Best City Arts Amp Lectures Podcasts (2025)

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Torrey Peters 1:18:07

5d ago1:18:07

1:18:07

Torrey PetersBy City Arts & Lectures

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Gianna Toboni 58:54

13d ago58:54

58:54

Our guest today is Gianna Toboni, an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker whose new book “The Volunteer” is the unusual story of a Death Row inmate. In 2007, Scott Dozier was convicted of a pair of grisly murders, and sent to Nevada’s Death Row. Rather than fighting that sentence, Dozier sought to expedite his execution. But despite h…

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Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson 1:24:41

20d ago1:24:41

1:24:41

Ezra Klein is a columnist and podcast host at The New York Times and the author of Why We’re Polarized. Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic, host of the podcast Plain English and a news analyst with NPR. Klein and Thompson’s new book Abundance is a call to rethink big, entrenched problems that seem mired in systemic scarcity: from clim…

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Who is Government? W. Kamau Bell, Dave Eggers, Sarah Vowell, Michael Lewis 1:12:24

27d ago1:12:24

1:12:24

Today, we’ll listen to a conversation with four writers: journalist Michael Lewis, TV host and comedian W. Kamau Bell, novelist Dave Eggers and historian Sarah Vowell – all paying tribute to civil servants, government workers often un-recognized but essential to a functioning democracy. They were profiled in a series of articles in the Washington P…

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Yung Pueblo 1:08:46

1M ago1:08:46

1:08:46

Our guest today is poet, author, and meditator Diego Perez, better known by his pen name: Yung Pueblo. A popular voice in the self-improvement space, Pueblo is known for writing – in books and on social media – that focuses on personal development and healthy relationships. His newest book is How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Throug…

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1:08:32

1M ago1:08:32

1:08:32

Our guest today is writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, revered in her home country of Nigeria and in the United States, thanks especially to the popularity of her 2013 novel Americannah, a book that straddles the cultures of America and Nigeria and considers the challenges, status, and perceptions of Africans abroad. Since then, Adichie has continued …

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Laurie Woolever 32:52

2M ago32:52

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Laurie Woolever is a writer, cook, and former right-hand woman to the late Anthony Bourdain. Woolever’s memoir “Care and Feeding” chronicles her journey through the food world as she navigated addiction, a cultural reckoning, and unexpected tragedy. The intensity of restaurant kitchens and the rock-and-roll lifestyle of celebrity chefs make the boo…

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Melissa Clark and Emily Weinstein 52:17

2M ago52:17

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Melissa Clark is the author of more than 30 cookbooks, and a writer at the New York Times, where she appears in a weekly cooking video series. She’s known for her passionate, but casual, approach to cooking, and her love of anchovies. Emily Weinstein is the editor-in-chief of NYT Cooking and Food whose latest book is “Easy Weeknight Dinners”. On Fe…

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Neko Case and Hanif Abdurraqib 1:02:17

2M ago1:02:17

1:02:17

Our guest today is Neko Case. The iconic alt-country musician is a founding member of the indie-rock band The New Pornographers. She’s also released numerous records on her own, featuring music from multiple genres. Now, she’s published a memoir about her poverty-stricken childhood, and the way art and a connection to nature have served as guides t…

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Jeffrey Toobin 1:12:19

2M ago1:12:19

1:12:19

Our guest today is Jeffrey Toobin, bestselling author and CNN legal commentator. Toobin is well known for his ability to illuminate the complexities of our judicial system, and he’s covered some of the country's most sensational news stories … from the O.J. Simpson trial, to Kenneth Starr’s investigation of President Clinton, to Martha Stewart's le…

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Encore: Chimamanda Adichie 1:07:11

2M ago1:07:11

1:07:11

Our guest today is Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Her books include Half of a Yellow Sun, The Thing Around Your Neck, and the 2013 novel Americannah, whose popularity propelled Adichie to literary stardom. Like Adichie herself, Americannah straddles the cultures of America and Nigeria, considering the status and perceptions of Africans a…

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Nate DiMeo 32:41

3M ago32:41

32:41

Nate DiMeo is the creator and host of The Memory Palace, a podcast about people from America's past whose names might not be familiar, but whose lives changed the course of history. The show’s episodes take the form of short, evocative essays, rich with detail and emotion. DiMeo’s stories don’t just describe historical events - they encourage liste…

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Kevin Fagan 35:52

3M ago35:52

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Kevin Fagan is an award-winning journalist who recently retired from the San Francisco Chronicle. For his decades-long coverage of homelessness, Fagan spent extensive time on the streets, getting to know the people he reported on, and the paths their lives took. But his journalism didn’t just draw just from those encounters – it was also shaped by …

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Cecile Richards 25:34

3M ago25:34

25:34

We’re celebrating the life of Cecile Richards with a re-broadcast of a portion of her 2018 appearance for City Arts & Lectures. Richards was a national leader for women’s rights and social and economic justice. Richards, the daughter of legendary Texas Governor Ann Richards, started her career as a labor organizer. She went on to serve as Deputy Ch…

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John Mills 35:33

3M ago35:33

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John Mills is the CEO and Co-Founder of Watch Duty, an app that alerts users to nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts. The app’s “reporters” – many volunteers – include journalists, wildfire experts, and former fire service workers monitoring scanners, live video, and other data in order to provide up to the minute information. The app includes…

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Ada Limon 1:06:24

3M ago1:06:24

1:06:24

Our guest is Ada Limón, the current United States Poet Laureate. Limon has published six books of poetry, including The Carrying, The Hurting Kind, and Bright Dead Things. Limon says that poetry isn’t just meant to be read – it’s meant to be read out loud - and this program also includes her reading several poems. On February 22, 2024, Limón came t…

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Percival Everett and Cord Jefferson - Encore 1:31:22

3M ago1:31:22

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Before his novel Erasure was adapted into the hit film American Fiction, Percival Everett was already one of the literary world’s most acclaimed talents, appreciated for his inimitable characters and storylines, as well as his uncommon variety of genres. Since Everett’s first novel in 1983, he has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, for Telepho…

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City Arts & Lectures

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Torrey Peters 1:18:07

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Gianna Toboni 58:54

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Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson 1:24:41

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Who is Government? W. Kamau Bell, Dave Eggers, Sarah Vowell, Michael Lewis 1:12:24

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Yung Pueblo 1:08:46

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1:08:32

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Laurie Woolever 32:52

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Melissa Clark and Emily Weinstein 52:17

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Neko Case and Hanif Abdurraqib 1:02:17

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Jeffrey Toobin 1:12:19

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Encore: Chimamanda Adichie 1:07:11

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Nate DiMeo 32:41

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Kevin Fagan 35:52

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Cecile Richards 25:34

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John Mills 35:33

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Ada Limon 1:06:24

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Percival Everett and Cord Jefferson - Encore 1:31:22