Gail Sheehy, one of America’s most distinguished journalists, known for her incisive profiles in the New Yorker and other magazines, died on August 24, 2020 of complications from pneumonia, possibly brought on by Covid-19. She was 83. In this September 2014 interview with host Richard Wolinsky, she talks about her career and about her views on journalism.
Playwright Madhuri Shekar in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Her play “In Love and Warcraft” is the first in a series of live/streamed plays from ACT’s InterAct Home Initiative, playing live September 4-12, and streamed September 18-25, 2020. She discusses the play, the production and her career in this in-depth discussion.
D’Juan Owens and host Anjali Nath Upadhyay discuss the embodiment of revolutionary strategy. What does courage feel like? Is influencer culture or celebrity culture distorting your understanding of justice work? How do we disentangle getting free from popularity contests, tokenism, trends, and respectability politics? Tune in to find out.
Rachel Bonds is a young playwright whose work, Swimmers, played at at Marin Theatre Company in March 2016. She talks about the play and its development, and about her career as a playwright with host Richard Wolinsky.
Roger Kahn, who died on February 6, 2020 at the age of 92, was one of the icons in the world of baseball writing. In this 70-minute interview recorded on October 13, 1993, he discusses racism in baseball, his friendship with Jackie Robinson, the glory days of baseball in New York in the 1950s, and several other topics, and reads excerpts from his writing. He is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Digitized,remastered and re-edited in August 2020 by Richard Wolinsky
As so much life is at risk, Caroline welcomes award-winning science journalist, Judith D Schwartz, whose latest book The Reindeer Chronicles, & other inspiring stories of working with Nature to Heal the Earth, proffers myriad heartening stories of devastating deserts than can return to blooming, as can our hearts… Judith Schwartz is an award-winning science journalist … Continued
As so much life is at risk, Caroline welcomes award-winning science journalist, Judith D Schwartz, whose latest book The Reindeer Chronicles, & other inspiring stories of working with Nature to Heal the Earth, proffers myriad heartening stories of devastating deserts than can return to blooming, as can our hearts… Judith Schwartz is an award-winning science journalist … Continued
John Leguizamo, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded July 7, 2016 in the offices at Berkeley Rep, where Latin History for Morons had opened to rave reviews. The show can now be seen on Netflix. John Leguizamo has been in several films and television shows as an actor. As a performer/writer, his one man shows have all been performed on Broadway, and several have been recorded as films for television.
Mavis Gallant, who died in 2014 at the age of 91, was a Canadian short story writer who spent most of her life in France. During her lifetime, she had 118 stories in the New Yorker, which made her one of that magazine’s most published writers. Along the way she did write two novels, but it was because of her shorter fiction that she was very much a writers’ writer. Interviewed in October, 1993 by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff while on tour for her collection, “Across the Bridge.”
Nicky Silver, in conversation by phone from New York, live on the air, with host Richard Wolinsky and director John Dixon in the studio, recorded April 27, 2007. Nicky Silver is the author of several successful plays, including “The Lyons,” which premiered on Broadway in 2012, “Beautiful Child” and “Pterodactyls.” At the time of the interview, his play ‘Past Perfect” was making its world premiere at San Francisco’s Theatre Rhino, directed by John Dixon.
