donald-trumps-second-coming) ,” by Susan B. Glasser ---“ [Doctors Are Increasingly Worried About Biden] (https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/doctors-are-increasingly-worried-about-biden) ,” by Dhruv Khullar ---“ [The Rise of the New Right at the Republican National Convention] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-rise-of-the-new-right-at-the-republican-national-convention) ,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells ---“ [Are We Already Moving On from the Assassination Attempt on Trump?] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/are-we-already-moving-on-from-the-assassination-attempt-on-donald-trump) ” by Jay Caspian Kang ---“ [The Paralysis of the Democratic Party] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-paralysis-of-the-democratic-party) ,” by Isaac Chotiner ---“ [Why Donald Trump Picked J. D. Vance for Vice-President] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/why-donald-trump-picked-j-d-vance-for-vice-president) ,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells ---“ [Bernie Sanders Wants Joe Biden to Stay in the Race] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/bernie-sanders-wants-joe-biden-to-stay-in-the-race) ,” by Isaac Chotiner ---“ [Trump, Unity, and MAGA Miracles at the R.N.C.] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/trump-unity-and-maga-miracles-at-the-rnc) ,” by Antonia Hitchens To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) with “The Political Scene” in the subject line. ... Read more

20 Jul 2024

36 MINS

36:25

20 Jul 2024

#125

A Dispatch from the Republican National Convention

The New Yorker contributing writer Antonia Hitchens calls Tyler Foggatt from Milwaukee to offer some details and observations from the first night of the Republican National Convention, at which Donald Trump was formally nominated to be the G.O.P.’s 2024 Presidential nominee. An assassination attempt on the former President over the weekend only heightened the messianic feeling that surrounds Trump, and gave a strange poignancy to the anointing of J. D. Vance as Trump’s running mate and the potential next leader of the MAGA movement, Hitchens says.  This week’s reading: ---“ [Trump, Unity, and MAGA Miracles at the R.N.C.] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/trump-unity-and-maga-miracles-at-the-rnc) ,” by Antonia Hitchens ---“ [A Nation Inflamed] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/a-nation-inflamed-trump-assassination-attempt) ,” by David Remnick ---“ [Why Donald Trump Picked J. D. Vance for Vice-President] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/why-donald-trump-picked-j-d-vance-for-vice-president) ,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) . ... Read more

17 Jul 2024

23 MINS

23:20

17 Jul 2024

#124

Julián Castro on the Biden Problem, and What the Democratic Party Got Wrong

The panic that gripped Democrats during and after President Biden’s performance in the June debate against Donald Trump didn’t come out of nowhere. In January of last year, the Radio Hour produced [an episode about President Biden’s age] (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/segments/politics-too-old-seg) , and the concerns that voters were already expressing. But no nationally prominent Democratic politician was willing to challenge Biden in the primaries. After the debate, Julián Castro was one of the first prominent Democrats to say that Biden should withdraw from the race, and he went on to tell MSNBC’s Alex Wagner that potential Democratic rivals and even staffers “got the message” that their careers would be “blackballed” if they challenged him. Castro—who came up as the mayor of San Antonio, and then served as President Obama’s Secretary for Housing and Urban Development—ran against Biden in the Presidential primary for the 2020 election. He talks with David Remnick about how we got here, and what the Democratic Party should have done differently.  ... Read more

15 Jul 2024

27 MINS

27:13

15 Jul 2024

#123

The Great Democratic Party Freakout of 2024

The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss President Joe Biden’s struggle to retain voters’ confidence in his bid for reëlection and his animosity toward the “élites” he says are insisting that he step down. Plus, Donald Trump’s campaign strategy amid Democratic turmoil and ahead of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “The problem is the meta-narrative, which seems to be centered on: Will Biden faceplant or won’t he?,” Jane Mayer says. “And, so long as that’s the narrative, the narrative is not on Donald Trump and the threat to democracy that he poses.” This week’s reading: ---“ [Joe Biden’s Less-Than-Awful Press Conference Does Not Mean Everything Is Now O.K.] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/joe-bidens-less-than-awful-press-conference-does-not-mean-everything-is-now-ok) ,” by Susan B. Glasser ---“ [The Controlled Normalcy of Kamala Harris’s Trip to Las Vegas] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/kamala-harris-in-las-vegas-democratic-party-event) ,” by Antonia Hitchens ---“ [A Congressional Democrat Explains Why He’s Standing with Biden] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/a-congressional-democrat-explains-why-hes-standing-with-biden) ,” by Isaac Chotiner ---“ [Joe Biden’s Cynical Turn Against the Press] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/joe-bidens-cynical-turn-against-the-press) ,” by Jay Caspian Kang  ---“ [Joe Biden Is Fighting Back—but Not Against Trump, Really] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/joe-biden-is-fighting-back-but-not-against-trump-really) ,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) with “The Political Scene” in the subject line. ... Read more

13 Jul 2024

42 MINS

42:37

13 Jul 2024

#122

The Case for Using the Twenty-fifth Amendment on Biden

The New Yorker contributor and Harvard Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss a once obscure constitutional provision that allows Cabinet members to remove an unfit President from office. Gersen believes it’s time to use it on Biden. “The Twenty-fifth amendment was designed for a situation in which the President may not recognize his own impairment,” she says.     This week’s reading: ---“ [This Is What the Twenty-fifth Amendment Was Designed For] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/this-is-what-the-twenty-fifth-amendment-was-designed-for) ,” by Jeannie Suk Gersen ---“ [The Reckoning of Joe Biden] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-reckoning-of-joe-biden) ,” by David Remnick ---“ [Joe Biden Is Fighting Back—but Not Against Trump, Really] (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/joe-biden-is-fighting-back-but-not-against-trump-really) ,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to [themail@newyorker.com] (mailto:themail@newyorker.com) . ... Read more

10 Jul 2024

37 MINS

37:16

10 Jul 2024

#121

John Fetterman’s Move to the Right on Israel

Many Democrats saw John Fetterman as a progressive beacon: a Rust Belt Bernie Sanders who—with his shaved head, his hoodie, and the Zip Code of Braddock, Pennsylvania—could rally working-class white voters to the Democratic Party. But at least on one issue, Fetterman is veering away from the left of his party, and even from centrists like Majority Leader Chuck Schumer: Israel’s war in Gaza. Fetterman has taken a line that is not just sympathetic to Israel after the October 7th attack by Hamas; he seems to justify the civilian death toll Israel has inflicted on Gaza. “When you have that kind of an evil, or that kind of a movement that came out of a society,” he told [Benjamin Wallace-Wells] (https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/benjamin-wallace-wells) , “whether it was Nazi Germany or imperial Japan or the Confederacy here in the South, that kind of movement has to be destroyed. . . . that’s why Atlanta had to burn.” Wallace-Wells shares excerpts from his interviews with Fetterman in a conversation with David Remnick, and they discuss how Fetterman’s support for Israel is driving a wedge among Pennsylvania voters, who will be critical to the outcome of the Presidential election. ... Read more

08 Jul 2024

18 MINS

18:37

08 Jul 2024