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Fishko Files from WNYC

From WNYC, New York Public Radio, join WNYC's cultural attaché Sara Fishko for her personal radio essays on music, art, culture and media.

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Film Noir

Film Noir

Any time the nights get long, cold, and a little ominous, film noir comes to mind. Here's this Fishko Files with WNYC's ... Read more

11 Dec 2020

7mins

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An Hour with Ned Rorem

An Hour with Ned Rorem

Composer Ned Rorem turns 97 today. In this hour from the archives, Rorem and Fishko share a long, winding conversation i... Read more

23 Oct 2020

58mins

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The Chopin Paradox

The Chopin Paradox

The composer Frédéric Chopin, whose first published music appeared about two hundred years ago in the 1820s, eventually ... Read more

19 Feb 2021

7mins

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Two Pianists and a Painter

Two Pianists and a Painter

Thelonious Monk was born October 10, 1917. WNYC's Sara Fishko looks at Monk, Glenn Gould, and Vincent van Gogh - and how... Read more

9 Oct 2020

7mins

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Alex North (1910-1991)

Alex North (1910-1991)

Composer Alex North was best known for his sharp and observant film scores, including the iconic music for "A Streetcar ... Read more

29 Jan 2021

7mins

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Chayefsky

Chayefsky

It's 45 years since the film Network had its premiere. It seemed pretty far out in its time - but now seems remarkably p... Read more

22 Jan 2021

7mins

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Jacqueline Kennedy's White House

Jacqueline Kennedy's White House

On Valentine's Day 1962, in the simpler days of television, all three networks aired a now-celebrated tour of the White ... Read more

12 Feb 2021

7mins

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Andre!

Andre!

Andre Gregory - of "My Dinner with Andre" fame - has told stories, on stage and screen, for decades, says WNYC's Sara Fi... Read more

13 Nov 2020

7mins

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Stuff Smith

Stuff Smith

Violinist Stuff Smith: Once you hear his fabulous, swing-era playing, it's hard to forget. WNYC's Sara Fishko and guests... Read more

27 Nov 2020

7mins

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Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino

The actress, director, and film business pioneer Ida Lupino's 1950 film "Outrage" has been added to the Library of Congr... Read more

25 Dec 2020

7mins

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Three Jazz Works

Three Jazz Works

Some of the major struggles and victories of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s coincided with a most active period ... Read more

26 Jun 2020

6mins

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Shrinks on Screen (2020)

Shrinks on Screen (2020)

In this fraught time, when truth and reality are warped beyond recognition, we could all use someone to talk to. WNYC's ... Read more

6 Nov 2020

7mins

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Strange Fruit

Strange Fruit

20 years ago, a book by David Margolick reminded us of the power of a historic song about lynching, Strange Fruit - made... Read more

5 Jun 2020

7mins

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JFK and TV (2020)

JFK and TV (2020)

In the last many months, television has been our WFH window into a disastrous pandemic as well as a deeply divisive pres... Read more

20 Nov 2020

10mins

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Life of the Party

Life of the Party

In this last gasp of 2020, we face a New Year's without parties - unless you count the ones in this Fishko Files episode... Read more

1 Jan 2021

7mins

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