92NY Talks

Join MS NOW legal analyst Andrew Weissmann — a lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller's Special Counsel's Office and FBI General Counsel — with MS NOW anchor Lawrence O'Donnell for a conversation about the political culture of deceit that threatens to undermine our democracy. These are the subject of Weissmann's new book,  Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump's Deceit and Save America . Political lies, An...

Join world-renowned psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik for an exclusive advance screening ahead of the Season 5 premiere of her hit docuseries,  Couples Therapy , followed by a conversation. Following Dr. Guralnik as she deftly guides couples through real-life therapy sessions,  Couples Therapy  brings viewers into the intimate sessions to witness the conflicts – and extraordinary br...

Across decades of public life — as First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, and presidential candidate — Hillary Rodham Clinton has become one of the most consequential American leaders of our time. She sits down with  The New Yorker 's David Remnick for a candid, live conversation — a taping of  The New Yorker Radio Hour  — about the state of American life as the nation approaches its 250th anniv...

Emmy Award winning MS NOW host Rachel Maddow and Pulitzer Prize finalist Steven J. Ross join us for an urgent conversation about the new threat of white supremacy and antisemitism in the US, and what the rise and fall of hate groups in the wake of WWII can teach us about fighting it — and Ross' new book, The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy . The Ame...

Twenty-five years ago, Roger Rosenblatt published the national bestseller Rules for Aging, a wry, witty guide to growing older. Not one to rush things, Roger's sequel, More Rules for Aging will be out this spring. On May 21, he will sit with Joy Behar and Alan Alda to talk about the rules in general, and as they apply to their own lives. Join us with good old friends as they consider the gifts and...

Join renowned economist Tyler Cowen for a live taping of his hit podcast  Conversations with Tyler , featuring special guest Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Together, they'll explore trust, cybersecurity, and the building blocks of resilient civic institutions. Newmark has become a deeply consequential civic leader of the internet age. Best known for creating...

Adam Phillips, the foremost psychoanalytic writer of our time, joins renowned psychoanalyst and critic Jamieson Webster for a conversation about necessity, desire, and reimagining our lives — and Phillips' new book,  The Life You Want . What do we really want from our lives — and what gets in the way? In  The Life You Want , the beloved psychoanalyst and essayist Adam Phillips turns his attention...

What does it mean to be a true communicator? Two of the best, Academy Award-nominated actor Alan Alda and astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss Alda's book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? It's a guide to improving the way we relate to each other using improv games, storytelling, acting, empathy, science and our own innate abilities.

Few public intellectuals have anticipated the shape of the present moment with such prescience as Garry Kasparov. In a major live conversation, Kasparov joins Bret Stephens to discuss his bracing new book,  The World of Fake Values: Ukraine Under Fire, A.I. Amok, and the Putinization of America Under Donald Trump . A former world chess champion who gave up the game at the height of his power to co...

Award-winning composer and co-lyricist Marc Shaiman ( Hairspray ,  Sister Act ,  Smash  and many others) joins fellow Tony Award winner Nathan Lane for a look behind the curtain of life on Broadway, in Hollywood and on Television, with a conversation about Shaiman's new memoir,  Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner . Emerging from community theater in his teens, sparking a deca...

Pulitzer Prize-winning  The New York Times  reporter Maggie Haberman and Politico's Alex Burns return with moderator Jeff Greenfield for an illuminating conversation about Donald Trump and what lies on the horizon of American politics ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. How far will Donald Trump go to crack down on immigration? Are fissures beginning to show in the MAGA coalition? Will Democrats...

Join the stars of  Outlander  — Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, John Bell, David Berry, plus executive producers Maril Davis and Matthew B. Roberts — for a conversation about the eagerly-awaited eight and final season of Starz's smash hit series, including clips from the show. Captivating fans for more than a decade with an iconic, time-travelling love story based on the international...

Join Michael Lynton, former CEO of Sony Entertainment, and Joshua Steiner, former US Treasury Department Chief of Staff, for a conversation with Malcolm Gladwell about transforming failure into discovery — and Lynton and Steiner's new book,  From Mistakes to Meaning: Owning Your Past So It Doesn't Own You . We all make mistakes. Longtime friends Michael Lynton and Joshua Steiner made mistakes that...

Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison helped Americans of all races see themselves with radical clarity in modern classics like  Sula  and  Beloved . Her lectures on American literature and racial imagination, now available for the first time, have never been more necessary. Join  The New Yorker 's poetry editor Kevin Young, novelist Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, writer Sasha Bonét, and poet Regin...

Michael Douglas embodied the ruthless extremes of 1980s capitalism with his Oscar-winning portrayal of investor Gordon Gekko, the coldly calculating corporate raider who takes eager young stockbroker Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) under his wing. "There's no nobility in poverty anymore," Bud tells his working-class dad (real-life father Martin Sheen), before embarking on a series of ethical compromises i...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro joins us for a conversation about the intersection of public service, personal faith, and Jewish values — and his new memoir,  Where We Keep the Light: Stories from a Life of Service . From an early age, Josh Shapiro learned and practiced the power of showing up, listening, and working to make peoples' lives a little better. And as Governor of Pennsylvania, he's...

A neuroscientist, a philosopher and a physicist convene to discuss one of the biggest and most significant questions of all time: human consciousness, what we know and don't know about it, and whether science will ever be able to understand what makes you, you.

Join bestselling Trump biographer Michael Wolff (author of Fire and Fury and All or Nothing ) and the Daily Beast's Joanna Coles for a live recording of their hit podcast, Inside Trump's Head . Combining expert reportage and in-depth character analysis, Coles and Wolff dissect the singular motivations of the most powerful man in the world. Diving deep into Trump's secrets and psyche and drawing on...

Join award-winning comedian Rose Matafeo for a screening and conversation with John Oliver on her hilarious new Max Original comedy special, Rose Matafeo: On and On and On. Rose Matafeo's stand-up special crackles with insightful, self-deprecating wit as she gets candid on life in her 30s — dating culture, supporting friends through breakups, the stark differences between herself and her parents a...

Moderator Annette Insdorf will interview Ethan Hawke about his new film,  Blue Moon . The prolific actor, writer, director and musician offers a tour-de-force performance as the acerbic lyricist Lorenz Hart, whose songs include "My Funny Valentine," "The Lady Is a Tramp," and "Blue Moon." In addition to Hawke's Oscar-nominated performance opposite Denzel Washington in  Training Day  (2001), he is...

As  Saturday Night Live  marks its 50th anniversary, celebrate the genius behind one of television's most enduring cultural institutions — Lorne Michaels. In her definitive biography,  Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Life , Susan Morrison — articles editor at  The New Yorker  — gains unprecedented access to Michaels himself, along with  SNL 's iconic cast and writers, offering a rare, b...

Kate Winslet never stops. From classic roles in films like Titanic to her indelible work on television in shows like Mare of Eastown , her acting is versatile as it is magnetic. Lee is the most recent chapter in an iconic career. Based on a true story, and following a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller (Winslet), Lee is a fascinating portrait the w...

Join acclaimed novelist and poet Victoria Redel with Sarah Jessica Parker and editor Adam Moss for a conversation about Redel's absorbing new novel,  I Am You , published by Parker's literary imprint, SJP Lit. In this gorgeously crafted historical fiction set in 17th-century Holland, Redel excavates the long-overlooked story of one of the few female Dutch Masters painters, Maria van Oosterwijck, a...

Join Pulitzer Prize–winning  Washington Post  reporters Carol Leonnig and Aaron Davis for a riveting conversation about their explosive new book,  Injustice . With unparalleled access to sources inside both the Trump and Biden administrations, they pull back the curtain on the Department of Justice — an institution meant to be above politics, yet shaken to its core by fear, dysfunction, and partis...

Join renowned personal finance expert Jim Cramer for a crash course in how to make the most of their finances and invest smart — a conversation about his new book,  How to Make Money in Any Market . Except for the one percent of the one percent, nobody learns how to make your money grow in the stock market. Jim Cramer has spent his career determined to change that, helping to demystify the stock m...