Kousha Navidar

Host (Temporary)

Kousha Navidar appears in the following:

Chef Edy Massih on How to 'Keep It Zesty' in the Kitchen

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Edy Massih is a trained chef and owner of Edy's Grocer, a Lebanese market and caterer in Greenpoint. Massih moved from his native Lebanon to the U.S at the age of 10, and has just rel...

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'Girls5eva' Creator Meredith Scardino

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

The hit comedy "Girls5eva" tells the story of a girl group that reunites in middle age to make another run at a career in music. The show's creator, Meredith Scardino, joins us to dis...

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Claire Messud's New Family Drama 'This Strange Eventful History'

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Acclaimed author Claire Messud joins us to discuss her latest novel,This Strange Eventful History, a family drama in part based on her own family's history following Algerian independ...

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Should I Quit Therapy?

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

A new article that asks whether therapy is more useful as an indefinite practice, or as a shorter-term maintenance practice. Melissa Dahl is a healthcare reporter at The Cut, and her ...

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Artist Adrienne Elise Tarver Explores Her Identity in New Chelsea Gallery Show

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Adrienne Elise Tarver is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist who's currently showing new work at Dinner Gallery in Chelsea. In the show, called Where the Waters Go, Tarver exami...

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A Poetry Album Spotlights the Black Experience in America

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Last year, Time Magazine named writer Mahogany L. Browne’s poetry collection, Chrome Valley, one of "100 Must-Read Books" of 2023. Now, she's teamed up with producer and composer Sean...

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Tony Nominees Jessica Lange, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Jim Parsons on 'Mother Play'

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

The new Tony-nominated play from Paula Vogel stars Jessica Lange as an unstable mother who struggles in her relationships with her two children, played by Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan...

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Erik Larson's 'The Demon of Unrest'

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Author Erik Larson joins us to discuss his latest work of history, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. The book tells the stor...

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How to Give the Gift of Food

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Food is a necessity, but when it’s made by someone who loves you, it can be a real gift. So if you love making and receiving gifts of food, or if food is your love language, you may w...

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Nick Offerman and Helen Rebanks Reflect on Farm Life in Pastoral England

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Helen Rebanks' new memoir, The Farmer's Wife, discusses modern day life on her farm in pastoral England. She shares the life with her husband, four children and animals. Her sustainab...

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Colm Tóibín Continues 'Brooklyn' Saga with 'Long Island'

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Celebrated author Colm Tóibín picks up the story of Eilis Lacey years after we last left her in Brooklyn. In the new novel, Long Island, Eilis's life with her husband Tony is disrupte...

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Eddie Redmayne, Gayle Rankin, and Rebecca Frecknall on Bringing 'Cabaret' Back to Broadway

Thursday, May 16, 2024

The classic musical "Cabaret" is back on Broadway, this time transforming a theater into an immersive Kit Kat Klub experience. Tony nominated stars Eddie Redmayne (the emcee) and Gayl...

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John Green and Director Hannah Marks Adapt 'Turtles All the Way Down'

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Bestselling author John Green's novel about a teenager struggling with OCD, Turtles All the Way Down, has now been adapted into a Max original film. Green and director Hannah Marks jo...

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A Brash New Comedy About Friendship and Motherhood

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

The new comedy, "Babes,"  stars Ilana Glazer (who also co-wrote the movie) and Michelle Buteau as childhood best friends. When Glazer's character becomes pregnant from a one-night sta...

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The Murky Future of TikTok

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Last month President Biden signed a bill into law that would ban the popular Chinese app TikTok from the United States unless it is sold, citing national security concerns. What impli...

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'The Fall Guy' Stunt Designer Chris O'Hara

Friday, May 10, 2024

The new Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt rom-com "The Fall Guy" is all about a stuntman. We speak with Chris O'Hara, the stunt designer for the film, about his work on the project and his...

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MoMA Surveys Artist-Activist LaToya Ruby Frazier

Friday, May 10, 2024

Opening this weekend at the Museum of Modern Art is the first wholistic survey of artist and activist LaToya Ruby Frazier, who was just named as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influe...

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Mother's Day Weekend Plans

Friday, May 10, 2024

It's Mother's Day Weekend! We talk about some of the things happening around the city such as the African Film Festival, the Tony-nominated musical Stereophonic, and the Kelly Reichar...

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Last Chance to Submit to the 2024 Public Song Project!

Friday, May 10, 2024

The final day to send a song into the Public Song Project is this Sunday, May 12! Producers Simon Close and Zach Gottehrer-Cohen explain how to submit, talk about how to think about a...

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A Breakdown of the Drake and Kendrick Lamar Beef

Wednesday, May 08, 2024

In the last few weeks, hip-hop fans have been following Drake and Kendrick Lamar in a beef for the ages. Vulture critic Craig Jenkins helps us understand where the feud between the tw...

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