The New Yorker Radio Hour From “Talk Easy”: Sam Fragoso Interviews David Remnick
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Jan 10, 2024 
David Remnick, host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, discusses his reporting from Israel during the Gaza war, challenges of reporting on conflicts, navigating anti-Semitism, childhood musical influences, ambition and challenges, and the impact of Trump's election.
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Hold Conflicting Realities When Reporting Gaza
- David Remnick urges holding multiple and conflicting truths about October 7th and the Gaza war rather than settling for moral relativism.
- He juxtaposes the unprecedented Israeli trauma of October 7th with the massive civilian death toll in Gaza to show complexity informs reporting.
Kibbutz Father Who Pleaded For Hostages
- Remnick recounts Abihai Brodich, a kibbutz father whose wife and three young children were taken hostage on October 7th.
- Brodich sat outside Israel's defense headquarters pleading for hostages, later revealing he hid his militia role to protect his family.
Geography Forces Political Accommodation
- Remnick insists geography and demographics make permanent separation unlikely, so politics and psychology must change for any durable solution.
- He rejects simplistic one-state or two-state certainties and emphasizes long-term, unpredictable timelines.