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For years, Dr. Robert Hadden continued as a respected OB-GYN at Columbia University while assaulting hundreds of his patients. A new podcast and series of articles about the case expose Dr. Hadden's abuse, and tell the story of the victims seeking justice. We're joined by Laura Beil, journalist and host of the podcast, Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University, and Bianca Fortis, reporting fellow at ProPublica and co-author of the ProPublica and New York Magazine piece, "How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator For More Than 20 Years."
A recent article in The Cut asked why some friendships can withstand everything BUT one friend's entry into parenthood. We'll unpack that and discuss why it can be so hard to maintain friendships with non parents once you become a parent with two co hosts of Slate's podcast Mom & Dad Are Fighting, Jamilah Lamieux and Zak Rosen.
School is back and so are demands on parents. There's pressure on parents to join clubs, volunteer, bake goods, coach teams, attend conferences, all the while documenting it all on social media. Sara Petersen, author of Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture, joins us to take calls on how to rethink "perfect parenting."
The colorful and abstract paintings of artist Hearne Pardee are currently on view at Bowery Gallery in the Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea. Pardee splits his time between New York, where he first started painting in the 1970s, and California, where he worked as an arts professor at UC Davis for over twenty years. The exhibition, called Just Looking, is on view through September 30, and Pardee joins us to discuss his work and career.
A new exhibition at Pleaides Gallery in Chelsea displays the oil paintings of artist Ellen Bradshaw, and her focus in this show is Manhattan at night. Bradshaw focuses on the infrastructure of the city, whether it's bridges, storefronts, or the routines of everyday New Yorkers. Manhattan: Dusk to Dawn is on view through September 30, and Bradshaw joins to discuss her work.
Vulture podcast critic Nicholas Quah returns to share some recommendations for podcasts to listen to this fall. Plus, we take your calls to find out what you're listening to.
*This segment is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen.
STILLPOINT is the first album in 12 years from acclaimed concert pianist Awadagin Pratt. The album comprises six pieces commissioned by different composers, including Tyshawn Sorey and Paola Prestini, and draws from the T.S. Eliot poem, Burnt Norton, as inspiration. It also features the self-conducted string orchestra A Far Cry and experimental vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth. Pratt joins us for a Listening Party.
*This segment is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen.
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