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Library Talks

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Join The New York Public Library and your favorite writers, artists, and thinkers for smart talks and provocative conversations from the nation’s cultural capital.

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Episodes

Chasing Bruno Schulz: Benjamin Balint with Joshua Cohen

March 05, 2024 12:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MB

Author and journalist Benjamin Balint sits down with Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Joshua Cohen to discuss Balint’s latest book Bruno Schulz, a fresh portrait of the Polish-Jewish writer and artist that draws on extensive new reporting and archival research.

Álvaro Enrigue with Marie Arana: You Dreamed of Empires

February 21, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 143 MB

The author of Sudden Death returns with a new novel that reimagines the destinies of Tenochtitlan.

Heather Cox Richardson with Andrew Delbanco: Democracy Awakening

February 06, 2024 12:00 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

Historian and author Heather Cox Richardson sits down with Andrew Delbanco to discuss her most recent book, Democracy Awakening.

Lesbian Poetic Traditions: Judy Grahn and Friends

January 23, 2024 12:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MB

The iconic feminist poet Judy Grahn re-explores the traditions of lesbian poetry from Sappho to Pat Parker and beyond.

Vauhini Vara with Leslie Jamison: This Is Salvaged

January 09, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 143 MB

Prize-winning author Vauhini Vara sits down with Leslie Jamison to discuss her first collection of short stories, This Is Salvaged.

Ayana Mathis and Justin Torres

December 26, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 138 MB

Authors Ayana Mathis, author of The Unsettled, and Justin Torres, author of Blackouts, speak about their award-winning novels.

Outrageous: Kliph Nesteroff with Marc Maron

December 12, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 146 MB

In this episode of Library Talks, author Kliph Nesteroff sits down with comedian Marc Maron to discuss his new book, Outrageous, which chronicles the controversies of American show business and the ongoing attempts to change what we watch, read, and hear.

Far from Over: The Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment

November 28, 2023 12:00 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

Politicians and activists discuss the continuing push to revive the much-contested Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

Mary Beard with Tim Gunn: Emperor of Rome

November 14, 2023 12:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MB

Mary Beard returns to the Library to talk with Tim Gunn about her new book, Emperor of Rome, her long-awaited follow up to the international bestseller SPQR.

C Pam Zhang with Padma Lakshmi: Land of Milk and Honey

October 31, 2023 11:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MB

In this episode of Library Talks, C Pam Zhang sits down with Padma Lakshmi to discuss her latest novel Land of Milk and Honey, which tells the story of climate disaster and a young chef discovering pleasure at the end of the world. Zhang is the winner of the Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Award and the Asian/Pacific Award for Literature, a Booker Prize nominee, and a finalist for numerous other prizes, including the the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Center for Fiction First Novel Priz...

Matthew Desmond and Andrea Elliott: Poverty, by America

October 17, 2023 11:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond’s latest book, Poverty, by America, reimagines the American debate on poverty, making an original and ambitious argument about why it persists here: because too many of us benefit from it. In this episode of Library Talks, Desmond speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliot to discuss his new ways of thinking around this morally urgent, uniquely American problem—and imagines practical, achievable solutions for making poverty dis...

Building the World We Want: Artificial Intelligence and Global Governance

October 03, 2023 11:00 - 50 minutes - 115 MB

Acclaimed scholar and writer Alondra Nelson leads a discussion on the transnational impacts of artificial intelligence and the need for global collaboration. Speakers include Karen Kornbluh, Maria Ressa, Olatunbosun Tijani, Tim Wu

Luis Alberto Urrea: Good Night, Irene

September 19, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes - 127 MB

The new novel by award-winning author Luis Alberto Urrea, Good Night, Irene, tells an overlooked story of women’s heroism in World War II, inspired by the experiences of his own mother. Urrea speaks about his “moving and graceful tribute to heroic women” that asks whether a friendship forged on the front lines of war defines a life forever.

Sasha Velour and Joe E. Jeffreys: Drag Manifesto

September 05, 2023 11:00 - 50 minutes - 92.5 MB

Sasha Velour is an iconic queen. Turns out she’s also a historian! In this episode of Library Talks, Velour sits down with drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys to discuss her new book, The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag, a treasure trove of revelations about radical queer expressions throughout time. The revered entertainer and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race weaves together gender theory, politics, and memoir to tell the story of drag. Velour redefines drag for a new generation while...

Sherrilyn Ifill: How America Ends and Begins Again

August 22, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 118 MB

Welcome back! The Library presents conversations with an incredible array of authors, performers, activists, and thinkers, and our Library Talks podcast brings some of those conversations to you. Today we are relaunching the show with Sherrilyn Iffill delivering the annual Robert B. Silvers Lecture, titled How America Ends and Begins Again. Within this dangerous period of accelerated democratic unraveling, Sherrilyn Ifill argues that our country has a unique opportunity. Can we use this ...

Stonewall 50: The Sound of Memory

June 23, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MB

The Stonewall Riots were a flash point in LGBTQ history. After the riots that took place at the Stonewall Inn in June 1969, the LGBTQ civil rights movement went from handfuls of pioneering activists to a national movement mobilizing thousands. On this special episode we’ll hear what happened over the nights of the riots through archival audio of iconic transgender rights activists Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy. NYPL's Jason Baumann returns for an interview ...

Before Stonewall

June 16, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

Aidan Flax-Clark welcomes co-host Jason Baumann, Assistant Director for Collection Development and Coordinator of Humanities and the Library’s LGBTQ Initiative, for a special episode about queer life before the Stonewall Riots.  Frank Collerius, Manager of the Jefferson Market branch at NYPL, interviews writer and curator Hugh Ryan about his new book 'when brooklyn was queer.' We also hear a reading of 'The How and Why of Virginia,' the personal story of Virginia Prince, the founder and ed...

Marlon James Gets Nerdy with Kevin Young

June 09, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 74.6 MB

Marlon James is a Jamaican novelist and winner of the Man Booker Prize. His recent book Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the first in a epic trilogy that blends myth, fantasy, and history—what James has described as "African Game of Thrones." He spoke with fellow fantasy and comic book fan, Kevin Young, who is a poet and the Director for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. They talked about James' two years of research for the series, map making, Afrofuturism, and books they love, ...

A History of the Queer Press

June 02, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 87.8 MB

The Gay Liberation Front was an organization recognized for publishing the first gay liberation newspaper in the world,"Come Out!". It provided openly queer media exposure for many activists, writers, and artists. In conjunction with the NYPL exhibition Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50, founding members of the GLF, Perry Brass and Karla Jay, speak with media and activism scholar Michael Bronski, and Kathy Tu and Tobin Low, co-hosts of WNYC Studios’ podcast Nancy. They discussed the fight for ...

Erin Lee Carr and Ta-Nehisi Coates Remember David Carr

May 26, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MB

Documentary filmmaker Erin Lee Carr remembers her father, legendary journalist David Carr, in a moving new memoir, "All That You Leave Behind." Erin Lee Carr, went looking for support and comfort in the lifetime of correspondence that they had shared. She was also looking for clues—advice the famous mentor, journalist, and father might have to offer on how to cope with her devastating loss, and continue on with her life and career. Erin Lee Carr will be joined by one of her father’s admiring...

How Robert Caro Writes About Power and the Powerless

May 19, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 83.8 MB

At age 83, Robert Caro pulls back the curtains on his process, in his new book "Working." He also answers the question he is asked most often: why does it take him so long to write his books? Caro is the author of the Robert Moses biography "The Power Broker" and "The Years of Lyndon Johnson," The biographer, who has spent much time doing what he does best in the Allen Room of The New York Public Library, returns to share some stories of his own with William P. Kelly, The New York Public Lib...

Breaking New Ground with Dr. Carla Hayden and Tracy K. Smith

May 12, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MB

Dr. Carla Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress, the first African American and the first woman to hold this position. Tracy K. Smith is the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States, and Director and Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton University. In a conversation with Schomburg Director, Kevin Young they discussed their work, the future of Black librarianship and the democratization of libraries

Jill Abramson and Jane Mayer's Insider Take on the News

May 05, 2019 10:00 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MB

The former executive editor of "The New York Times" tells the story of the news industry in  her new book "Merchants of Truth."  Jill Abramson traces the past ten years of four major news outlets and their prospective futures in the face of rapidly changing technologies, shifting business models, and a president who almost daily assails the mainstream media as fake news. She spoke with long-time friend and colleague, investigative reporter Jane Mayer.

Eliza Griswold Uncovers the Human Cost of Fracking

April 28, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MB

Journalist, Eliza Griswold just won a Pulitzer Prize and a Bernstein Award for her recent book,"Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America." Even at its most basic level, the book is a fascinating story about the energy boom's relationship to the natural land. But it's also a moving portrait of a family—a resolute mother trying to care for her two children, sickened by the fracking fallout. Griswold sat down with NYPL's Gwen Glazer to talk about the making of this story, ...

Shane Bauer's Undercover Reporting from Inside a Private Prison

April 21, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MB

Going undercover as a prison guard in Winnifield, Louisiana, journalist Shane Bauer exposes the brutality of for-profit private prison systems, and this country's history of outsourcing criminal punishment in his book "American Prison." This stunning work recently won NYPL's 2019 Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. In this conversation with Aidan Flax-Clark, Bauer discusses the making of this book, the dangers of private prisons in the U.S., and his personal difficulties balancing ...

Emily Bazelon and Stacey Abrams talk Criminal Justice Reform

April 14, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 107 MB

In the search for meaningful criminal justice reform, are prosecutors one of the keys to change? In her new book, "Charged," journalist  Emily Bazelon argues that prosecutors play an "outsize role" in mass incarceration -- from choosing the charge to setting bail to determining the plea bargain. To discuss the issue, Bazelon was joined by Stacey Abrams, a lawyer, novelist and politician who in 2018 campaigned for criminal justice reform as a candidate in a historic race for governor in Georg...

Bending Reality with G. Willow Wilson

April 07, 2019 10:00 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MB

G. Willow Wilson is a critically acclaimed novelist and co-creator of the first Muslim superhero with their own Marvel comic book series. Wilson's new book, The Bird King, is the story of a fantastical quest through the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. She read from the novel and spoke with Hugo award-winning writer N. K. Jemisin about the power of imagining different worlds and how writing fantasy can expose reality.

Janet Napolitano Explains Homeland Security with Joe Biden

March 31, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 86.1 MB

Few people understand the state of our national security as well as Janet Napolitano and Joe Biden. Napolitano, former Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary and the first appointed by President Obama, has written about the subject in her new book,"How Safe Are We?" She spoke with Vice President Joe Biden, who—in addition to being Barack Obama's Vice President— chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and sat on the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Secu...

Still Cringing After 'Cat Person'

March 24, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MB

When "Cat Person" appeared in "The New Yorker" in December 2017, it quickly became a viral hit, striking a chord with readers at the height of the #MeToo Movement. People seemed surprised by the Internet popularity of a long form fiction story—including its author, Kristen Roupenian. "You Know You Want This" is Roupenian's highly anticipated debut collection of stories that, like "Cat Person," dwells in discomfort and is compulsively readable. "The New Yorker"'s fiction editor, Deborah Treis...

Paperback Crushin'

March 17, 2019 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MB

The 1970s are sometimes hailed as the true dawn of young-adult literature, the decade when authors like Judy Blume and Lois Lowry showed that teen readers were worth taking seriously. Decades later, J.K. Rowling revolutionized YA, permanently broadening its appeal to adults. But teen fiction of the '80s and '90s is often ignored. Bustle editor and writer Gabrielle Moss has a soft spot in her heart for what she calls the genre's "intellectual dead zone"—the era of The Baby-sitters Club, Sweet...

Frankenstein: Our Dark Mirror

March 10, 2019 11:00 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MB

Over 200 years ago, a teenage girl started a literary legacy that continues to haunt us today. Why do we still keep telling this story and how does it reflect our darkest fears? The New York Public Library's curators join monster theory scholars and best-selling authors to trace the history of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley’s classic. This special podcast episode unpacks the genius of Shelley’s novel, its origins and evolution—from the British Romantics to Black Lives Matter—to uncover h...

Marilynne Robinson: Liberalism and American Tradition Pt. II

March 03, 2019 11:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MB

This week we're featuring part two of Marilynne Robinson's lecture on American society, government and economy titled "Liberalism and American Tradition." Robinson discusses our country's Puritan history  and how society constructs value, referencing a number of political philosophers and social reformers.

Marilynne Robinson: Liberalism and American Tradition Pt. I

February 24, 2019 11:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MB

Marilynne Robinson is one of the most celebrated American writers—she won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was awarded a National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama, to name just a few of her accolades. She recently delivered a lecture on American Civilization and Government titled "Liberalism and American Tradition," which traces the origins of liberalism. Part two of the lecture will be released next week.  

How to Make Black Lives Matter at School

February 17, 2019 11:00 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MB

Despite the fact that New York City is one of the most diverse places in the country our school system is among the most segregated. As part of the nationwide campaign, Black Lives Matter at School Week, Schomburg Center's Associate Director of Education, Brian Jones organized a panel about this issue and how to challenge structural racism in schools. Featuring award-winning journalist, Nikole Hannah-Jones, public school teacher José Vilson, and two NYC high school student activists Xoya Dav...

Envisioning 'A People's Future of the United States'

February 10, 2019 11:00 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MB

Howard Zinn’s seminal 1980 work "A People’s History of the United States" challenged dominant narratives of our country’s past by uncovering its darker truths; nearly 40 years later, a new collection of speculative fiction, "A People’s Future of the United States" challenges our visions of tomorrow. Like Zinn's work, this collection of stories centers on the experiences of traditionally marginalized communities. The collection's co-editor, Victor LaValle, speaks with four contributors— Maria...

Jason Rezaian's 544 Days in an Iranian Prison

February 03, 2019 11:00 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MB

Jason Rezaian is an American journalist and author of a new memoir. In 2014, while reporting in Tehran for the Washington Post , he was arrested and wrongfully convicted of espionage by Iranian authorities. Rezaian recounts his experience in "Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison—Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out." Rezaian sat down with New Yorker editor David Remnick for a conversation about his experience, th...

The Banished Immortal

January 27, 2019 11:00 - 53 minutes - 73 MB

Internationally bestselling author Ha Jin discussed his latest book—a new biography about legendary eighth-century Chinese poet, Li Bai. Ha Jin read some of the poet's lesser known works, and described  Li’s unconventional lifestyle which he researched for his book, "The Banished Immortal." From the poet’s life-long interests in swordsmanship and celestial bodies, to his excessive drinking, rumors of manslaughter, and the numerous myths about is death—Ha Jin sheds new light on the poet and w...

Seeing and Being Seen in Sally Wen Mao's 'Oculus'

January 20, 2019 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MB

Sally Wen Mao is the author of "Oculus," a collection of poems that explores sight and being seen, futuristic worlds and historical figures. She completed this collection during her Cullman Center Fellowship at NYPL in 2016-2017.​ In conversation with fellow poet, Jenny Xie, Mao shared some of the archival materials she used in her research, including those of the first Chinese American actress Anna May Wong. They discussed Asian American futurism, representation in Hollywood, and how a Sola...

Maria Popova's A Velocity of Being

January 13, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 95.2 MB

Maria Popova & Claudia Bedrick curated an anthology of letters and original illustrations by 121 of the most interesting and inspiring culture-makers alive today. "A Velocity of Being," Popova's project that was eight years in the making, asked each contributor to write a letter to a young reader about the power of reading. To celebrate the book’s release, contributors took to the stage at The New York Public Library to share what they wrote. Featured readings and performances by: Jad Abumra...

Satirizing America in 'Friday Black'

January 06, 2019 11:00 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MB

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah sheds light on a modern day America full of racial violence, greed, and heartbreak in his debut collection of short stories, "Friday Black." Focusing on the struggles of young black men and women, his characters fight to survive with their humanity intact. In conversation with writer Mychal Denzel Smith, Adjei-Brenyah discuses his approach to writing satire, the perils of capitalism, and how to stay hopeful while creating dystopian fiction.

The Librarian Is In with Eric Klinenberg

December 30, 2018 11:00 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MB

Our friends from NYPL's The Librarian Is In podcast recorded their first-ever live episode, featuring NYU sociologist and author Eric Klinenberg. His new book "Palaces for the People" looks at how shared public spaces like gardens, child-care centers, and—yep, you guessed it—libraries are essential to maintaining a healthy democratic society. Klinenberg talks about his research at NYPL's Seward Park branch, social infrastructure, and what books he's reading with podcast hosts and librarians,...

Neil Gaiman Reads "A Christmas Carol" (Rebroadcast)

December 19, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 106 MB

To celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Dickens' classic, we're rebroadcasting this very special reading by writer and comic book author, Neil Gaiman. His live performance from 2013 uses a rare prompt copy that belonged to Charles Dickens himself and now resides in The New York Public Library. Dickens marked it up and annotated it for the express purpose of performing the story in front of an audience, which he did regularly in the 1850s and 1860s.

A Reporting Life in Latin America

December 16, 2018 14:12 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MB

Award-winning journalist Alma Guillermoprieto delivered this year's annual Robert B. Silvers lecture, a series named in honor of the co-founding editor of The New York Review of Books. In her lecture titled  “Among the Drug Dealers, Criminals, Rapists: A Reporting Life in Latin America,” Guillermoprieto shares insights from her 40 years of experience. Born in Mexico, Guillermoprieto came to New York in 1965 to join the Martha Graham dance studio. By the late 1970s, she had left dance to cove...

Magical Realism with Wayétu Moore

December 09, 2018 11:00 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MB

Wayétu Moore's debut novel explores African diasporic identity through historical fiction and magical realism. In a conversation with Buzzfeed writer, Isaac Fitzgerald, Moore talks about the stories behind her new book "She Would Be King":  the history of her native Liberia and the childhood stories her family used to tell her. Moore says, "I grew up hearing stories that always included someone disappearing or shapeshifting or casting a spell...when I moved to America these things were rele...

John McPhee's Album Quilt

December 02, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 127 MB

In his seventh collection of essays, The Patch, master non-fiction writer John McPhee shares a montage of stories and reflections that range from a visit to the Hershey chocolate factory to encounters with Oscar Hammerstein, Joan Baez, and Mount Denali. Calling on his signature devotion to structure, McPhee has winnowed this body of work to present a random assembly he calls an “album quilt,” a memoir as only he could write it. He spoke with Paul Holdengräber about the arc of his life and ca...

How Congress Really Works...Or Doesn't

November 25, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 98.2 MB

Wyatt Cenac moderates a panel of Washington insiders and journalists  about the mechanics of Congress, the archetypes for today's lawmakers, and advice on how constituents can ensure their representatives take action. Featuring Washington Post senior congressional correspondent Paul Kane and ProPublica's Derek Willis, Stevens Institute of Technology assistant professor of political science Lindsay Cormack, When We All Vote communications director and former Congressional Black Caucus staffer...

James Baldwin's Children's Book

November 18, 2018 11:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MB

Did you know that when James Baldwin was writing "If Beale Street Could Talk" he was also writing a children's book? "Little Man, Little Man" was inspired by his young nephew and was first published in 1976. At the time, it got mixed reviews, went out of print and was largely forgotten. But 40 years later, that book has been republished. Baldwin's niece and nephew, Aisha Karefa-Smart and Tejan "TJ" Karefa-Smart stopped by the Schomburg for Research in Black Culture to talk about their chil...

Susan Orlean's Ode to Libraries

November 11, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

More than 30 years after a fire destroyed 400,000 books at the Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library,  journalist Susan Orlean re-examines the tragedy in "The Library Book." Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992; her quest to piece together the events surrounding this little-known tale was fueled by her relentless curiosity, a love of reading, and a profound appreciation for the democratic institution of the library. "Libraries are remembering for a whole culture...

A History of Voter Suppression with Carol Anderson

November 04, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 112 MB

Carol Anderson is an historian, educator, and author of "White Rage." Her latest book, "One Person, No Vote," is a timely survey of how voting rights have been rolled back in this country following the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder. Dr. Anderson's work exposes racially biased voter suppression methods happening today. Joining Dr. Anderson was Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, a professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and former Director of th...

A Modern-day Gothic Horror Story

October 28, 2018 10:00 - 45 minutes - 62 MB

The bestselling English novelist of "The Essex Serpent," Sarah Perry, stopped by the Library to talk about her newest novel,"Melmoth." The books origins lie in an obscure 19th-century Gothic novel of the same name and an illness that upended her life. She discussed how the earlier novel and her personal experiences combined to birth the phantasmagoric nightmare at the heart of Melmoth's plot.

Guests

Neil Gaiman
6 Episodes
Colson Whitehead
2 Episodes
Elizabeth Alexander
2 Episodes
James McBride
2 Episodes
Joyce Carol Oates
2 Episodes
Marilynne Robinson
2 Episodes
Noam Chomsky
2 Episodes
Salman Rushdie
2 Episodes
Tom Wolfe
2 Episodes
Toni Morrison
2 Episodes
Zadie Smith
2 Episodes
Alice Waters
1 Episode
Anna Deavere Smith
1 Episode
Ann Patchett
1 Episode
Art Spiegelman
1 Episode
Arundhati Roy
1 Episode
Atul Gawande
1 Episode
Azar Nafisi
1 Episode
Billy Collins
1 Episode
Bob Dylan
1 Episode
Chuck Palahniuk
1 Episode
Colm Tóibín
1 Episode
Dan Savage
1 Episode
Douglas Coupland
1 Episode
Edwidge Danticat
1 Episode
Elizabeth Gilbert
1 Episode
Elvis Costello
1 Episode
Erica Jong
1 Episode
Eric Klinenberg
1 Episode
Erin Lee Carr
1 Episode
Eve Ensler
1 Episode
Geoff Dyer
1 Episode
George Balanchine
1 Episode
George Saunders
1 Episode
Gore Vidal
1 Episode
James Baldwin
1 Episode
James Shapiro
1 Episode
Janet Mock
1 Episode
Janine di Giovanni
1 Episode
Janine Di Giovanni
1 Episode
Jeffrey Eugenides
1 Episode
Jhumpa Lahiri
1 Episode
Joan Didion
1 Episode
John McPhee
1 Episode
John Waters
1 Episode
Luc Sante
1 Episode
Malcolm Gladwell
1 Episode
Margaret Atwood
1 Episode
Marina Abramović
1 Episode
Marjane Satrapi
1 Episode
Maya Angelou
1 Episode
Michael Chabon
1 Episode
Michael Cunningham
1 Episode
Monica Lewinsky
1 Episode
Muhammad Yunus
1 Episode
Naomi Klein
1 Episode
Nathaniel Kahn
1 Episode
Niall Ferguson
1 Episode
Oliver Sacks
1 Episode
Philip K. Howard
1 Episode
Rebecca Solnit
1 Episode
Richard Ford
1 Episode
Richard Price
1 Episode
Robert A. Caro
1 Episode
Ron Chernow
1 Episode
Ron Rash
1 Episode
Rosanne Cash
1 Episode
Roxane Gay
1 Episode
Sarah Lewis
1 Episode
Shane Bauer
1 Episode
Sharon Olds
1 Episode
Simon Winchester
1 Episode
Sonia Shah
1 Episode
Stephen Greenblatt
1 Episode
Suketu Mehta
1 Episode
Suzanne Farrell
1 Episode
Tom Brokaw
1 Episode
Tony Kushner
1 Episode
Van Jones
1 Episode
Wole Soyinka
1 Episode
Yanis Varoufakis
1 Episode
Zora Neale Hurston
1 Episode

Books

A Christmas Carol
5 Episodes
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1 Episode