The 6 Best City Arts & Lectures Podcast Episodes
1) Ocean Vuong
Our guest is poet Ocean Vuong. His debut novel "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" takes the form of a letter written to the narrator's mother. The details closely mirror Vuong's own life. Vuong was ...Show More
2) Angela Davis and Ibram X. Kendi
Our guests are activist and scholar Angela Davis, and historian Ibram X. Kendi. Throughout her lifetime, Angela Davis has been a passionate voice for human rights, working from the position that th...Show More
3) Remembering Oliver Sacks
The pioneering writer and neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, who died in 2015, was beloved for his compassion and creativity. Sacks was deeply invested in the lives and well-being of his patients – people ...Show More
4) Tommy Orange
Among this year’s most acclaimed books is Tommy Orange’s debut novel “There, There”. The book begins with a poignant prologue describing the devastating history of genocide and violent removal of Nati...Show More
5) Stacey Abrams
In 2018, Stacey Abrams made United States history when she became the first black woman to be nominated by a major party for governor. Despite winning more votes than any other Democrat in Georgia’s h...Show More
6) Anand Giridharadas
In 2015, Anand Giridharadas delivered a speech at the Aspen Institute that took direct aim at the philanthropists and thought leaders in attendance. Giridharadas argued that the corporate world’s atte...Show More
7) Sally Mann
Sally Mann is one of the most significant American photographers of the late 20th and 21st centuries. Over a career spanning more than four decades, Mann has explored childhood, family, memory, mortal...Show More
8) Encore - Richard Powers
This is an encore presentation of a program originally aired in November of 2024. In this program, two novelists who've created visions of a future after significant climate change...talk about wheth...Show More
9) Tourmaline - "The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson"
Legendary activist Marsha P. Johnson was one of the most remarkable figures in LGBTQ+ history – central to the Stonewall Riots and the gay liberation movement at large. Her remarkable life story is ca...Show More
10) Meghan Riepenhoff
The work of acclaimed photographer Meghann Riepenhoff examines our relationship to nature and time, both in subject-matter and process. In projects like Litoral Drift, a series of cameral-less cyanoty...Show More