Ed Decker, founder and artistic director of New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco talks with KPFA’s Richard Wolinsky.
Arts-Waves on Cover to Cover
3:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays
Interviews devoted to the arts, focusing on theatre and literature, with side-trips to film and non-fiction narratives. Also on tap: archive interviews from Probabilities and Bookwaves. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Nov. 7, 2016 : Adam Haslett and Carl Hiaasen
Novelist Adam Haslett talks about covering one of the Republican primaries; and novelist/columnist Carl Hiaasen talks about Florida politics, his work as a columnist, the current presidential election, and the future of newspapers. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
From the Archive: Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was the author of such novels as Burr, 1976, Julian and Myra Breckinridge, as well as one of America’s greatest essayists. On June 30, 1990, he sat down with Richard Wolinsky for an illuminating interview about his career as both writer and social critic.
Tom Stoppard and Carey Perloff at A.C.T.’s Geary Theater, excerpts from their conversation. Tom Stoppard’s latest play, The Hard Problem, is now at the Geary. On October 3, 2016, on stage at that theater, ACT Artistic Director Carey Perloff spoke with Stoppard about his career, his ideas about playwrighting, and his new play. On stage with them was neuroscientist Linda Wilbrecht.
Joel Selvin, whose latest book is Altamont: The Rolling Stones, The Hells Angels and the Inside Story of Rock’s Darkest Day is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. Part Two airs on Thursday Oct 20, 3 pm.
Bill English, Artistic Director of San Francisco Playhouse, discusses the 2016-2017 season with host Richard Wollinsky.
On March 3, 2016, Richard Wolinsky had a chance to sit down with author Jonathan Lethem in front of a Berkeley audience as a benefit for KPFA. This excerpt focuses on Jonathan’s early career, working and writing in Berkeley.
W.P. Kinsella, author of the now classic novel Shoeless Joe, which became the film Field of Dreams, died on September 16, 2016 at the age of 81. In this rare interview recorded in 1988 he talks about the book and his career with Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky.
Carolina de Robertis, whose novel “The Gods of Tango” has just been released in trade paparback, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
An interview, recorded Aug 25, 1992 with the late English Strunsky, brother-in-law of Ira Gershwin about his friendships with both George and Ira Gershwin, never before aired. First of a series of interviews about George Gershwin and his music, all recorded in the 1990s. An hour-long version of this interview can be found in the Radio Wolinsky podcast.