Distinguished Lecturer in journalism at Queens College and long-time New York Newsday columnist Sheryl McCarthy speaks with accomplished individuals from all walks of life in this engaging half-hour series.
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Education Journalist Cara Fitzpatrick sits down with host Sheryl McCarthy to discuss her book, "The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America."
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Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with filmmakers Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss about their new documentary “The Five Demands”, which tells the story of the 1969 Black and Puerto Rican student takeover of City College, changing the face of higher education.
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Host Sheryl McCarthy is joined by attorney, journalist, tv commentator, and former soap opera extra Raul A. Reyes for a look back at the once-dominant daytime television genre. Raul shares his experiences acting as Cedars Hospital Orderly #1.
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George Santos biographer/CUNY City Tech lecturer Mark Chiusano sits down with host Sheryl McCarthy to discuss his book, "The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos."
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Rev. Adriene Thorne, Senior Minister of The Riverside Church
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The Riverside Church has been a catalyst for social, political and religious activism. Host Sheryl Williams talks with its new dynamic Senior Minister, Rev. Adriene Thorne, about the mission of the church and the role of women in the Protestant Church.
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Peter Benjaminson on "The Life and Times of Betty Boop"
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Host Sheryl McCarthy sits down with the prolific Motown author Peter Benjaminson to discuss his newest book: the first-ever complete biography of female empowerment icon Betty Boop.
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'Oppenheimer" is a box office hit this season. Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Kai Bird, co-author of “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” the book on which the movie is based. The story offers a lesson for our time.
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Theater-goers know to go to the TKTS booths in Times Square to buy Broadway tickets at prices they can afford. TKTS is now celebrating it's 50th anniversary, and Sheryl McCarthy talks with Michael Naumann, it's Managing Director about how they do it.
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Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Philip Dray, author of A Lynching at Port Jervis" which examines the 1892 lynching of Robert Lewis and the white mob who got off scot-free. Dray connects this brutal history to racialized violence today.
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Minority and women-owned small businesses in NYS struggle to survive and grow. Host Sheryl McCarthy talks to Hector Batista, CUNY Vice Chancellor about how the university is reversing this trend, connecting businesses to opportunities to sell to CUNY.
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Without doubt, Rosa Parks is one of the heroes of our time. A new documentary, "The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks", on Peacock TV reveals that she led a life dedicated to activism. Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with its co-director, Yoruba Richen.
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Two years ago, NYS legalized the recreational sale of marijuana, leading to CUNY introducing its first cannabis education program. We talk with Prof. Alicia Reid and Vikiana Reyes-Clement from Medgar Evers College about what students are being taught.
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Few subjects have occupied as much space in American political discourse as Israel. Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Eric Alterman, CUNY Professor, about this relationship in his new book "We Are Not One: A History of America's Fight Over Israel".
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Do Ivy League colleges and universities champion social equality or do they help the privileged maintain their status? Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Evan Mandery, the author of "Poison Ivy" and department chair at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
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There are tons of guidebooks to NYC, but there's a new one which is unusual. "The People's Guide to New York City" shares the stories and places of social action in NYC history. Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with its co-author, Carolina Bank Muñoz.
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What are the factors at play, turning the city's housing developments into a pipeline to prison? Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Van C. Tran, a CUNY Graduate Center professor and author of new study on "the public housing to prison pipeline."
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Is a law degree worth it? With the annual cost of law school topping $100K at some places, and with student loan debt at an all-time high, many are asking that question. Host Sheryl Williams speaks with Sudha Setty, the new Dean of the CUNY Law School.
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Why has there been a legislative assault on transgender identity? Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with Paisley Currah, the author of "Sex Is As Sex Does" and a CUNY professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender studies.
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Are labor unions making a comeback? What does it mean for the future of workers? Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with Stephanie Luce, a leading expert on labor movements from the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies.
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Has the "broken windows" approach to policing lowered crime in disadvantaged communities? A new CUNY Graduate Center study says it has created more problems. Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with Gaurav Jashnani, a co-author of the study
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What happens to young people who age out of foster care? Host Sheryl McCarthy sits down with Saroya Friedman-Gonzalez, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Children, and Demetrius Napolitano, a New York University graduate and meditation instructor.
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Mayor Eric Adams recently broke up homeless encampments. Is there a better solution to the homeless problem in NYC? Host Sheryl McCarthy sits down with Henry Love, a Developmental Psychologist with a specialty in homelessness and racism.
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Since February, the world has watched in horror the consequences of Russia invading Ukraine. So why is Putin doing this? Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Brigid O'Keeffe, author of "The Multiethnic Soviet Union and its Demise".
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Do toys give children a distorted view of history? Host Sheryl McCarthy sits down with Molly Rosner, author of "Playing with History: American Identities and Children’s Consumer Culture".
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Host Sheryl McCarthy sits down with author Grace Cho about her memoir "Tastes Like War", a 2021 National Book Award Finalist. Cho searches for the story behind her immigrant mother's descent into schizophrenia.
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Can a writing group transform the lives of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women? Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with Roslyn Smith, the co-founder of "Right/Write to Heal" and Esther Cohen, teacher. What stories do these women have to tell?
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What role do community colleges play in the nation's higher education system? Host Sheryl McCarthy sits down with Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis who is in her first year as President of Hostos Community College in the Bronx.
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Many people complained about the flawed portrayal of Puerto Ricans in 1961 "West Side Story" film. Does the new Spielberg remake right these wrongs? Host Sheryl McCarthy sits down with two Brooklyn College professors involved in the remake.
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According to a Gallup poll, fewer than half of Americans have a great deal of confidence in the police. Host Sheryl McCarthy talks about the state of policing with Dr. Alfred S. Titus, Jr., a retired NYPD hostage negotiator and homicide detective.
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Thousands of Afghans are trying to leave Taliban controlled Afghanistan. Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with CUNY Distinguished Lecturer Zohra Saed and immigration lawyer Mayha Ghouri about their efforts to rescue a writer and his family.
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Every wonder how short stories are written? Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Lara Stapleton, author of new short story collection "The Ruin of Everthing". Says the New York Times,“Stapleton’s irrepressible approach to narrative structure,"
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Host Sheryl McCarthy interviews author Glenn Lewis about his new book "Sparring with Smokin’ Joe: Joe Frazier’s Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali". Learn about how his rivalry with Muhammed Ali held the world spellbound and impacted Frazier's life.
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What is Latinx? Different from Hispanic and Latino? Its impact on the balance of power in this country? Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with author and journalist Ed Morales about his book, "Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture".
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Since COVID, overall crime rate has gone down. But, gun violence has increased primarily in neighborhoods that are impoverished and black. Why have Americans bought 3 million more guns at the beginning of lockdown than the year before? What are the possible causes and solutions to this development? Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Candace McCoy, Pro…
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Host Sheryl McCarthy interviews Francois Pierre-Louis, Professor of Political Science at Queens College about the current crisis in Haiti due to the president's assassination in July.
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Host Sheryl McCarthy discusses a hot topic today -- Critical Race Theory -- with Terry Watson, Associate Professor from City College. What IS critical race theory? Why is it getting so much attention now? And what will be the result of banning it?
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Carrying a bundle of newspapers and shouting out the day’s headlines on city streets, the newsboy is an American icon. Featured in photographs, paintings, comic strips and public statues, he’s touted as someone who is quintessentially American. Who is—or was-- he? Why does he loom so large in the public imagination? And is he even always a boy? Vin…
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Medgar Evers College is one of eleven four-year colleges in the City University system. Located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, it was named after the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, and was created with the mission of empowering and providing educational opportunities to the city’s educationally underserved black communities.…
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Since last year, Asian-Americans have experienced a 150% increase in violent attacks, according to some estimates. What has caused this surge in anti Asian feelings? How does prejudice against Asians and the stereotyping of people of Asian ancestry play out every day? And how do all of us lose out as a result?…
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Should Puerto Rico become a state? Over the last 50 years Washington lawmakers have introduced more than 100 bills to resolve Puerto Rico’s status, but none of them have gone anywhere. Now, there are two bills before the House of Representatives that could decide the island’s status once and for all. Is Congress finally ready to make Puerto Rico a …
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Shonna Trinch, sociolinguist and Edward Snajdr, cultural anthropologist, both faculty members in the Department of Anthropology at John Jay College, and authors of “What the Signs Say: Language, Gentrification and Place-making in Brooklyn.
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Robert Jones Jr. takes an intimate look at homosexual love between two teen-aged slaves on a Mississippi cotton plantation
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The British Royal family has renewed discussions of the centuries old issue of Colorism @onetoone discuss the topic with City College Prof. Vanessa Valdes
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Aimee Rinehart discusses misinformation, disinformation
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Who's responsible for misinformation and disinformation on the internet
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One to One With Travis Fox, dir of visual journalism
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“Remains to be Seen,”offers a rare perspective on former industrial, commercial, residential and natural sites across the U.S.
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One to One with Graduate Center President Dr. Robin Garrell
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Learn why CUNY's Graduate Center is one of the top places for a graduate education in the country. A conversation with Dr. Robin Garrell, the new President of the Graduate Center.
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Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with Tamara Payne, co-author of "The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X" which just won the National Book Award.
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Can Stoicism, an ancient Roman/Greek philosophy, help us live a modern life today? A talk with Massimo Pigliucci about new book "A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living."
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Author Margot Mifflin talks about her new acclaimed book, "Looking for Miss America: A Pageant's 100 year Old Quest to Define Womanhood". She chronicles the history of an American institution that held generations of girls and woman in thrall.
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Host Sheryl Mccarthy talks with filmmaker Yoruba Richen about new New York Times documentary "The Killing of Breonna Taylor", now streaming on Hulu. It delves into the background of the shooting and whether justice was served for Breonna Taylor.
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