Editor of "The New Yorker," David Remnick joins writers Jeffrey Toobin and Bill Buford to discuss the upcoming New Yorker Festival. Bruce Feiler discusses his latest work, Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths. Plus, BBC journalist David Edmonds shows what happens when great minds attack, Wittgenstein’s Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers, and a conversation about the life of theatre legend Cheryl Crawford.
David Remnick, Jeffrey Toobin and Bill Buford
Editor of "The New Yorker" David Remnick, and writers Jeffrey Toobin and Bill Buford discuss the upcoming New Yorker Festival.
Bruce Feiler
Abraham serves as a patriarch for three very different faiths—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Bruce Feiler discusses his latest work, Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths. Read an excerpt of Feiler's book in the Reading Room.
David Edmonds and John Eidinow
BBC journalist David Edmonds shows what happens when great minds attack. Wittgenstein’s Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers.
Cheryl Crawford Centennial Series
Actors Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson join manager of public programs at the New York Public Library, Alan Pally to talk about the life of theatre legend, Cheryl Crawford and the Cheryl Crawford Centennial Series.
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