All Of It

Abby Hwong is an LA-based guitarist who makes music as NoSo. In 2019, they were recognized as a finalist in NPR's Tiny Desk Contest. On Friday, they'll release their debut album, Stay Proud of Me. As part of an hour dedicated to new debut albums, Hwong joins us for a Listening Party.

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Listening Party Debuts: Ravyn Lenae, 'HYPNOS'

R&B singer/songwriter Ravyn Lenae has been one-to-watch since dropping her first EP in 2015. This month, she released her official debut album, HYPNOS, which has been named one of the best of the year so far by NPR, Billboard, the AV Club, and more. As part of an hour dedicated to new debut albums, Lenae joins us for a Listening Party.

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Poet aja monet Joins Rapper Vic Mensa for the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival

Poet and organizer aja monet shares the stage with rapper and activist Vic Mensa for the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! festival this Friday, July 8. monet joins us to talk about using art to make sustainable change.

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Listening Party Debuts: Julius Rodriguez, 'Where Grace Abounds'

Julius Rodriguez is a New York-based pianist and drummer. His debut album, Let Sound Tell All, was named the number one jazz album of June by Stereogum. As part of an hour dedicated to new debut albums, Rodriguez joins us for a Listening Party.

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Listening Party: Soccer Mommy's 'Sometimes, Forever'

Sophie Allison, the Nashville native singer-songwriter who performs under the name Soccer Mommy, is back with her third full-length studio album, Sometimes, Forever. The album combines elements of indie, shoegaze, ambient sounds, and more. Soccer Mommy joins us for a Listening Party, and will be playing at Brooklyn Steel on November 8.

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A New Documentary on Leonard Cohen and 'Hallelujah'

"Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song" is a new documentary that explores the lives of both the esteemed songwriter and his enduring song. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine join us to discuss the film.

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The Complicated History of the Star-Spangled Banner

If you were educated in a U.S elementary school, you may have heard the story of how "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written. At a battle in Baltimore during the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key watched the British bomb American forts, and decided to write patriotic lyrics that eventually became the country's national anthem. But the story of the lyrics, how Key's words became the anthem, and how its role in our culture has changed throughout the last two hundred years, is much more complex....

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2022 Debuts: 'NSFW' by Isabel Kaplan

This week, our 2022 Debut selection follows the story of one young assistant working in TV development in Hollywood. As she struggles to make her mark, she realizes that in a pre-Me Too world, that often means enduring, or staying silent, about sexual abuse and harassment in the workplace. Author Isabel Kaplan joins us to discuss her adult debut novel, NSFW.

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The Return of Alternate Side Parking

After being partially suspended during the pandemic, New York City will restore full alternate side parking regulations on July 5. WNYC's Kate Hinds will talk about the history of these New York City regulations, and field calls from listeners who may be waiting out the regulations in their cars.

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Breaking Down the 'Manosphere' Online

After a series of deadly attacks committed by self-proclaimed “incels," many have turned their attention to the dangers of the toxic online ecosystem known as the "manosphere." Criminology researcher at Saint Vincent College Sarah E. Daly, Ph.D explains how extreme online rhetoric can lead to dangerous outcomes offline.

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Frederick Douglass's Final Years

[REBROADCAST FROM February 26, 2021] We wrap up February’s installment of the "Full Bio" series with a look at the last years of Frederick Douglass’s life, including his experience as minister and consul general to Haiti. Historian David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, describes the reaction to Frederick Douglass’s death in February of 1895 as well as why Douglass’s second marriage to a woman named Helen Pitts became one of the biggest scandals in 19th century...

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The Family and Friends of Frederick Douglass

[REBROADCAST FROM February 24, 2021] In the fourth installment of our February “Full Bio” series, we look at Frederick Douglass’s family and friendships. Historian David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, talks about Douglass’s first wife, Anna, their five children (four of whom lived to adulthood), and his long and turbulent friendship with German feminist and abolitionist Otillie Assing.

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How Frederick Douglass Escaped Slavery

[REBROADCAST FROM February 22, 2021] We continue with our "Full Bio" series with historian David W. Blight, who joins us to discuss his 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. In this installment, we learn how Douglass escaped slavery and fled to the North.

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The Early Life of Frederick Douglass

[REBROADCAST FROM February 22, 2021] We launch the February installment of our "Full Bio" series with historian David W. Blight who joins us to discuss his 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Blight used new information drawn from private collections to explore the work and life of Douglass. We start with a look at Douglass’s early life as an enslaved person and how he learned to read.

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Frederick Douglass's Fight for Abolition and Suffrage

[REBROADCAST FROM February 25, 2021] For the fifth installment of February’s “Full Bio” series, historian David W. Blight discusses Frederick Douglass’s political work fighting for abolition and suffrage. We look at his allegiance to the Republican Party, including his working relationship with Abraham Lincoln, and why Andrew Johnson was so dismissive of Douglass.

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How Frederick Douglass Spoke to 19th Century America

[REBROADCAST FROM February 23, 2021] For the third installment of our February “Full Bio” series, historian David W. Blight describes what made Frederick Douglass such an engaging speaker that he became one of the most powerful voices in 19th century America. Plus, we look at how the prominent abolitionist’s views on slavery evolved in the 1830’s and 1840’s. Blight’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography is titled, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.

Duration:00:22:20

Stephen Merchant on 'The Outlaws'

[REBROADCAST FROM APRIL 4, 2022] To wrap up the first half of the year, we're revisiting some of our favorite interviews from the last six months. In this interview from April, Stephen Merchant, co-creator of "The Office," "Extras," and "Hello Ladies" (to name a few) joins to talk about his latest comedy/thriller, “The Outlaws,” that he writes, directs and stars in.

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Michelle D. Hord Talks 'The Other Side of Yet'

[REBROADCAST FROM April 8, 2022] To wrap up the first half of the year, we're revisiting some of our favorite interviews from the last six months. Media executive Michelle D. Hord endured one of the most painful losses one could experience--the death of her daughter at the hands of her ex husband. Her memoir, The Other Side of Yet, details how she found the strength to continue and thrive. In this interview from April, she joins us to discuss.

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Lindsey Vonn's RISE

[REBROADCAST FROM January 12, 2022] To wrap up the first half of the year, we're revisiting some of our favorite interviews from the last six months. Lindsey Vonn is one of the most successful female alpine skiers in the history of the sport, competing in four Winter Olympic Games, and winning four overall World Cup championships before retiring in 2019. Now, she's releasing a memoir called, RISE: My Story, about her early life and career. In this interview from January, Vonn joined us to...

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Adam McKay Talks 'Don't Look Up'