Last week the Washington National Opera announced that it would find a new home after over 50 years at the Kennedy Center, the latest in a series of high profile departures and cancellations…
The West Park Presbyterian Church, a 135-year-old Upper West Side landmark, could soon have its landmark protections strip, allowing developers to turn the lot into luxury housing. Mark Ruff…
The meditative drama "Train Dreams" (https://www.netflix.com/watch/82020378?source=35) follows a logger in the Northwest at the turn of the century dealing with loss and a quickly changing …
The HawtPlates (https://www.instagram.com/thehawtplates/?hl=en) describe themselves as "a family singing group that was formed in a one-bedroom apartment in The Bronx." Throughout this mont…
After a viral altercation at a recent production of "Mamma Mia," people might be thinking about theater etiquette, and how to address misbehavior without escalating the situation, or negativ…
In the Broadway play "Marjorie Prime," (https://2st.com/shows/marjorie-prime) an elderly woman named Marjorie (June Squibb) is struggling with dementia. In order to help her, Marjorie's dau…
[REBROADCAST FROM Dec. 1, 2025] A provocative re-imagining of Henrik Ibsen's classic play, "Hedda" stars Tessa Thompson as the aristocrat caught between a past love and a stifling marriage. …
The jazz collective Freedom Riders celebrates the history of the namesake civil rights activists as well as the musicians who advocated for equality. Their show 'My Country 'Tis of Thee (htt…
Host Brooke Gladstone talks with Emily Nussbaum (https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/emily-nussbaum) , television critic for The New Yorker, about the forgotten story of Gertrude Berg, th…
The singer-songwriter Annie DiRusso debuted this year with the album Super Pedestrian (https://www.anniedirusso.com/) and already has a Tiny Desk concert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq…
Chris Duffy is an award winning comedian with experience working on comedy shows with Wyatt Cenac and John Oliver, and host of the podcast "How To Be A Better Human". He discusses his new bo…
The Under the Radar Festival (https://utrfest.org/) returns this year with more than 25 examples of groundbreaking stage productions from around the world. The festival's co-creative di…
Michelle Williams is currently starring in an off-Broadway production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play '"Anna Christie." The show centers around Anna, a former sex worker and famous charac…
[REBROADCAST FROM March 17, 2025]Â Actor Brian Tyree Henry discusses his starring role in the new series "Dope Thief." The show follows two friends who decide to pose as Drug Enforcement a…
[REBROADCAST FROM May 14, 2025] Actor Wunmi Mosaku discusses her role in Ryan Coogler's vampire film "Sinners." She plays Annie, a spiritual healer who is reunited with her ex-lover, …
[REBROADCAST FROM Sept. 5, 2025]Â The new film "Preparation for the Next Life" tells the story of a Uyghur immigrant working in Chinatown when she meets and falls in love with an American …
The Radio City Rockettes are a New York institution. But what is it like to be a real Rockette, and how does one get the gig? Joining us are Rockettes Kayla Hsu and Maya Addie to talk more a…
The Radio City Rockettes are of course a celebrated New York tradition around the holidays, but did you know the group was formed in St. Louis? This year marks the centennial of The Rockette…
An exhibition at The New York Historical explores Black LGBTQ+ nightlife, arts, and culture during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. Lead curator Allison Robinson and chief hist…
The holidays are thought to be a time of gathering with friends and family, but many also spend the season alone, either by choice or not. Being alone especially around the holidays can feel…
[REBROADCAST FROM May 14, 2025] Celebrated poet and author Ocean Vuong discusses his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness. It follows the relationship between a young man and an elderly woman …
[REBROADCAST FROM June 9, 2025] "Somebody Somewhere" star Jeff Hiller discusses his new memoir, Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success (https://www.amazon.com/Ac…
New York State is banning the sale of the herbal supplement kratom to anyone under 21 and will require warning labels on products, citing addiction and safety concerns. Meanwhile, mental hea…
Host Ana González is back to thank you all for sharing your amazing photos from our Common Nature! She is also sharing an episode from The Broadside Show from our friends at WUNC about th…
Listeners offer their picks of what they loved and hated this year in the world of film, literature, podcasting, performance, and more.Â