680 stories by "WNYC"
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 (…
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…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
In 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 obsess…
Our 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 …
Food 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 fi…
Director 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) as he…
Comedian Chris Gethard, host and star of "The Chris Gethard Show"Â on Fusion and the Earwolf podcast, "Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People,"Â joins us to discuss his new one-man off-…
Scott 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 on …
Journalists 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, "Pou…
Grammy 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 chairma…
Sam 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…
Writer, director and performer Simon McBurney talks about his new Broadway show, "The Encounter." In his one-man performance, McBurney tells the true story of National Geographic photo…
Richard Armitage, Amy Ryan and Zoe Kazan are starring in the off-Broadway play, "Love, Love, Love"Â produced by Roundabout Theatre. Set in London, the play weaves through four decades to t…
Director Kelly Reichardt and actress Laura Dern talk about their film, "Certain Women" which follows the lives of three women in a small town in the rural Northwest. Dern plays a lawyer w…
Author Francine Prose joins us to talk about her latest novel Mister Monkey. It follows the cast members of a bizarre children's musical about a playful little monkey who likes to steal. The…
Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, stops by to talk politics and bring some clarity and reason (or not) to the bizarre reality of the 2016 presidential election.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot DÃaz talks about the new edition of The Best American Short Stories 2016. The collection includes a story about a Nigerian boy's friendship with …
