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Channel • 22 Shows

Visual Arts

Visual Arts

Updated 09/08/2017
Life Sciences

Life Sciences

Updated daily
Politics

Politics

Updated 18/11/2025
Music Interviews

Music Interviews

Updated weekly
True Crime

True Crime

Weekly series
News Commentary

News Commentary

Updated twice weekly
History

History

Daily series

18/11/2025

Ilya’s new series The Harvard Plan

Ilya Marritz is back to share a new series he’s made with The Boston Globe and WNYC’s On the Media. The Harvard Plan investigates how the Trump administration’s pressure campaign is reshaping American universities through memorable characters, thorny moral and ethical questions, and high stakes. Preview the first episode here. The whole series is available to listen at https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/harvard-plan

18/11/2025

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47 min
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Our Common Nature with Yo-Yo Ma: Coming Soon!

When the world stopped in 2020, cellist Yo-Yo Ma started thinking about how music can reconnect people to nature. In this limited podcast series, Yo-Yo travels around the country to make music and meet people who have deep connections to the earth. Host Ana González joins him to uncover stories of the ways that culture binds us to nature, from Maine to Appalachia and Hawaii. The result is a seven-episode series that fuses music, personal narratives, and local histories from across the United States. We travel into the world's largest cave to hear the Louisville Orchestra perform. In Hawai‘i, an elder says her “chants are our contribution to the human orchestra of the world.” And the Wabanaki teach us about their duty to welcome the sun each day in Maine. For Yo-Yo Ma, who has spent most of his career indoors, a connection to the natural world is “what doesn’t exist in my life, that I know is missing.” Our Common Nature helps to bridge the gap – for Yo-Yo and for all of us.

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2 min
05/06/2023

January 6th Was Not a Secret Attack

Micah Loewinger, a reporter for On the Media, began monitoring militia conversations in early 2020. The potential for violence was immediately clear. And so when they staged an insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, Micah was listening and recording. But when his reporting became part of the FBI’s case against the Oath Keepers, it raised difficult questions about his role as a journalist. Tell us what you think. Instagram and Twitter: @noteswithkai. Email us at notes@wnyc.org. Send us a voice message by recording yourself on your phone and emailing us, or going to Instagram and clicking on the link in our bio. “Notes from America” airs live on Sunday evenings at 6pm ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts. Tune into the show on Sunday nights via the stream on notesfromamerica.org or on WNYC’s YouTube channel. Tell us what you think. We're @noteswithkai on Instagram and X (Twitter). Email us at notes@wnyc.org. Send us a voice message by recording yourself on your phone and emailing us, or record one here. Notes from America airs live on Sundays at 6 p.m. ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts.

05/06/2023

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32 min
03/12/2025

Merchants of Joy' Follows NYC Christmas Tree Sellers

The new documentary "Merchants of Joy" follows five New York City families as they run their Christmas tree business. Director Celia Aniskovich and subject Ciree Nash of Uptown Christmas Trees discuss the film, which is streaming now on Amazon Prime.

03/12/2025

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25 min
26/09/2025

Fighting Fascism with Education

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the author of Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy (Thesis, 2025), talks about her new book and explains why she says education protects democracy.

26/09/2025

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33 min
01/12/2025

Lifting the ‘Right on Red’ Ban in Staten Island, and Councilmember Julie Menin Declares Victory as Speaker

A Staten Island lawmaker wants drivers in his borough exempted from New York City’s right-on-red ban. Meanwhile, New York City Councilmember Julie Menin says she’s secured enough votes to be the Council’s next Speaker.

01/12/2025

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9 min
16/10/2025

Luscious Jackson Re-issues 1994's 'Natural Ingredients'

You'll recognize Luscious Jackson for the music used for jingles and bumpers on All Of It. Now, they are releasing a vinyl re-issue of 1994’s Natural Ingredients plus two extra tracks from the vault. Frontwoman, founder and guitarist Jill Cunniff discusses Luscious Jackson's music, and the re-release.

16/10/2025

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19 min
22/12/2025

The Cover-Up' Spotlights Investigative Journalist Seymour Hersh

The new Netflix documentary "The Cover-Up" spotlights the career of investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who is known for breaking stories like the My Lai Massacre and the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Documentarian Laura Poitras discusses the documentary, which is paying now at Film Forum and is streaming on Netflix.

22/12/2025

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25 min
13 FEB

Trouble in NYC's Tow Truck Industry

Liam Quigley, reporter covering parks & sanitation for Gothamist and WNYC, talks about his investigation into NYC's tow truck industry, where he found unscrupulous practices that have consequences for street safety, insurance claims and more.

13 Feb

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26 min
17/09/2025

Are the Lethal U.S. Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Legal?

The Trump administration's recent lethal strikes on purported drug boats in Venezuela drew widespread condemnation from experts in international law. Brian Finucane, senior adviser at the International Crisis Group and a non-resident senior fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law, talks about the strikes and breaks down their legality, plus discusses the implications of that analysis.

17/09/2025

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32 min

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