Debbie Harry evokes many images: seminal rock-n-roll figure, incandescent frontwoman, actor and fashion icon. After decades as a shaper of pop culture, Harry recounts her journey from an irreverent Lower East Side punk goddess to an ambassador of New York cool in her New York Times bestselling memoir, Face It.

This event held on December 4, 2019 features Harry in conversation with Blondie co-founder and renowned photographer Chris Stein and multidisciplinary artist and director Rob Roth.

From Lindy West, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Shrill, comes The Witches Are Coming, an incisive cultural critique that explains how patriarchy, intolerance, and misogyny are still alive and well.

This program was held in partnership with Politics and Prose on November 11, 2019.

News coverage about Israelis, Palestinians, Jews and Arabs is filled with narratives of right versus wrong. What happens when instead of perpetuating a culture of blame, those on each side of the conflict challenge themselves to listen and build? Rabbi Shira Stutman moderates a conversation with those involved in unlikely partnerships, including Alon-Lee Green and Maisam Jaljuli of Standing Together, and Tawfik Abu-Wael and Joseph Cedar, two of the co-creators of the new HBO series "Our Boys."

This program was held on October 24, 2019.

Standing Together's visit is made possible through support from the New Israel Fund.

This event is underwritten by an anonymous community member.

In We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer, the bestselling author of Eating Animals, asserts that saving the planet from climate change will involve a reckoning with humans' reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. In conversation with Libby Casey, the on-air reporter covering politics and accountability for The Washington Post.

This program was held on October 23, 2019.

Salman Rushdie's Quichotte is the story of a country on the verge of moral and spiritual collapse and an entertaining portrait of an age in which fact is so often indiscernible from fiction.

This program was held in partnership with Politics and Prose on October 10, 2019.

Beautiful on the Outside recounts Adam Rippon's journey from a homeschooled kid in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to coming out as gay in 2015, to winning a bronze medal as part of the figure skating team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

This program was held on October 16, 2019.

One year after the deadliest attack on Jews in this country's history at the Tree of Life Synagogue, Bari Weiss, an Op-Ed staff editor and writer for The New York Times, makes a powerful case for renewing Jewish and liberal values to guide us through this uncertain moment in How to Fight Anti-Semitism.

This program was held on October 6, 2019.

In She Said, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey—awarded the Pulitzer Prize for their reporting of the Weinstein case—share the untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movement. In conversation with Bob Woodward, journalist, bestselling author, and associate editor at The Washington Post.

This program was in partnership with Politics and Prose on October 2, 2019.

Warning: This conversation centers on cases of sexual harassment and assault and may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners.

From Admiral McRaven, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Make Your Bed, comes Sea Stories, a collection of stories of bravery and heroism from the four-star admiral's 37-year-long career as a Navy SEAL and commander of all U.S. Special Operations Forces. In conversation with Jake Tapper, CNN's chief Washington correspondent and the anchor of "The Lead with Jake Tapper" and "State of the Union."

This program was held on May 23, 2019.

Two-Michelin-starred and James Beard Award-winning chef and humanitarian José Andrés brings his passion for food to Vegetables Unleashed, his first cookbook dedicated entirely to vegetables. In conversation with Joe Yonan, the food and dining editor at The Washington Post.

This program was held May 22, 2019.