Best City Arts Amp Lectures Podcasts (2024)

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Yuval Harari in conversation with Kara Swisher 1:21:18

3d ago1:21:18

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Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and author, and one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals working today. In books like Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Harari examines topics like the future of humanity, and the connections between biology, myth, and power. His latest book is Nexus: A Brief Hist…

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Heather Cox Richardson 1:32:30

10d ago1:32:30

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Even before her explosively popular Substack Letters from an American, which has grown to more than two million subscribers since it began in 2019, historian Heather Cox Richardson was an important voice in discussions around post-Civil War American history. The author of seven books, Richardson’s writing has focused on race, economics, and politic…

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Steve Silberman Encore 1:24:08

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This week, we'll hear an encore broadcast of a 2016 appearance by Steve Silberman, a technology reporter whose work helped change the public perception of autism - and popularize the concept of neurodiversity. Silberman’s 2015 book “Neurotribes - The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity” uncovered a “secret history” of autism. Silberma…

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson 1:11:50

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Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 2022. She earned both her undergraduate and law degrees with honors from Harvard University, before serving as a clerk for three federal judges, including Justice Stephen Breyer, whose seat on the Supreme Court she would ultimately go on to take…

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Daniel Handler and Sarah Manguso 1:09:37

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Our guests today are Daniel Handler and Sarah Manguso. Daniel Handler has written dozens of books – from adult novels like “The Basic Eight” and “Why We Broke Up”, to picture books and other collaborations with visual artists. But, he’s best known as the author of “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” Handler wrote the best-selling children’s novels – …

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Ann Patchett Encore 1:14:23

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Ann Patchett is best known for her award-winning novel Bel Canto, “a book that works both as a paean to art and beauty and a subtly sly comedy of manners” (New York Times). She is also the author of the novels The Patron Saint of Liars, The Dutch House, Commonwealth, and the non-fiction books Truth and Beauty and This is the Story of a Happy Marria…

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David Brooks Encore 1:18:25

2M ago1:18:25

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This week, our guest is David Brooks. As an Op-Ed contributor to The New York Times, Brooks writes about subjects ranging from politics and foreign affairs, to cultural trends and spirituality. Brooks started as a humorist, penning satires for his college paper, before becoming a film critic and then a reporter at The Wall Street Journal. You can s…

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Jon M. Chu and Awkwafina 1:06:06

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Long before he directed Wicked, In The Heights, or the groundbreaking film Crazy Rich Asians, Jon M. Chu was a movie-obsessed first-generation Chinese American helping at his parents’ Chinese restaurant in Silicon Valley and forever facing the cultural identity crisis endemic to children of immigrants. Growing up on the cutting edge of twenty-first…

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Carvell Wallace 1:06:56

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Journalist and podcaster Carvell Wallace regularly contributes to the New York Times Magazine, and has written cover profiles for Rolling Stone, GQ, and Esquire. His intimate, often heartbreaking essays address everything from the end of Barack Obama’s presidency, to the connections between cowboy poetry and forgotten histories of Black people, to …

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Gabrielle Zevin 1:08:03

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Best known for her 2022 novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin has moved across many genres and topics, writing young adult novels, dystopian speculative fiction, and stories centered around video games, all exploring modern technology, slut-shaming, and the oppression of women. She has written for The New York Times Book Revie…

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Chloe Cooper Jones 1:10:00

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Our guest is writer and philosopher Chloe Cooper Jones, author of the memoir Easy Beauty. Jones was born with sacral agenesis, a rare congenital condition that affects her gait and her stature. In Easy Beauty, she details how that informs her experience of the world – and delivers a powerful philosophical examination of how society thinks about bea…

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Victoria Chang 38:50

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Victoria Chang is the author of 8 books of poetry, including “Obit” and “Barbie Chang”, a work of creative nonfiction, and two children’s books. Her newest collection of poems is called “With My Back to the World.” It’s inspired by the art and writing of Agnes Martin, a painter who was an influential part of the abstract art movement beginning in t…

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Serj Tankian 31:10

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Serj Tankian, lead singer of the heavy metal band “System Of A Down.” Tankian founded the group in 1997, releasing five studio albums, three of which debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200. His solo career also includes work as a painter, composer and filmmaker. The musician’s new book is called Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts).On…

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Judith Butler 1:22:58

3M ago1:22:58

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Since their foundational philosophical critique of gender and sexuality, Gender Trouble, Judith Butler has been a singularly important contributor to our contemporary understanding of those categories, including what it can mean to be queer. Butler’s revolutionary cultural influence and constant drive towards better understandings of our world guar…

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Kara Walker 1:03:06

3M ago1:03:06

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Artist Kara Walker has investigated race, gender, sexuality, and violence through her installations, paintings, silhouettes, and films. Walker’s art has won awards and is collected by museums around the world. Her work with stereotypes and the history of racial violence has pushed viewers to confront the continuing violence against Black people in …

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Miranda July 1:15:43

3M ago1:15:43

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Author and creator Miranda July isn’t bound by medium nor by expectations. From films like Me and You and Everyone We Know and Kajillionaire, to books like No One Belongs Here More Than You and The First Bad Man, to an iPhone app that reroutes text messages to strangers, July’s powers of creativity and observation are wise, surprising, and always d…

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Percival Everett and Cord Jefferson 1:31:21

4M ago1:31:21

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Before his novel Erasure was adapted into the hit film American Fiction, Percival Everett was already one of the literary world’s most acclaimed talents, appreciated for his inimitable characters and storylines, as well as his uncommon variety of genres. Since Everett’s first novel in 1983, he has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, for Telepho…

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City Arts Amp Lectures Podcasts

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City Arts & Lectures

City Arts & Lectures

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Yuval Harari in conversation with Kara Swisher 1:21:18

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Heather Cox Richardson 1:32:30

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Steve Silberman Encore 1:24:08

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson 1:11:50

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Daniel Handler and Sarah Manguso 1:09:37

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Ann Patchett Encore 1:14:23

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David Brooks Encore 1:18:25

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Jon M. Chu and Awkwafina 1:06:06

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Carvell Wallace 1:06:56

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Gabrielle Zevin 1:08:03

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Chloe Cooper Jones 1:10:00

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Victoria Chang 38:50

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Serj Tankian 31:10

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Judith Butler 1:22:58

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Kara Walker 1:03:06

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Miranda July 1:15:43

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Percival Everett and Cord Jefferson 1:31:21

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