The Motherf***er with the Hat
Bobby Cannavale, Elizabeth Rodriguez, and Yul Vazquez talk about starring in “The Motherf***er with the Hat,” Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play about Jackie and Veronica, who have been in love since the 8th...
View ArticleDavid McCullough on Americans in Paris
David McCullough tells the untold story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and thinkers who set off to work in Paris between 1830 and 1900, and how their...
View ArticleDaniel Wilson on Writing 'Robopocalypse'
As a kid I dreamed about robots and as an adult I built them. Now, I write about them. In retrospect, it’s all the same thing: I’m dreaming up how humans and machines interact on an everyday basis.In...
View ArticleCivil Rights Worker Befriends KKK Grand Dragon: True Story, New Play
Celeste Headlee is broadcasting from the studios of our partner, WGBH, today. She's in Boston to speak at the National Race Amity Conference this weekend. Tonight, a new play called "Xernona and the...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Super 8'
On this week's edition of Movie Date, Kristen and Rafer give us a sneak peak at one of the summer's most mysterious movies, "Super 8," directed by JJ Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. Rafer says...
View ArticleDiscovered Letters Inspire Readers at Troy Library
Forty years ago, E.B. White – the author of "Charlotte’s Web," "Stuart Little", and many other beloved children’s books – wrote a letter to the children of Troy, Michigan, at the request of a librarian...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Green Lantern'
This week, Kristen and Rafer take a third wheel on Movie Date, as Takeaway sports contributor and lifelong comic book geek Ibrahim Abdul-Matin joins them to dissect "Green Lantern." A huge "Green...
View ArticleLouis Armstrong’s Later Years
Jazz scholar and musician Ricky Riccardi discusses the remarkable final 25 years of Louis Armstrong’s life and art. What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years takes an in-depth...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Bad Teacher'
This week, Rafer and Kristen couldn't disagree more about Cameron Diaz comedy "Bad Teacher." Rafer thinks it's unfunny hogwash, Kristen says that if it was a guy playing Diaz's raunchy, gold-digging...
View ArticleThe Kitchen's Soho Years
Deb Singer and Eric Bogosian discuss the 40th anniversary of The Kitchen, and the exhibition “View from a Volcano: The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85.” The show offers a unique perspective on the...
View ArticleMarie Riviere on Working with Eric Rohmer
Actress Marie Riviere discusses working with Eric Rohmer in his films “Le Rayon Vert” (celebrating its 25th anniversary) and its long-overlooked companion piece, “Four Adventures of Reinette and...
View ArticleSummer Book Club: Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'
ListenOur summer book club continues today with host John Hockenberry's first pick for August. John sees summer reading as an opportunity for challenge. He spent one summer reading the Russian...
View ArticleSummer Book Club: 'The Submission'
ListenWe're wrapping up our summer book club here at The Takeaway. As the tenth anniversary of September 11 approaches, our host John Hockenberry decided to focus his summer reading on novels about...
View ArticleMovie Date: Fall Movie Preview
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Kristen and Rafer take a look back at the summer that was...a "bummer summer." But rather than harp on how they were disappointed with the list of blockbusters that...
View ArticleThe Future of Opera Could Be in China
Most of us think of opera as a traditionally Western art. Historically, the best composers wrote in French, Italian, German or English — until now. Over the past decade, the Chinese government has...
View Article'Modern Family' Wins Big at the Emmys
The much beloved ABC sitcom "Modern Family" took home five trophies last night at the 63rd annual Emmy awards last night. AMC's "Mad Men" and HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" and "Game of Thrones" were also...
View ArticleAuthor Sylvia Nasar on Early 'Economic Genius'
In uncertain financial times, it seems every economist has their own opinion on how to revive the economy. But the idea that we could study the marketplace and deduce how to control and improve it was...
View ArticleR.E.M. Splits Up After 31 Years
Since the 1980s, R.E.M. has been a reliable presence on the pop music scene. Songs like "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" and "Losing My Religion" helped define what indie rock would sound like for the...
View ArticleNew Movies: 'Moneyball,' 'Dolphin Tale,' 'Abduction,' 'Killer Elite'
This weekend, a variety of anticipated movies are hitting theaters. "Moneyball," starring Brad Pitt, is a dramatic film based on Michael Lewis's popular 2003 book of the same name. "Dolphin Tale,"...
View ArticlePaul McCartney on His First Ballet, 'Ocean's Kingdom'
Last night in front of a sold-out crowd at Lincoln Center in New York, Sir Paul McCartney premiered his first ballet, "Ocean's Kingdom." It's a surprising new chapter from a man who can't read or write...
View ArticleCountry Music Reflects America's Struggles
Country music has enjoyed a long tradition of reflecting the everyday concerns of working men and women, good times and bad times. With 14 million Americans currently out of work, a crippling national...
View Article50th anniversary of “Ben-Hur”
Catherine Wyler talks about the 50th anniversary of “Ben-Hur,” which her father, William Wyler, directed. The film won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Blu-ray...
View ArticleUnpaid Interns Sue 'Black Swan' Production Company
Two men are suing Fox Searchlight, saying the company violated minimum wage and overtime laws when they employed the two as interns on the Academy Award-winning film "Black Swan." In these uncertain...
View ArticleThe Creative Class: How Detroit and Berlin Have Drawn Revitalizing Artists
Detroit and Berlin both know something about abandoned buildings. After the fall of the wall when the former east opened up, parts of Berlin looked a lot like Detroit today, where scores of buildings...
View ArticleThe Takeaway's Halloween Playlist
It could be a tense orchestral crash of instruments ("Thus Sprach Zarathustra"), or held in just a few feverish notes on a piano ("Halloween"). Whatever it is, the music from movies we think of as...
View ArticleGiving Thanks for Good Friends and Worthwhile Journeys
We have a lot to be grateful for this Thanksgiving here at the Takeaway, including loyal listeners and unexpected guests. Among them, a team of five people who helped us see the world through different...
View ArticleIoan Grillo on Mexico's Violent Drug Industry
Since 2006, when President Felipe Calderón declared war on Mexico's drug cartels, 45,000 Mexicans across the republic have been disappeared, murdered, or mass-executed. Victims of this violence include...
View ArticleTen Years of Art Basel Miami
Its reputation for parties, beaches, and condos was cemented by the eponymous Will Smith rap in 1997. Prior to that, it was best known as a haven for cocaine and pastel suit-wearing cops. But for the...
View ArticleListener Responses: Lowe's and 'All-American Muslim'
On Monday, The Takeaway reported on the home improvement store Lowe's pulling its advertising from the TLC reality show "All-American Muslim" after a conservative Florida lobbying group launched a...
View ArticleAndrea Marcovicci on Her 25 Years in the Oak Room
Singer Andrea Marcovicci discusses her 25th year performing at the Oak Room at the Algonquin. Only the late Bobby Short, who held court at the Cafe Carlyle for over 35 years, had a longer standing...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'War Horse,' 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,' 'We Bought a...
Stephen Spielberg's adaptation of the Michael Morpurgo novel "War Horse," the adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," and Cameron Crowe's "We Bought a Zoo" are...
View ArticleHome From Battle, An Iraq War Vet Teaches Ballet
All this week the Takeaway is checking back in with some of our most memorable guests from the past year. Coming up... the Takeaway will be talking to Roman Baca, an Iraq veteran and ballet dancer who...
View ArticleCountry Music Reflects America's Struggles
Country music has enjoyed a long tradition of reflecting the everyday concerns of working men and women, good times and bad times. With 14 million Americans currently out of work, a crippling national...
View ArticlePain, Music and Destiny: Bob Dylan
Some might joke that his vocal chords are indeed much older, but celebrated folk legend Bob Dylan turned 70-years-old last year. Recently audio has surfaced from 1966, in which the singer speaks to a...
View ArticleShedding Light on the World's Most Mysterious Regime
To citizens around the world, what goes on above the 38th parallel is largely a mystery. Though there are no questions about the numerous human rights abuses that go on in North Korea — extreme food...
View Article200th Birthday of Charles Dickens
A day of Great Expectations for fans of Charles Dickens. Today's marks the 200th birthday of the writer who gave us "A Tale of Two Cities," "A Christmas Carol," "David Copperfield," among many others....
View ArticleSerge Bromberg on “A Trip to the Moon and Other Travels”
Film preservationist and entertainer Serge Bromberg talks about his recently restored color version of Georges Méliès’ film "A Trip to the Moon" and a selection of rare silent films from around the...
View Article“Lonely, I’m Not”
Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby discuss their roles in the play “Lonely, I’m Not.” The play is a comic journey that follows Porter, who has been married and divorced, earned seven figures as a...
View Article“Clybourne Park”
Jeremy Shamos and Crystal Dickinson discuss their roles in “Clybourne Park,” winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and London’s Olivier award for Best Play. The play deals with race, real estate, and the...
View ArticleNew Movie Releases: 'Prometheus', 'Madagascar 3'
This week’s big release is “Prometheus,” starring Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron. Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, hosts this week's Movie Date.
View ArticleCentury of the Child at MoMA
Curator Juliet Kinchin discusses the exhibition “Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000,” a survey of 20th-century design for children, that brings together school architecture,...
View ArticleHenry James and His American Masterpiece
Literary critic Michael Gorra discusses his biography of Henry James told through the lens of his greatest novel, Portrait of a Lady. InPortrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American...
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New Movies: 'Life of Pi,' 'Red Dawn,' 'Hitchcock'
Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman, our Movie Date team, review three of Thanksgiving's box office releases. The Kristen and Rafer had mixed feelings about "Life of Pi," based on the novel by Yann...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Rise of the Guardians', 'Silver Linings Playbook', 'Life of Pi',...
In this special hour-long Thanksgiving podcast Kristen and Rafer respond to listener mail, review five new movies, and give thanks.'Rise of the Guardians,' a 3-D animated fantasy adventure based on...
View ArticleListening in on "The Lives of Other Citizens"
All day long, we talk to ourselves. Nowhere is this more true than in New York, a city where every small solitary errand involves crossing paths with dozens-- or hundreds-- of strangers. New Yorkers...
View ArticleNew Movie Releases: 'Peeples' and 'The Great Gatsby'
In this week's look at new movies, Rafer and Kristen discuss complicated family reunions, party crashing, and what happens when eccentric Australian directors take on American classics. It's all in...
View ArticleIs Science Enough?
Curtis White, novelist, essayist, English professor at Illinois State University, and author of the Science Delusion: Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers, defends poetry and...
View ArticleThe Surprising History of an American Anthem
In 1918 Irving Berlin composed a show tune called "God Bless America." But he never would have imagined that his would eventually rise to the status of a nationally known patriotic anthem.Written right...
View ArticleJeremy Denk Performs Bach's Goldberg Variations
Acclaimed pianist and 2013 MacArthur Fellow Jeremy Denk performs some of Bach’s Goldberg Variations live in our studios. His latest album is J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations. He’ll also talk about his...
View Article$1 Billion in Art Seized by Nazis Found in Munich
During the years of the Nazi regime, millions of lives were lost, and along with them, homes, personal belongings and keepsakes. Among those cherished objects: 16,000 works of fine art.But over the...
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