The jazz musician Charles Mingus was a celebrated band leader and one of the most important composers of his generation. But at the same time he was recording The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, he was working on another masterpiece of sorts. He figured out how to get his cat, Nightlife, to poop in a toilet — and he decided he’d share his method with the world. Subscribe to Studio 360. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beac...
Jul 31, 2015•9 min•Ep. 40
Amy Schumer, who stars as a romantic train wreck in the new Judd Apatow film Trainwreck , is at the top of her game in real life. The third season of Inside Amy Schumer premieres April 21st on Comedy Central. The show just won a Peabody Award. And a screening of the new season's first episode at the Tribeca Film Festival showed there's nothing Schumer won't tackle. Visit the Tribeca Film Festival podcast archives. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day E...
Jul 31, 2015•50 min•Ep. 39
The Sporkful debates burrito construction and the LA/SF rivalry with MaxFun's Jesse Thorn and Good Food's Evan Kleiman. Plus Matt Yglesias compares Chipotle burritos to iPhones. Subscribe to The Sporkful. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.
Jul 31, 2015•27 min•Ep. 38
Comedian Eugene Mirman offers Soundcheck a list of his favorite funny songs—whether they were intended to be funny or not. Subscribe to Soundcheck. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.
Jul 31, 2015•19 min•Ep. 37
Radiolab tells stories of striving, grasping, tripping, and falling for happiness, perfection, and Bliss. Subscribe to Radiolab. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.
Jul 31, 2015•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 36
Joan Rivers guest-hosts the Leonard Lopate Show and talks to Deon Cole, Billy Eichner, and Reza Farahan about comedy and life. Subscribe to The Leonard Lopate Show. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.
Jul 31, 2015•20 min•Ep. 35
Alec Baldwin talks to Paula Pell, who was singing and dancing at a Florida theme park when she got a call from SNL. Subscribe to Here's The Thing. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.
Jul 31, 2015•43 min•Ep. 34
It's been over eighty years since audiences first watched The Wizard of Oz . Meet the original man behind the curtain, L Frank Baum, and trace the history of his greatest creation. Subscribe to Studio 360. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.
Jul 31, 2015•52 min•Ep. 33
Radiolab tells the story of a family literally saved by movies. Ron and Cornelia Suskind had two healthy young sons, promising careers, and a brand new home when their youngest son Owen started to disappear. But the Suskind family finds an unlikely way to access their silent son's world. Subscribe to Radiolab. Road Trip with WNYC: Home Movie Edition features a few good stories about family. Perfect for: tuning out snoring bunk-mates, masking nature sounds outside the tent, keeping dad from telli...
Jul 24, 2015•44 min•Ep. 32
Snap Judgement tells stories about what it's like to find yourself on someone else's wavelength. Road Trip with WNYC: Home Movie Edition features a few good stories about family. Perfect for: tuning out snoring bunk-mates, masking nature sounds outside the tent, keeping dad from telling you that one story for the hundredth time, killing time while mom goes antiquing.
Jul 24, 2015•53 min•Ep. 31
The New Yorker cartoonist and author talks to Alec Baldwin about mothers, man-pants, and birds. Subscribe to Here's The Thing. Road Trip with WNYC: Home Movie Edition features a few good stories about family. Perfect for: tuning out snoring bunk-mates, masking nature sounds outside the tent, keeping dad from telling you that one story for the hundredth time, killing time while mom goes antiquing....
Jul 24, 2015•50 min•Ep. 30
Studio 360 talks to film critic David Gilmour about his decision to let his son Jesse drop out of school and watch movies all day. Subscribe to Studio 360. Road Trip with WNYC: Home Movie Edition features a few good stories about family. Perfect for: tuning out snoring bunk-mates, masking nature sounds outside the tent, keeping dad from telling you that one story for the hundredth time, killing time while mom goes antiquing....
Jul 24, 2015•11 min•Ep. 29
Note To Self talks to someone who makes a strong case for listening to—and valuing—your voicemail. "Voicemail is a default archive of your life. You would miss it if it were gone." Subscribe to Note To Self. Home Movie Edition features a few good stories about family. Perfect for: tuning out snoring bunk-mates, masking nature sounds outside the tent, keeping dad from telling you that one story for the hundredth time, killing time while mom goes antiquing....
Jul 24, 2015•13 min•Ep. 28
This Movie Date podcast has a little something for everyone, especially those who love quirky girls, or hate crazy dads. To wit: The story of six brothers who are locked in their lower east side Manhattan apartment by their father for their entire lives, with only a collection of movies to connect them to the outside world. Subscribe to Movie Date. Home Movie Edition features a few good stories about family. Perfect for: tuning out snoring bunk-mates, masking nature sounds outside the tent, keep...
Jul 24, 2015•35 min•Ep. 27
It costs $50,000 to have Billy Idol appear at a private event, but in 2012, a 25-year-old working at a Seattle mall convinced the rock star and his band to play his birthday party for free. Michael Henrichsen tells Sideshow how he enlisted a boatload of B-listers, friends, and family to help make his '80s dream come true. Subscribe to Sideshow. Home Movie Edition features a few good stories about family. Perfect for: tuning out snoring bunk-mates, masking nature sounds outside the tent, keeping ...
Jul 24, 2015•14 min•Ep. 25
The Sporkful follows a pair of young lovers on a quest for the perfect Buffalo wing. But will the universe deliver a happy ending for their hearts and bellies? Subscribe to The Sporkful. Road Trip with WNYC: Home Movie Edition features a few good stories about family. Perfect for: tuning out snoring bunk-mates, masking nature sounds outside the tent, keeping dad from telling you that one story for the hundredth time, killing time while mom goes antiquing....
Jul 24, 2015•27 min•Ep. 24
The Sporkful and Radiolab's Jad Abumrad explore the new frontier of weed-infused foods with a French pastry chef. They'll tell you how it tastes. They'll tell you how it makes them feel. And they'll tell you what happens when you eat way, way too much of it. Subscribe to The Sporkful.
Jul 17, 2015•29 min•Ep. 23
Al Madrigal has been The Daily Show 's "Senior Latino Correspondent" for years. In his funny new documentary, Half Like Me , he travels across the United States and Mexico to explore his ambivalence with that ethnic identity. Sideshow explores what it means that Madrigal can't really pronounce his own name—and that he doesn't really care. Subscribe to Sideshow.
Jul 17, 2015•13 min•Ep. 22
A real CIA spy gives her take on the new Melissa McCarthy movie, "Spy." Plus Rafer and Kristen review "Entourage," "Testament of Youth," "Love and Mercy," and a special Mystery Date: "Sexual Intelligence," hosted by Kim Cattrall. Subscribe to Movie Date.
Jul 17, 2015•46 min•Ep. 20
Ken Jeong met his wife while they were both practicing medicine at the same hospital in Los Angeles. But after he married, he quit medicine to pursue acting full-time. Then, a year later, his wife was diagnosed with aggressive stage III breast cancer. They had twins who were a year old. And Ken had just gotten an offer to play an Asian mobster in a Las Vegas buddy movie called "The Hangover." Subscribe to Death Sex & Money....
Jul 17, 2015•24 min•Ep. 19
Yillah Natalie grew up studying ballet. But when her family couldn’t afford classes anymore, she had to quit. Later, Yillah was mesmerized by the belly dancer in the video for U2's 1991 hit "Mysterious Ways" — both with the way she moved and the power she seemed to possess. Twenty years later, Yillah is a professional belly dancer. Subscribe to Studio 360.
Jul 17, 2015•6 min•Ep. 18
You pick up your phone to send an email. You see a notification for a text message. All of a sudden, you're on Instagram debating whether or not to like an old high school classmate's engagement picture, Pinterest-ing the photographer, and contemplating the ice cream options within range. Note To Self talks with two people who work in the digital marketing worlds, who are worried about the consequences of their attention-grabbing tactics. Subscribe to Note To Self....
Jul 17, 2015•21 min•Ep. 16
Jerry Seinfeld was just 27 when he first appeared on Johnny Carson in 1981. His unique comedy style eventually led him to create his namesake show with Larry David. After Seinfeld ran for nine seasons, he decided to go back to stand-up, and to his audience. Subscribe to Here's The Thing.
Jul 17, 2015•57 min•Ep. 17
Are we there yet? Radiolab explores the strange, subjective nature of time—from a sped-up spin through childhood, to a really, really slowed-down Beethoven symphony. Subscribe to Radiolab.
Jul 09, 2015•58 min•Ep. 8
Fifty years ago, John Steinbeck took a road trip across America with his dog and published a non-fiction book about it. But as On The Media finds out, it’s mostly a fabrication. Subscribe to On The Media.
Jul 09, 2015•6 min•Ep. 15
Note to Self talks to someone who says his technology will be the first fundamental evolution in mass transit since subway tracks were laid. Subscribe to Note To Self.
Jul 09, 2015•29 min•Ep. 13
A father writes in to Movie Date to ask for suggestions on what to show his 8-year-old daughter while on a road trip. Also, Jack Black’s new movie, “The D Train,” focuses on a man traveling from his small town to LA to get the BMOC to come back for the high school reunion. Finally, the Sofia Vergara/Reese Witherspoon film “Hot Pursuit” is about a criminal and cop on an unlikely road trip. Subscribe to Movie Date....
Jul 09, 2015•39 min•Ep. 12
Will Knight covers artificial intelligence and robotics for MIT Technology Review . He traveled to Germany and got a taste for what it feels like to take your hands off the wheel, remove your feet from the pedals and let the car take over while zipping across Germany at 80 miles per hour. Subscribe to Money Talking.
Jul 09, 2015•7 min•Ep. 10
Alec Baldwin sits down with fellow Long Islander Billy Joel—at the piano—for a conversation about life, and the musical choices he’s made. Subscribe to Here's The Thing.
Jul 09, 2015•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 7
The Fishko Files explores the backstory of one of classical music's most frenetic songs. Subscribe to The Fishko Files.
Jul 09, 2015•7 min•Ep. 9
