The New Yorker Festival runs October 7-9, featuring interviews with Bono, Quinta Branson, Ben Stiller, Chloe Bailey, US Congressman Jamie Ruskin and more.
Bono, the Irish rock star and most recently the bike-riding lion in Thing 2, sits down with New Yorker editor David Remnick about his new memoir and decades as an activist and musician . In November, the book “Surrender: 40 songs, 1 episode” will be released.
“Like many memoirs I’ve read, the most interesting part is how someone becomes themselves,” Remnick said in an interview.
Quinta Branson, who plays the playful but clumsy elementary school teacher in “Abbott Elementary,” meets Doreen St. Felix, the magazine’s TV critic. And Chloe Bailey (member of R&B sister duo Chloe x Halle) will perform live at the festival after the conversation.
Remnick said not only lawmakers but also artists, writers and actors can have political conversations. Ruskin, a Maryland Democrat and member of the House Select Committee on Jan. 6, joins his three writers for the magazine at his taping live of The New Yorker’s “The Political Scene” podcast. To do.
The political conversation continues with talks about Asian-American culture and representation with chef David Chan, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung, writer Ming Jin Lee, and actor Sandra Oh. increase. And climate activists Sarah Blazevic and Molly Burhans, and climate expert Leah Stokes, delve into the future of the environment.
“All these people who are involved in cultural life are also involved in politics in many ways,” Remnick said.
Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will return to the festival, along with Hari Kunzl, Elihu Batuman, Gary Steingart, Rachel Kushner and Otessa Moshfeg.
For comedy, actresses and comedians Molly Shannon and Vanessa Bayer from the Showtime series I Love That For You join Susan Morrison, the magazine’s editor. Comedians Hasan Minhaj, Phoebe Robinson, Billy Eichner and Jerrod Carmichael will also join the festival conversation, as will director Stiller, duo Daniels, Sharon Hogan and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
With the return to theater and the arrival of Vaccine Booster, Remnick said he is confident in sharing a room with readers, thinkers and performers, and the festival will hold select events virtually.
“Part of our cultural lifestyle was taken away from us, but now it’s back,” he said.