This show originally aired November 2, 2022.

Now streaming on HBO Max, 38 AT THE GARDEN chronicles the extraordinary ascendance of point guard Jeremy Lin during his landmark 2012 season with the New York Knicks. Lin, an undrafted Harvard graduate, shocked fans, stunned his teammates and galvanized Asians around the world when he scored 38 points at Madison Square Garden against the Los Angeles Lakers, solidifying Lin’s hot streak and the “Linsanity” craze. A decade later, Lin’s stature as a groundbreaking, cultural icon stands in stark relief to the recent hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. 38 AT THE GARDEN recognizes a pivotal moment in time for Lin and celebrates a phenomenon that was bigger than basketball for the world. 38 AT THE GARDEN director Frank Chi joins us. 

Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer and historian Jon Meacham takes fresh look at Abraham Lincoln in a new book “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle.” Meacham describes how a president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Tonight, Meacham opens up on the former president’s leadership and explains why he chose to dissect his legacy now.

“HOW THE WORD IS PASSED”: HOW ACCURATE IS OUR HISTORY OF SLAVERY?

“How different might our country look if all of us fully understood what had happened here?” On this Juneteenth weekend, that is the question author Clint Smith sets out to answer in “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History Of Slavery Across America” through visits to nine places that memorialize or distort their link to the legacy of slavery, from Monticello, in Charlottesville, Va., to the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan.

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Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America is a multi-platform public media initiative that provides a deeper understanding of the impact of poverty on American society. Major funding for this initiative is provided by The JPB Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Ford Foundation.

ACCLAIMED FILM HISTORIAN REFLECTS ON 35 YEARS OF CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS AT THE 92NY

For the past 35 years, the 92nd Street Y has hosted a regular discussion series called “Reel Pieces,” focused on giving New Yorkers an inside look at the biggest movies of our times. Since its inception, the 92NY’s signature film series, which has featured conversations with actors, directors, and early preview screenings of movies not yet released, has been hosted by Annette Insdorf, a world-renowned film historian, author and academic. Through her time moderating “Reel Pieces,” and her work as a film professor at Yale and Columbia, Annette has interacted with countless filmmakers, such as: Meryl Streep, Sidney Poitier, Greta Gerwig, and Martin Scorsese, just to name a few. She joins MetroFocus to share behind the scenes stories of these movie legends.

LISTENING IN: JON STEWART ON THE FUTURE OF COMEDY

As part of our ongoing “Listening In” series, we team up with the 92nd Street Y - one of New York City’s longest-running cultural institutions - to bring you some of the most important and thought-provoking discussions taking place in our city. Tonight, we listen in on Jon Stewart and Michael Schur, two of the most successful television comedians of our era, as they consider what the future of comedy looks like in our increasingly politically, and morally, divided country.

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Can true diversity be achieved if inclusion remains a barrier? Teen Vogue editor in chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner and Lauren Sherman, chief correspondent for The Business of Fashion talk about the barriers and hurdles that exist for people of color as they climb the corporate ladder behind the scenes and how the fashion industry is trying to figure out how to level the playing field.

Ever felt left out of the latest fashion craze because you simply weren't a sample size? You're far from alone. As the fashion industry inches its way towards better size inclusiveness, business insiders Samantha Barry, editor in chief of Glamour, and Lauren Sherman, chief correspondent for The Business of Fashion talk about industry resistance to let consumers decide who can wear what.

Host Jenna Flanagan tours the world famous auction house, Sotheby's New York, for it's summer transformation into a public museum for an exhibition of parts of the privately held Devonshire collection from Chatsworth House Chatsworth House in England.

Is the Hudson Valley the “new Brooklyn?” The region, particularly Ulster County, is experiencing a rapid gentrification. Brian Mahoney, editorial director of lifestyle magazine, Chronogram, joins host Jenna Flanagan to discuss the transformation of the Hudson Valley and explore the migration path many are taking from Kings County .

Meet two women who are transforming the literary scene in Bronx, New York. Noëlle Santos is a Bronx resident, avid reader and the owner of The Lit. Bar, the only book store in The Bronx. Saracia Fennell, also a Bronx resident and literary publicist, founded The Bronx is Reading, also known as The Bronx Book Festival.

Santos and Fennell join host Jenna Flanagan to discuss how they’re getting people to re-imagine The Bronx through books.