Broadway Tickets, Anthony Bourdain's Final Book, Snapchat & Free Speech, Nicole Chung's Memoir
Helen Shaw, theater critic at New York Magazine, joins us to discuss the return of Broadway ticket sales in anticipation of September’s reopening.
WNYC planning editor Kate Hinds joins us to discuss the stories that the newsroom is covering this week.
Laurie Woolever joins us to discuss World Travel: An Irreverent Guide, the final book Anthony Bourdain worked on, completed almost entirely after his death in 2018. Woolever, who was Bourdain's assistant and friend, served as co-author for this entertaining and practical guide to travelling to, eating at, and staying in some of Bourdain’s favorite places.
The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case that could determine public school's abilities to police student's speech off campus. The case began when a young woman named Brandi Levy sent out an curse-laden Snapchat expressing her frustration at not making the Varsity cheerleading squad, and was suspended from the JV team. Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr., Professor of Law at Harvard Law School & New Yorker contributing writer, joins us to discuss the case, known as Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.
[REBROADCAST FROM NOVEMBER 5, 2018] Author, advice columnist for Slate, and Catapult’s digital editorial director, Nicole Chung joins us to discuss her book, All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir. Chung was born premature, then was placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and ultimately raised in Oregon by a white family. Her memoir charts her journey as she learns the truth about herself and her family.
