The New York Public Library Podcast
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Description
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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Alan Rusbridger on Whistleblowers & Wikileaks | Former editor-in-chief of The Guardian and a keen amateur pianist, Alan Rusbridger's book “Play It Again” recounts how he learned Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 during a year bookended by Wikileaks and the News of the World phone-hacking... | 7/21/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Patti Smith on Youth & Friendship | This week, we’re taking you back in the archives to a captivating conversation with Patti Smith, the beloved and critically acclaimed artist and performer. Smith came to the Library in 2010 to mark the release of her book “Just... | 7/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sally Mann on Ethical Photography & Stories | This week on the podcast, we welcome renowned photographer Sally Mann, whose works are included in the permanent collections at the Whitney Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among many others. Mann came to the Library this spring to celebrate... | 7/7/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Werner Herzog on Greece & Wrestlemania | This week, we’re excited to welcome legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, whose numerous, award-winning films have made him one of the most influential directors of New German Cinema and contemporary film around the world. In a conversation... | 6/30/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dan Savage on Monogamy | This week, we’re celebrating Pride Month with popular writer and gay activist Dan Savage, author of the advice column "Savage Love" and creator of the Emmy-winning "It Gets Better" campaign. Along with fellow writer and political commentator... | 6/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Suzanne Farrell on George Balanchine | This week, we’re thrilled to welcome Suzanne Farrell, one of George Balanchine’s most celebrated muses and a legendary figure in the ballet world. The world-renowned dancer inspired some of Balanchine's finest choreography, and today, she... | 6/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Bitcoin | This week, we’ll be hearing from a panel of writers and innovators on the often talked about, but rarely understood, Bitcoin. New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper, whose book “Digital Gold” tells the story of this trail-blazing... | 6/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Damien Echols on Hope & Death Row | This week, we’re excited to welcome Damien Echols, whose bestselling memoir “Life After Death” describes how he was falsely convicted of three murders and spent nearly eighteen years on death row. He’s joined by performer and... | 6/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matthew Weiner on the End of "Mad Men" | In his first public discussion of the show from beginning to end, "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner sits down with writer A.M. Homes to talk about the show’s themes, the fates of its characters, and the enigmatic final episode. | 5/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alan Cumming on NYC & Acting | He's written a memoirNot My Father's Son. He's Eli Gold on The Good Wife. He's been Nightcrawler in X-2: Men United and Hamlet and Mr. Elton in the film adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. He's Alan Cumming, and we're so pleased to share his recent appearan | 5/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Diane von Furstenberg on Confident Women | Internationally renowned fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg comes to NYPL for a conversation with Rhonda Garelick, award-winning scholar and author of “Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History.” Together, von Furstenberg and... | 5/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sonia Sotomayor on Education & Color Blindness | In this inspiring conversation with NYPL President Tony Marx, Sotomayor talks about her early life in the Bronx, the importance of education, and her rise to becoming one of the most powerful women in America today. | 5/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Frank Bruni on College Admissions Mania | The author and popular op-ed columnist for the New York Times joins us to discuss his latest book, “Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania.” Talking to NYPL’s own Jessica Strand, Bruni... | 4/28/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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T.C. Boyle on Finding Stories and Themes | Bestselling and prolific author T.C. Boyle comes to NYPL to discuss his twenty-fifth book, “The Harder They Come.” In this witty conversation with the Library’s Jessica Strand, Boyle talks about irony, black humor, and America’s obsession with ima | 4/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tavis Smiley on Maya Angelou | Joined by NYPL’s Jessica Strand, Tavis Smiley talks about his latest book, “My Journey with Maya,” which details his friendship with the late Maya Angelou. In this moving conversation, Tavis Smiley discusses the value of debate, his... | 4/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Azar Nafisi on the Freedom to Read | The bestselling author of “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” a portrayal of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and its effects on one university professor and her students, Azar Nafisi comes to NYPL to celebrate the success of her most recent book,... | 4/7/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeffrey Deitch on Art & Spectacle | Jeffrey Deitch, a celebrated art critic and curator, talks about his popular new book “Live the Art,” which details his decades of boundary-pushing work in the galleries and museums of New York, California, and beyond. In a fascinating... | 3/31/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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RuPaul on Fantasy & Identity | The musician, performer, and host of "RuPaul's Drag Race" sashays onto our stage to celebrate the recent release of his seventh studio album, "Realness." In a wildly entertaining and thought-provoking conversation, the cultural icon talks to... | 3/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stay Tuned | Get ready for our upcoming spring season of exciting talks from very special guests at the Library, now released every Tuesday on iTunes, Stitcher, and SoundCloud. | 3/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sarah Lewis & Anna Deavere Smith on Inspiring Failures | Art historian and curator Sarah Lewis talks to award-winning actress Anna Deavere Smith about Lewis’s nonfiction debut, “The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery,” which examines stories of innovation and... | 3/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ann Patchett & Elizabeth Gilbert on Writing | Ann Patchett, the award-winning author of numerous books including “Bel Canto” and “State of Wonder,” joins her good friend Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the hit bestseller “Eat, Pray, Love,” to talk about the... | 3/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jay-Z on Hustling & Forgiveness | Grammy Award winning artist Jay-Z came to NYPL in 2010, when his long-awaited memoir, "Decoded," had just hit shelves. He’s joined by NYPL’s Paul Holdengraber and intellectual icon Cornel West for a conversation about his journey from a... | 2/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Charles Blow on His Unexpected Childhood Hero | New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow joins Khalil Muhammad, Director of NYPL’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, for a conversation about Blow’s new memoir, “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” Through the lens of... | 2/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tom Wolfe on Handwriting & Humility | On the heels of the success of his bestselling 2012 novel “Back to Blood,” Wolfe came to NYPL to discuss identity, beliefs, and the weaving together of journalism and fiction. | 2/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ntozake Shange on Inspiration & Harlem | The great American playwright and poet Ntozake Shange, creator of the Obie Award-winning play “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf,” celebrates the 40th anniversary of her landmark work with a panel... | 2/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joan Didion on Writing & Revising | The beloved writer talks to fellow bestselling author Sloane Crosley about the challenges of putting personal tragedy and illusory pleasure into words. | 1/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cheryl Strayed on Wild Success | Before her memoir Wild become an oscar nominated film, Strayed joined NYPL to discuss the blockbuster memoir, measuring success, and good advice. | 1/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joyce Carol Oates on Inspiration and Obsession | The prolific and beloved writer talks about creativity, productivity, and the importance of living an inspired life. | 1/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marlon James & Salman Rushdie on Storytelling | The two great authors discuss experimental narrative, political turmoil, and blending believable fiction with the absurd truth. | 1/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thomas Struth on Collective Memory and Family Photos | This week, the New York Public Library Podcast welcomes Thomas Struth, the world-famous and influential photographer best known for his family portraits and large-scale cityscapes. To celebrate the opening of NYPL’s new exhibition "Public Eye:... | 12/30/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Neil Gaiman Reads "A Christmas Carol" | Acclaimed author Neil Gaiman performs a memorable dramatic reading from the Library’s own rare copy of "A Christmas Carol," which includes edits and prompts Charles Dickens wrote in his own hand for his unique public readings 150 years ago.... | 12/19/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Maira Kalman on Her Favorite Things | The illustrator and author of more than twenty books for both kids and adults sits down with us to talk about strong female characters, nonlinear storytelling, and drawing outside the lines. | 12/11/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Strand on Artistic Imagination | This week, we honor Pulitzer Prize winner and former US poet laureate Mark Strand, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 80. The beloved poet and author joined us this October to discuss art, imagination, and the life of the mind. | 12/2/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marcus Samuelsson on Food, Love, & Gratitude | This Thanksgiving week, we’re reaching back into the NYPL archives to bring you a story about food, family, and multicultural identity. Internationally acclaimed chef Marcus Samuelsson describes his remarkable journey from a humble kitchen in... | 11/24/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Ford on Becoming a Reader and Finding a Voice | This week, we welcome novelist Richard Ford, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Sportswriter," "Independence Day," and "The Lay of the Land." Ford comes to NYPL to talk about his latest book, "Let Me Be Frank with You," a fourth installment in... | 11/20/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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George Clinton on the Future of Funk | This week, the NYPL Podcast welcomes George Clinton, the singular musical phenomenon who twisted soul music into funk. Clinton joins us to talk about his life's work, learning from his proteges, and pushing the boundaries of what music can do. | 11/13/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Neil Gaiman on Fairy Tales Revisited | This week on the podcast, Neil Gaiman, the beloved bestselling author of "Coraline," "American Gods," and "The Graveyard Book," joins us on Halloween night for some scary stories and thrilling conversation. He speaks about disobedient adults, why he... | 11/6/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sam Roberts on New York City | This week on the podcast, Sam Roberts joins us to discuss seeing history through objects, productive procrastination, and what he thinks the motto of New York City should be. | 10/31/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marjane Satrapi - Narratives of Social Protest. | This week, the NYPL Podcast welcomes Marjane Satrapi, the graphic novelist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author who brought us Persepolis. She speaks to NYPL's Paul Holdengraber about the liabilities of learning English from... | 10/24/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jane Smiley - The Last Hundred Years | This week, acclaimed author Jane Smiley joins us to discuss the origins of her new trilogy "The Last Hundred Years," the hard part about spending a century with her characters, and her middle school reading tastes. | 10/17/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Philip K. Howard - The Rule of Nobody | This week on the podcast, noted legal reformer Philip K. Howard discusses his latest work, "The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government." | 10/10/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tom Perotta - Nine Inches | This week, the New York Public Library Podcast welcomes Tom Perrotta, whose novels Little Children, Election, and The Leftovers have been adapted into highly-lauded films and television series. He joins us today to discuss his latest work, Nine Inches. | 10/3/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ben Lerner - 10:04 | The award-winning poet and author of the novel Leaving the Atocha Station brings his masterful command of words from the page to the stage, celebrating the start of LIVE's Fall 2014 season and his new book, 10:04. | 9/26/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ayana Mathis - The Twelve Tribes of Hattie | This week on the podcast, acclaimed author Ayana Mathis comes to NYPL to talk about her latest work, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. | 9/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Losing Parents to AIDS: The Personal and the Political | This week, The New York Public Library Podcast features personal stories from adult children who have lost their parents to AIDS, including Alysia Abbott, author of Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father. | 9/5/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Morris: "Object Sculpture, 1960-1965" | This week on The New York Public Library Podcast, internationally renowned artist Robert Morris discusses various aspects of his practice and some of the key themes—time, memory, language, medium, and process—of his work. | 8/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CUT – The Songs That Didn't Make It | The Library for the Performing Arts presents an evening of songs—songs that were cut from this season’s new Broadway musicals, including The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, and Rocky. | 8/7/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. | This week, The New York Public Library Podcast welcomes Stephen Schlesinger, as he discusses his new book, The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., a collection of his father’s vivid, witty correspondence influential political and cultural figures of his | 7/24/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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George Prochnik - "The Impossible Exile" | This week on The New York Public Library Podcast, acclaimed author George Prochnik discusses The Impossible Exile, his new book about the life and work of Stefan Zweig, an icon of the Viennese cultural renaissance. | 7/10/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Amazon: Business As Usual? | In April 2014, Amazon and Hachette locked horns in what has become a very public, and still ongoing, battle over contract negotiations. After the online retailer removed the pre-order option, imposed shipping delays, and slashed discounts on the book publ | 7/3/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A. E. Hotchner - Stories and Biographies | When you've written biographies on Sophia Lauren, Ernest Hemmingway and Doris Day you're bound to have some pretty incredible stories. This week on the podcast we join editor, novelist, playwright, and biographer A. E. Hotchner as he reflects on some memo | 6/26/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Karl Ove Knausgaard and Jeffrey Eugenides – "My Struggle" | On this episode of The New York Public Library Podcast, Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard dissects the latest volume of his critically acclaimed autobiography, My Struggle—and the controversy that surrounds it—with Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The | 6/23/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Waters - "Car Sick" | This week on The New York Public Library Podcast, filmmaker John Waters comes to us with tales from his latest book, Carsick, which chronicles his adventures hitchhiking across the United States. | 6/5/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Colm Tóibín - The Testament of Mary | This week, The New York Public Library Podcast welcomes the Irish novelist, playwright, and critic Colm Tóibín to Books at Noon, the Library’s new series of free lunchtime author talks. | 5/30/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kara Walker and Jad Abumrad - "A Subtlety" | This week on The New York Public Library Podcast, renowned visual artist Kara Walker joins Radiolab host Jad Abumrad to discuss her new show at Domino Sugar Factory, and explore the complicated history of sugar, sex, sweetness, and power. | 5/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chuck Palahniuk and Douglas Coupland: "Balls in the Air" | Chuck Palahniuk is best known as the author of the novels Fight Club and Choke. Douglas Coupland is the author of the international bestsellers Generation A and JPod. This week on The New York Public Library Podcast, the two take to the stage at LIVE from | 5/16/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eve Ensler: "In the Body of the World" | This week, The New York Public Library Podcast welcomes Tony Award-winning playwright, performer, and activist Eve Ensler to Books at Noon, the Library’s new series of free lunchtime author talks. | 5/9/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Craft Beer Revolution | This week on The New York Public Library podcast, LIVE from the NYPL welcomes three leaders of the craft beer movement. Brooklyn Brewery cofounder Steve Hindy—joined by Kim Jordan, New Belgium Brewing Company CEO, and Charlie Papazian founder of... | 4/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joyce Carol Oates: "The Landscape of My Spiritual Self" | This week, The New York Public Library podcast welcomes acclaimed novelist Joyce Carol Oates to Books at Noon, the Library’s new series of free lunchtime author talks. | 4/18/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Books are Conversations": Katherine Boo & Adrian Nicole LeBlanc | This week on the podcast, hear the two award-winning authors discuss poverty around the world. | 4/11/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Get to the point" | Malcolm Gladwell LIVE from the NYPL | This week on the New York Public Library Podcast, best-selling author and challenger of conventional wisdom Malcolm Gladwell brings his critical approach to LIVE from the NYPL as he expounds on his newest interests. | 4/3/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Snow Queen: Michael Cunningham on "Books at Noon" | This week on the podcast, we welcome Michael Cunningham to Books at Noon, the Library's new series of free lunchtime author talks. Cunningham is the author of six novels, including A Home at the End of the World and The Hours, which was awarded both the P | 3/26/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Report from the Interior | Paul Auster on "Books at Noon" | This week on the podcast, award winning author Paul Auster stops by "Books at Noon" – NYPL's weekly lunchtime author talk series – to discuss some of his latest work, pushing the boundaries of autobiography, and much more. | 3/20/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Fun Parts | Sam Lipsyte on 'Books at Noon' | Today’s New York Public Library podcast welcomes Sam Lipsyte to Books at Noon, the Library’s new series of free lunchtime author talks. Lipsyte was a Guggenheim Fellow, is the recipient of the Believer Book Award, and is the author of five books, incl | 3/13/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Baby Boom | PJ O’Rourke on Books at Noon | Today’s New York Public Library podcast features the new Books at Noon series; a free weekly program featuring popular and acclaimed authors in the Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue. Our first guest is the political satirist and author P | 3/6/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson LIVE from the NYPL | Wes Anderson's vivid cinematic aesthetic and idiosyncratic characters make his films both immediately recognizable and endearing. Anderson returns to LIVE to explore his passions, influences, and his newest film The Grand Budapest Hotel, in conversation w | 3/3/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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You Don't Know Nothing: Toni Morrison and Junot Díaz LIVE from the NYPL | LIVE closes the Fall 2013 season with a conversation between 2013 Library Lion Junot Diaz and the writer who most influenced him, Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison. "I think the most sustained love of mine," Diaz has said, "the one that's carried me throu | 2/6/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Life In Middlemarch: Rebecca Mead LIVE from the NYPL | A passionate attachment to a great work of literature can shape our lives and help us to read our own histories. For Rebecca Mead, that book was George Eliot's Middlemarch, which she first read as a young woman in an English coastal town, and reread reg | 1/30/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Good Lord Bird Band: James McBride LIVE from the NYPL | James McBride opens LIVE from the NYPL's Spring 2014 season with an exploration of his latest work The Good Lord Bird - winner of the 2013 National Book Award for fiction - through words and music. The evening will feature conversation with the author and | 1/27/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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40 Chances: The Buffetts with Tom Brokaw LIVE from the NYPL | Three generations of philanthropists sit down to discuss business, charity, farming, and their 40 Chances in life, moderated by Tom Brokaw. | 1/24/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Undisputed Truth: Mike Tyson LIVE From the NYPL | Boxing champion, Broadway headliner, Felon | 1/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Entertaining, informative, and fun!
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