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The Olivier Award-winning musical "Operation Mincemeat" has been a sensation on Londonâs West End, and now the comedy has landed on Broadway. The show is based on the true story of a daring and implausible British intelligence mission to trick the German forces. David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoe Roberts, who co-wrote and star in the musical, discuss bringing the show to the U.S.
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[REBROADCAST FROM Jan. 16, 2025] The rapper Saba is one of the stars of a new generation of hip hop artists from Chicago. On his new album, he teams up with a legend of a previous generation: No ID. Saba talks about his new collaborative album, From the Private Collection of Saba & No ID, which was recently released.
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Twelve years ago, author Eamon Dolan cut ties with his mother, a decision that became the subject of his New York Times op-ed on estrangement and his new book, The Power of Parting: Finding Peace and Freedom Through Family Estrangement. Dolan discusses his experience and research on family estrangement, and listeners share their experiences with difficult family members.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. So for this month's Full Bio, we're going to learn more about Lorne Michaels, the show's creator and showrunner. For all of his power and influence in the industry, Michaels remains an elusive figure. Writer Susan Morrison attempts to get to the man behind the image in her new biography, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live. In today's installment, we learn how Michaels created Saturday Night Live.
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As part of the Women's History Month series, Equalizers: Women In Music Production, several of the audio engineers who make WNYC sound great share their experiences in the audio broadcast industry. Hear Julianna Fonda, Liora Noam Kravitz, Irene Trudel, Shayna Sengstock, Jennifer Munson and Amber Bruce explain their roles, and what drives their work.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. For this month's Full Bio, we're going to learn more about Lorne Michaels, the show's creator and showrunner. For all of his power and influence in the industry, Michaels remains a somewhat elusive figure. Writer Susan Morrison attempts to get to the man behind the image in her new biography, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live. In today's installment, we learn about Michaels's early days in Canada, and how he first fell in love with comedy.
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A 1987 series called "Eyes On The Prize" explored the contours of civil rights struggles in the U.S., including segregation and the voting rights. A new installment, called "Eyes on the Prize III" explores movements for racial justice from 1977 to 2015. Executive producer Dawn Porter and filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir discuss the film series, which is now streaming on MAX.
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In 1966 the Mayor's Office of Film was established to try and encourage local filmmaking, in the hopes that it might help boost the economy. What resulted were films that presented a raw and unfiltered version of the city on the edge of crisis. Starting April 1, the Criterion Channel will feature a collection of films under the headline "Fun City: NYC Woos Hollywood, Flirts with Disaster," featuring films like "Dog Day Afternoon," "Cotton Comes to Harlem," "The Panic in Needle Park," and more. Writer and film critic J. Hoberman, who served as a film critic for the Village Voice and curated the Criterion series, discusses this period of film history. Hobermanâs forthcoming book is called The 1960s New York Avant-Garde: Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop.
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Photographer Mary Ellen Matthews is responsible for most of the cast portraits featured each week on Saturday Night Live. She shares her approach to capturing stills of the comedians, including how concepts like âcomedic timingâ translate to still photography, and discusses her new book The Art of the SNL Portrait.
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[REBROADCAST FROM March 7, 2025] Before the 1985 Grammy Awards, no women had ever been nominated for Producer of the Year. Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman became the first as part of Prince and the Revolution, though still no woman has ever won the award. Wendy & Lisa discuss their career as part of our series Equalizers: Women in Music Production. Plus, Susan Rogers, a veteran audio engineer who worked for years with Prince and on a number of Wendy & Lisa's albums, shares some tales from the studio.
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[REBROADCAST FROM March 17, 2025] Singer, pianist and producer Patrice Rushen holds the distinction of being the first woman musical director of the Grammy Awards, the Emmy Awards, and the NAACP Image Awards. A producer of her own releases, she's also worked with many other artists, notably producing Sheena Easton's jazz standards album No Strings.
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[REBROADCAST FROM March 18, 2025] In 2016, DJ and producer TOKiMONSTA underwent two brain surgeries for Moyamoya disease, after which she had to relearn how to speak and hear music. In 2019, she became the first Asian-American woman nominated for Best Dance / Electronic Album at the Grammy Awards. Her new album is called Eternal Reverie. She joins us for another installment of "Equalizers: Women in Music Production."
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[REBROADCAST FROM March 3, 2025] The Grammys have never awarded a woman Producer of the Year and only a handful have ever been nominated. Alissia was nominated this year, making her only the third woman in the 21st century to make the shortlist. To kick off our series, Alissia talks about her approach to producing music. She is featured in today's installment of the Women's History Month series, Equalizers: Women In Music Production.
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[REBROADCAST FROM March 10, 2025] Lauren Christy co-founded the writing/production trio The Matrix, whose work on Avril Lavigne's debut album earned the group their Producer Of The Year Grammy nominations. Christy is the first of only three women nominated for POTY in the 21st century. Christy is featured in today's installment of the Women's History Month series, Equalizers: Women In Music Production.
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This year marks the 250th birthday of Jane Austen, whose novels have been beloved, riffed on, and adapted for centuries. We discuss her work and legacy with Helen Fielding, whose book Bridget Jonesâs Diary drew direct inspiration from Austen, and with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan. Listeners also share their thoughts on the beloved author.
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MoMA has just opened a major retrospective of artist Jack Whitten. âJack Whitten: The Messengerâ features more than 175 works spanning the 1960s to the 2010s. Whitten, who died in 2018, was known for his bold abstraction and deep exploration of materiality. MoMA Curator Michelle Kuo and Whittenâs daughter and archive steward Mirsini Amidon discuss the show, on view through August 2.
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A new film chronicles the life of folk legend Janis Ian â from jamming in '60s Greenwich Village and rising to fame in the '70s, to facing financial struggles in the '80s, coming out in the '90s, and her recent advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community. Ian joins us alongside director Varda Bar-Kar to discuss âJanis Ian: Breaking Silence,â which hits theaters this Friday.
This conversation is guest hosted by Tiffany Hansen.
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The new documentary âThank You Very Muchâ takes a look at the life of groundbreaking comedian and performer Andy Kaufman, a man whose work has always defied expectations. Director Alex Braverman discusses the film, which includes rarely-seen footage of Kaufman and opens in theaters tomorrow.
This conversation is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hansen.
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Tomorrow is Opening Day for the 2025 Major League Baseball season. Kaitlyn Tiffany, staff writer at The Atlantic, is a big baseball fan, but she's increasingly wondered about why there aren't more opportunities for women to play the game. She discusses her recent article, âWhy Aren't Women Allowed to Play Baseball?â and female listeners share their experiences on efforts to play and navigating being a female fan of America's pastime.
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Trina Shoemaker is a multiple-Grammy-winning engineer and producer. Her work on Sheryl Crow's The Globe Sessions made her the first woman to win the Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Her credits range from Tanya Tucker to Queens of the Stone Age, to new music releases from Julien Baker and Torres. She discusses her career in today's instalment of our series Equalizers: Women in Music Production.
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