92NY Talks

In this episode of 92Y Talks, we present another installment of excerpts from our recent State of Democracy Summit, produced in collaboration with the Knight Foundation, ProPublica, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Democracy in Public: Kounkuey Design Initiative's Chelina Odbert, Eric Klinenberg of NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge, and Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering and host of...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, we present excerpts from our recent State of Democracy Summit, produced in collaboration with the Knight Foundation, ProPublica, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies. The 2020 election season and its aftermath is perhaps one of the most tumultuous times in recent history: bringing longstanding tensions in America into violent relief and testing core pillars of the democra...

Huey Lewis sits down with SiriusXM's Mark Goodman for a career-spanning conversation about his first album with his band The News in nearly two decades, Weather —a smooth, whip-smart return to the sound that helped make Huey Lewis and The News one of the biggest bands of the '80s, earning them Grammy Awards and selling over 30 million albums. The conversation was recorded on February 17, 2020 in f...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, director and actor Soleil Moon Frye, star of the beloved 80s and current Peacock sitcom  Punky Brewster , sits down with Demi Moore to discuss her new Hulu documentary  kid 90 . When Frye was a teenager, she documented hundreds of hours of her life with her friends – other young stars like David Arquette, Stephen Dorff, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and more. In  kid 90 , Frye...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Budd Mishkin hosts a celebration of the life and legacy of Debbie Friedman, whose music continues to inspire Jews to sing out all over the world. Special guest Mandy Patinkin discusses his close friendship with Debbie, along with Debbie's sister Cheryl Friedman, Rabbi Peter Rubinstein, Rabbi Dan Freelander, Cantor Jeff Klepper, Merri and Rabbi Ramie Arian, Douglas Mis...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Annette Insdorf interviews director and co-writer Thomas Vinterberg and co-writer Tobias Lindholm about their film  Another Round , which is Denmark's official submission for the Best International Feature Film category of the 93rd Academy Awards. The dark comedy has already swept the European Film Awards — winning Best Film, Director, Screenplay, and Actor for Mads M...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, bestselling author and cultural icon Roxane Gay discusses her new Scribd Originals story  Writing into the Wound: Understanding Trauma, Truth, and Language  with award-winning journalist and host of  Matter of Fact  Soledad O'Brien.  Writing into the Wound is a remarkable consideration of being human, and a skillful guide to processing our pain, by one of the finest a...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, the iconic artist Christo discusses his creative process, his creative partnership with his wife Jeanne-Claude, and much more with Amei Wallach. Some of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's projects include the Lake Iseo project documented in the film  Walking on Water , and wrapping the entire Arc de Triomphe in 270,000 square feet of silvery-blue fabric. The conversation was...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Pulitzer Prize winners Susan Faludi and Anna Quindlen discuss feminism, identity, and the creative spirit with Jennifer Finney Boylan. The conversation was recorded on March 30, 2017 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y.

In this special edition of 92Y Talks, we are launching a new series with the Regional Plan Association called Recalibrate Reality: The Future of New York, hosted by Scott Rechler, chair of RPA and RXR Realty. The series will feature conversations with top leaders in government, business, transportation, hospitality, arts, and other key sectors, with the goal of answering the question: How do We Re...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Annette Insdorf interviews filmmaker Ramin Bahrani about his film  The White Tiger. Netflix, which is currently streaming the film, describes it as an "epic journey of a poor Indian driver," played by Adarsh Gourav, "who uses his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters," played by Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, "and rise to the top o...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, legendary writer and performer Anna Deavere Smith, former senior advisor to President Obama Valerie Jarrett, and CNN's Van Jones discuss the HBO film  Notes from the Field . The film was adapted from Smith's acclaimed one-woman show, in which she portrays a multitude of real-life characters with her signature precision. The conversation was recorded on February 19, 20...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, actor, director and producer Melissa Joan Hart talks with Glamour's Jessica Radloff about her trio of family Christmas films on Lifetime and her experiences directing Mario Lopez in the family film Feliz NaviDAD, starring alongside Jason Priestley in the holiday romance Dear Christmas, and producing the Vanessa Lachey-led Once Upon a Main Street through her production...

T.C. Boyle on his selection:   It was Donald Barthelme, along with Robert Coover, Samuel Beckett, Julio Cortázar and Flannery O'Conner who spurred me to be in writing myself. Barthelme is best known for his abstract stories, like "Indian Uprising," a story I cherish, but I've chosen "The School" for this program because of its tight comedic narrative and its presentation as a dramatic monologue. I...

Geraldine Ferraro, former member of the United States House of Representatives and Vice Presidential candidate, gives a talk on "The Future of Women in Politics." Her remarks about the possibility of a female president resonate powerfully today. She is introduced by Addie Guttag, a 92Y board member. The conversation was recorded on February 20, 1991 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd S...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, actor/director Alison Brie and filmmakers Andrew Rossi, Sarah Amos, and Jason Sterman with Marvel.com's Angélique Roché discuss the ever-expanding Marvel Universe and their new documentary series  Marvel's 616 . Exploring the uniquely rich and innovative legacy of storytelling that has blossomed out of Marvel Comics,  Marvel's 616  charts new terrain in the Marvel Uni...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés, the directors of  All In: The Fight for Democracy , discuss their documentary film with Annette Insdorf. The film is a powerful exploration of the struggle for voting rights in the United States, featuring Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, and is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video. The...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, New York State Attorney General Letitia James and Rabbi Peter Rubinstein, Director of Jewish Community and Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at the 92nd Street Y, discuss the challenges confronting New York City and State and reasons to be hopeful about the future, with an introduction from the 92nd Street Y's Chief Executive Officer Seth Pinsky. The conversation was st...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, acclaimed playwright, producer, screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin discusses his latest film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and his extensive body of work with Annette Insdorf. The Trial of the Chicago 7 features an evocative recreation of the late 1960s trial following arrests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and is currently available to watch on...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Neil deGrasse Tyson—astrophysicist icon, Hayden Planetarium director, and host of National Geographic's COSMOS ––talks with the great science popularizer Bill Nye about the making of COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS and its state-of-the art visual effects, the legacy of the visionary Carl Sagan, and, in Tyson's words, "our eternal search for answers about ourselves in the univ...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller, Moses Ingram, and Scott Frank discuss their new Netflix limited series  The Queen's Gambit  with Jodie Foster. Based on the Walter Trevis novel about a Cold War-era chess prodigy, it's a coming-of-age story like no other—a complex portrait that follows a young girl from a Kentucky orphanage into the upper echelons of competitive chess...

New York Democratic Congressman Hakeem Jeffries joins us with Eddie S. Glaude Jr, distinguished professor of African American Studies at Princeton and author of  Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own , for a conversation about racism in America and the urgent need to create a more just society. Jeffries is chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and a tireless adv...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin discuss their new Netflix series  Get Organized with The Home Edit  with actress and comedian Retta. Shearer and Teplin share their secrets for conquering your clutter with their unique brand of interior styling, practicality and humor. The conversation was streamed live as part of the 92nd Street Y's online talks series on September 22,...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Bette Midler, Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Levy, Sarah Paulson, Issa Rae, playwright Paul Rudnick, and director Jay Roach talk with CNN's Alisyn Camerota about their new HBO socially distanced comedy, Coastal Elites. The special presentation spotlights five hilarious and wildly distinct characters across the United States grappling with the pandemic and the politics that surrou...

Disney+'s Howard: Don Hahn, Alan Menken, Paige O'Hara, Jodi Benson, Bill Lauch, and Sarah Gillespie in Conversation with Vanity Fair's Joanna Robinson In this episode of 92Y Talks, director Don Hahn, Alan Menken, Paige O'Hara, Jodi Benson, Bill Lauch, and Sarah Gillespie talk with  Vanity Fair 's Joanna Robinson about the life and creative force of Howard Ashman, the brilliant lyricist who helped...