
This Spring, renowned Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are being celebrated by the Museum of Modern Art in a dual exhibition. 'Frida and Diego: The Last Dream (https://www.moma.o…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:37PM[SHARE]In the revival of Clare Barron's play "You Got Older (https://cherrylanetheatre.org/shows/ygo) ," Alia Shawkat stars as Mae, a young woman in a state of limbo after losing her job and moving…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:37PM[SHARE]Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Gov. Hochul Hopes to Delay Implementing Climate Law (First) | The Growth of DHS Detention Camps (Starts at :40) |…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:37AM[SHARE]Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Rosie Perez, and David Patrick Kelly performed a reading of "Cash and Carry (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/02/cash-and-carry) ," a personal essay written…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:19PM[SHARE][REBROADCAST FROM February 20, 2026] "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" (https://spellingbeenyc.com/) is back onstage in New York City for its 20th anniversary. Cast members join …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:41PM[SHARE]In the new show "Bait (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpAhwL91HyA) ," Riz Ahmed stars as Shah Latif, a London actor who might be on the brink of landing a role as the new James Bond... when…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:54PM[SHARE]Martha C. Nussbaum, distinguished service professor of law and philosophy at the University of Chicago and the author of The Republic of Love: Opera & Political Freedom (https://global.ou…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PM[SHARE]Composer Gabriela Ortiz joins Manny to talk about her grandfather's surprising connection to Mahler, her own compositional process, and her enduring love for works by Debussy and Stravinsky.…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:13AM[SHARE]In the new play "Cold War Choir Practice (https://mcctheater.org/tix/cold-war-choir-practice/) ," a young girl finds herself spending time with her conservative Black uncle, who is into Reag…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:49PM[SHARE]In the new movie "Group: The Schopenhauer Effect (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93-d2lHPppw) ," actors improvise their way through a fictional group therapy session led by real-life psycho…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:02PM[SHARE]In the new revival of the 1989 play "Tru (https://truplaynyc.com/) ," Jesse Tyler Ferguson stars as famed writer Truman Capote grappling with a social scandal that has left him cut out from …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:58PM[SHARE]Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Christiane Amanpour on the War With Iran (First) | A $30 Hourly Minimum for NYC? (Starts at 33:07) | Oscar Talk: …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:38AM[SHARE]Ahead of St. Patrick's Day, the local Pogues-inspired cover band Dark Streets perform live in our studios, with WNYC engineer Jason Isaac on the drums. Guitarist Nate Palan and bassist…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:17PM[SHARE]Angela Flournoy's novel The Wilderness (https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wilderness-a-novel-angela-flournoy/7d93440f3cc3ee98) follows a group of four friends as they navigate young adulthoo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:17PM[SHARE][REBROADCAST FROM January 14, 2026] The meditative drama "Train Dreams" follows a logger in the Northwest at the turn of the century dealing with loss and a quickly changing industrial lands…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:17PM[SHARE]Kate Tellers, storyteller, host and director of MothWorks, talks about The Moth's upcoming event with the theme "what are we fighting for?"Â Photo: Matthew Mercier takes part in The Mo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:40PM[SHARE]Composer and pianist Marc-André Hamelin joins Manny to talk about growing up with a musical father, the mechanics of piano playing, and the influences behind his prolific performing and rec…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:10AM[SHARE][REBROADCAST FROM December 5, 2025] Director and writer Chloé Zhao discusses her film "Hamnet," an adaptation of the bestselling novel by Maggie O'Farrell. The film tells the story of Willi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:00PM[SHARE]"Antigone" is a classic play many students read in high school or college. Playwright Anna Ziegler has written a new play inspired by her experience reading "Antigone" growing up, "Antigone …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PM[SHARE][REBROADCAST FROM Nov. 10, 2025]Â The new film "Sentimental Value" stars Renate Reinsve as Nora, a stage actor and the child of a famous and celebrated director, played by (Stellan Skarsg…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:16PM[SHARE]The new play 'Monsters (https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2025-26-season/the-monsters/) ,' from Manhattan Theater Club, follows a sister looking for mentorship from her estranged…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:31PM[SHARE]The late 19th and early 20th centuries were a special time for magic in New York, coinciding with the rise of vaudevilles, circuses, and mainstream theaters, as well as innovations in publis…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:28PM[SHARE]This year is the centennial birthday of the late Tony Bennett, who passed away at the age of 96 in 2023. Guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli has recorded a tribute album of Bennett's musi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:35PM[SHARE]Heidi Sabertooth, a NYC-based singer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, producer and co-founder of Synth Library NYC (https://synthlibrarynyc.org/) , talks about electronic music and the library wh…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:02PM[SHARE]The Mexican singer-songwriter Humbe broke through with his hit song "fantasmas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2c8NkNY41U) ," and is making waves in the world of Spanish language music. He…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:01PM[SHARE]Screenwriter Robert Kaplow spent years working on "Blue Moon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo7gRHip0lI) ," the new movie that follows lyricist Lorenz Hart on the opening night of "Oklahom…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:01PM[SHARE]Patricia Nicholson Parker, executive director of Arts for Art (https://www.artsforart.org/) , talks about her group, which calls itself "a NYC-based non-profit founded in 1996 focused on pro…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:22PM[SHARE]Superstar pianist Yuja Wang joins Manny Ax to talk about bad pianos, encores, what influences her musical interpretations, and her love for Prokofiev. In our Newly Dead game, Yuja puts her k…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:10AM[SHARE]Lincoln Center's American Songbook series (https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/american-songbook) kicks off March 18. Creative director Clint Ramos discusses the series, along with the Ton…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:26PM[SHARE]The Power Broker by Robert Caro is one of the defining New York books. Comedian Sam Rogal, who claims he read the book "before it was cool," has created a show that finds the humor in Robert…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:26PM[SHARE]Musicians Neel Murgai and Roshni Samlal, artistic directors of Brooklyn Raga Massive (https://www.brooklynragamassive.org/) , talk about their group, which they say is a "nonprofit musicians…
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