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Alan Alda stars in John Guare's story of connection and deception.
Bought by KCHW, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR and more
- Added: Apr 03, 2024
- Length: 01:58:02
- Purchases: 36
For more than a century, it was almost impossible to find out much about people buried on Hart Island. But in 2008, that all changed — thanks in la...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 17:56
Back in 1995, LaMont Dottin was 21 years old and a freshman at Queens College when, one evening, he didn’t come home. His mother went to the local ...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 09:00
The Belvedere Hotel is in the heart of New York City’s theater district. Many of its guests come to see the sights, take in a show. But there are a...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 07:55
Angel Irizarry spent years working as a detective, and in 2021 he set out on a personal investigation to track down an uncle who’d been estranged f...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 12:15
Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 22:02
- Purchases: 1
When Annette Vega was seven years old, she found out the man she called “dad” wasn’t her biological father. But all she knew was that her mom had h...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 26:07
When Noah Creshevsky learned he was dying of bladder cancer two years ago, he decided to decline medical treatment. Soon, he and his husband David ...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 07:41
Around 2015, a young man who called himself Stephen showed up in Manhattan's Riverside Park. Locals noticed him sitting on the same park bench day ...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 20:54
On this episode of Audacious, meet Brandon Stanton, the creator of the photo/storytelling/fundraising powerhouse that is Humans of New York.
- Added: Dec 13, 2023
- Length: 50:01
- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 57:00
- Purchases: 1
The "Juke In The Back" is proud to feature The Channels, one of New York City's finest and most influential vocal groups of the mid-1950s. Earl Lew...
Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB, WUTC and more
- Added: Nov 26, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 8
This week, the "Juke In The Back" salutes one of R&B's greatest unsung labels, Red Robin Records. Bobby Robinson started Robin Records in 1952. It ...
Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KJZX-Austin, WOUB, WUTC and more
- Added: Sep 24, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 8
This episode is a pledge edition of Live Wire that features writer Gary Shtenygart, comedian Mohanad Elshieky, and music from Adia Victoria.
Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WUTC, NET Radio (Nebraska), KUAC and more
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 47:27
- Purchases: 12
Last year, New York City began to see an increase in the number of migrants seeking asylum. The library is a small part of the city-wide response t...
- Added: May 03, 2023
- Length: 17:18
OB/GYN Jackie Howitt and pediatrician Gretchen Volk bring us into the deserted airport where they first met in April 2020 on their way to offer COV...
- Added: May 02, 2023
- Length: 53:32
The art of Brooklyn-based artist Bahar Behbahani responds to the history and character of the complex landscapes that surround her—reflecting on he...
- Added: Dec 06, 2022
- Length: 16:19
This episode features writer Gary Shteyngart, comedian Atsuko Okatska, and music from indie folk duo The Lowest Pair.
- Added: Oct 20, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Ray is joined by Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Ada Ferrer, whose new book “Cuba: An American History” offers a new take on US-Cuba relations.
Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Oct 13, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
This episode features rocker Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe, filmmaker Todd Haynes, and music from Melanie Charles.
- Added: Sep 22, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Todd Haynes tells the story of this influential New York rock band in the cinematic style of the man who discovered them: Andy Warhol.
- Added: May 11, 2022
- Length: 03:29
Students at CUNY's Hunter College in New York City are complaining about mice running the halls, broken windows, and leaky ceillings. But, the scho...
- Added: Apr 20, 2022
- Length: 02:43
This episode is a pledge edition of Live Wire that features writer Gary Shtenygart, comedian Mohanad Elshieky, and music from Adia Victoria.
- Added: Feb 03, 2022
- Length: 47:27
- Purchases: 12
Both non-profits and the Department of Homeless Services in New York City have come together to try and solve the problems that COVID-19 has create...
- Added: Dec 08, 2021
- Length: 05:59
This episode includes writer Gary Shteyngart, comedian Atsuko Okatsuka, and music from indie folk duo The Lowest Pair.
- Added: Nov 22, 2021
- Length: 59:01
