A new guide assists couples in escaping the win-or-lose mentality in moments of conflict, favoring a collaborative approach. Clinical psychologists Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman and Dr. John Gottman join us to discuss their latest book, Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection, and take listener calls.
A new food memoir includes nearly forty family recipes rooted in the culinary history of Black women who settled in Appalachia. Author Crystal Wilkinson joins us to discuss her new book, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks.
Indian Creek Chili
Indian Creek Chili (Courtesy of Penguin Random House) This is a mild chili, similar to the one I grew up with. It’s the perfect
meal for a frosty fall evening. It’s perfect for a family of all spice
preferences; you can increase the heat for those who want it (like my
husband) or enjoy its tomatoey mildness. At my house, we now top it
with a scoop of sour cream and a sprinkling of cheddar cheese and serve
it with saltines on the side. When we owned Wild Fig Books and Coffee
in Lexington, we served our chili with goat cheese underneath and
cornbread that had a touch of sweetness. It makes a great meal on its
own, or you can serve it with grilled cheese or peanut butter sandwiches
on the side. The addition of spaghetti—typical in this region—
stretches it to feed a large family.
10 to 12 servings (makes about 14 cups)
2 pounds ground beef or ground turkey
1 large onion, chopped
3 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons garlic powder
Crushed red pepper flakes
1 (14- to 16-ounce) can diced tomatoes, with their juices, or 2 cups diced fresh tomatoes
1 (14- to 16-ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
46 ounces tomato juice (5¾ cups)
Table salt
7 ounces dried spaghetti
Sour cream, for serving
Shredded cheddar cheese, for serving
Heat a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Working in
batches as needed, brown the ground meat just until no trace of pink
remains, stirring often. If there is a lot of rendered fat, drain that off.
Move the meat to one side of the pot and add the onion. Cook for
6 to 8 minutes, until it has softened, then stir in the chili powder, garlic
powder, and a small pinch of red pepper flakes into the meat.
Add the diced tomatoes with their juices, the kidney beans, and tomato
juice. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and cook for about
40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
About 15 minutes before the chili is done, bring a pot of water to a boil
over medium-high heat. Salt it generously. Add the spaghetti and cook
to al dente following the directions on the package. Drain the pasta and
add it to the pot of chili. Cover and cook for the remaining minutes so the
pasta absorbs some of the chili’s flavor. Taste and add more salt and/or
red pepper flakes as needed. Serve hot, with sour cream and cheese.
The autobiographical comedy "The White Chip" stars Joe Tapper as a version of playwright and director Sean Daniels. Tapper's character is a rising star in the theater industry, who is also struggling with a serious addiction to alcohol. We speak with Daniels and Tapper, and later in the hour with Tapper's co-star Jason Tam, about "The White Chip," which is running at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space through March 9.
A new law in New York recently went into effect to pay delivery drivers from apps like Door Dash and Uber Eats a minimum wage of $17.96 per hour, but some apps have attempted to block tips. Meanwhile, from coffee shops to taxis, software is leaving customers feeling compelled to tip when they otherwise wouldn't. We speak to Food & Wine's executive features editor Kat Kinsman about current tip etiquette and take your calls about how you tip.
The second season of the Ryan Murphyverse series "Feud" centers on the antagonistic relationships between writer Truman Capote and a group of high society women known as "the swans." Molly Ringwald plays Joanne Carson, wife of Johnny Carson and lifelong friend of Capote. Ringwald joins us to discuss "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans," which premieres Wednesday on FX.
A new show from The Wooster Group adapts Toasts, an historic Black American oral storytelling technique, for the stage. "Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me" stars Eric Berryman, and is inspired by a folklore record of the same name from the 1970s. Berryman plays a late-night radio DJ, who tells stories alongside live drumming from Jharis Yokley. The show is running at The Performing Garage through February 3. Berryman and director Kate Valk join to discuss their production.
Hear highlights from our Listening Party Live event with new wave synth-pop band Future Islands. Ahead of the release of their new album, People Who Aren't There Anymore, they joined us in The Greene Space for an intimate show, to discuss the making-of and perform new songs.
[REBROADCAST FROM October 18, 2023] Grammy album of the year winner Jon Batiste joins us live in The Greene Space to break down and perform songs from his latest album, World Music Radio. Hear highlights from our inaugural Listening Party Live event.
Beloved chef Jamie Oliver has created a companion book to his cookbook, 5 Ingredients: Quick & Easy Food with a take on Mediterranean cuisine. 5 Ingredients Mediterranean: Simple Incredible Food features over 100 recipes from salads to desserts--each one based around 5 main ingredients. He joins to discuss everything from Island salad with peaches and halloumi to lamb meatballs. He'll also take questions from listeners about incorporating the Mediterranean cuisine in their cooking.
Garlic Chicken
Creamy Chickpeas, Spinach & Sumac
Inspired by some of the wonderful flavors of Lebanon, this quick dish is perfect for an
easy meal. Hunting out nice fat jarred chickpeas is game-changing when it comes to
both flavor and texture.
Serves: 2
Total time: 18 minutes
4 cloves of garlic
2 x 5-oz skinless chicken breasts
1⁄2 x 24-oz jar of chickpeas
8 ½ oz baby spinach
1 heaping teaspoon sumac
Peel the garlic cloves and slice lengthways, then place in a large non-stick frying pan on
a high heat with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, stirring regularly. Slice each chicken breast
lengthways into 3 strips, then toss with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Once the
garlic is nicely golden, quickly remove from the pan with a slotted spoon, leaving the
flavored oil behind. Go in with the chicken and cook for 5 minutes, or until golden and
cooked through, turning regularly.
Garlic Chicken. (Photo credit: David Loftus)
Remove the chicken from the pan and tip in the chickpeas (juices and all). Add the
spinach, along with most of the garlic and 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar, then toss
over the heat until the spinach has wilted and the chickpeas are hot through. Season to
perfection with salt and pepper, then return the chicken to the pan and finish with the
reserved garlic and a generous dusting of sumac.
Oscar nominations were announced yesterday, and Kyle Buchanan, awards season columnist for The New York Times, joins us to discuss all the snubs, surprises, and tell us his impressions of how awards season is shaping up so far this year. Plus, we take calls on your favorite movies and performances of the year.
The celebrated podcast, Criminal, has been using crime stories as a way to discuss issues important to American life and culture. We speak to host Phoebe Judge about how the true crime podcast landscape has changed in the ten years since the show launched, and about the New York crime stories the show has covered. Judge will be hosting a live Criminal event at Town Hall on Valentine's Day.
The new Criterion Channel collection "James Gray's New York" focuses on the Queens-native's films set here in the city, from his 1994 film "Little Odessa" to 2013's "The Immigrant." Director James Gray himself joins us to discuss these films, his career, and his relationship with New York City.
It's Must-See Week here in New York. We learn about all the initiatives, deals and events happening through February 4 from Tiffany Townsend, NYC Tourism's EVP of Global Communications, and recommendations from our very own producers. Plus, we take your calls about your favorite places to take out of town visitors.
Lincoln Center and the Brooklyn Public Library are inviting members of the public to help them add a new original composition to the canon of American anthems, as part of their initiative, "Anthem to US." Lincoln Center chief artistic officer Shanta Thake and Jakab Orsós, vice president of Arts and Culture at the Brooklyn Public Library, join us to explain how it works.
On his latest album All One, saxophonist and bassoonist Ben Wendel is joined by Bill Frisell, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Terence Blanchard and more jazz stars. The album earned Wendel his first Grammy, in the category of Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, for which he'll vie at February's ceremony. Wendel joins us for a Listening Party.
[REBROADCAST FROM November 23, 2023] Winner of the Sundance Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary, 20 Days in Mariupol is a first-hand account of the besieged Ukrainian city during the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Filmed by journalists trapped inside, it depicts the harrowing account of the war's horrors. Director Mstylav Chernov joins to discuss.
After a few recent extensions, the immersive theater production "Sleep No More" will wrap up its 13 year run this March. The show, in which audience members follow the actors and the action from room to room is a surreal re-imagining of Shakespeare's Macbeth. We'll hear from Ilana Gilovich, chief storyteller for Emursive Productions, and Jonathan Hochwald, producer of "Sleep No More" and owner of McKittrick Hotel, where the show is set. Plus, listeners who have seen the show call in to share their experiences.
Last week, Conde Nast announced it would fold mainstay music blog Pitchfork into men's magazine GQ, laying off a significant number of music writers in the process, including editor-in-chief Puja Patel. In a recent article, Atlantic staff writer Spencer Kornhaber describes the music site as one that "made an incredible effort to listen broadly, listen seriously, and champion the underdog." The uncertain future of Pitchfork highlights the uncertainty of music journalism in general. Kornhaber joins us to discuss the news. Then, Switched on Pop producer Reanna Cruz joins us to talk about the positive things 2024 has in store for music, with a Review/Preview of upcoming releases.
2024 Music Review/ Preview List:
- Brittany Howard- What Now
- MGMT- Loss of Life
- Khruangbin- A LA SALA
- Faye Webster- Underdressed at the Symphony
- Ariana Grande- Eternal Sunshine
- Dua Lipa
- Meth Math- Chupetones
- Burial- Dreamfear/Boy Sent From Above
- Kali Uchis- Orquídeas
In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges stopped requiring the SAT or ACT as part of their application. Many schools have gotten rid of the requirement entirely, arguing it evens the playing field for underrepresented students. But new data throws doubt on that assumption. David Leonhardt, senior writer at The New York Times, joins us to discuss his piece, "The Misguided War on the SAT," and takes your calls.
In the debut novel from poet Kaveh Akbar, a man who has lost everything becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming a martyr, until he meets a dying woman who has decided to spend her final days talking to people at the Brooklyn Museum. Akbar joins us to discuss Martyr! ahead of his launch event at the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Heights branch, this evening at 6.
Chilean singer, rapper and songwriter Ana Tijoux is back with her first album release since 2014. It's called Vida, and despite touching lyrically on dark themes like climate change, poverty and death, the disco-inspired uptempo beats stand in defiance of that darkness. In the artist's words, "life is the best vengeance against death." Ana Tijoux joins us for an All Of It Listening Party for her new album, Vida.
In his latest book, Judson A. Brewer, psychiatrist and associate professor at Brown University, shares everything he’s learned over the past two decades of studying habit change and shows readers how to abandon unhealthy eating habits while creating better ones. Brewer joins us to discuss his book, The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We’re Not Hungry and How to Stop.
A new permanent exhibit at the Tenement Museum does something the museum has never done before: it tells the story of a Black family living in lower Manhattan in the 1860s. Museum president Annie Polland and historian and scholar Leslie Harris join to discuss the exhibit, A Union of Hope: 1869.
[REBROADCAST FROM October 3, 2023] "Job" is a play that centers on the relationship between a crisis therapist, played by "Succession" actor Peter Friedman, and his client, a tech employee played by Sydney Lemmon whose recent workplace breakdown has become a viral video. Friedman and Lemmon join us with the playwright Max Wolf Friedlich. "Job" is running another limited engagement at Connelly Theater through March 3.
Ava DuVernay wrote and directed the new film, "Origin," which has been called "one of a kind," "powerful" and "ambitious." The story is based around the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and follows Wilkerson as she writes her book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Published in 2020, the book argues for considering racism as an aspect of a caste system like those in India or Nazi Germany. DuVernay and Ellis-Taylor join us to discuss the film, which is in theaters now.
In December, The Royal Caribbean Ultimate World Cruise set off for a 9 month voyage, visiting 60 countries. The cheapest ticket was $59,999. The ship's passengers have taken to TikTok, with users following along, racking up hundreds of millions of views. However, cruises can divide opinion, some love them, some wouldn't dare be stuck on a boat for more than an hour. For the next installment of our Small Stakes, Big Opinions series, we take your calls about experiences and thoughts on cruises with comedian Josh Gondelman.
The New York Videogame Critic Circle is an organization that teaches underserved kids journalism skills through video games, and their annual New York Game Awards will be held next week. Founder Harold Goldberg joins to talk about his organization's work, along with longtime youth participant Kimari Rennis, who started with NYVGCC's Playing with Purpose program when she was 14, and is now studying game design at NYU. Plus, Harold and Kimari take listener calls about the best games released in 2023, and the most anticipated titles of 2024.
A new thriller series on Showtime is based on the notorious Magdalene laundries in Ireland, schools for "wayward girls" and the trauma they endured. Actor Daryl McCormack plays a Dublin detective working the case of a murdered priest in a small town, opposite Ruth Wilson. We'll speak to the BAFTA nominated actor as well as the creator and showrunner Joe Murtagh about "The Woman in the Wall."
In the new novel, Invisible Woman, a former Hollywood filmmaker named Joni tries to convince her friend Val to share the story of the sexual abuse she faced years ago, but for different reasons, both Val and Joni's husband Paul want to keep things quiet. Author and New School professor Katia Lief joins us to discuss the novel.
A building on West 13th street was the site of an important part of African American history. It may be demolished. Sites like this and others around New York have a champion in the group Village Preservation. We will talk with its executive director Andrew Berman about his work.
Bettye LaVette recorded her first single at the age of sixteen and soon made her debut on the R&B charts in the early 1960s. Six decades later, now in her late 70s, she's still singing, with her latest album LaVette! nominated for the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album. She joins us for a Listening Party ahead of the February awards show.
As part of our dance hour, we speak to writer, reporter and dance lover Alexandra Starr about the winter dance season and what to see, from classic ballets at the New York City Ballet to the acrobatic styles of Compagnie Hervé KOUBI.
Emmy Award winning host and producer Mickela Mallozzi joins to discuss the sixth season of "Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi," a travel series where the lens is focused on dance. This season centers completely in New York and features a diverse range of dance from Sri Lanken to Latinx.
In this age of Ozempic, it can feel even harder to exist in America if you're not thin. Kate Manne, professor of Philosophy at Cornell, joins us to discuss her new book, Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia, which combines research and memoir to discuss what it's like facing discrimination for the size of your body, and what to do about it. Plus, we take your calls.
As injectable drugs used for weight loss like Ozempic become more mainstream, how will we as a society view body diversity? And, given that these drugs are so expensive, how will that divide who is thin and who is not? We speak about Ozempic's impact on the body positivity movement and feminism with Vox senior correspondent Constance Grady, who wrote an article, "The Year of Ozempic Bodies and Barbie Botox." Plus, we take your calls.
In 1989, a horrible murder that was reported and investigated as a carjacking gone wrong sparked a national outcry. But it was ultimately revealed to be false story and caused tremendous hurt in an already marginalized community. Director Jason Hehir joins to talk about his docuseries, "Murder in Boston," which revisits the Charles Stuart case where a white man blamed his own crime on a Black man.
This year, James Baldwin would be turning 100 years old. To celebrate his centennial, Film Forum is hosting a screening series of Baldwin-related films. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is the first documentary to screen in the series. The film, directed by Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley and released in 1982, was made with Baldwin, and chronicles his trip to the South twenty years after the end of the Civil Rights Movement. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" was recently restored, and is screening at Film Forum through January 25. Hartley joins us to discuss the film alongside scholar and Baldwin expert Rich Blint, and we take your calls.
As part of the segment, Rich put together a reading list for anyone interested in diving deeper into Baldwin's work:
Giovanni’s Room
Going to Meet the Man
Another Country
The Fire Next Time
The Devil Finds Work
The Collected Essays of James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, ed., Library of America
Walasse Ting: New York, New York is the inaugural exhibition of Alisan Fine Arts new location on the Upper East Side. It focuses on Ting's time in New York City from the 1950s to the 1990s. We hear from the director of the gallery Daniel Chen, along with Ting's daughter, Mia Ting about the work and the artist behind it. The show is on view through February 16.
In 2022, the sheriff of Lewis County, New York, changed his Facebook profile to a picture of him holding up an award he won from the Oath Keepers. The post was after Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was arrested and charged for his role in the January 6 insurrection. This got North Country Public Radio reporters Emily Russell and Zach Hirsch interested in learning more about the far-right movement upstate. What they found out is the subject of the podcast, If All Else Fails, and the first episode is out now. Hirsch and Russell join us to discuss.
[REBROADCAST FROM March 30, 2022] We share the third part of our Constance Baker Motley Full Bio. Today, we learn more about Constance Baker Motley's legal career, as well as her entrance into politics, which would lead her to become a New York State Senator and Manhattan Borough President. Historian Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of, Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality, joins us.
[REBROADCAST FROM March 29, 2022] We air the second part of our March installment of Full Bio. Today, historian Tomiko Brown-Nagin discusses the early days of Constance Baker Motley's legal career and some of the major cases in which she was involved, including Brown v. Board of Education. Brown-Nagin's biography is called, Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality.
[REBROADCAST FROM June 19, 2023] Our June Full Bio selection was King: A Life, the first comprehensive account of Martin Luther King Jr. in three decades, written by Jonathan Eig. In this installment, we discuss MLK's advisors, such as Bayard Rustin, Ralph Abernathy, and Stanley Levison. We also discuss some of MLK's lesser-known protests.
[REBROADCAST FROM June 19, 2023] Our June Full Bio selection was King: A Life, the first comprehensive account of Martin Luther King Jr. in three decades, written by Jonathan Eig. In this conversation, we hear about a young King's romantic interests and his marriage to Coretta Scott, from 1953 until his death. We also focus on 1955, the year in which the King family moved to Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat, and King was drafted to lead a movement.
[REBROADCAST FROM June 19, 2023] Our June Full Bio selection was King: A Life, the first comprehensive account of Martin Luther King Jr. in three decades, written by Jonathan Eig. On the final day, we discuss King's relationships and disagreements with activist contemporaries, his blind spots, mental health, and the toll of being arrested nearly thirty times. And finally, we look at King's civil rights efforts and priorities in the last months of his life.
In the new Yorgos Lanthamos film "Poor Things," Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is the product of an experiment in which an infant brain has been placed inside an adult woman's body. As she discovers her sexuality, social expectations placed on women, and explores the world, she begins to challenge the men around her as she forms her own ideas about life. Screenwriter Tony McNamara joins us to discuss writing this unusual character, and we are also joined by Ramy Youssef, who stars in the film as Max, a gentle student who falls in love with Bella.
Groundbreaking supermodel Beverly Johnson joins us to discuss her new one-woman show, "Beverly Johnson: IN VOGUE," which recounts her life and career and honors the 50th anniversary Johnson becoming the first Black woman to feature on the cover of American Vogue. The show is running at 59E59 theater B through February 4th.
Folk duo The Milk Carton Kids are nominated for the Grammy for Best Folk Album for their latest LP, I Only See the Moon. Bandmates Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale join us for a Listening Party as part of our run-up to February's Grammy ceremony.
The 20th season of NYC Winter Jazzfest is underway, with shows across New York City slated over the next week. This weekend, the festival will put on two events dedicated to the historic Brooklyn Black cultural center, The East. On Saturday, a panel will discuss The East's musical legacy. On Sunday, the Crown Hill Theatre will host "A Night at the East," a concert featuring veteran musicians like Gary Bartz and Billy Hart, as well as later generation musicians like Shabaka, Moor Mother, and Luke Stewart. Stewart and his Irreversible Entanglements bandmates Aquiles Navarro and Tcheser Holmes joined us for a preview on January 10, and they stuck around to record one more song. Ahead of their shows this weekend, here's "Pueblo."
