Black Women's Fight for the Right to Vote, Photography and a Play about the COVID-19 Pandemic, 'The Social Dilemma,' New Music From Bright Eyes
The 19th Amendment was a landmark moment in voting rights history, but decades after its passage, many Black women still weren’t guaranteed the right to vote. As part of our series “Keep It 100,” Martha S. Jones, Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, joins us to discuss her book, Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All.
As New York City fights to keep the COVID-19 infection rate low, an outdoor exhibit at the New-York Historical Society captures the first weeks of the virus outbreak. Curator Kevin Powell talks about "Hope Wanted: New York City Under Quarantine," which combines audio interviews and photographs to create a portrait what New York was like in early April 2020. Louise Mirrer, President and CEO of the New-York Historical Society gives us a preview of the indoor museum and exhibits, which open on September 11.
Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Nelson joins us to discuss his new play, "Incidental Moments of the Day: The Apple Family: Life on Zoom," the final play in his pandemic trilogy. It premieres Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be available to watch on YouTube through November 5.
We're all spending more time online these days while social distancing. And as of late, social media platforms have become rife with controversies. But how is this increased screen time impacting our brains and life IRL? "The Social Dilemma" is an investigative documentary which seeks to uncover how the inventions of Silicon Valley are changing our lives and society, and to what aims. Director Jeff Orlowski joins us to discuss the film, out September 9 on Netflix.
Rolling Stone says Bright Eyes’ new album, Down In the Weeds, Where the World Once Was, "reminds us why Conor Oberst was one of the best singer-songwriters of the 2000s." Conor Oberst joins us for an All Of It listening party for the band's tenth studio album, their first in nine years.
