City Arts & Lectures

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Since 1980, City Arts & Lectures has presented onstage conversations with outstanding figures in literature, politics, criticism, science, and the performing arts, offering the most diverse perspectives about ideas and values. City Arts & Lectures programs can be heard on more than 130 public radio stations across the country and wherever you get your podcasts. The broadcasts are co-produced with KQED 88.5 FM in San Francisco. Visit CITYARTS.NET for more info.

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Recent Episodes
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  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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  • Laurie Woolever
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  • Neko Case and Hanif Abdurraqib
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  • Jeffrey Toobin
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  • Encore: Chimamanda Adichie
    Feb 16, 2025 – 01:07:11
  • Nate DiMeo
    Feb 10, 2025 – 32:41
  • Kevin Fagan
    Feb 10, 2025 – 35:52
  • Cecile Richards
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  • Percival Everett and Cord Jefferson - Encore
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  • Rachel Kushner
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  • Robert Sapolsky - Encore
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  • Hanif Abdurraqib - Encore
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  • Roz Chast - Encore
    Dec 8, 2024 – 01:14:36
  • Nikole Hannah-Jones
    Dec 1, 2024 – 01:18:58
  • Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
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    Nov 3, 2024 – 01:04:02
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates
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  • Malcolm Gladwell
    Oct 20, 2024 – 01:18:27
  • Judge David S. Tatel
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  • Yuval Harari in conversation with Kara Swisher
    Oct 6, 2024 – 01:21:18
  • Heather Cox Richardson
    Sep 29, 2024 – 01:32:30
  • Steve Silberman Encore
    Sep 22, 2024 – 01:24:08
  • Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
    Sep 15, 2024 – 01:11:50
  • Daniel Handler and Sarah Manguso
    Sep 8, 2024 – 01:09:37
  • Ann Patchett Encore
    Sep 1, 2024 – 01:14:23
  • David Brooks Encore
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    Jul 28, 2024 – 01:10:00
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    Jul 21, 2024 – 38:50
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    Jul 21, 2024 – 31:10
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    Jul 14, 2024 – 01:22:58
  • Kara Walker
    Jul 7, 2024 – 01:03:06
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    Jun 30, 2024 – 01:15:43
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Recent Reviews
  • writemor
    Roz Chast
    Listening to a podcast of a slide show is like a Roz Chast cartoon. Absurdly funny.
  • Love theVibe
    Zamora great.
    Liked this interview a lot. Look forward to A. Davis, R. Reich and (fingers crossed) Patti Smith interviews…..so far enjoyable and timely.
  • Linkin Steff
    Thiebaud - Lesser 2005 replay
    Splendid interview, a wide roaming, good personal insights on painters and painting.
  • riribex
    Miranda July!
    Great in-depth interview!
  • cgarter345
    Nikole Hannah-Jones & Barry Jenkins
    I was looking forward to this podcast since each of the guests has done important, creative, sustaining work. Sad that I couldn’t resist turning it off with 33 minutes remaining.... Nikole and Barry—get over yourselves. All very smug—which made it easier, I’m sure, for you to feel you could inflict beep-after-beep on your listeners because you felt so entitled to throw out words “City Arts & Lectures” knew weren’t appropriate for a general audience.
  • LolaMackerel
    Finally
    Glad to finally see this program do podcasts after years of not keeping up with the times!
  • sofieindie
    Podcast
    Four star for the show in general. Two star for Jonathan Franzen’s talk: extremely boring and stoic.
  • Gingee1974
    You have to go to the website to connect
    Finally City Arts and Lectures is available in podcast. It is not indexed in the search function for this app. You have to go to the City Arts and Lectures website, click on “radio broadcasts” and then click on the shows that are hyperlinked. That will bring you to the episode you chose. Then scroll to “more (available) episodes” to download other broadcasts.
  • Patrick63139
    Jill Soloway
    I have loved City Arts since the 1990s, but the show with Jill Soloway et al ... my god. Sarah Palin introduces blatantly racist language in public? And you wonder why people of color are not eager to align with you. I can’t believe that nobody in your group reminded the idiot who made that statement of the violent language we’ve been employing to keep black people marginalized for centuries.
  • oldmountain
    Finally! Finally!! Finally!!!
    CA&L has joined the 21st century! Please, please post Sydney Goldstein & Jonathan Winters (live 5/30/07, on KQED 09/30/18)... I'm sure someone can help you digitize the tape recording.
  • K-Lo-Line
    FINALLY!!!
    Very excited that City Arts & Lectures programs are now available on demand. CA&L topics are always timely and interesting - even if you are not initially familiar with the speaker.
  • Derecognize
    Finally! Now a great show has a podcast
    I’ve been wanting a City Arts & Lectures podcast for at least 5 years. The show has a wide variety of intelligent speakers that I’ve often wanted to relisten to.
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