Friday, February 10, 2017
Cate Blanchett joins us to discuss her Broadway debut in an adaptation of Anton Chekov's "Platonov," or "The Present," along with co-star Richard Roxburgh. Author and graphic novelist Nei…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Cate Blanchett joins us to discuss her Broadway debut in an adaptation of Anton Chekov's "Platonov," or "The Present," along with co-star Richard Roxburgh. Andrew Upton's adaptation is set i…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 9, 2017
Atlantic senior editor Derek Thompson joins us to discuss his book Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in the Age of Distraction. Thompson looks at the psychology of why we like what we li…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Dr. Danielle Ofri, an associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine who cared for patients at Bellevue Hospital for over two decades, joins us to discuss her new …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 2, 2017
Actress and writer Patricia Bosworth joins us to discuss her memoir, Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan. She details her early life in theater in Manhattan during th…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Emily Fridlund joins us to discuss her debut novel, History of Wolves. It tells the story of Linda, a 14-year-old girl living on a nearly abandoned commune in the Minnesota woods. Her life t…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Actors Marie Mullen and Aisling O'Sullivan join us to discuss "Beauty Queen of Leenane." Ireland's Druid theater company makes its BAM debut with this 20th anniversary revival of Martin McDo…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Stéphane Gerson, historian and professor of French studies at New York University, joins us to discuss his new book, Disaster Falls: A Family Story. Gerson offers an account of living with …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Actor and author Robert Creighton joins us to discuss "Cagney," a new musical he co-wrote and stars in as James Cagney. The show tells the story of Cagney's dramatic life, from his Vaudevill…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Author and professor Brad Gooch joins us to discuss Rumi's Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love, a new biography of the 13th century Persian poet and Sufi mystic. Gooch paints a vivid m…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 6, 2017
In 2015, The Guardian appointed journalist Patrick Kingsley to be their first migration correspondent. He joins us to discuss his book, The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis,…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 5, 2017
Illustrator and cartoonist Edward Sorel joins us to discuss his new book Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936. He vividly details Mary's life as a child star wit…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Playwright Itamar Moses and composer/performer David Yazbek discuss the Atlantic Theater Company production of "The Band's Visit,"Â a new musical based on the critically acclaimed screenpl…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 22, 2016
Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall talks about the new Broadway musical "In Transit," along with starring actress Erin Mackey and Sara Wordsworth, a …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Gerard Lordahl, the Director of GrowNYC, talks about December gardening and answers your questions. CiaraÌn O'Reilly, director and co-founder of the Irish Repertory Theatre, on their new …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodóvar discusses his new film "Julieta" which is based on three short stories from the book Runaway by Alice Munro. The film marks Almodóvar's 20t…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Playwright Richard Greenberg, along with actors Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Reaser, discuss, "The Babylon Line," which is playing through January 22nd at the Lincoln Center Theater. Set in Lev…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2016
Theater critic and New York Times contributor David Kaufman offers a detailed, intimate portrait of Mary Martin, the woman who inspired the work of Rogers and Hammerstein and originated m…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Nobel Prize-winning economist and author Joseph Stiglitz discusses on the emergence of Donald Trump and how the Democrats can repair their party. David Kaufman gives an intimate por…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Journalist, broadcaster and author Caitlin Moran discusses her new book, Moranifesto, which combines the best of her recent political columns with new pieces. Caitlin writes about feminism, …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, November 18, 2016
Director Jack O'Brien on "The Front Page" on Broadway, along with actors Dylan Baker and Sherie Rene Scott. Director/screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan and actor Lucas Hedges discuss their fil…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Director/screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan and actor Lucas Hedges discuss their film,"Manchester by the Sea." After the sudden death of Joe Chandler (Kyle Chandler), his younger brother Lee (…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Director Jack O'Brien joins us to talk about the new production of "The Front Page" on Broadway, along with actor Dylan Baker, who stars as the newspaperman, McCue. In the press room o…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 17, 2016
Tony Award-winning actor Jane Alexander discusses her book Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth. Â Alexander is a former trustee of the …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Amos Oz discusses his new novel Judas, his first full-length work since A Tale of Love and Darkness. Set in Jerusalem in 1959, Judas tells the story of Shmuel Ash, a young scholar who is …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 12, 2016
After the results of the election, many people feel disoriented, and are having trouble understanding the world that they now live in. But one place this year where we saw a true connection …
SOURCE: WNYC at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 10, 2016
Hospice chaplain Kerry Egan discusses her book, On Living. She details her experiences working with dying patients, and her realization that her role wasn't to preach to them about God an…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Derek Willis, News Applications Developer at ProPublica, and John Keefe, senior editor for Data News at WNYC, return to discuss what actually happened at the polls on Election Day. What d…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, November 4, 2016
Diane Lane, Chuck Cooper, and John Glover are starring in Anton Chehkov's "The Cherry Orchard" on Broadway. The play tells the story of Lyubov Ranevskaya (Lane) and her family's return to th…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Diane Lane, Chuck Cooper and John Glover are starring in a revival of Anton Chehkov's "The Cherry Orchard" on Broadway. Journalist Beth Macy discusses her book, Truevine: Two Brothers, a …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 3, 2016
David Lida joins us to discuss his novel, One Life, which tells the story of Esperanza, an undocumented young Mexican woman who is arrested for the murder of her 11-month-old baby. An Ame…
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