Pulitzer Prize–winning editor David Remnick joins Lachlan Cartwright for a wide-ranging conversation on The Breaker Pod about Trump’s pressure on the press, billionaire media ownership, the weakening of legacy institutions, and how journalism survives its most dangerous era.

Remnick reflects on running The New Yorker through a century milestone, the collapse of print advertising, adapting to the internet and AI, the chilling effect of political intimidation, and why talent — not tech — still determines whether journalism endures.

They also discuss Bezos and the Washington Post, the Harvey Weinstein investigation, Trump’s attacks on the media, the role of ownership, and what the next generation of journalism must protect at all costs.

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 – Trump, Bezos, and billionaire pressure

01:25 – The New Yorker at 100

02:55 – Ad collapse and reader loyalty

05:35 – Why paywalls finally worked

07:00 – AI, archives, and audio

09:00 – Washington Post fallout

12:00 – Editing, longevity, and succession

17:50 – Weinstein investigation inside The New Yorker

22:10 – Trump, aging, and media scrutiny

27:40 – Free speech and intimidation

30:05 – Ownership, courage, and standing tall

33:25 – The future of journalism

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