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…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMIn 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 Crisi…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMIllustrator 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 w…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMPlaywright Itamar Moses and composer/performer David Yazbek discuss the Atlantic Theater Company production of “The Band’s Visit,” a new musical based on the critically acclaimed scre…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTony 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 who …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMGerard Lordahl, the Director of GrowNYC, talks about December gardening and answers your questions. Ciarán O’Reilly, director and co-founder of the Irish Repertory Theatre, on their new …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMOscar-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 20th fe…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMPlaywright 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…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTheater 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 man…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMNobel 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 portrait …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMJournalist, 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 12:00AMDirector 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�…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMDirector/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 12:00AMDirector 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…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTony Award-winning actor Jane Alexander discusses her book Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth. Alexander is a former trustee of the Wi…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMAmos 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 de…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMAfter 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 10:00AMHospice 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 12:00AMDerek 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 doe…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMDiane 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 retu…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMDiane 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…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMDavid 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 Ameri…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMIn Mercury, a new novel by Margot Livesey, Viv and her husband, Donald, live in suburban Boston where Viv manages the local stables. Their marriage is tested when she becomes obsessed wit…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMOur favorite pair of cranky, Steely Dan-loving 70-somethings, Gil Faizon (Nick Kroll), an actor, and George St. Geegland (John Mulaney), a writer, join us to talk about their Broadway debut …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMFood lawyer Baylen Linnekin explains how our food systems are being crippled by unnecessary regulations in his book, Biting the Hand that Feeds Us. Filmmaker Jeff Nichols discusses his film…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMDirector Barry Jenkins and actress Naomie Harris join us to discuss their film, “Moonlight” about a young man dealing with a dysfunctional home life and a drug-addicted mother (Harris) a…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMComedian Chris Gethard, host and star of “The Chris Gethard Show” on Fusion and the Earwolf podcast, "Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People,” joins us to discuss his new one-man of…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMScott Sheppard and Jennifer Kidwell created and star in the off-Broadway comedy, “Underground Railroad Game,” at Ars Nova which The New York Times described as “a lacerating comedy o…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMJournalists Sarah Posner and David Neiwert discuss their 3 month investigation into Donald Trump's relationship with hate groups. Chef Jacques Pépin talks about his latest cookbook, "Poule…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMGrammy and Academy Award-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager shares details and stories from her memoir, "They're Playing Our Song." Tim Wu, professor at Columbia Law School and chairman …
SOURCE: WNYC at 11:34AMSam Roberts talks about the things that he believes embody the cultural narrative, history and people of NYC including the bagel, the checkered cab and the Automat! Writer, director and p…
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