Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Lowdown' Season Finale
Episode 1723
[REBROADCAST FROM September 19, 2025] The new FX series "The Lowdown" stars Ethan Hawke as an amateur sleuth who becomes obsessed with getting to the bottom of a mysterious death in Tulsa. The show's…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
'Seat Of Our Pants,' A Musical Adaptation of a Thornton Wilder Classic
Episode 1722
A new, musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's "The Skin Of Our Teeth" called "The Seat Of Our Pants" follows the existential dreads and absurdist twists of the 5,000-year old Antrobus family. Ethan …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Politicization of Adoption in America
Episode 1721
Sociologist Gretchen Sisson has spent a decade interviewing women who gave up their parental rights. She discusses her new book, Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American M…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Recapping Yesterday's Local Elections
Episode 1720
New Jersey's new governor-elect is Mikie Sherrill. New York City's mayor-elect is Zohran Mamdani. Not to mention the ballot initiatives. WNYC/Gothamist reporters Liz Kim & Karen Yi recap Election Day…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Hannah Frances 'Nested in Tangles' in CR5
Episode 1719
Paste Magazine calls Hannah Frances's new album Nestled in Tangles one of "proggy, jazzy, natural abundance" that is "snared with familial trauma." She shares its story, explains its abundance, and p…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
A Mother On A Mission In 'A Guardian And A Thief'
Episode 1718
The latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Megha Majumdar, A Guardian and a Thief, follows an Indian mother whose plans to immigrate to the U.S. are stalled by the theft of her identific…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Love Hurts (And So Does This Music)
Episode 1717
Lily Allen is the latest musician to work out her private heartbreak in a public way. We talk about the music you want to listen to when you aren't okay, with Matthew Schnipper, the culture editor fo…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Where Is Your Favorite Public Bench in New York?
Episode 1716
The public bench has long been a staple of New York life, in the city's parks, waterfronts, cemeteries, or bus stops. But the New York City Bench may be disappearing, according to reporting from Anna…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Deborah Willis Reflects on 25 Years of 'Reflections in Black'
Episode 1713
In 2000, photographer Deborah Willis released her book, Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers - 1840 to the Present. Twenty five years later, Willis, who is also an NYU professor and…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Get Lit: S.A. Cosby's Dark Thriller 'King of Ashes'
Episode 1714
Our Get Lit with All Of It October book club selection is the novel King of Ashes by thriller and crime writer S.A. Cosby. It follows a man named Roman Carruthers who returns home to a small town in …
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago