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New Yorker contributing writer Amy Wilentz talks about the elections in Haiti. Her article “Running in the Ruins” appears in the September 6 issue of the New Yorker.

Country music singer Marty Stuart performs live in our studio. He’ll also discuss his new album “Ghost Train” and his performance at Joe’s Pub on Monday, August 30.

Two Flying Karamazov Brothers, Paul Magid and Mark Ettinger, discuss The Flying Karamazov Brothers performance “4PLAY” at the Minetta Lane Theatre. It’s a unique blend of music, comedy, dance, theater, and juggling. Paul Magid wrote and directed “4Play.” Musical direction and original music by Mark Ettinger. “4Play” is playing at the Minetta Lane Theatre through November 30.

Janice Perlman's 1969 book The Myth of Marginality was the first in-depth account of life in Rio’s favela. She carries that story forward in her new book Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro by re-interviewing many longtime favela residents whom she had first met in 1969—as well as their children and grandchildren—to reveal the effects of violence, drugs, poverty, and unemployment.

How would Mark Ettinger would spend his last day in NYC? Find out what he revealed after his recent appearance on The Leonard Lopate Show.