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Top 18 WNYC Podcasts

May 19, 2024

The Best WNYC Podcasts from millions of podcasts available on the Goodpods platform and ranked by listens, ratings, comments, subscriptions and shares.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Top 10 Best The New Yorker Radio Hour Episodes

523 Episodes

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Avg Length 26m

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Latest episode 1 day ago

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Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.

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The Experiment

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The Experiment
Top 10 Best The Experiment Episodes

59 Episodes

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Avg Length 32m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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Each week, we tell the story of what happens when individual people confront deeply held American ideals in their own lives. We're interested in the cultural and political contradictions that reveal who we are.

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Science Friday

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Science Friday
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525 Episodes

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Avg Length 39m

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Brain fun for curious people.

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On the Media

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On the Media
Top 10 Best On the Media Episodes

624 Episodes

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Avg Length 36m

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Latest episode 2 days ago

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The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Host Brooke Gladstone examines threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
The New Yorker: Fiction
Top 10 Best The New Yorker: Fiction Episodes

207 Episodes

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Avg Length 48m

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Latest episode 18 days ago

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A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.

The Anthropocene Reviewed
Top 10 Best The Anthropocene Reviewed Episodes

37 Episodes

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Avg Length 21m

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Latest episode 2 years ago

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The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. On The Anthropocene Reviewed, #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green (The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down) reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including On the Media, Snap Judgment, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy and Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin. © WNYC Studios

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Snap Judgment

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Snap Judgment
Top 10 Best Snap Judgment Episodes

401 Episodes

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Avg Length 39m

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Latest episode 3 days ago

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Snap Judgment mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. It's storytelling... with a BEAT.

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Rabbits

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Rabbits
Top 10 Best Rabbits Episodes

27 Episodes

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Avg Length 36m

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Latest episode 7 months ago

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When Carly Parker’s friend Yumiko goes missing under very mysterious circumstances, Carly’s search for her friend leads her headfirst into a ancient mysterious game known only as Rabbits. Soon Carly begins to suspect that Rabbits is much more than just a game, and that the key to understanding Rabbits, might be the key to the survival of our species, and the Universe, as we know it.
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
Top 10 Best The Political Scene | The New Yorker Episodes

596 Episodes

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Avg Length 25m

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Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, presents conversations and feature stories about current events. On Wednesdays, the senior editor Tyler Foggatt goes deep on a consequential political story via far-reaching interviews with staff writers and outside experts. And, on Fridays, the staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the latest developments in Washington and beyond, offering an encompassing understanding of this moment in American politics.

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More Perfect

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More Perfect
Top 10 Best More Perfect Episodes

46 Episodes

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Avg Length 39m

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Latest episode 9 months ago

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We’re taught the Supreme Court was designed to be above the fray of politics. But at a time when partisanship seeps into every pore of American life, are the nine justices living up to that promise? More Perfect is a guide to the current moment on the Court. We bring the highest court of the land down to earth, telling the human dramas at the Court that shape so many aspects of American life — from our religious freedom to our artistic expression, from our reproductive choices to our voice in democracy.

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All Of It

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All Of It
Top 10 Best All Of It Episodes

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Avg Length 21m

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ALL OF IT is a show about culture and its consumers. ALL OF IT is a show about culture and context. ALL OF IT is a show about culture and the culture. Our aim is to engage the thinkers, doers, makers, and creators, about the what and why of their work. People make the culture and we hope, need, and want the WNYC community to be a part of our show. As we build a community around ALL OF IT, we know that every guest and listener has an opinion. We won’t always agree, but our varied perspectives and diversity of experience is what makes New York City great. ALL OF IT will be both companion for and curator of the myriad culture this city has to offer. In the words of Cristina De Rossi, anthropologist at Barnet and Southgate College, London: "Culture encompasses religion, food, what we wear, how we wear it, our language, marriage, music, what we believe is right or wrong, how we sit at the table, how we greet visitors, how we behave with loved ones, and a million other things." ...In other words, ALL OF IT. --- Join us for ALL OF IT with Alison Stewart, weekdays from 12:00 - 2:00PM on WNYC.

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The New Yorker: Poetry

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The New Yorker: Poetry
Top 10 Best The New Yorker: Poetry Episodes

103 Episodes

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Avg Length 28m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.

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The Brian Lehrer Show

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The Brian Lehrer Show
Top 10 Best The Brian Lehrer Show Episodes

3450 Episodes

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Avg Length 29m

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Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
Top 10 Best Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast Episodes

1154 Episodes

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Avg Length 22m

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Latest episode 2 days ago

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Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.

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The Takeaway

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The Takeaway
Top 10 Best The Takeaway Episodes

728 Episodes

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Avg Length 17m

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Latest episode 11 months ago

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A fresh alternative in daily news featuring critical conversations, live reports from the field, and listener participation. The Takeaway provides a breadth and depth of world, national, and regional news coverage that is unprecedented in public media.

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Undiscovered

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Undiscovered
Top 10 Best Undiscovered Episodes

28 Episodes

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Avg Length 25m

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Latest episode 9 months ago

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A podcast about the left turns, missteps, and lucky breaks that make science happen.

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Note to Self

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Note to Self
Top 10 Best Note to Self Episodes

299 Episodes

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Avg Length 20m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. © WNYC Studios

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Fishko Files from WNYC

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Fishko Files from WNYC
Top 10 Best Fishko Files from WNYC Episodes

177 Episodes

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Avg Length 8m

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Latest episode 3 years ago

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From WNYC, New York Public Radio, join WNYC's cultural attaché Sara Fishko for her personal radio essays on music, art, culture and media.

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Politics with Amy Walter
Top 10 Best Politics with Amy Walter Episodes

304 Episodes

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Avg Length 41m

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Latest episode 2 years ago

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Every Friday, Amy Walter brings you the trends in politics long before the national media picks up on them. Known as one of the smartest and most trusted journalists in Washington, D.C., Amy Walter is respected by politicians and pundits on all sides of the aisle. You may know Amy her from her work with Cook Political Report and the PBS NewsHour where she looks beyond the breaking news headlines for a deeper understanding of how Washington works, who's pulling the levers of power, and how it all impacts you. Politics with Amy Walter is a co-production of PRI and WNYC Radio in collaboration WGBH.

Talk to Me from WNYC

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42 Episodes

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Avg Length 50m

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Latest episode 11 years ago

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There Goes the Neighborhood
Top 10 Best There Goes the Neighborhood Episodes

27 Episodes

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Avg Length 26m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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A podcast about how and why gentrification happens. Season 3, produced in partnership with WLRN, Miami’s public radio station, introduces us to “climate gentrification,” reporting about the ways climate change, and our adaption to it, may seriously intensify the affordable housing crisis in many cities. In many parts of the US, black communities were pushed to low-lying flood prone areas. As Nadege Green reports, in Miami, the opposite is true. Black communities were built on high elevation away from the coast. Now because of sea level rise that high land is in demand. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Snap Judgment, Death, Sex & Money, 2 Dope Queens and many others.© WNYC Studios

WNYC's The Early Word

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WNYC's The Early Word
Top 10 Best WNYC's The Early Word Episodes

123 Episodes

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Avg Length 11m

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Latest episode 13 years ago

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Each weekday morning, WNYC’s The Early Word podcast brings you what you need to know to prepare for the day ahead. Get the top news and reporting highlights from the WNYC Newsroom as you start your day. The Early Word is produced and hosted by Isaac-Davy Aronson.

Aria Code

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Aria Code
Top 10 Best Aria Code Episodes

50 Episodes

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Avg Length 35m

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Latest episode 4 months ago

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Aria Code is a podcast that pulls back the curtain on some of the most famous arias in opera history, with insight from the biggest voices of our time, including Roberto Alagna, Diana Damrau, Sondra Radvanovsky, and many others. Hosted by Grammy Award-winner and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Rhiannon Giddens, Aria Code is produced in partnership with The Metropolitan Opera. Each episode dives into one aria — a feature for a single singer — and explores how and why these brief musical moments have imprinted themselves in our collective consciousness and what it takes to stand on the Met stage and sing them. A wealth of guests—from artists like Rufus Wainwright and Ruben Santiago-Hudson to non-musicians like Dame Judi Dench and Dr. Brooke Magnanti, author of The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl—join Rhiannon and the Met Opera’s singers to understand why these arias touch us at such a human level, well over a century after they were written. Each episode ends with the aria, uninterrupted and in full, recorded from the Met Opera stage. Aria Code is produced in partnership with WQXR, The Metropolitan Opera and WNYC Studios.

The Takeaway

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The Takeaway
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75 Episodes

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Avg Length 20m

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Latest episode 11 months ago

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A fresh alternative in daily news featuring critical conversations, live reports from the field, and listener participation. The Takeaway provides a breadth and depth of world, national, and regional news coverage that is unprecedented in public media.

Werk It: The Podcast

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Werk It: The Podcast
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76 Episodes

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Avg Length 39m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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The Werk It festival brings together women from around the world who host, produce, edit, sound design and love podcasts, for a few days of workshops, conversations and presentations. This podcast is the on-demand version of the live event. Think of it as the ICYMI, FOMO version for podcast geeks everywhere. We’ve kept only the best stuff in. Our episodes are in no particular order, so you can dive in and out and just explore, on your own time. If you’ve got a long road trip, go ahead and binge listen! If you’ve got a 20-minute commute, we’ve got something for that, too! Final thought: This podcast is for everyone; the voices you’ll hear belong to women, but the messages are universal. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy and many more.

Soundcheck

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Soundcheck
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84 Episodes

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Avg Length 34m

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Latest episode 3 days ago

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WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, Rackett, The Replacements, and James Brown.
Tribeca Film Festival Live
Top 10 Best Tribeca Film Festival Live Episodes

30 Episodes

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Avg Length 55m

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Latest episode 9 years ago

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WNYC is partnering with the Tribeca Film Festival for the second year in a row to bring exclusive recordings of panels, discussions and interviews straight to your podcast feed. Hear conversations about the festival’s selected films, as well as the entertainment industry at large, with such luminary voices as George Lucas, Courtney Love, and Christopher Nolan. Find the full selection of talks here, along with 2014’s panels, and subscribe to the podcast to hear them all.

Soundcheck

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Soundcheck
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102 Episodes

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Avg Length 34m

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Latest episode 3 days ago

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WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, Rackett, The Replacements, and James Brown.
Free Shakespeare on the Radio: Richard II
Top 10 Best Free Shakespeare on the Radio: Richard II Episodes

5 Episodes

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Avg Length 47m

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Latest episode 3 years ago

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FROM OPEN AIR TO ON THE AIR! Join WNYC and The Public Theater as we bring Free Shakespeare in the Park to the airwaves with William Shakespeare’s RICHARD II. Brought to you in a serialized radio broadcast over four nights, listen as the last of the divinely anointed monarchs descends and loses it all. When King Richard banishes his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and deprives him of his inheritance, he unwittingly creates an enemy who will ultimately force him from the throne. One of the Bard’s only dramas entirely in verse, this epic and intimate play presents the rise of the house of Lancaster through a riveting tale of lost sovereignty, political intrigue, and psychological complexity. Directed by Saheem Ali, experience this beautiful and cutting play in an exciting serialized radio format from wherever you are. “A fractured society. A man wrongfully murdered. The palpable threat of violence and revenge against a broken system. Revolution and regime change. This was Shakespeare’s backdrop for Richard II. I’m exceptionally proud of this production, recorded for public radio with a predominantly BIPOC ensemble, led by the extraordinary André Holland,” said director Saheem Ali. “It’s my hope that listening to Shakespeare’s words, broadcast in the midst of a pandemic and an uprising, will have powerful resonance in our world.” In support of the fight against racism and inequality and in recognition of the unspeakable violence against Black communities, The Public Theater and the artists of RICHARD II dedicate this production to the Black Lives Matter Movement.

New Sounds from WNYC

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16 Episodes

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Avg Length 55m

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Latest episode 6 years ago

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Politics Brief

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Politics Brief
Top 10 Best Politics Brief Episodes

88 Episodes

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Avg Length 20m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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Politics Brief is the go-to source for 2018 election news, selected from the best WNYC has to offer. Daily segments include original reporting on the New York metro region, along with interviews and analysis focused on the national scene from groundbreaking shows like On the Media, The Takeaway and The New Yorker Radio Hour. Produced by WNYC Studios, home of other great podcasts including Radiolab, Snap Judgment, Nancy and Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin. Category: News & Politics

The Realness

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The Realness
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9 Episodes

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Avg Length 25m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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When the rapper Prodigy suffered a sickle cell crisis after a Las Vegas concert in 2017, his friends didn’t think much of it at first: they were used to him getting sick. But a few days later, he died. The Realness goes behind Prodigy’s music to reveal his lifelong struggle against his own body, and how that struggle informed his lyrics and fueled his success. The Realness by Only Human is produced by WNYC Studios, a listener-supported producer of leading podcasts including Radiolab, Snap Judgment, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy and On the Media.

Last Chance Foods

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101 Episodes

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Avg Length 5m

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Latest episode 9 years ago

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The latest articles from Last Chance Foods

WNYC 9/11 Specials

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5 Episodes

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Avg Length 53m

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Latest episode 2 years ago

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The Takeaway: Story of the Day
Top 10 Best The Takeaway: Story of the Day Episodes

50 Episodes

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Avg Length 12m

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Latest episode 10 years ago

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Daily highlights from The Takeaway, the national morning news program that delivers the news and analysis you need to catch up, start your day, and prepare for what's ahead. The Takeaway, along with the BBC World Service, The New York Times and WGBH Boston, invites listeners every morning to learn more and be part of the American conversation on-air and online at thetakeaway.org.

Soundcheck

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Soundcheck
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84 Episodes

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Avg Length 34m

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Latest episode 3 days ago

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WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, Rackett, The Replacements, and James Brown.

Helga

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Helga
Top 10 Best Helga Episodes

58 Episodes

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Avg Length 44m

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Latest episode 5 days ago

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Artist, performer, and host Helga Davis brings a soulful curiosity and love of people to the podcast Helga, where she talks about the intimate lives of creative people as they share the steps they’ve taken along their path. She draws listeners into these discussions with cultural change-makers, whether already famous or rising talents, whose sensibilities expand our imaginations as we explore what we think we know about each other. The new season of Helga is a co-production of WNYC Studios and the Brown Arts Institute at Brown University. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, and Death, Sex & Money. The Brown Arts Institute at Brown University is a new university-wide research enterprise and catalyst for the arts at Brown that creates new work and supports, amplifies, and adds new dimensions to the creative practices of Brown’s arts departments, faculty, students, and community.

Indivisible

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Indivisible
Top 10 Best Indivisible Episodes

57 Episodes

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Avg Length 57m

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Latest episode 7 years ago

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Indivisible is public radio’s national conversation about America in a time of change.