The Political Scene Creators & Guests

David Remnick is an American journalist, writer, and editor, known for his role as the editor of The New Yorker since 1998. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Remnick previously worked as a reporter for The Washington Post. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire." Under his leadership, The New Yorker has maintained its status as a leading voice in journalism, known for its rigorous fact-checking and in-depth analysis of contemporary issues.

Dorothy Wickenden is the Executive Editor of The New Yorker, and has been since 1996. She also hosts the podcast “The Political Scene”.Before moving to the New Yorker, Wickenden was Newsweek's National Affairs Editor. Before that, she worked at The New Republic, as managing editor and later as executive editor. She edited the anthology “The New Republic Reader: 80 Years of Opinion and Debate”, which was published in 1994. In 2011, her historical novel, “Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West” was published.

Tyler Foggatt is a senior editor at The New Yorker and a host of the magazine’s flagship politics podcast, The Political Scene. She joined the staff in 2017 and previously served as an editor of the Talk of the Town section.

Jeffrey Toobin is a lawyer, blogger, author, pundit, and legal analyst for CNN & The New Yorker.

An American author, journalist, and comic book writer, Coates gained a wide readership during his time as national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he wrote about cultural, social, and political issues, particularly regarding African Americans and white supremacy.

Jane Mayer is an investigative journalist.

Emily Nussbaum is a television critic, currently writing for The New Yorker. In 2016, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Nussbaum was raised in Scarsdale, New York. She received her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College in 1988 and her master's degree in poetry from New York University. She started television criticism by writing reviews about "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on Television Without Pity. She went on to write for Lingua Franca, became editor-in-chief for Nerve, and then writer for Slate, The New York Times, and New York magazine.

Steve Coll is a journalist, academic, and executive. Currently, he is the dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Eric Lach is a writer and editor of The Current, the New Yorker’s online news and current-events column.

Rebecca Traister is an author, columnist, writer-at-large at New York magazine, and a contributing editor at Elle magazine.

Jelani Cobb is a writer, author, and educator.

Janet Mock is a writer, television host, director, and producer.

Lee Child is an author.

Amy Jean Klobuchar is a lawyer and politician.

Adam Davidson is a journalist focusing on business and economics issues for National Public Radio. He was a co-founder of NPR's Planet Money program and also co-hosted the Surprisingly Awesome Podcast.

Terry Gross is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by NPR.

Paul M. Rudnick is a playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. His plays have been produced both on and off-Broadway and around the world.

Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker known for his books and essays on social science, psychology, and human behavior. He has been a staff writer for New Yorker since 1996. Gladwell gained widespread recognition with his debut book, "The Tipping Point," followed by bestsellers like "Blink," "Outliers," and "David and Goliath." He is also the co-founder of the podcast company Pushkin Industries and hosts the "Revisionist History" podcast.

Jill Lepore is a historian and a Staff Writer at The New Yorker, She writes about history, law, literature, and politics.