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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A podcast/blog spotlighting the Birmingham Theatre scene, and occasionally ranting about other topics in theatre, film, and social issues.
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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 monthly look at the lively arts scene – film, theatre, art, dance, music and events – in the New York metropolitan area.
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Nate DiMeo is the creator and host of The Memory Palace, a podcast about people from America's past whose names might not be familiar, but whose lives changed the course of history. The show’s episodes take the form of short, evocative essays, rich with detail and emotion. DiMeo’s stories don’t just describe historical events - they encourage liste…
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This month on Arts in the City… we check out Barbie’s impact on fashion and pop culture at the Museum of Arts and Design; visit Cooper Hewitt’s triennial that’s dedicated to the concept of home; take a look at 200 years of women’s clothing at The New York Historical; explore lighthouse history at the National Lighthouse Museum; chat with the actor …
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Kevin Fagan is an award-winning journalist who recently retired from the San Francisco Chronicle. For his decades-long coverage of homelessness, Fagan spent extensive time on the streets, getting to know the people he reported on, and the paths their lives took. But his journalism didn’t just draw just from those encounters – it was also shaped by …
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We’re celebrating the life of Cecile Richards with a re-broadcast of a portion of her 2018 appearance for City Arts & Lectures. Richards was a national leader for women’s rights and social and economic justice. Richards, the daughter of legendary Texas Governor Ann Richards, started her career as a labor organizer. She went on to serve as Deputy Ch…
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John Mills is the CEO and Co-Founder of Watch Duty, an app that alerts users to nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts. The app’s “reporters” – many volunteers – include journalists, wildfire experts, and former fire service workers monitoring scanners, live video, and other data in order to provide up to the minute information. The app includes…
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Ada Limon
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1:06:24Our guest is Ada Limón, the current United States Poet Laureate. Limon has published six books of poetry, including The Carrying, The Hurting Kind, and Bright Dead Things. Limon says that poetry isn’t just meant to be read – it’s meant to be read out loud - and this program also includes her reading several poems. On February 22, 2024, Limón came t…
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Percival Everett and Cord Jefferson - Encore
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1:31:22Before his novel Erasure was adapted into the hit film American Fiction, Percival Everett was already one of the literary world’s most acclaimed talents, appreciated for his inimitable characters and storylines, as well as his uncommon variety of genres. Since Everett’s first novel in 1983, he has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, for Telepho…
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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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john a. powell
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1:03:36Our guest today is john a. powell, an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties. He’s the former National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, and currently Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California. powell’s new book is a guide to fostering connections i…
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Rachel Kushner
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1:12:21Our guest is Rachel Kushner. Her writing includes novels like The Mars Room and The Flamethrowers, and essays on everything from prison abolition to art theory and motorcycle racing. Her fourth novel, Creation Lake, is Kushner’s take on noir. It follows a young woman infiltrating a French anarchist collective. On December 12th, 2024, Kushner came t…
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Robert Sapolsky - Encore
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1:00:35Robert Sapolsky - EncoreCity Arts & Lectures
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In this episode… we take a look at the life and legacy of Alvin Ailey at the Whitney Museum of American Art; visit an exhibit dedicated to our pets at New York Historical; chat about the revival of Gypsy on Broadway; check out the New York Jewish Film Fest; and stop by the Museum of New York City for Art Deco City and Gingerbread NYC!…
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Hanif Abdurraqib - Encore
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1:15:28Since his 2016 debut poetry collection The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, Hanif Abdurraqib’s writing has earned him numerous accolades as a poet, essayist, and music critic. Easily moving from emotionally riveting examinations of Black identities to academic explorations of punk scenes to analyses of contemporary popular artists, Abdurraqib’s work is full…
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Roz Chast - Encore
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1:14:36Since 1978, when her very first cartoon appeared in The New Yorker Magazine, Roz Chast has been chronicling modern life’s anxieties and absurdities. Neurotic characters with frizzy hair and mouths agape sit on sofas or walk along New York sidewalks worrying, observing, and making us laugh. Her more than a dozen books include Can’t We Talk about Som…
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Nikole Hannah-Jones
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1:18:58Nikole Hannah-Jones is an award-winning journalist known for her groundbreaking work on the history and legacy of slavery, including school segregation and educational inequality. In 2020, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her work on “The 1619 Project”. A series of articles for a special issue of the New York Times Magazine. It was part of an initiativ…
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Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
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1:02:04Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s first book, The Undocumented Americans, was hailed as not only a radical experiment in creative nonfiction, but also an important, complex portrait of the lives of undocumented people. Villavicencio melds stark memoir with wide ranging essays, conducting meticulous research through traveling around the country to meet …
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Yotam Ottolenghi with Samin Nosrat
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1:21:29Yotam Ottolenghi is a celebrated chef and bestselling cookbook author. He is the restauranteur and chef-patron of six London-based Ottolenghi delis, as well as the NOPI and ROVI restaurants. He is the author of ten bestselling and multi-award-winning cookbooks, including his latest, "Comfort". Ottolenghi has been a weekly columnist for the Guardian…
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In this episode… we check out Indigenous art at the American Museum of Natural History; chat with the director and star of the new movie “Saturday Night”; sit down with the creators of “Teeth” the musical; meet an orthodontist who creates some sweet treats; and show you some of the best and brightest ways to celebrate the holidays in NYC.…
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Richard Powers with Kim Stanley Robertson
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1:22:37Across his life, Richard Powers has been driven by an insatiable curiosity for humans and the world around us. This has led him from budding scientist to award-winning author, from Bangkok to the Netherlands, and has helped him win a Pulitzer Prize and a Macarthur Genius Grant. Powers is best known for his novels, including The Gold Bug Variations,…
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