# The Political Scene | The New Yorker

A podcast by 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 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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## Latest episodes

- [Is Donald Trump’s Unpopularity Catching Up with Republicans?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/5a9412337831) (2026-10-28, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5088150513.mp3
- [Gina Hinojosa Aims to Make Texas Blue Again](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/e0783d2c4b9f) (2026-10-26, 32 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5947949252.mp3
- [Rahm Emanuel is “Cautiously Optimistic” About the Democrats’ Midterm Prospects](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/9b57e377447b) (2026-10-24, 46 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2898797846.mp3
- [Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/dc4132766097) (2026-10-19, 34 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5008453173.mp3
- [Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy the Midterms, and He Doesn’t Care Who Knows It](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/8e0a5578b192) (2026-10-17, 45 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9880889144.mp3
- [What’s at Stake in the 2026 Midterms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/d875db4b2199) (2026-10-14, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8432630654.mp3
- [Canada’s Plans for Donald Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/4c0dc03f722d) (2026-10-12, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5466578224.mp3
- [Will Donald Trump’s Corruption Matter in November?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/6bcaad211937) (2026-10-10, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1276805608.mp3
- [Why Trump Is Pausing His Crackdown on Salvadoran Immigrants](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/10208b581c0c) (2026-10-08, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6520293393.mp3
- [An American Journalist Imprisoned as a Spy in Russia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/c12fcb3af7df) (2026-10-06, 24 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2192646507.mp3
- [Can Europe Still Trust America?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/883705e46832) (2026-10-03, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8441504182.mp3
- [Why Susan Collins Has Lasted So Long](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/c0119116af02) (2026-10-01, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5775208646.mp3
- [Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/2ab7874d658c) (2026-09-28, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2284424030.mp3
- [The Washington Roundtable Live: Can D.C. Get a Grip on A.I.?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/75673a3adc5b) (2026-09-25, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8018907270.mp3
- [How MAHA Tore One Family Apart](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/264eaa8dc13a) (2026-09-24, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8246508980.mp3
- [Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/aef9528dc058) (2026-09-21, 27 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8850319569.mp3
- [Introducing: “The Journey,” from In the Dark](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/b66b8e58ffa9) (2026-09-18, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5742769351.mp3
- [How, Exactly, Could A.I. Destroy Humanity?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/006fa557b19d) (2026-09-17, 58 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2130312752.mp3
- [Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/b6577d9b94f3) (2026-09-14, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8443521880.mp3
- [Is a Blue Wave Really Coming?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/e5ed98732626) (2026-09-12, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9080587173.mp3
- [The Right’s Crusade to “Make America Hot Again”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/01e3f7e51e9b) (2026-09-10, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5701938141.mp3
- [Sarah Longwell, a Former Republican, on “How to Eat an Elephant”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/1fc3dae7a051) (2026-09-07, 31 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3894637123.mp3
- [Why Is Donald Trump Picking a Fight with Canada?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/a3246a4b79c1) (2026-09-05, 34 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2790170646.mp3
- [Kai Bird on Roy Cohn, a Founding Father of Donald Trump’s America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/4a46b5e5c197) (2026-08-31, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9794921504.mp3
- [Can We Learn Anything from the Lindsay Clancy Trial?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/dc9cd5790356) (2026-08-27, 52 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7771775965.mp3
- [Jon Lovett Answers Your Questions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/378b0ea8726b) (2026-08-24, 32 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6808542487.mp3
- [General David Petraeus on the New Rules of War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/074bb40418c4) (2026-08-21, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3602046780.mp3
- [The Shifting Meaning of “Moderate”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/202a9d982144) (2026-08-19, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9614296619.mp3
- [Bernie Sanders and Erin Brockovich Take on Data Centers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/cb4acab147ad) (2026-08-18, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9992928203.mp3
- [Gina Raimondo on Reclaiming the American Dream in the Age of A.I.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/22715950ef35) (2026-08-14, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7747845211.mp3
- [What Is Ibogaine and Why Is Trump Talking About It?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/df03493fcbe3) (2026-08-12, 42 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1736306718.mp3
- [How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/1a6798d2eb79) (2026-08-10, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8495494909.mp3
- [Andrew Weissmann Thinks Donald Trump Can Be Held to Account](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/a10a7cf7999f) (2026-08-07, 45 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3592759400.mp3
- [Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed Is “Not a Burn-It-Down Kind” of Candidate](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/1c95ecda6d40) (2026-08-03, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9920626092.mp3
- [Obsession-Worthy Stories: A Washington Summer Roundtable](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/3b99ba7d0da5) (2026-08-01, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8495507641.mp3
- [The Woman Who Took On the N.R.A. After Two Gun Suicides](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/967761f4635c) (2026-07-30, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7593521207.mp3
- [One Refugee’s Journey Through ICE Detention](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/1da4e86cfc17) (2026-07-28, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1048428487.mp3
- [Congress Used to Work. What Happened?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/04eeffd34f70) (2026-07-25, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9978588331.mp3
- [What Biden Officials Wish They Had Done Differently in Gaza](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/9b353d92d306) (2026-07-22, 39 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6537067587.mp3
- [Rahm Emanuel Says Israel’s Path Is “Not Sustainable Politically”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/9753137d69dc) (2026-07-20, 40 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2953520788.mp3
- [Donald Trump Can’t Quit the 2020 Election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/609f6cb1f48e) (2026-07-18, 46 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9891086986.mp3
- [Can California Actually Make Billionaires Pay?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/d2fec66197ba) (2026-07-16, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3936212525.mp3
- [How an Estimated Seven Hundred Thousand People Have Died from DOGE’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/013987628f9d) (2026-07-13, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3696190068.mp3
- [The Platner Implosion, and What It Means for Democrats](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/bdc0946efe0c) (2026-07-11, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1954479994.mp3
- [How the Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority Is Reshaping Executive Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/0fb077a966e7) (2026-07-09, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4512422654.mp3
- [From Critics at Large: An American Playlist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/06d50f0ef1ca) (2026-07-03, 59 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3377362805.mp3
- [America at 250: A View from Britain, with “The Rest Is History”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/ac2169452c3c) (2026-06-29, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5565600442.mp3
- [Donald Trump's Dangerous Politicization of America's Spy Agencies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/233552ac67bd) (2026-06-26, 42 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7264252050.mp3
- [Robby Hoffman Thinks There Are Worse Things Than Being Offended](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/5eebd0856dc1) (2026-06-24, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3450009063.mp3
- [Hillary Clinton on How Donald Trump Lost the Iran War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/268213039/b4b6b2faec32) (2026-06-22, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3456746058.mp3

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