We are starting off 2024 with stories of people who helped strangers in need, and want you to hear yours. Shankar Vedantam is the host of the podcast and radio show Hidden Brain, which produces the NPR series “My Unsung Hero.” He joins us to discuss the series and talk about the science behind the benefits of gratitude, as well as the things that stand in the way of us expressing it.
January might be a slow month in the entertainment world, but not here in New York, where for the twelfth year JanArtsNYC will spotlight new works in music, theater and art. We get a preview of events including Winter JazzFest and Under the Radar Festival with Commissioner Pat Kaufman of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment as well as a detailed discussion on the reimagined Under the Radar theater festival with director Mark Russell and participant Luke Murphy.
120 years ago today, Confederate General James Longstreet died, leaving behind a complicated legacy as a former slave owner who later supported Black suffrage and Reconstruction. What does his story have to tell us about how someone can change their mind? Author Elizabeth R. Varon joins us to discuss her new biography, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South.
A new year marks a new trove of material entering the public domain. This year’s entries include works from 1928 like Bertolt Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera,” music from Cole Porter, and literature from Virginia Woolf, DH Lawrence, and Agatha Christie. But the real star of show is Mickey Mouse, whose very first appearance in “Steamboat Willie” is now without copyright. Jennifer Jenkins, director of Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, joins us to explain what that means.
It’s also been one year since we launched WNYC’s Public Song Project, and we have plans for that in store. Keep your eyes peeled and ears open for more info to come soon.
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