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92NY Talks

For nearly 150 years The 92nd Street Y, New York has harnessed the power of arts and ideas to enrich, enlighten and change lives. This weekly podcast series features many of the fascinating people and conversations from our stage, both recent as well as treasures from the past.

May 31, 2018

Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood and author of the new book, Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead, discusses what it takes to stand up for what you believe in and transform our world today with comedian and actor Jessica Williams. The conversation was recorded...


May 24, 2018

Two transformative young leaders, Missouri’s former Secretary of State Jason Kander and artist-poet-author Cleo Wade, discuss their bold new projects and hopes for the future with social visionary Symone Sanders. The conversation was recorded on April 20, 2018 in front of a live audience at New York’s 92nd...


May 17, 2018

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tony Kushner discusses the Broadway play Angels in America and its legacy with Isaac Butler and Dan Kois, authors of The World Only Spins Forward, an oral history of Angels as told by the artists who created it and the audiences forever changed by it. The conversation was recorded on...


May 10, 2018

Alex Wagner, journalist and author of the gripping new book Futureface, is joined by National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates for a profound discussion on the American experience of race, immigration, exile and identity. The conversation was recorded on April 26, 2018 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd...


May 3, 2018

Legendary actor Nick Nolte discusses his career spanning five decades and hundreds of roles, and new memoir, REBEL: My Life Outside the Lines, with Reel Pieces moderator Annette Insdorf. The conversation was recorded on March 12, 2018 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y.