Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves. Get more brainy miscellany with TED Radio Hour+. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/ted
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How does artificial intelligence change when people — not profit — truly come first? Join IRL’s host Bridget Todd, as she meets people around the world building responsible alternatives to the tech that’s changing how we work, communicate, and even listen to music.
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Our bodies are adapting and changing to meet the demands of the Information Age. What is happening? And what can we do about it? This six-part series is an interactive investigation into the relationship between our technology and our bodies...and how we can fix it.
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Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. © WNYC Studios
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Hear some of the best stories on Medium, straight from the authors who wrote them. On each episode of Medium's flagship podcast, we invite an author to the studio to perform a recent story they wrote for Medium and then talk with us about it. Hosted by journalist Manoush Zomorodi and writer Kara Brown, Playback features insightful, first-person stories on timely topics affecting the world today — and then gives you the story behind the story from the writer.
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A podcast about our messy relationship with technology. Hosted by tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar and comedian Joe Leonardo, and featuring a diverse range of experts about the ways that technology excites us, scares us, and confuses us. It's complicated. “Those who like their comedy on the nerdy side will find just that in the blend of tech and jokes that this show and podcast provides.”-New York Times Previous guests have included Manoush Zomorodi, Douglas Rushkoff, Baratunde Thurston, Trac ...
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ALL OF IT is a show about culture and its consumers. ALL OF IT is a show about culture and context. ALL OF IT is a show about culture and the culture. Our aim is to engage the thinkers, doers, makers, and creators, about the what and why of their work. People make the culture and we hope, need, and want the WNYC community to be a part of our show. As we build a community around ALL OF IT, we know that every guest and listener has an opinion. We won’t always agree, but our varied perspectives ...
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FWD: Thinking is a podcast about bold professionals who have challenged the status quo to recreate their careers. They've grown out of the cracks in the org chart, punched above their titles, and when all else failed, started their own companies. Hosted by Khe Hy and created by Quartz, this podcast traces the blueprints that lead to a more fulfilling work life.
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Arab-American comedian Janine Harouni thought she knew everything about her family, until a DNA test upended the family's understanding of their own history. Her new comedy show, "Man'oushe," discusses this revelation, her pregnancy, and her experience being raised on Staten Island. The show is running at the SoHo Playhouse through December 21.…
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'A Complete Unknown' with James Mangold and Edward Norton
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Actor Edward Norton portrays Pete Seeger in the new Bob Dylan biopic, "A Complete Unknown." His performance has been nominated for a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award, while the film has earned Best Picture nominations from both organizations. Norton joins us, along with director and writer James Mangold, to discuss the project.…
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50 Years of the Greenwich Village Caroling Walk
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This Sunday, the West Village Chorale is hosting its 50th annual Greenwich Village Caroling Walk, a free event to join the community and walk and carol around the neighborhood. To get us in the holiday spirit ahead of the walk and their winter concert on December 20, members of the Chorale perform for us live.…
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'Sunset Boulevard' Star Tom Francis on THAT Epic Scene
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The new Broadway revival of "Sunset Boulevard" is delighting critics and audiences alike, many of whom were left astounded by the opening of the second act, which featured a song performed live on the streets of New York City. Tom Francis, who performs that scene and stars in the production as Joe Gillis, joins us to discuss the show and how he mak…
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We resist change and surprises—but shock can shift our lives for the better
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Being jolted out of the everyday can be a good thing. From an elaborate farce, to benign naughtiness, to a life-altering event—this hour, TED speakers explain the productive side of the provocative. Guests include bird truther Peter McIndoe, psychologist Paul Bloom and cognitive scientist Maya Shankar. Original broadcast date: December 8, 2023 TED …
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Community, and Commiseration On A Stalled Subway
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On Wednesday evening, some strapphangers were stranded underground for about two hours before being evacuated on foot. One of those straphangers was All Of It producer Luke Green, who shared stories from the sometimes harrowing, sometimes humorous subway ride.By WNYC
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Drummer and composer Dan Pugach has been fostering dogs for over a decade. His latest album is named after a pup he adopted and cared for until her death in 2018. Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence features Pugach's wife and Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Nicole Zuraitis and has earned itself a Grammy nod for Best Jazz Performance. Pug…
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Adapting 'Nickel Boys' for the Screen with RaMell Ross
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The Colson Whitehead novel The Nickel Boys is a brutal story of an abusive reform school in segregated South Florida. Filmmaker RaMell Ross discusses writing and directing the new film adaptation of the novel, "Nickel Boys," and shares how his background in documentary filmmaking helped him create a unique take on this novel. The film is in select …
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Patience and Fortitude: The Life And Political Career Of Mayor La Guardia
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As WNYC celebrates its centennial this year, All Of It presents a special on the life of one of New York City's most important mayors: Fiorello La Guardia. La Guardia was the first Italian-American Mayor of New York who led the city during the aftermath of the Great Depression, Hitler's rise to power, and World War II. He was a Republican mayor in …
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FLO's Debut Album, 'Access All Areas' (Listening Party)
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FLO is one of the hottest girl groups to emerge in music in the last few years, with hits like "Cardboard Box" and "Fly Girl." The band has just released their debut album, Access All Areas, and members Jorja Douglass, Stella Quaresma, and Renée Downer join us from the UK for a Listening Party.By WNYC
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Carol Kane Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 'Between the Temples'
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[REBROADCAST FROM August 20, 2024] In a new dramatic comedy, a cantor, played by Jason Schwartzman, experiences a crisis of faith but finds a new sense of purpose when his grade school music teacher, played by Carol Kane, becomes his adult bat mitzvah student. Schwartzman and Kane join us alongside filmmaker Nathan Silver to discuss the film, "Betw…
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Katie Gavin of MUNA Performs Live From Her Debut Solo Album
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The lead singer of the hit band MUNA, Katie Gavin, has struck out on her own to make her debut solo album, What a Relief. She joins us to discuss, and to play live songs from the new album. Gavin will be playing tonight at Bowery Ballroom.By WNYC
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Reacting to the 2025 Golden Globe Nominations
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The 2025 Golden Globe nominations were released this week, and Nate Jones, Vulture senior writer who covers film and co-author of the article, "The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2025 Golden Globe Nominations,” discusses his reactions to the nominations and we take your calls.By WNYC
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'Zurawski v Texas' Follows Women Denied Abortion Access
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The new documentary, "Zurawski v Texas," follows three women in Texas who were denied abortion care, even while facing potentially life-threatening health challenges. The film also follows them as they decide to bring their case to the Texas Supreme Court. Director Maisie Crow discuss the documentary, which will be screening at the Hamptons Doc Fes…
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Ravi Coltrane Performs Live and Previews Coltrane Festival
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This month, Smoke Jazz Club in Manhattan is celebrating its 12th annual Coltrane Festival, in honor of the late great John Coltrane. John's son, saxophonist and composer Ravi Coltrane, is participating in this year's festival December 11-15 with Gadi Lehavi and Elé Salif Howell, and he joins to perform live and preview his residency. The Coltrane F…
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Merriam-Webster's 2024 Word of the Year: Polarization
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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary just released their 'Word of the Year.' Editor Peter Sokolowski talks about why Merriam-Webster selected that word, what words he considers "runners up," plus some of the new words added to the dictionary in 2024. And listeners call in to share the words that mattered to them this year.…
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Exploring the Mysterious Racial Gap in Psychosis Rates
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Psychologists and researchers are still trying to understand why Black Americans suffer psychosis and schizophrenia at twice the rate as white Americans. We're joined by Daniel Bergner, author of the New York Times Magazine piece, "America’s Hidden Racial Divide: A Mysterious Gap in Psychosis Rates." We're also joined by Deidre Anglin, a professor …
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Suzanne Vega Performs a Brand-New Song (Get Lit)
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Singer-songwriterSuzanne Vega performs live from our Get Lit with All Of It book club event, including her hit song "Tom's Diner" and a brand new song from her forthcoming new album.By WNYC
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner on 'Long Island Compromise' (Get Lit)
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Bestselling author, journalist, and showrunner Taffy Brodesser-Akner joins us to discuss her new novel, Long Island Compromise, about three wealthy children who are still coping with the fallout from their father's kidnapping decades ago. The novel was our Get Lit with All Of It book club selection from November. We air highlights from the sold-out…
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Glenn Ligon's 10 Pieces of Art to See in New York (100 Pieces of Art)
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In honor of WNYC's 100th birthday, All Of It is celebrating 100 pieces of art in New York City. Each month we speak with a tastemaker in the arts world about their favorites. This month features Brooklyn-based artist Glenn Ligon who shares 10 pieces he thinks all New Yorkers should see, and we take your calls.…
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Broadway star Megan Hilty joins us to discuss starring in the new Broadway musical, "Death Becomes Her," an adaptation of the beloved Robert Zemeckis film. The show is running now at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.By WNYC
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Booker Prize Winner Samantha Harvey on 'Orbital'
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British author Samantha Harvey won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital. It follows one day in the lives of six astronauts orbiting the earth in the International Space Station. Harvey joins us to discuss the novel.By WNYC
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Moulena, the new album from Tunisian musician Nour Harkati, blends North African traditional music alongside influences from his new home, New York City. Harkati joins us to perform live in the studio and will be celebrating the album's release with a concert at Public Records on December 11.By WNYC
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