Ranked #1
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
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7mins
Ranked #2
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
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58mins
Ranked #3
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
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7mins
Ranked #4
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
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7mins
Ranked #5
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
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7mins
Ranked #6
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
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7mins
Ranked #7
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
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7mins
Ranked #8
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
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7mins
Ranked #9
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
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7mins
Ranked #10
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
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7mins
Ranked #11
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
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6mins
Ranked #12
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
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7mins
Ranked #13
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
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7mins
Ranked #14
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
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10mins
Ranked #15
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
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7mins