
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Ileana Cabra, who performs as iLe, is a singer and former member of the award-winning hip hop group, Calle 13. Next Friday, she'll drop her third solo album, Nacarile, featuring artists from across the Spanish-speaking world, including Ivy Queen, Natalia Lafourcade, and Mon Laferte. She'll also celebrate the album's release with a show in Brooklyn at Public Records. iLe joins for a Listening Party.
In the new Broadway revival of "1776," the Founding Fathers are all played by female, trans, and non-binary actors, putting the people who were left out of the original Declaration of Independence back into the narrative. Directors Diane Paulus and Jeffrey L. Page join us to discuss the show, which is running now at the American Airlines Theater. We are also joined by actor Sara Porkalob, who plays South Carolina Congressman Edward Rutledge.
Ahead of today's hearing of the January 6th Committee, WNYC's Brian Lehrer previews what new information we might hear about Trump's insurrection, including ties between Trump allies and militia groups who planned the attack on the Capitol building.
A new exhibition at the Bronx Museum of the Arts celebrates the work of Abigail DeVille, a Bronx-based artist who uses found materials on the streets as part of her creations, to reflect the history and struggles of generations of people of color. On view will be several of DeVille's paintings, sculptures, and multi-media installations. DeVille and director of Curatorial Programs Eileen Jeng Lynch are with us to preview the exhibition. Abigail DeVille: Bronx Heavens, is on view until April 9.
We remember the late Angela Lansbury, who died yesterday at the age of 96, with WNYC's David Gebel. Plus, we take your calls with your memories of Lansbury.
Many New Yorkers have started heading back to the office, at least a few days a week. How are companies handling a return to the office? And what do workers have to say about the experience? Plus, what could this period of transition mean for the future of office culture? New York Times reporter Emma Goldberg and Rani Molla, senior correspondent for Vox's Recode, join us to discuss and take calls from listeners.
In our final installment of Full Bio, we discuss the personal life of Jim Thorpe-- his marriages, struggles with addiction, and death, along with the disturbing story of how he was laid to rest. David Maraniss, author of the new book, Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe, joins us to discuss.
We continue discussing this month's Full Bio, Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe, with biographer David Maraniss. Today, we discuss the beginning of his career as an athlete, his time in the Olympics, and the reason his medals were taken away, and ultimately returned.
From the publisher's feed