92NY Talks

In this episode of 92Y Talks, join technologist, philanthropist and global health advocate Bill Gates as he talks with CNN's Fareed Zakaria about his new book, How to Prevent the Next Pandemic. Sharing insights from leading scientific experts and his own experience with the Gates Foundation working to eradicate infectious diseases, Bill Gates explains how the world can stop future outbreaks from b...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, join global pop force Netta for a special evening of conversation with iHeartRadio's Emily Curl and music as she shares her journey from pop enthusiast to pop singer to breakout success at the Eurovision Song Contest with her viral hit "Toy." The program was recorded on March 20, 2022 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y.

In this episode of 92Y Talks, join health care journalist Deborah Schupack for a behind-the-scenes look at how New York City's Mount Sinai Health System and its Icahn School of Medicine mobilized to save lives and decipher the coronavirus. Panelists include David Reich, MD, President, The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens; Florian Krammer, PhD, Professor, Microbiology and Vaccinology; an...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Reel Pieces moderator Annette Insdorf interviews Andrew Garfield, star of tick, tick...Boom!, the hit film based on an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent. The conversation was recorded on February 22, 2022 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y.

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Kristen Stewart, 2022 Best Actress Academy Award nominee, discusses her starring role as Princess Diana in the critically acclaimed hit film Spencer - how she prepared for it, stories from the set, upcoming film projects, and much more with author and film critic Thelma Adams. The conversation was recorded on March 11, 2022 in front of a live audience at New York's 92...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, join Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL (Anti-Defamation League), with bestselling author and former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin for a conversation about the threat that rising violence and hate pose to our society — and Greenblatt's new book, It Could Happen Here: Why America Is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable — And How We Can Stop It. The conversation was stream...

With Fmr. Sec. Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Gen. (Ret.) Carter Ham with Ana Cabrera   The invasion of Ukraine presents a major escalation in Russia's provocation of Europe and the West — but for years, US military and national security experts saw potential conflict in a myriad of cybersecurity breaches and threats. What does the war in Ukraine mean for US national security? Join  CNN Newsroo...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, New York Times-bestselling author Eva Chen sits down with Yin Chang, founder and creative director of the online community 88 Cups of Tea, to discuss Chen's inspiring and moving new children's book, I Am Golden, a heartfelt ode to the immigrant experience and Chinese American self-love. The conversation was recorded on February 6, 2022 in front of a live audience at N...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Emmy Award-winning creator of The Good Place and co-creator of Parks and Recreation Michael Schur talks with Daily Show legend Jon Stewart on their lives in comedy — and Schur's new book, How to Be Perfect, a hilarious and brilliant look at how ethics and moral philosophy can make us better people. The conversation was recorded on January 26, 2022 in front of a live a...

Join the cast of the award-winning Amazon Original hit The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - including Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalhoub, Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen, Caroline Aaron and Luke Kirby - for a behind-the-scenes look and discussion of season 4 with journalist Jackie Cutler. The conversation was recorded on January 25, 2022 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y.

In this episode of 92Y Talks, listen to panel discussions featuring leading experts and public figures in civic life from our second annual State of Democracy Summit, part of 92Y's Newmark Civic Life Series and presented in collaboration with Aspen Digital and Craig Newmark Philanthropies. The Summit explores some of the most important questions facing the country right now, with a special focus o...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, listen to panel discussions featuring leading experts and public figures in civic life from our second annual State of Democracy Summit, part of 92Y's Newmark Civic Life Series and presented in collaboration with Aspen Digital and Craig Newmark Philanthropies. The Summit explores some of the most important questions facing the country right now, with a special focus o...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, author of  The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics , and David Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group, discuss the past, present, and future of the Supreme Court — and our democratic system that it upholds and protects. The conversation was recorded on September 13, 2021 in front of a live audience at New Yo...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Reel Pieces moderator Annette Insdorf interviews Jeremy Irons about the new Netflix film, Munich: The Edge of War. Based on the international bestseller by Robert Harris, the film is an engrossing drama set during the Munich Agreement of 1938, with Europe on the brink of World War II. The conversation was streamed live as part of the 92nd Street Y's online talks serie...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, join television personality and New York Times bestselling author Hannah Brown, with Matt James from The Bachelor, for an up close and personal conversation about her new book God Bless This Mess. Brown shares candid stories about growing up in a small American town and the journey that led her to the national spotlight, her lifelong struggle with anxiety and depressi...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, join the Emmy-nominated creators and stars of Hulu's comedy series Pen15, Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine, for a conversation about the hit show's second season with moderator Evan Ross Katz. They discuss the inspiration for the series, playing versions of their seventh-grade selves, stories from behind the scenes, and much more. The conversation was recorded on December...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, world-renowned food experts Frances Moore Lappé and Mark Bittman discuss the 50th anniversary edition of Lappé's groundbreaking Diet for a Small Planet, originally released in 1971. The book first exposed the needless waste built into a meat-centered diet. Now, Lappé goes even deeper, showing us how plant-centered eating can help restore our damaged ecology, address t...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, join the star and creators of Apple TV+'s acclaimed series Acapulco — including internationally renowned Eugenio Derbez, who stars and executive produces, and series co-creators Austin Winsberg, Eduardo Cisneros, and Jason Shuman — with Cosmopolitan's Tamara Fuentes for a conversation about the hit comedy series. They discuss making Apple TV+'s first Spanish and Engli...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, join the star and makers of Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery — including actress Sonequa Martin-Green, director and executive producer Olatunde Osunsanmi, and co-showrunners and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise — for a conversation on the new season of their hit original series with The Washington Post's Helena Andrews. The conversation was str...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, the stars of Impractical Jokers and lifelong friends James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn, Joe Gatto, and Sal Vulcano—also known as the comedy troupe The Tenderloins—sit down with film director, Chris Henchy, for a hysterical night to discuss Impractical Jokers: The Movie, released in 2020. Veteran journalist Jacqueline Cutler moderates the talk that promises to redra...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry sits down with Essence magazine's Cori Murray for a conversation about her new film, Netflix's Bruised. Marking Berry's directorial debut, Bruised follows a simmering and disgraced mixed martial artist — played with characteristic grit and grace by Berry herself — as she attempts to make a comeback and confront her past. The c...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, indie musician and author Michelle Zauner (a.k.a. Japanese Breakfast) sits down with Vulture's E. Alex Jung to talk about her third album, Jubilee, and her new bestselling memoir, Crying in H Mart. Hear her discuss the inception of both the memoir and the record — writing about grief while making music about joy, the contrasts between writing books and writing songs,...

In this episode of 92Y Talks, Israeli author David Grossman discusses his new novel, More Than I Love My Life, with fellow writer Nathan Englander. Inspired by the memories of a political prisoner in 1950s Yugoslavia, the book tells the story of three generations of women on an unlikely journey from Israel to the "Adriatic Alcatraz" to confront the shared trauma of their family's past. The convers...

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead (author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys) opens the 92Y Poetry Center's 83rd season with a presentation of his new novel, Harlem Shuffle , followed by a conversation with Vinson Cunningham. A love letter to 1960s New York, Harlem Shuffle is a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, and a social novel about...

Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning actor Ben Platt, actress Amandla Stenberg, director Stephen Chbosky, and Tony Award-winning writer Steven Levenson sit down with Ruthie Fierberg to discuss bringing the Broadway megahit Dear Evan Hansen to the screen. Hear why its story and music continues to resonate so deeply with people of all ages, stories from behind the screen, and much more. The conversa...