Ken Jennings chats with Tyler Fugate

On October 25, 2025, author and game show host Ken Jennings joins senior editor Tyler Fugate onstage at the 26th annual New Yorker Festival, a weekend filled with talks, screenings, screenings, and more. The festival, the magazine’s signature event, was held in New York City and brought together leading voices in literature, film, comedy, television, politics and medicine.

Ken Jennings It’s New York times Best-selling author ofBrainiac“”Map header“”Because I said so!“”Funny planet“,” and “100 places to see after you dieIn 2020, he won the title of greatest of all time on the game show “Jeopardy!” and later succeeded Alex Trebek as the host of the show. He lives in Seattle with his family.

Tyler Fugate He is a senior editor at The New Yorker And a bunch of political podcasts, Political scene. She joined the staff in 2017, serving as editor of the magazine’s Talk of the Town section. She’s written about a range of topics, including Tom Cruise and Taylor Swift’s stunts. In 2020, she won the American Society of Magazine Editors’ Award for Exceptional Journalists Under 30.