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On October 25, 2025, Ken Jennings, the writer and quizmaster, appeared alongside senior editor Tyler Foggatt on the platform at the 26th yearly New Yorker Festival, a span of days filled with discussions, showings, acts, and other happenings. This Festival, the magazine’s primary happening, took place in New York and assembled prominent figures across literature, cinema, humor, television, governance, and healthcare.
Ken Jennings is the New York Times number-one selling scribe of “Brainiac,” “Maphead,” “Because I Said So!,” “Planet Funny,” and “100 Places to See After You Die.” In 2020, he secured the Greatest of All Time accolade on the trivia contest “Jeopardy!” and eventually took over from Alex Trebek as the program’s presenter. He resides in Seattle alongside his kin.
Tyler Foggatt is a senior editor for The New Yorker and an anchor of its political podcast, The Political Scene. Joining the team in 2017, she has functioned as an editor within the magazine’s Talk of the Town segment. Her writings encompass various topics, including Tom Cruise’s daredevil feats and Taylor Swift. In 2020, she was honored with the American Society of Magazine Editors award for extraordinary reporters under the age of thirty.
Sourse: newyorker.com
