Evan Osnos

So excited to watch The Political Scene taping their weekly show live at @harvardiop.bsky.social with the amazing @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social and @eosnos.bsky.social talking about one year since Trump's election.

Thank you!

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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

Take 22 minutes to watch this. Trust me. The end of USAID through the story of a baby named Jane Sunday. "We've found the formula and we delivered it. And then we took it away," says @agawande.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

We're answering listener questions this week in a special 2026 Midterms preview on The Political Scene podcast from @newyorker.com So, what issues/personae/themes do you wonder about and why? What perplexes? Send us a voice memo at themail@newyorker.com, with “midterms” in the subject line.

Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m

Please listen. Super smart, inspiring and practical. And it doesn't rely on the Democratic Party... @janemayer.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @hardymerriman.bsky.social
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People keep asking “What can we do?” Our podcast guest, Hardy Merriman, studies resistance movements and has many suggestions.

Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m

The successful public backlash against silencing Jimmy Kimmel contains some big lessons on what works in the face of autocracy, as expert Hardy Merriman explains in this fascinating episode with my co-hosts @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

+1 Also, @hillaryclinton.bsky.social had some very interesting observations for us about the role of “losses” in the psychology of autocrats.

Looking forward to this!

How Big Tech Sets the Agenda in Trump’s America | The New Yorker Radio Hour | WNYC Studios Donald Trump is the most tech-friendly President in American history. He enlisted social media to win office; he became a promoter—and beneficiary—of cryptocurrency, breaking long-sta...

I’m on the @newyorker.com Radio Hour with @eosnos.bsky.social this weekend, talking about Trump’s America and tech’s complicity in the admin’s agenda.

So you know, all the fun stuff.

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Leonard Downie — The Future of Local News: A Turning Point - with Sarabeth Berman — at Conn Ave

Interested in the future of local news? At @politicsprose.bsky.social 5p on Sat 8/23, Sarabeth Berman and Leonard Downie will discuss his new report on its value to democracy, the risk of news deserts, and many new ventures that have "sprouted across the country" politics-prose.com/leonard-downie

You’re right! My roots were showing

Ha—thank you!

This really is a doozy

Yes indeed!

Fun, imminent event news: I'll be speaking in Nantucket tomorrow (Thu July 24), in conversation with Michael Schulder at the nantucketdreamland.bsky.social www.nantucketdreamland.org

Bryan Appleyard - Stash the Cash Bryan Appleyard: Stash the Cash - The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich by Evan Osnos

Grateful to @bryanappleyard.bsky.social & The Literary Review for the deep read of my book on economic inequality. "Superb, dogged journalism. Osnos writes well and fact-checks his material obsessively. Furthermore, the issues he raises are profound." literaryreview.co.uk/stash-the-cash

One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert

The First World War, in Sharp Focus An English chronicler of the trenches, and his wartime romance, captured in long-lost photographs.

I'm not sure if people share stories here (or read the ones that are shared) but fwiw, I've got a new story out in @newyorker.com today that means a great deal to me. It's about a writer I love, and an amazing cache of long-lost photographs from WW1: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Thank you!

What separates the ultrarich from the just-plain-rich? The gigayacht. A new collection of essays by New Yorker writer Evan Osnos, The Haves and Have-Yachts, provides rich research and material for the conversation about extreme wealth in America today.

A new collection of essays by New Yorker writer Evan Osnos, The Haves and Have-Yachts, provides rich research and material for the conversation about extreme wealth in America today.

Trump Doesn’t Even Believe White Collar Crime Is a Thing The president is “rejecting the premise of oligarchy,” journalist and author Evan Osnos said on The Daily Beast podcast.

The president is “rejecting the premise of oligarchy,” journalist and author Evan Osnos said on The Daily Beast podcast.

Where Is the Iran-Israel Conflict Headed? Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 06/20/2025 · 40m

As the US bombs Iran, grateful for the wisdom of @ksadjadpour.bsky.social on this week’s New Yorker podcast with great colleagues @eosnos.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social

Listen:

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Meta Is Building a Superintelligence Lab. What Is That?

If you wonder how the A.I. era will affect economic inequality, consider this detail, out this week: "Meta has been making stunning offers to [A.I.] researchers, in some cases promising compensation packages as high as $100 million." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

Thanks @nytimes.com for naming my book to its recommended reads ("Toggling between extravagances like simulated World War II battles and dueling luxury disaster refuges, Osnos takes the reader deep into our new Gilded Age.") As it happens, front-page photo is a sign of the times:

Trump Makes a Big Show of Military Force What are the consequences of calling in troops to quell what the President has deemed “the enemy within”?

Trump’s use of force was this week’s podcast. Join Susan Glasser @sbg1, Evan Osnos @eosnos and me as we confront the new reality of troops in our streets: www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...

Authors know that speaking at @politicsprose.bsky.social is like the bar mitzvah for your book. 7p tonight! politics-prose.com/evan-osnos

Good point -- but I would note that even Kim Jong Un doesn't go this far. A 2024 AP headline says it all: "North Korea’s Kim turns 40. But there are no public celebrations of his birthday." apnews.com/article/nort...

The US and China have a new framework to de-escalate. Whether that'll be durable is unclear. What is clear is that China can and will weaponize its export dominance. We discuss what the trade war teaches us about China's economy in our new RAND Commentary. www.rand.org/pubs/comment...