Kousha Navidar

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Hear Some New 'Public Song Project' Submissions

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

All Of It producer Simon Close joins to give an update on the 2024 Public Song Project — you still have six weeks to submit! — and share two new submissions, both originally by Irving...

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Exploring Queer Black Life in Clifford Prince King's Photography

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

In his latest project, "Let me know when you get home," photographer Clifford Prince King explores the vastness of the queer Black experience through portraiture. His series is part o...

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The Science and Medical Practice Behind Mifepristone and Other Birth Control

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in one of the most closely-watched cases this term, centering on access to mifepristone, the commonly used abortion pill. We talk about con...

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IUD Insertion Can Really Hurt. What Is Being Done About It?

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

An IUD is one of the most effective forms of birth control, but many of the patients who choose to have one inserted experience intense pain, with little preparation. Why can IUDs be ...

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Unpacking The Supreme Court's Mifepristone Case

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

WNYC
With the Supreme Court hearing arguments this morning over the FDA's approval of a medication abortion drug called Mifepristone, Shefali Luthra, health reporter covering the intersect...

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'Love Lies Bleeding,' A Seductive Thriller Take on Sapphic Love

Monday, March 25, 2024

In the new film "Love Lies Bleeding," a reclusive gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart), falls in love with an ambitious bodybuilder named Jackie. But after a deadly incident, the pair's ...

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The Grief of Losing a Partner at a Young Age (Mental Health Mondays)

Monday, March 25, 2024

Amy Lin was newly married when her husband collapsed suddenly while running a half-marathon, and died. In her new memoir, Here After, Lin writes about the grief of losing her partner ...

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Empress Of: 'For Your Consideration' (Listening Party)

Monday, March 25, 2024

Lorely Rodriguez, who performs as Empress Of, emerged from the world of electropop with a debut album that led Pitchfork to call her "an avant-R&B auteur with pop star potential." On ...

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Aoife O'Donovan's Sings Women's History (Live from Five)

Monday, March 25, 2024

Aoife O'Donovan's new album, All My Friends, came out of a request for the singer-songwriter to write music commemorating the centennial of the 19th amendment. The result is a record ...

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'Love Lies Bleeding'; Grieving A Young Spouse; Empress Of's New Album; Aoife O'Donovan's Performs New Music Inspired By Suffragettes

Monday, March 25, 2024

'Love Lies Bleeding'; Grieving A Young Spouse; Empress Of's New Album; Aoife O'Donovan's Performs New Music Inspired By Suffragettes

25 Years of 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' (Silver Liner Notes)

Friday, March 22, 2024

[REBROADCAST FROM August 24, 2023] Onetime Fugees frontwoman Lauryn Hill released her solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, on August 25, 1998. It debuted at number one on the ...

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'The Seven Year Disappear' Pokes Fun at Performance Art

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

In the new play, "The Seven Year Disappear," Cynthia Nixon stars as Miriam, a famous performance artist who disappears for seven years, living behind her son Naphtali (Taylor Trensch)...

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Artist Rusty Zimmerman on The Free Portrait Project

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Since 2015, local artist Rusty Zimmerman has painted free portraits of his fellow New Yorkers, while also recording oral history interviews for what he calls The Free Portrait Project...

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Choreographing Sufjan Stevens' 'Illinoise'

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

"Illinoise"  is a new dance adaptation of the seminal Sufjan Stevens album, with a story by Tony-winning choreographer Justin Peck and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblie...

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Percival Everett's Re-telling of Huck Finn in 'James'

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Author Percival Everett had a big year, with the adaptation of his novel Erasure, "American Fiction," taking home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Now, he's written a new novel,...

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Becoming a Practical Optimist, Nowruz Celebrations, Great American Novels, A Blind Undocumented Social Worker's Journey

Monday, March 18, 2024

Becoming a Practical Optimist, Nowruz Celebrations, Great American Novels, A Blind Undocumented Social Worker's Journey 

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Dervish Celebrates 30 Years of Touring America with Traditional Irish Music

Thursday, March 14, 2024

As we head into St. Patrick's Day weekend, members of the Irish folk band Dervish discuss the tour, the history of Irish traditional music and its connection to New York.

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What the Deerfield Massacre Represents in US History

Thursday, March 14, 2024

James L. Swanson sticks around to talk about his new book, The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America.

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Tobias Menzies & James L. Swanson on 'Manhunt'

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Actor Tobias Menzies joins to talk about two new projects in which he stars. Plus, he's joined by James Swanson, who wrote the book on which one of those projects is based. 

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'Problemista' with Julio Torres, Jennifer Croft's New Novel, 'One Life' with Jonny Flynn and James Hawes, Regina Spektor Revisited

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

'Problemista' with Julio Torres, Jennifer Croft's New Novel, 'One Life' with Jonny Flynn and James Hawes, Regina Spektor Revisited

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