Arooj Aftab, 'Together Together,' A Get Lit Preview with Madeline Miller, Social Qs with Philip Galanes

On the album, Vulture Prince, Brooklyn-based musician Arooj Aftab sets poetry to stirring orchestrations that fuse jazz, Pakistani folk, classical, and other musical genres. Aftab joins us for a Listening Party.

WNYC planning editor Kate Hinds joins us to discuss the stories that the newsroom is covering this week.

The new film "Together Together" explores the relationship that forms between a middle aged bachelor and his millennial surrogate, starring Ed Helms and Patti Harrison. Writer and director Nikole Beckwith joins us to discuss her sophomore film, which is out in theaters now.

TikTok has launched the 2012 novel The Song of Achilles back on the New York Times bestseller list. We've selected it for our May Get Lit with All Of It book club. Author Madeline Miller joins us for a preview conversation.

[REBROADCAST FROM FEBRUARY 2, 2021] Actors André De Shields and Divine Garland join us to discuss the new narrative podcast, Live from Mount Olympus, which comes out February 2 from the Onassis Foundation and PRX's TRAX, a network of podcasts specially designed for 9–13-year-olds. The podcast is directed by Rachel Chavkin and Zhailon Levingston and narrated by André De Shields, reprising his "Hadestown" role as Hermes. Actor Divine Garland performs as Perseus.

New York Times Social Qs columnist Philip Galanes has been getting a lot of questions from readers preparing to re-enter public life with questions about socializing again, attending events to getting back to the office. He'll answer listener questions, and talk about some of his latest column topics, including a recent one titled "Do I Really Need to State My Pronouns?" which got thousands of comments on The New York Times website & Facebook page.