Author/playwright/director David Mamet, whose Redbelt film is now in theaters, appeared at the Y on March 25, 2002 for a reading of his manuscript version of Faustus, later published in 2004. In the audio clip above, Mamet takes questions from the audience and talks about his memories of Shel Silverstein.
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Related: The Lamentations of Ian Frazier (Jun 10), Listening Is An Act of Love: David Isay and Guests from the StoryCorps Project (Jun 24) and A Celebration of Maurice Sendak with Tony Kushner (Sep 15)
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On March 27 at the Y, Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, currently serving his second term, sat down with WNYC's Leonard Lopate to talk about his new book, America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers. In the audio clip above, Senator Hagel discusses the great transformation of an American populace disconnected with its politicians, the rise of Independents and the self-correcting mechanism of democracy.
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Related: A Conversation with Ted Sorensen on the Legacy of JFK and Politics Today (May 6), Senator Harry Reid in Conversation with Jeff Greenfield (May 8) and Andy Borowitz, Jonathan Alter, Susie Essman, Calvin Trillin & More: Countdown to the Election (May 13)
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Carl Reiner—legendary comedian, actor, novelist and director—appeared at the Y on February 9, 2006 as part of the Funny People Series. In the audio clip above, he talks with Susie Essman about the rejection of his television pilot, Head of the Family, in 1959 which would later become a hit as The Dick Van Dyke Show where he began his directing career.
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Previously, we posted video of fashion guru Tim Gunn's March 2008 talk at the Y with Budd Mishkin. In the audio clip above, we offer additional intimate talk from the evening, including Tim's season 1 fears, the progress of becoming an Emmy-nominated show and a reminder that clothes are not made by elves.
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Donny Deutsch, host of the CNBC talk show The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, appeared at the Y with Adweek editor-in-chief Alison Fahey on January 17, 2006 to share the story behind his success and offer guidance about thinking boldly and innovatively in business. He built Deutsch Inc. from a boutique shop into the nation’s ninth largest advertising agency, a $2.7 billion marketing and communications company. In the clip below, he discusses the self-esteem of ad agencies, the service element of the business and spending the night in a Speed Racer bed for a client.
92Y Podcast: Bernard-Henri Lévy State of World Jewry Lecture
Bernard-Henri Lévy (center) with Abdallah and Francine Simon
Earlier, we posted video and photos from the annual Francine and Abdallah Simon State of World Jewry Lecture at the Y on March 5 featuring world-renowned French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy. In the audio excerpt below, he continues the discussion of the legitimacy of the State of Israel.
On April 16, former United States ambassador to Israel Martin S. Indyk will attempt to answer, "Will There Ever Be Peace in the Middle East?" Find out about more "Israel at 60" programs at the Y.
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92Y Podcast: Alice McDermott with Roger Rosenblatt
Alice McDermott “is a genius of quiet observation,” said the Los Angeles Times. “One of our finest novelists.” McDermott’s books includeCharming Billy, winner of the National Book Award, and After This. On January 30 of this year, she appeared at the Y for the Afternoon Night Table Series hosted by the award-winning journalist, essayist and television commentator Roger Rosenblatt. Later in the evening, she led a master class in fiction. In the audio clip below, she explains her passion for teaching - besides the money, of course.
Mos Def entertained and worked the 92nd Street Y crowd on February 28 with a talk covering music and politics that included video and song previews as well. We previously posted a review of the evening and now you can listen to an audio excerpt below where he theorizes on Presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
92Y Podcast: British Film Director and Writer Anthony Minghella
Anthony Minghella and Annette Insdorf at the 92nd Street Y
As reported by the BBC and many other media outlets, British film director and writer Anthony Minghella died yesterday at the age of 54 from a fatal hemorrhage days after having surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck. He won an Oscar for best director in 1997 for The English Patient and his widely praised works include The Talented Mr. Ripley which earned him an Oscar nomination for best screenplay.
Minghella appeared at the Y for Dr. Annette Insdorf's Reel Pieces series on December 7, 2006 for a preview screening of his film Breaking and Entering and to talk about his career. In the audio clip below he explains how a very public childhood prepared him for what he found to be his perfect job match as a film director and writer.
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92Y Podcast: The Rehabilitation of ABC News Journalist Bob Woodruff
Previously, we posted a video excerpt from a talk between ABC News journalist Bob Woodruff and Foreign Affairs editor James F. Hoge that took place at the Y last October. You can listen to more of the conversation in the audio clip below where Woodruff goes into the details of the rehabilitation process after being seriously wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
92Y Podcast: Actress Kathleen Turner Talks Family Issues
Previously, we posted a video excerpt from a talk between actress Kathleen Turner and activist/author Gloria Feldt that took place at the Y on Valentine's Day. You can listen to more of Turner's thoughts in the audio clip below where she talks about the influence of her father, growing up abroad and her early passion for the theatrical arts.
92Y Podcast: Robert Reich on Presidential Hopefuls & Meeting the Clintons
Robert B. Reich, the Secretary of Labor under President Clinton and a professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, discussed Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life with R. Thomas Herman, senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal, at the Y on October 8, 2007. The audio excerpt below focuses not on the movements of the invisible hand but how Reich met the Clintons which involves chicken soup with Bill and heavily buttered popcorn for Hillary.
Photos of William F. Buckley at the 92nd Street Y in 1974, 2001 with Jeff Greenfield and a group shot featuring Katie Couric, novelist Walter Mosley, Congressman Barney Frank, writer Roger Rosenblatt and the Y's own Susan Engel in 2000.
As I think I saw someone write in the last day or so, his attitude to life was, "always forward." One of the reasons he was so captivating to his friends is that he always gave them the sense that if they would lash themselves to him, they'd be in for the ride of a lifetime...I have a hard time imagining editing National Review without Bill Buckley to read it, and send us memos about what he liked and what he didn't. Now I'll always wonder.
Buckley appeared at the Y seven times from 1974 to 2001. Lowry will be making his first this Sunday with Jeff Greenfield. Always forward.
First, a look back to Buckley's April 2001 talk with Jeff Greenfield at the Y. In the audio clip below they talk about George W. Bush's first 100 days as President and the oratory skills of leaders.
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Podcast: Madeleine Albright Offers Sage Advice for the Next President
Previously, we posted a video excerpt from a talk between former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Foreign Affairs editor James F. Hoge, Jr that took place at the Y on January 20. You can listen to more of her thoughts in the audio clip below where Albright gives her advice for the next President by telling the cautionary story of a superpower from 2,400 years ago (Athens) that made a preemptive strike on a perceived enemy (Sicily) and how that turned out.
Hoge’s Foreign Affairs Series at the Y continues on May 7 with Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International and host of Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria on PBS.
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Podcast: Ralph Buultjens on the Politics of Energy
Ralph Buultjens, a leading analyst of world affairs and professor at New York University and Cambridge University, hosts a popular lectures series at the Y that examines key foreign policy issues altering the global balance of power. In the audio clip below, Buultjens warns of the situation imposed by the end of cheap energy sources from a talk he gave in October 2007, "Can We Survive 2008? The State of World Politics."
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