Evan Osnos
@eosnos.bsky.social
Staff Writer @NewYorker. Fellow in the China Center @Brookingsinst. Latest book, "The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich" https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Haves-and-Have-Yachts/Evan-Osnos/9781668204481
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Evan Osnos
@eosnos.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Book news: “The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich” was scheduled to be published this fall, but the publisher has moved it up to June 3rd, because it describes a world upon us now. Details and pre-orders here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ha...
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-...
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.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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.
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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.
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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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Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m
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September 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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.
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...
Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m
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September 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
People keep asking “What can we do?” Our podcast guest, Hardy Merriman, studies resistance movements and has many suggestions.
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...
Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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.
Just taped new episode of @newyorker pod with @hillaryclinton.bsky.social and she was 🔥🔥🔥on everything from Jimmy Kimmel to Trump’s ‘medieval court’ to how Putin owned him in Alaska… w/great pals @janemayer.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social
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September 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
+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!
Join me for a conversation with @eosnos.bsky.social on his fascinating new book about American billionaires on 8/28, Thursday, at JF Books in Dupont Circle, DC. We'll talk about the gilded ages in the US and China. Evan will sign books. Register here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
August 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Looking forward to this!
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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.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tny...
So you know, all the fun stuff.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tny...
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...
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August 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tny...
So you know, all the fun stuff.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tny...
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
Leonard Downie — The Future of Local News: A Turning Point - with Sarabeth Berman — at Conn Ave
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August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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
This really is a doozy
Here’s a 🔥🔥exchange between me and Mick Mulvaney during @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's brilliant interview of Mulvaney on Al Jazeera's Head to Head. The whole episode is worth a watch, and you can find it on @aljazeera.com's YouTube channel.
August 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This really is a doozy
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
Shows - Nantucket's Nonprofit Film & Cultural Center
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July 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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
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
Bryan Appleyard - Stash the Cash
Bryan Appleyard: Stash the Cash - The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich by Evan Osnos
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July 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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
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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
July 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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
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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-...
The First World War, in Sharp Focus
An English chronicler of the trenches, and his wartime romance, captured in long-lost photographs.
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July 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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-...
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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.
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.
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June 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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.
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The president is “rejecting the premise of oligarchy,” journalist and author Evan Osnos said on The Daily Beast podcast.
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.
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June 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The president is “rejecting the premise of oligarchy,” journalist and author Evan Osnos said on The Daily Beast podcast.
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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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Listen:
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Where Is the Iran-Israel Conflict Headed?
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 06/20/2025 · 40m
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June 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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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Listen:
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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...
Meta Is Building a Superintelligence Lab. What Is That?
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June 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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:
June 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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:
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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...
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”?
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June 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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
June 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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...
June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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...
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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...
June 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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...
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Out of the 109 DOGE staffers we've identified:
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint
At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries…
www.propublica.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Out of the 109 DOGE staffers we've identified:
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
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Real world:
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
June 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Real world:
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!