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Ghost Band Plays Ghost Venues
Mamdani reverses course on mayoral control of NYC schools, pledges more community input

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is shifting course on one of his education campaign promises, saying he now supports keeping mayoral control of New York City’s public schools.
Albany wants to turn the state capital's Egg into an 'art vortex'

Albany's Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center is finishing up a $19.5 million renovation. It's the first major overhaul of the space, locally known as the Egg because of its stri...
How Debate Took Over the Internet. Plus, a Case for Confronting the Past.

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Our hosts’ favorite segments of 2025
NYC's hub for school cafeteria food is a test kitchen where the critics are students

School lunches have come a along way from chicken nuggets and cardboard pizza. These days, New York City public schools are using culinary expertise to develop new recipes that are nu...

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Let’s talk democracy at the laundromat!

Soap gets laundry done. Conversation gets democracy going. This election year, WNYC is turning some laundromats in the New York metro area into hubs of civic dialogue.

Ask Governor Murphy

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy takes questions from WNYC’s Nancy Solomon, other guest journalists and listeners for an hour every month during this live show, a co-production with WBGO and WHYY. Ask Governor Murphy airs the second Wednesday of most months at 7 p.m., dependent on schedule availability.

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One of the Country's Earliest African-American Radio Programs on WNYC 1929-1930

The NAACP scores a regular Wednesday slot for talks on a broad spectrum of issues.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Lilian Supove Blake

When most women in Radio were doing home-ec shows, she was WNYC's News and Special Events Director.
Take A Dive into the WNYC Archives

As part of WNYC's centennial celebration, each week we'll share key moments from the from the vast WNYC and NYC Municipal archives.

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Calvin Tomkins’s Century

The New Yorker Radio Hour

The writer, who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1958, has chronicled turning a hundred in the same year as the magazine’s centennial.
The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle

All Of It

A new book about puzzles claims 36 million Americans solve crosswords once a week or more, and nearly 23 million solve them daily. Natan Last, a researcher, policy advisor, writer, an...
Gaten Matarazzo on Growing Up as Dustin on "Stranger Things"

All Of It

The final season of the beloved sci-fi series "Stranger Things" is underway. Star Gaten Matarazzo, who has been playing Dustin on the show for a decade, discusses the final season and...
Matthew Broderick Stars as 'Tartuffe' off-Broadway

All Of It

"Tartuffe" is the classic Molière comedy and satire first performed in the 1660s. Matthew Broderick is currently starring in the lead role of a new off-Broadway production of the play...
Noah Baumbach on “Jay Kelly,” His New Movie with George Clooney

The New Yorker Radio Hour

The director talks with the New Yorker editor Susan Morrison about his new film, in which a famous actor wonders whether he’s made the right choices.