Last year, The Times announced the creation of a new interview franchise that will provide readers and listeners with intimate, in-depth conversations with the world’s most fascinating people. Today, we’re thrilled to unveil “The Interview,” launching Saturday, April 27.
Each week, hosts David Marchese and Lulu Garcia-Navarro talk to compelling, influential figures in culture, politics, business, sports and beyond — illuminating who they are, why they do what they do and how they impact the rest of us.
“Some of the people we are interviewing will be household names, others are people who are incredibly influential in surprising parts of our culture. All of them will be fascinating and will have the space to reveal themselves with nuance,” Garcia-Navarro said.
“The Interview” is a collaboration between the Audio team and The New York Times Magazine. Interviews will be published as a podcast for those who want to listen, and also as a text Q. and A. for those who prefer to read.
“The long-form interview is as intimate — and engaging — a format of journalism as there is, and being able to share these conversations in both audio and text versions is incredibly exciting,” Marchese said.
“We’re creating a new platform for people to hear directly from many of the world’s most important and interesting public figures in their own words,” said Sam Dolnick, deputy managing editor. “David and Lulu are masters of the art of the interview, each with a distinctive style and approach, and we’re excited to showcase their work both as a podcast and in text so we can reach as many people as possible.”
The first two interviews will be published on April 27, with new interviews dropping weekly on Saturdays. Listeners can subscribe wherever they get their podcasts, and readers can find text Q. and A.s online and in The New York Times Magazine.
Listen to the trailer here.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro is a two-time Peabody Award-winning journalist with years of experience interviewing world leaders, authors, artists and people living on the front lines of a changing world. A longtime international correspondent in the Middle East and Latin America, she was at NPR for 17 years, most recently as the host of “Weekend Edition,” where she reported on everything from #MeToo to immigration to the pandemic. Garcia-Navarro was also a co-host of the NPR podcast “Up First” and the first Latina at the helm of a flagship show at the broadcaster. She came to the Times in December 2021 to host First Person, a New York Times Opinion show about how people come to their deeply held views. She is also an on-air contributor to CNN.
David Marchese took over the Magazine’s Talk column in 2018. Since then he has conducted more than 130 interviews, with figures including Jane Goodall, Yo-Yo Ma, Rosie Perez, Paul Ryan, Bono and Tom Hanks. His interviews are often marked by surprising revelations, deep research and a probing, conversational quality that disarms his subjects (a common refrain is “No one’s ever asked me that before!”). Prior to joining The Times, Marchese spent four years at New York Magazine, where he set the bar for rigorous, insightful and hugely entertaining longform Q. and A.s with his In Conversation column.
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