Kousha Navidar

Host (Temporary)

Kousha Navidar appears in the following:

Ian Karmel On His Memoir, 'T-Shirt Swim Club'

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

[REBROADCAST FROM June 11, 2024] Comedian Ian Karmel and his sister, Dr. Alisa Karmel, grew up overweight as kids. However, they never talked about it. In a new memoir, the two reflec...

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A Sketch Artist's Account of the Courtroom

Friday, August 09, 2024

A new memoir offers readers a front-row seat inside of America's most infamous trials featuring characters such as Donald Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell, Stormy Daniels, Steve Bannon, Tom B...

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How to Motivate Young People; Peptalks 101; Dash Shaw's "Blurry"; Memoir on a Courtroom Sketch Artist

Friday, August 09, 2024

How to Motivate Young People; Peptalks 101; Dash Shaw's "Blurry"; Memoir on a Courtroom Sketch Artist

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What's Your Favorite Film Score?

Thursday, August 08, 2024

From "Jaws" to "Godfather" to "Jurassic Park,"  film scores can be just as iconic as the film itself. To talk about some of cinema's greatest film scores, we're joined by Nicholas Mar...

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You Eating Corn This August? (Food for Thought)

Thursday, August 08, 2024

Sweet Corn is famously very much in season towards the end of summer in the Northeast. There are many ways to enjoy corn: shucked, grilled, on the cob, off the cob, tossed in a salad....

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Season 3 of 'Industry'

Thursday, August 08, 2024

The critically acclaimed work-place drama "Industry" returns for the third season. The show provides an insider’s view of the blackbox of high finance, following a group of young bank...

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What Is Your Favorite Olympic Sport?

Thursday, August 08, 2024

In the last few weeks, the Summer Olympics have turned many Americans into sudden experts in lesser-watched sports, like speed climbing and synchronized swimming. We want to know what...

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Kamala Harris Picks Walz for VP; The Stock Market Drop & the Economy; Bill McKibben on NY's Climate 'Superfund' Bill; How to Quit Vaping; Hope For a Queer Saint

Tuesday, August 06, 2024

VP Harris Picks Walz for Veep; The Stock Market Drop & the Economy; Bill McKibben on NY's Climate 'Superfund' Bill; How to Quit Vaping; Hope For a Queer Saint

Monday Morning Politics: VP Harris; Second Ave Subway Repairs Despite Congestion Pricing Pause; Staring Down Retirement; 100 Years of 100 Things: Pizza

Monday, August 05, 2024

Monday Morning Politics: VP Harris; Second Ave Subway Repairs Despite Congestion Pricing Pause; Staring Down Retirement; 100 Years of 100 Things: Pizza

Rihannon Giddens; A Novelist's Journey as a Sex Worker; Best Dumplings in NYC; "War Game" Documentary

Thursday, August 01, 2024

Rihannon Giddens; A Novelist's Journey as a Sex Worker; Best Dumplings in NYC; "War Game" Documentary

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Silicon Valley and the 2024 Election; Reporters Ask the Mayor; 100 Years of James Baldwin; A New Sport at Any Age

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Silicon Valley and the 2024 Election; Reporters Ask the Mayor; 100 Years of James Baldwin; A New Sport at Any Age

Your Favorite Old Times Square Movies

Thursday, July 25, 2024

"Shaft." "Taxi Driver." "Midnight Cowboy." What do all these movies have in common? The old Times Square is a central setting. The Criterion Channel's new "Times Square" series is a c...

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Reimagining -- and Modernizing -- King Arthur

Thursday, July 25, 2024

The much-anticipated new novel from Lev Grossman, the bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy, provides a fresh take on the legend of King Arthur. The Bright Sword  imagines a Cam...

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A Thought-Provoking Documentary on Louis C.K.’s Continued Success

Thursday, July 25, 2024

A new documentary produced by the New York Times looks at Louis C.K.'s professional career and sexual misconduct scandals and subsequent success since 2017. Filmmakers Caroline Suh an...

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What Are You Doing This Weekend?

Friday, July 19, 2024

Sometimes on Fridays we ask you about your weekend plans, so call us with what you've got going on! Plus, hear what's in store for this weekend from members of team All Of It, our WNY...

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A Black Shark Scientist on How to Make Marine Biology More Diverse

Friday, July 19, 2024

Marine biologist and shark specialist Jasmin Graham faced some barriers to entry as a Black woman attempting to follow her dream of studying sharks. She chronicles that story, and tel...

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'Hollywoodgate' Shows How the Taliban Became a Military Force

Friday, July 19, 2024

A new documentary follows the Taliban in the aftermath of the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan and how Taliban forces occupied the Hollywood Gate complex, said to be a former...

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Public Song Project Winner Juliette Reilly and Judge Shanta Thake

Friday, July 19, 2024

As part of our weeklong unveiling of winners of the 2024 Public Song Project, Juliette Reilly joins us to discuss "Summer Sang," her song adaptation of Edna St Vincent Millay's poem, ...

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100 Best Books of the 21st Century; Best Summer Cocktails; Criminal Profiling in 'Mastermind'; Mal Petty (Public Song Project)

Thursday, July 18, 2024

100 Best Books of the 21st Century; Best Summer Cocktails; Criminal Profiling in 'Mastermind'; Mal Petty (Public Song Project)

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How to Have Great Conversations

Friday, July 12, 2024

It seems that the circumstances of life today make it harder to meet new people, talk to strangers, and have good conversation. Science writer David Robson has written a new book abou...

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