Arun Venugopal appears in the following:
Summer Decluttering Before the Fall
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Lauren Iannotti, editor-in- chief of Real Simple, joins us to give us practical tips to organize your personal space, and take your calls.
The Marcos Dictatorship Through a Dance Club in 'Here Lies Love'
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
'Here Lies Love' is a new Broadway dance-pop opera.
Nobody Beats the Biz
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
A new documentary directed by Sacha Jenkins tells the story of the late rapper Biz Markie.
Summer in the City: The Bronx Edition
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
For this installment of Summer in the City, we chat about all the fun to be had in the Bronx this summer!
A Community Exhibition Showcases Emerging Local Artists in Jamaica, Queens (Summer in the City)
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
A new exhibition at JCAL in Jamaica, Queens spotlights emerging local artists.
A ‘30 Rock’ veteran and comedian takes on New York’s migrant crisis
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
For Judah Friedlander, the sight of homeless asylum-seekers on city streets is ‘a failure of society.’
How Climate Change Denialism Became a Mainstream Political Force
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Author David Lipsky investigates why so many Americans became convinced that climate change isn't real in his new book, The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial.
'The Eternal Memory,' an Intimate Documentary on Aging and Memory
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
"The Eternal Memory" documentary is an intimate portrait into an aging Chilean couple's relationship with memory, following the husband's Alzheimer's diagnosis.
Listeners: You Tell Us, What's The Worst About NYC Summers? (Small Stakes, Big Opinions)
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
New York Times writer Dodai Stewart, who created the NYT quiz "Pick the Worst New York City Summer Plagues" joins to take listener calls about how they're coping this summer.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts Celebrates Hip-Hop's Origins in its Backyard
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
An exhibition on view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Two Turntables & a Microphone, celebrates the creation of Hip-Hop.
What's the Best Stephen King Adaptation?
Monday, August 07, 2023
A new documentary about adapting Stephen King's work for the screen.
Is The 'City That Never Sleeps' Adopting An 'Early Bird' Schedule?
Monday, August 07, 2023
Tammie Teclemariam discusses whether the city that never sleeps... is now going to bed early.
'They Cloned Tyrone' Director Juel Taylor
Monday, August 07, 2023
Director Juel Taylor discusses his new film "They Cloned Tyrone."
Benefits of a Four Day Workweek
Monday, August 07, 2023
We discuss the possible implementation of a four day workweek with our listeners and with Massella Dukuly from Charter.
Supreme Court affirmative action ruling bars colleges from considering race in admissions decisions
Thursday, June 29, 2023
The ruling turns back decades of precedent relied upon by schools to expand opportunity to underrepresented students of color and to ensure diversity in their classrooms.
Daniel Penny, charged with killing Jordan Neely, is gaining prayers, millions in donor dollars. Big names are helping.
Friday, June 02, 2023
A legal defense fund established on behalf of Daniel Penny, who has been charged in the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely on a subway car, has swelled to more than $2.67 million.
The Met says it has a plan to root out looted art from its collection
Thursday, June 01, 2023
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will expand its efforts to identify looted items in its vast collection and prevent the acquisition of more stolen antiquities.
Before Harry Belafonte the star, there was an ordinary New Yorker and a pivotal encounter
Saturday, April 29, 2023
His work as an assistant building janitor led to an introduction that would ultimately change his life’s course.
Coming to your New York City borough: A new ‘co-named’ street
Wednesday, April 05, 2023
The designation might honor a local hero, a historical figure or, perhaps to some, a rogue.
Staten Island assesses future of paved-over cemetery holding formerly enslaved people
Monday, March 27, 2023
What should happen to the remains of Black bodies of a cemetery paved over and forgotten on Staten Island? This graveyard has the remains of Benjamin Prine, an enslaved man who later became a patriot.
