Andy Lanset appears in the following:
Mary Perot Nichols: Guiding WNYC's Rebirth and Renewal - Part 2
Monday, October 27, 2014
WNYC gets a new facility and wins a Peabody. A lot of change for WNYC in 6 years.
Ring Around the Rosey: A Tony Schwartz Investigation
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Ring around the rosey, a pocket full of posies.
Shirley Zak Hayes: WNYC's First Woman Staff Announcer
Thursday, October 09, 2014
She broke into the Boy's Club here in 1966, but she'd already distinguished herself as a community activist—thanks to her, there's no four-lane highway through Washington Square Park.
We Gave Joan Rivers a Tape-Lift
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Even tape of Joan Rivers needs a face lift, of sorts. Our archivists restored this 1999 recording of Rivers cracking wise on The Leonard Lopate Show.
Before Portable Electronic News Gathering: Re-enactments in the Studio
Monday, August 11, 2014
Before reality TV, there was reality radio - well, sort of.
Jimmy Hoffa Speaks Out on His Way to Jail
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Nearly 40 years later the bones have disappeared but the voice is still defiant.
The Flexner Incident: Not One of Our Finer Moments
Monday, July 21, 2014
James Flexner's appearance on WNYC in 1931 could have gone better. He tells the story of the announcer with the wandering hands.
WNYC and WQXR: Pioneer Broadcasters of Latin American Music
Thursday, July 17, 2014
It started at WNYC, ended up at WQXR and packed a south of the border beat.
Losing a Husband to the Freedom Summer
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Rita Schwerner's husband Michael was one of three civil rights workers murdered by the KKK during Freedom Summer. Hear her talk about staying the course after his death.
How Geopolitics Shaped WNYC’s Iconic Station Identification
Friday, June 13, 2014
NBC had tones. We had a statement of hope for the world.
Kurt Vonnegut: "Fates Worse Than Death"
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
His edgy 1982 “sermon” took on the question of whether hydrogen bombs would deliver us from more terrifying circumstances. The full audio recording is now available for the first time.
Hear the Men Who Saw D-Day from Both Sides
Friday, June 06, 2014
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion in history, where 156,000 Allied troops landed on five French beaches. But there’s a lot to learn from individual s...
Listen to the First Detailed Account of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Monday, June 02, 2014
Shen Tong was one of China's most famous dissident leaders. Six days after the bloody suppression of student protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, he walked out of the country, ca...
The Man Who Fought For and Founded WNYC
Thursday, May 29, 2014
WNYC's founding: A story from the dawn of the Radio Age.
Leader of American Anthropology Launches WNYC Series
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
American scientists and intellectuals in the fight against fascism before World War II.
A Report to Listeners
Monday, May 12, 2014
When WQXR was a commercial station sponsorship was a selective affair.
Boys in the Bach Room
Monday, May 05, 2014
"One evening I got back from the mess hall before the others and bravely snapped on WQXR."
Remembrance of Themes Past
Monday, April 28, 2014
"Music has, for all of us, its special "little phrases." Listening becomes for us, especially the listening to quite familiar music, remembrance of themes past."
Nicholas Pileggi, The Mafia in New York City
Thursday, April 24, 2014
In a one-hour talk that has the easy-going feel of a conversation in a diner, Nicholas Pileggi provides an account of how the Mafia came to power in New York City.
