New York Magazine's podcasts

True Crime & Documentary

Cover Story

Cover Story is a new investigative podcast from New York Magazine exposing new secrets from the far edge of how we live now. The first season, Power Trip, uncovers the truth behind the psychedelic renaissance. From underground parties to Silicon Valley, microdosing and psychedelic therapy have officially hit the mainstream. But what are we overlooking in our rush to feel better? New episodes every Tuesday.

Society & Culture

The Cut

An ensemble of voices engage in weekly conversations that matter most in our current moment. Exploring culture, style, sex, politics and more, The Cut is a weekly audio magazine that aims to ask questions before listeners even know they have them. Intimate, provocative, probing, and always with a generous wit and an expansive idea of what is possible. New episodes every Wednesday.

news commentary

Pivot

Journalist Kara Swisher and NYU Professor Scott Galloway offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. They make bold predictions, pick winners and losers, and bicker and banter like no one else. After all, with great power comes great scrutiny. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday.

design & interiors

Nice Try!

Avery Trufelman explores stories of people who tried to design a better world — and what happens when those designs don’t go according to plan. Nice Try's second season, Interior, is all about the home goods that have been sold to us over and over, and the promises of self-improvement they have made, kept, and broken.

music

Switched on Pop

Musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding pull back the curtain on how pop hits work magic on our ears & our culture. From K-Pop to Silk Sonic to ABBA, Switched on Pop is a fun listen into the making and meaning of pop music. New episodes every Tuesday.

comedy

Good One

Vulture Senior Editor Jesse David Fox hosts a weekly podcast about jokes, and the people who tell them. Each week, a comedian breaks down one of their most popular jokes and explores with Fox the bigger questions around what they find funny and why. Past episodes have featured comedians such as Tig Notaro, Bo Burnham, and David Sedaris. New episodes every Thursday.

Featured Episodes

podcasts At the Threshold of a Private Utopia Episode one of Nice Try! Interior invites you into the home.
the cut podcast Who Gets to Be Safe at HBCUs? On the Cut, navigating the struggles for survivors to be believed, and seeking advice from professor and attorney Anita Hill.
good one podcast Fran Lebowitz Breaks Her Silence Over the Existence of Aliens The author talks Bowen Yang’s SNL impression, stand-up, and, yes, aliens on this week’s Good One.
switched on pop The Secret to Silk Sonic’s Sauce Singer-songwriter Tayla Parx breaks down Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s retro hit “Leave the Door Open.”

Recently Added Episodes

switched on pop Which New-Gen Christmas Songs Have Us Shouting Out With Glee? Making a list of recent holiday tracks and checking it twice to find out what we’ll be singing in December for years to come.
cover story podcast Bad Hug On this week’s episode of Cover Story, we learn about Salvador Roquet, a Mexican psychotherapist known as “the master of bad trips.”
the cut podcast Emily Ratajkowski’s Body On this week’s episode, we hear from the model and new author about the blurred line between empowerment and objectification.
cover story podcast I Am the Wolf On this week’s episode of Cover Story, seeing underground psychedelic therapy through the eyes of a trainee whose mentor crossed a line.