Evan Osnos
@eosnos
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Staff Writer @NewYorker. Fellow @BrookingsInst Latest book: "THE HAVES AND HAVE-YACHTS: Dispatches on the Ultrarich" https://t.co/F4CtHJ3oMO
Washington, DC
Joined March 2009
Well put. @MADarbyshire of Bloomberg @business on my book: “'The jump from believing yourself worthy of an enormous fortune to believing yourself broadly superior because of it is not a hard one to make.”
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Evan Osnos’s Haves and Have-Yachts explores growing wealth disparity and the subtle self-delusion embraced by the ultrarich.
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We're answering your questions this week in a special 2026 Midterms preview on The Political Scene podcast from @newyorker So, what issues/people/themes do you care about and why? What perplexes? Send us a voice memo at themail@newyorker.com, with “midterms” in the subject...
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Great pod this week. You can’t understand what this admin is doing without accounting for the roots of Vought’s fundamentalism and ambition.
Who really is Russell Vought? Dig into The Man Who Broke the U.S. Government with my brilliant colleagues Susan Glasser @sbg1 and Evan Osnos @eosnos - just out #politicalscene
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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 tactics that gum up and defy autocracy, as expert Hardy Merriman explains in this fascinating episode with my brilliant co-hosts @JaneMayerNYer @sbg1
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The successful public backlash against silencing Jimmy Kimmel contains some *big* lessons on tactics that gum up and defy autocracy, as expert Hardy Merriman explains in this fascinating episode with my brilliant co-hosts @JaneMayerNYer @sbg1
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Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 47m
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NEW Minitoon Matinee! 'Lost In Nature'🌳Not all who wander are lost! Watch & Share! Art by MM, Animation by @grok, @NewsHour @MAHA_Action @SecKennedy @elonmusk @PBSKIDS
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Sunday (9/21), join Jill Lepore for WE THE PEOPLE - stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution, for a troubling new era. - w/Evan Osnos - 5pm @ Conn Ave: https://t.co/WWuKostYqB
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Thrilled to be doing this event Sept 8 in DC. Not everyday that you get to do this with your spouse. Thanks to @SyracuseIDJC. (Free signed books for the first 50 people who rsvp.)
Join us for a night of fresh popcorn and thought-provoking conversation about the intersection of power, politics, media and community with @eosnos and @SarabethBerman. 🗓️ Monday, Sept. 8 🕕 Doors open at 7 p.m 🔗 RSVP: https://t.co/f5HvQsZQIu
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Guest-hosted the #NewYorkerRadio Hour this week, but we easily could've done 3 hours, 16 minutes, and 41 seconds.
On the latest episode of #NewYorkerRadio, Wired’s Katie Drummond tells Evan Osnos that if tech moguls learned anything from Elon Musk’s tenure in the White House, “it’s that this is open season.” Listen to the full episode here: https://t.co/v09p5e1pqk
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Interested in the future of local news? At @PoliticsProse 5p on Sat 8/23, @SarabethBerman 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"
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#JFSALON #RSVP #季風人文講壇 Gilded Ages in the U.S. and China Speaker: Evan Osnos & Edward Wong 8/28 Thursday, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, English RSVP: https://t.co/2alrllG9uh How does the current generation of tycoons shape America and China? In a session titled "Gilded Ages in the
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Fun event news: I’ll be speaking at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival this Sunday at 2:30p. (Schedule note: that’s an hour earlier than first announced!) @mvbookfestival details here
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.@eosnos interviews Wired’s Katie Drummond about the publication’s scoop-filled coverage of DOGE, and what Elon Musk’s experience in Washington taught Silicon Valley leaders.
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For those in Silicon Valley who play by the President’s rules, it’s “open season.”
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Guardian added this: “This story was updated on 21 July 2025 to include statements from DHS and the Guatemalan government. The headline was also amended to attribute the events reported.”
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Fun, imminent event news: I'll be speaking in Nantucket tomorrow (Thu July 24), in conversation with Michael Schulder at
nantucketdreamland.org
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Journalist @EOsnos on the disproportionate influence of the ultra-wealthy today: “There is a group of people who are… exerting an extraordinary level of control over the lives of others politically, socially, in influence terms.” “In 2004, billionaires in this country
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This analysis by @BharatRamamurti is a must-read about what’s coming. In terms of job loss and wealth concentration, the China shock < the AI shock. Now is the time for action—unless of course you think US politics are too sedate and unified.
The biggest economic issue that no one is talking about: AI is projected to replace 12 million jobs in the next decade. Americans say they're worried about it. But no national politician has a plan for it. A new piece with some ideas, from me, Zoe Jacobs, and Diego Haro. 1/
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Don't get numb. ICE secretly deported a Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost his green card. Then, his family says they were told he had died. But they found him alive in a hospital in Guatemala, a country to which he has no connection. https://t.co/G9UrirJy2r
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Family of Luis Leon say they were initially told by someone he had died, but they found him alive in Guatemala hospital
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When the history of this era is written, closing off the shared-information stream contained in local NPR/PBS will be essential to capture -- but, of course, there will be fewer and fewer sources that document it.
"We have a newspaper that's printed once a week, so without the radio station, we're kind of in the blind here, locally." NPR's Frank Langfitt's richly observed story on Allegheny Mountain Radio - which relies heavily on federal $. (Not an NPR station) https://t.co/fthX9FO79r
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Grateful to @BryanAppleyard & @Lit_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."
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Bryan Appleyard: Stash the Cash - The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich by Evan Osnos
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin and Reagan biographer Max Boot join Evan Osnos to discuss America’s most transformative presidents. Free lawn seating available. Learn more: https://t.co/78sENKzHak Subscribe: https://t.co/cfmtVD2rXc
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin and Reagan biographer Max Boot join Evan Osnos to discuss America’s most transformative presidents. Free lawn seating available. Learn more: https://t.co/78sENKzHak Subscribe: https://t.co/cfmtVD2rXc
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