Since 1980, City Arts & Lectures has presented onstage conversations with outstanding figures in literature, politics, criticism, science, and the performing arts, offering the most diverse perspectives about ideas and values. City Arts & Lectures programs can be heard on more than 130 public radio stations across the country and wherever you get your podcasts. The broadcasts are co-produced with KQED 88.5 FM in San Francisco. Visit CITYARTS.NET for more info.
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Recordings of the radio broadcast of City Arts and Lectures, an interview/lecture series in San Francisco www.cityarts.net/radio.html
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Dr. Flow aka André Stith (aka @AndreInTheFlow) has launched a Creative Mutual Support Network + Online eCampus + Café dedicated to uplifting humanity through the making of music, sharing resources, and community organizing through in-person + digital gatherings.
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A podcast/blog spotlighting the Birmingham Theatre scene, and occasionally ranting about other topics in theatre, film, and social issues.
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A monthly look at the lively arts scene – film, theatre, art, dance, music and events – in the New York metropolitan area.
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Matthew Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and the principal investigator at The Eviction Lab, a research group that published the first-ever dataset of evictions in America, going back to 2000. His Pulitzer-Prize-winner book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City quickly made Desmond one of America’s most importa…
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Our guest today is Angela Davis, one of the world’s most important voices for justice. The philosopher and activist came to prominence in the 1960s. Six decades later, Davis is still on the front lines fighting for equality and freedom on a range of issues from prison abolition to racial justice to gender rights. On March 20, 2024, the iconic activ…
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Our guest today is award-winning novelist Tommy Orange. Orange’s debut novel, There There, centered on a Native American experience that is less commonly featured in US literature - the lives of urban Native Americans. It was one of 2019’s most critically acclaimed books, and now, he’s written a followup. It’s called Wandering Stars. This new book …
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Our guest today is Tariq Trotter, also known as Black Thought. He’s a founding member of the seminal hip hop band, The Roots and the author of the memoir The Upcycled Self. Trotter’s released more than a dozen albums and these days, he can be seen every week on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. In his new memoir, Trotter paints a riveting por…
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Our guest is Calvin Trillin. The journalist, humorist, poet, and novelist started his professional career in the early 1960’s at Time Magazine, and soon after became a staff writer for The New Yorker, where he continues to contribute. He also writes for The Nation. He is the author of 32 books, including memoir, novels, verse, and food writing. His…
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The Secret World of Elephants, Fabric Flowers, Statement Sleeves, and more!
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This month on Arts In The City… we take a look at the fashion of sleeves; visit a century-old fabric flower factory; discover The Secret World of Elephants; chat with big band leader George Gee; and check out Ukrainian folk singing in NYC.
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Kara Swisher and Sam Altman
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Throughout every era of digital technology, from the dot com bubble to artificial intelligence, journalist Kara Swisher has been a key figure in understanding the rapid growth in Silicon Valley, whether reporting for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other major outlets, or as co-host of the podcast Pivot. Swisher is founder of the A…
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This week, our guest is Ada Limón, he United States Poet Laureate. Limon has published six books of poetry, including The Carrying, The Hurting Kind, and Bright Dead Things. On February 22nd, 2024, Limón came to The Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco to talk to Alexis Madrigal about the ways in which the natural world inspires her work – fro…
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Our guest today is Gretchen Sisson, a sociologist at UC San Francisco who studies abortion and adoption. Her new book, “Relinquished”, is the culmination of a decade-long study in which Sisson interviewed mothers from across the country who had given their children up for adoption. Sisson examines the myths and realities associated with these mothe…
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Nick Romeo - Kaveh Akbar
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This week, a pair of studio conversations with the authors of recently published books. First, New Yorker writer Nick Romeo talks about his new book "The Alternative: How To Build a Just Economy" with Courtney Martin. It examines how people around the world are reshaping economies and businesses to be more equitable and ethical. Then, poet Kaveh Ak…
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Harlem Stage, Yiddish Theater, South Indian Food, and more!
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This month on Arts In The City… we celebrate Harlem Stage’s 40th anniversary; tour the Oval Office at the New-York Historical Society; check out some of off-Broadway's best new plays; stop by a foodie hotspot in a Hindu temple; chat with opera singer Martin Bakari; and learn about New York’s Yiddish theaters.…
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Encore: A. S. Byatt
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This week, we reach into the archives for a 2009 appearance by the late A. S. Byatt. The author and critic published 11 novels, 6 collections of short stories, and 9 volumes of short stories, as well as editing the Oxford Book of English Short Stories and several other anthologies. Byatt’s best-known novel, Possession, won the Booker Prize and was …
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This week, we present an encore of our 2016 conversation with songwriter and musician Paul Simon. Simon has been the recipient of many honors and awards including 12 Grammy Awards, three of which (“Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Still Crazy After All These Years” and “Graceland”) were albums of the year. In 2003 he was given a Grammy Lifetime Achiev…
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Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Benjamin Moser is the author of biographies of Susan Sontag and Claire Lispector. He’ll talk to us about his most recent book, The Upside-Down World: Meetings with Dutch Masters. It’s about the lives of artists like Rembrandt and Vermeer, as well as lesser known figures of the Dutch Golden Age. It’s a coming of age sto…
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Our guest is Dr. Jen Gunter, an OB-GYN and pain medicine physician. Gunter’s work both as a clinician and a writer, is aimed at helping women understand and care for their bodies. That includes countering a large amount of misinformation about women’s health - which she does with great wit on social media. Her books include “The Vagina Bible”, “The…
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Brooklyn Seltzer, Harlem Swing, and Queens movie studios!
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This month on Arts In the City… Andrew Falzon checks out the bubbly at Brooklyn Seltzer Boys; Carol Anne Riddell visits the new exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage; Susan Jhun learns about the lindy hop at with the Harlem Swing Dance Society; Donna Hannover sits down with harpist Ashley Jackson; Neil Rosen tours the historic Kaufman Astoria St…
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Our guest is renowned neuroscientist and primatologist Robert Sapolsky. He’s spent his career investigating behavior across the animal kingdom, including humans. In books like The Trouble With Testosterone and Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Sapolsky translates decades of research into fascinating stories and lessons accessible to non-scientific audie…
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Tracy K. Smith is the author of five acclaimed poetry collections, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Life on Mars. Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was a finalist for the National Book Award. From 2017 to 2019, she served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States. In 2020, heartsick from constant assaults on Black life, Smith found herself soul-…
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Encore - John Waters with Aubrey Plaza
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This week, an encore of one of last year’s most popular programs - a conversation between two unconventional artists, director, visual artist and author, John Waters and Aubrey Plaza, actor, comedian and producer. For nearly 50 years, John Waters has been making subversive films that playfully push all sorts of boundaries - movies like “Pink Flamin…
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