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Since 1980, City Arts & Lectures has presented onstage conversations with outstanding figures in literature, politics, criticism, science, and the performing arts, offering the most diverse perspectives about ideas and values. City Arts & Lectures programs can be heard on more than 130 public radio stations across the country and wherever you get your podcasts. The broadcasts are co-produced with KQED 88.5 FM in San Francisco. Visit CITYARTS.NET for more info.
City Arts & Lectures, Inc.
Since 1980, City Arts & Lectures has presented onstage conversations with outstanding figures in literature, politics, criticism, science, and the performing arts, offering the most diverse perspectives about ideas and values. City Arts & Lectures programs can be heard on more than 130 public radio stations across the country and wherever you get your podcasts. The broadcasts are co-produced with KQED 88.5 FM in San Francisco. Visit CITYARTS.NET for more info.
City Arts & Lectures, Inc.
Former California Governor Jerry Brown - who was both the youngest and the oldest governor in modern American times - talks about environmentalism, faith, and criminal justice.
David Tatel recently retired after nearly 30 years on America’s second-highest court, and published a memoir “Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice”.
Historian and philosopher Yuval Harari's latest book considers the perils and promises of artificial intelligence.
Historian Heather Cox Richardson is the author of the popular daily "Letters from an American" and the new book "Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America"
An encore of a 2016 appearance by the late Steve Silberman, author of “Neurotribes - The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity”
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's new memoir, “Lovely One,” traces her family’s ascent from segregation to her confirmation as the first Black woman ever to sit on the Supreme Court.
Daniel Handler's new book is a memoir - "And Then? And Then? What Else?" and Sarah Manguso's new novel "Liars" has autobiographical elements.
Writer Ann Patchett talks about her newest novel, Tom Lake, about the lives parents lead before their children are born.
David Brooks talks about his latest book, How To Know A Person.
Filmmaker Jon M. Chu talks about his new memoir of growing up as a restaurant kid in Silicon Valley and developing his Asian American identity. ley and
Journalist Carvell Wallace talks about and reads from his new memoir, Another Word for Love.
Author and screenwriter Gabrielle Zevin's most recent novel is set in the early years of video game development.
Chloe Cooper Jones talks about her memoir Easy Beauty and about societal norms on beauty, motherhood, and disability.
Poet Victoria Chang talks about her new collection, "With My Back to the World", inspired by the paintings of Agnes Martin
Musician Serj Tankian talks about his new memoir and his activism in support of his ancestral homeland of Armenia
Maggie Nelson is an author and academic whose deeply personal and analytical writing has covered such topics as gender, sexuality, and freedom.
Amy Tan's newest book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, mixes memoir with natural history and includes her own sketches of the birds she observes.
Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer discusses his new book on constitutional philosophies
Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish has a new book, I Curse You With Joy.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has guided federal response to some of the most difficult health crises in recent history; his latest effort is fighting the "loneliness epidemic".
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's books give an intimate account of leaders like the Kennedys, Martin Luther King Jr., and Lyndon Johnson. Her new book, inspired by her late husband’s letters and memorabilia, is both personal and political
Activists and organizers Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix have co-written a new book that presents a detailed examination of solidarity, and its potential for creating lasting change.
Philosopher Kohei Saito's new book Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto argues that moving away from constant economic growth and consumerism can save the planet.
Anne Lamott's newest memoir, Somehow: Thoughts on Love, discusses finding love late in life, the changing ways we love our children, and the ways love can keep us going in a painful world.
Poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib’s new memoir There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension. seamlessly blends personal narrative with observations on music, race, and sports.
Sociologist Matthew Desmond's new book, Poverty, By America, discusses how wealthy Americans keep poor people poor - often without realizing it.
After more than six decades fighting for equality and freedom, activist and Angela Davis remains at the forefront of today’s political issues. Her new book is “Abolition, Part One”.
Novelist Tommy Orange reads from his new book, Wandering Stars, and talks about having his first novel be assigned reading in schools.
Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought, is a founding member of seminal hip hop band The Roots whose new memoir is The Upcycled Self.
Calvin Trillin's latest book collects stories about journalism and its practitioners gathered over his seven decades in the profession.
Tech journalist Kara Swisher talks about her new memoir, Burn Book, with one of the Silicon Valley CEOs she frequently covers, Sam Altman of OpenAI.
US Poet Laureate Ada Limón reads from her work and talks about her inspiration from the natural world and family life.
Sociologist Gretchen Sisson talks about her new boo, "Relinquished", about women who give their children up for adoption and why they do it.
Two authors with new books: Nick Romeo on ethical economics and Kaveh Akbar's debut novel about a young Iranian-American.
Writer A.S. Byatt, who died in November 2023, came to City Arts & Lectures in 2009 after the publication of her novel "The Children's Book".
An encore presentation of our 2016 conversation with songwriter and musician Paul Simon.
Benjamin Moser spent twenty years working on his latest book about Dutch master painters, from Rembrandt and Vermeer to lesser known figures.
Gynecologist and pain medicine specialist Dr. Jen Gunter's newest book is “Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation”.
Neuroscientist, primatologist, and author Robert Sapolsky's latest book is the case against the existence of free will.
In her new book, To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul, poet Tracy K. Smith meditates on who we are as a nation and what we might hope to mean to one another.
Filmmaker John Waters and actor Aubrey Plaza discuss Waters' first novel, their favorite directors, and why Waters prefers baths to showers.
David Brooks writes for the New York Times Op-Ed section, is a regular contributor to the PBS Newshour, and the author of many books - including his latest, How To Know A Person, is a guide to fostering deeper relationships.
Leslie Jones talks about her TV career and her new memoir in this podcast-only special. NOTE: This program contains a lot of explicit language and content that has not been bleeped!
Viet Thanh Nguyen's debut novel, The Sympathizer, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. Now he’s written a memoir, A Man of Two Faces.
Cartoonist Roz Chast's been chronicling modern life’s anxieties and absurdities for the New Yorker Magazine since 1978, will share stories from her newest book, I Must Be Dreaming.
Werner Herzog talks about filmmaking and writing, including his new memoir, Every Man for Himself and God Against All.
Comedian Maria Bamford's new memoir, Sure I'll Join Your Cult, addresses her mental health struggles and experiences with self-help groups.
Michael Lewis's latest book, Going Infinite, is the story of the rise and fall of cryptocurrency king Sam Bankman-Fried
Dr. Raj Patel talks about his new book addressing global health crises and economic challenges in the private sector and government; and conservation photographer Jo-Anne McArthur talks about our complex relationship with animals.
Writer Jhumpa Lahiri won a Pulitzer Prize for her debut short story collection in 2000 - and now she's writing in her third language, Italian.
Comedian Keegan-Michael Key and his wife and collaborator Elle Key take a deep dive into the history of sketch comedy from commedia del'arte to TikTok
Novelist George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo, talks about the unconventional career path that brought him to writing - eventually
In his new memoir, Sir Patrick Stewart talks about his journey from working-class Yorkshire to the Royal Shakespeare Company to "Star Trek".
Zadie Smith's new novel, "The Fraud", is a work of historical fiction that tells the story of a celebrity trial in Victorian England.
Dr. Bettina Love talks with comedian and activist W. Kamau Bell about the impact of forty years of racist public school policy on generations of Black lives.
Bobby Berk is the interior designer on Netflix's "Queer Eye" whose new book is “Right at Home: How Good Design Is Good for the Mind.”
Novelist and bookstore owner Ann Patchett's latest book is the story of three sisters returning to their family home during the pandemic.
Poet Natalie Diaz and essayist and critic Hilton Als explore different aspects of American identity in their work
Conversations with the authors of two new books - a biography of five literary marriages, and a mystery novel from a visual artist
We speak to the authors of two new books, one about our relationship to work, and another one about hospice and art.
Two brothers who are both members of the judiciary - recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and federal district court Judge Charles Breyer - discuss their approaches to the law and the courts
Filmmaker John Waters and actor Aubrey Plaza discuss Waters' first novel, their favorite directors, and why Waters prefers baths to showers.
Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong reads from his work and talks about his creative process and how he became a writer.
Epidemiologist Dr. Monica Gandhi was on the front lines of treating COVID-19 - and discussing how to respond to it. Her new book is Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook”.
Author Brandon Taylor's new novel, The Late Americans, follows a circle of lovers and friends at a Midwestern university.
Comedian Jamie Loftus has written a book that explores the world of hot dogs - from competitive eating to mascots
Author and poet Javier Zamora emigrated from El Salvador to the US at the age of nine - alone. His memoir, Solito, tells that story from a child's point of view.
Actor Tom Hanks has just published his first novel, about the people who work on film crews.
Nancy Pelosi has represented San Francisco in Congress for more than 35 years, and is the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives. She’ll talk about historic accomplishments such as the passage of the Affordable Care Act, and her view of the political future of the US.
TV producer Andy Cohen writes about his experiences as a single father in his new memoir "The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up"
Political leader and activist Stacey Abrams is also an author of legal thrillers - her newest one, Rogue Justice, has just been published.
Novelist and physician Abraham Verghese's latest book is The Covenant of Water, the story of 20th century India as seen by a single family.
Physician and author Siddhartha Mukherjee's new book, The Song of the Cell, explains the history and future of cell biology.
Actor Laura Dern's co-written a new memoir with her mother, fellow actor Diane Ladd, called "Honey, Baby, Mine".
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku talks about quantum computing, and how this powerful technology might eventually solve some of humanity's biggest problems from global warming to incurable disease.
Photographer and filmmaker Richard Mosse documents environmental and humanitarian crises around the world.
Jeffrey Toobin's new book uses previously unreleased archival material to tell the story of Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing.
Poets Clint Smith and Terisa Siagatonu address issues like climate change and parenthood, while also looking back at American history
Legal ethicist Nita Farahany's new book, The Battle for Your Brain, talks about how advances in medical and computer technology are making it possible to monitor people's thoughts and feelings.
Laurel Braitman talks about grief and secular rituals, and her new memoir, which explores growing up with a terminally ill parent.
In a program from 2017, surgeon and author Atul Gawande talks about his book “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.” It’s a very personal examination of what medicine can't overcome, and how embracing death is an essential aspect of medical care.
Novelist Jennifer Egan's latest book, The Candy House, is something of a sequel to her Pulitzer-Prize-winning A Visit From the Goon Squad.
Journalist Michael Pollan takes us on an exploration of three psychoactive substances derived from plants – opium, caffeine, and mescaline – challenging some long-held beliefs, and charting our powerful, and possibly beneficial, attraction to these substances.
Zimbabwean novelist, essayist, and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga talks with American activist Angela Davis about colonialism, feminism, and abolition.
Journalist Patrick Radden Keefe's new book "Rogues" collects several of his New Yorker profiles of people who he describes as "grifters, killers, rebels, and crooks"
Poet Natalie Diaz and essayist and critic Hilton Als explore different aspects of American identity in their work.
Cultural satirist Fran Lebowitz shares her views on everything from Toni Morrison to psychedelics
Two in-studio conversations, one on the history of and difficulties with telehealth and telemedicine - and the second about Paradise - what does it mean and where can it be found?
Musician and songwriter Thao Nguyen and cook and author Samin Nosrat discuss their work and their identities as children of immigrants, and Thao performs two songs.
An encore of 2021's program with Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won the Pulitzer Prize for the 1619 Project, a new adaptation of which premieres on Hulu this month.
Two brothers who are both members of the judiciary - recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and federal district court Judge Charles Breyer - discuss their approaches to the law and the courts
A conversation between two writers whose work – be it fiction, criticism or art theory- captures the spirit, concerns, and aesthetics of this moment.
Richard Powers has been called The Great American Eco-Novelist, and his books include "The Overstory" and "Bewilderment"; he talks with neuroscientist Indre Viskontas about our relationship to the natural – and digital – worlds.
Pianist Jeremy Denk talks about his new memoir "Every Good Boy Does Fine" and deconstructs a Bach fugue
Kim Stanley Robinson's imaginative fiction about climate change won him the unusual honor of an invitation to the United Nations conference on the subject.
The legendary musician and writer Patti Smith's new book, A Book of Days, is an intimate view into Smith’s life, particularly as it played out during the pandemic, featuring over 365 of her own photographs.
Economist, professor, author, and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich talks about how he's using digital media such as TikTok to reach new audiences
Culinary historian Jessica B. Harris talks about her book "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America" which was made into a Netflix series in 2021.
Siddhartha Mukherjee's new book, The Song of the Cell, tells the story of scientists' discoveries of the workings of the human body's tiny components.
In her new memoir Uphill, writer and broadcaster Jemele Hill traces her journey from her childhood in Detroit to her career with ESPN and the controversy over her description of Donald Trump as a white supremacist.
Anand Giridharadas's new book The Persuaders offers an insider account of activists and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy
Actor and activist Jane Fonda has redefined herself again and again. Her current passion is fighting climate change - at 84, she says she’s never been happier, and we’ll hear why
Harvard University researchers Emily Weinstein and Carrie James set out to try and understand more about the effects of social media on teenagers
George McCalman's new book “An Illustrated Black History”, features 145 Black artists, scientists, and public intellectuals whose enormous contributions to US history are in stark contrast with their frequent absence from the public eye.
Poet and novelist Leila Mottley uses her writing as a tool to call for social justice reform and advocate for victims of sexual violence.
W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz talk about their antiracism workbook, Do The Work, which gives readers a hands-on understanding of systemic racism, white privilege, and Black disenfranchisement–and what to do about it all.
Novelist Andrew Sean Greer's new book Less is Lost is a sequel to his Pulitzer-Prize-winning Less, which catches up with Arthur Less as he and his pug travel across the country in a rusty camper van on a literary tour.
Humorist Andy Borowitz discusses his new book Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Angela Garbes talks about her new book, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change, and the obstacles faced by caregivers.
Dave Eggers' most recent novel, The Every, envisions a dystopian near-future dominated by a single gigantic social media company.
Mary Roach's latest book, "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law" combines conservation science with stories of "nature's lawbreakers".
LA chef Keith Corbin talks about his journey from selling drugs in Watt to owning his own restaurant in his new book, California Soul.
Highlights from some of the many times Salman Rushdie has appeared on City Arts & Lectures, talking about his writing, the creative process, and everything from the Marx Brothers to Stendhal.
In his newest novel The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid tells the story of a man who wakes up one morning to find his skin has changed color. .
journalist Michael Pollan takes us on an exploration of three psychoactive substances derived from plants – opium, caffeine, and mescaline – challenging some long-held beliefs, and charting our powerful, and possibly beneficial, attraction to these substances.
This week, we look at the connection between the state of our bodies and the state of the planet, with the authors of the new book "Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice"
A two-part miniseries from 2020, in which past City Arts & Lectures guests talk across, among, and around one another.
Crosstalk is a two-part series of compiled conversations between recent City Arts & Lectures guests discussing literary identity and the sometimes pleasurable, sometimes painful, act of writing.
A conversation on the science of sleep, and how we can improve it, with Matt Walker of the Center for Human Sleep Science
Kim Stanley Robinson's new novel, The Ministry for the Future, imagines a near-future where climate change has wreaked havoc - but it's not without hope.
Amor Towles talks about his new novel, The Lincoln Highway, his writing process, and how he keeps in touch with readers.
Writer, scholar, and activist Angela Davis has been fighting for Black liberation, equal rights for women, queer and transgender people since the 1960s.
Novelist David Mitchell is one of the most structurally inventive writers of our time, he talks with fellow author Pico Iyer about the creative process.
Michael Lewis is the author of The Big Short, Moneyball, and his most recent work The Premonition: A Pandemic Story. He’ll talk to Dave Eggers about how he finds the fascinating subjects – and real-life characters – that drive his best-selling books.
One of today’s most prolific and imaginative authors, Neil Gaiman is a modern master of fantasy writing. His groundbreaking comic book series The Sandman is being adapted into a show on Netflix.
Neil Gaiman reads his short story "Chivalry" in this outtake from his 2022 City Arts & Lectures appearance
Richard Powers has been called The Great American Eco-Novelist, and his books include "The Overstory" and "Bewilderment"; he talks with neuroscientist Indre Viskontas about our relationship to the natural – and digital – worlds.
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan talks with computer scientist Jaron Lanier. Egan’s new book, The Candy House, imagines a technology that allows people to access – and give away – every memory they’ve ever had.
Musician and actor Janelle Monáe has collaborated with several writers on a short story collection, The Memory Librarian, based on the world of her album Dirty Computer.
Krista Tippett hosts the podcast "On Being", which features conversations about faith, ethics and moral wisdom.
Lauren Groff's newest novel, Matrix, imagines the life of Marie du France, a medieval writer who became France’s first woman poet.
Rachel Cusk, author of the Outline Trilogy, joins us to talk about the ethics of writing from personal experience and the state of the contemporary novel.
Iranian-born writer Azar Nafisi, the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, has a new book about the subversive power of literature.
To commemorate Questlove's 2022 Academy Award, we're listening back to his 2018 conversation with Boots Riley about creativity across multiple genres.
A podcast-only special with two controversial progressive prosecutors, San Francisco's Chesa Boudin and Cook County (Chicago)'s Kim Foxx
We reach into the archives for a 2008 program with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who died March 23, 2022 at the age of 84.
ournalist Jacob Ward's new book, “The Loop" is an investigation into the negative effects of artificial intelligence
Buddhist meditation teacher Jack Kornfield and writer Anne Lamott discuss navigating uncertain times – what Lamott calls the “COVID College” - and finding compassion for others, even those who hurt us.
Pianist Jeremy Denk talks about his new memoir "Every Good Boy Does Fine" and deconstructs a Bach fugue
A conversation from the archives with the late Dr. Paul Farmer, physician, anthropologist, and global health advocate
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his intention to retire at the end of the current term, discusses "The Court and the World" in this rebroadcast of a 2015 program.
Wajahat Ali's new memoir, Go Back to Where You Came From, describes his experiences as a nerdy Muslim Pakistani-American kid in the Bay Area suburbs.
Educator, activist, and San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin talks about his writing and reads from his work
One of the most popular poets in America, Billy Collins talks about his latest collection, aging and mortality, and when to abandon a poem.
Author and animal scientist Temple Grandin talks about her newest book on helping children on the autism spectrum.
From the City Arts & Lectures archives, a 2006 conversation with the late E. O. Wilson, biologist and author who popularized the concept of biodiversity.
A conversation from the archives with the late Wayne Thiebaud, painter and teacher
From the City Arts & Lectures archives, a 2010 conversation with the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter, Mpho Tutu
A 2011 conversation with the late Joan Didion, whose essays, novels, screenplays, and memoirs both chronicled and shaped American culture with a sharp and distinctively Californian sensibility.
From the City Arts & Lectures archives, a 1995 conversation between trailblazing poet, feminist, and cultural critic bell hooks, and novelist Walter Mosley.
Louise Erdrich’s newest novel, The Sentence, is a ghost story that takes place in a Minneapolis bookstore, set against the real-life backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and the murder of George Floyd.
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and filmmaker Barry Jenkins talk about "The 1619 Project"
In this 2008 archive program, lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim talks about adapting musical theater from unconventional source material and his reaction to critics.
Gary Shteyngart talks about his new pandemic-themed novel "Our Country Friends" and about finding and writing humor in dark times.
New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb talks about the anthology The Matter of Black Lives, which compiles New Yorker essays on race in America.
Anita Hill talks about her work in the thirty years since she testified about sexual harassment at the Senate confirmation hearings of Justice Clarence Thomas
New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean's latest book explores her love and wonder of animals - and the stories of some truly bizarre pet owners, like a woman who has twenty-three pet tigers.
Author Dave Eggers talks about the problems of big technology and social media in his new novel "The Every".
Congressman Adam Schiff has been one of Donald Trump’s harshest critics, and led Trump’s first impeachment trial in the Senate. He’ll discuss that and his new book “Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy And Still Could”.
Andrea Elliott's book Invisible Child follows Dasani Coates, a child living in a shelter in New York City, and her family for eight years.
Science writer Mary Roach talks about her newest book, "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law"
Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard talks about and reads from his newest book, a novel called The Morning Star.
Colson Whitehead, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his historical novel "The Underground Railroad", has turned to a new genre for his latest book - the heist novel.
Frances Moore Lappé's book “Diet for a Small Planet” was controversial when it first came out in 1971. She reflects on changes of the last 50 years, as the personal and societal benefits of eating a plant-based diet are widely accepted.
Daniel Handler, who sometimes writes under the pen name of Lemony Snicket, discusses his first book for readers of all ages, Poison for Breakfast.
Dr. Andrew Budson's new book is a guide for caregivers of someone with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
How can mental health disorders like depression and anxiety be helped by hallucinogens like LSD and psilocybin? Michael Pollan will talk about the history and current research on these drugs, and how psychedelics changed his own mind.
Poet, musician, and novelist Rita Dove is a former US Poet Laureate whose most recent collection is “Playlist for the Apocalypse”.
Joy Harjo is a performer and writer of the Muskogee Creek Nation, serving her second term as United States Poet Laureate.
Alison Bechdel talks about her latest graphic memoir "The Secret to Superhuman Strength”, which examines her fascination with fitness.
Journalist Courtney Martin's new book "Learning in Public" examines the persistence of school segregation in the US through the lens of her daughter's public school.
One of the world’s leading theoretical physicists, Brian Greene is widely recognized for his groundbreaking discoveries in the field of superstring theory.
Long before the pandemic drove therapists and their clients to Zoom, psychotherapy was taking place without both people in the same room.
Michelle Zauner talks about her memoir, "Crying in H-Mart", about grief, guilt, and loss after her mother's death - but also learning to know her mother through Korean cooking.
Lucy Corin's new novel “The Swank Hotel” explores mental illness, familial grief, and love.
Poet Victoria Chang's new collection, "Obit", is about grief.
Dr. Jen Gunter is a fierce - and entertaining - advocate for better understanding of women's health, whose new book covers the widely misunderstood topic of menopause.
Author Jhumpa Lahiri talks about her latest novel, which she wrote in Italian and then translated into English.
Two experts on physical and emotional well-being discuss the COVID-19 pandemic's stresses and how society can resolve them.
Culinary historian Jessica B. Harris's seminal book "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America" has just been made into a Netflix series
Stacey Abrams, voting rights activist and former Georgia state representative and gubernatorial candidate, was instrumental in turning Georgia blue in 2020. n
Attorney Bryan Stevenson has helped exonerate innocent Death Row inmates and bring national attention to the failures of America’s criminal justice system.
Tamika Mallory is an activist who’s just published a book on her life, including the speech she made during the protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Novelist David Mitchell is one of the most structurally inventive writers of our time, he talks with fellow author Pico Iyer about the creative process.
Novelist and essayist Rachel Kushner talks about the art of writing and the places and people that inspire her
Activist and filmmaker Astra Taylor and economist Robert Reich reunite a year after their first City Arts conversation to reflect on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Choreographer Alonzo King, the founder and artistic director of LINES Ballet in San Francisco, talks about his artistic process and the inspiration he took from his parents, who were both civil rights activists.
Playwright Lauren Gunderson's new work is The Catastrophist, a one-man play about her husband, virologist Nathan Wolf.
Two writers with unique perspectives on America: Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, and Tommy Orange, author of There There.
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant and psychologist Jack Kornfield bring us unique perspectives on life during a pandemic.
One of the pleasures of reading novelist Jenny Offill’s books is hearing the emotional struggles and ambivalent attitudes of very honest narrators.
Sociologist Reuben Jonathan Miller discusses the constraints and challenges faced by formerly incarcerated people, long after they've paid their debt to society.
In this City Arts & Lectures Podcast exclusive, Daniel Handler and Rebecca Handler talk about family and work in a uniquely familiar conversation that only siblings could have.
Poet, memorist, and essayist Patricia Lockwood talks about her first novel, No One is Talking About This, and her thoughts on grief, creativity, and the ephemeral and addictive world of the internet.
Susan Choi is the author of five books, most recently "Trust Exercise". She talks about growing up as one of a few people of color in her Indiana town, and how teaching writing has made her a better writer.
Lily King discusses her latest novel, “Writers and Lovers”, the story of an aspiring author finding her way in the world.