Baratunde Thurston on Humility as a Path to Wisdom
For writer, comedian, and cultural critic Baratunde Thurston, host of the How to Citizen podcast, humility is a tool to connect with people—and to bring them together around some collective sense of t...
27 Jul 20221h 38min
Jhumpa Lahiri on Translation as a Path to Self-Discovery
Author and translator Jhumpa Lahiri grew up in what she has called “a linguistic exile.” Born in London to Bengali immigrants who moved to the United States when she was 3, Lahiri experienced a profou...
13 Jul 20221h 22min
Jancis Robinson on the Wondrous World of Wine
Jancis Robinson wrote the book on wine. Literally. The author of the first four editions of the definitive Oxford Companion to Wine, she has also published some 20 books on the subject and more than 1...
29 Jun 20221h 6min
David Broza on Making Music That Transcends Borders
Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza believes that music can unite people across cultures and has spent the past 45 years showing audiences how it can be done. One of his latest projects exemplifies ...
22 Jun 20221h 30min
Deborah Needleman on the Humble Joys of Making Baskets and Brooms
If life is a garden, the writer, editor, and craftsperson Deborah Needleman certainly knows how to dig and cultivate it. Early in her career, she followed a nonlinear path in the media industry that w...
15 Jun 20221h 12min
Bethann Hardison on Pushing Fashion Forward and Toward “Complete Diversity”
Bethann Hardison has, with great finesse, risen to become among the most vital voices in fashion. A self-described “advocate” who currently serves as Gucci’s executive advisor for global equity and cu...
1 Jun 20221h 28min
Paola Antonelli on Solving the World’s Biggest Challenges Through Design
There is perhaps no one on the planet with a bigger-picture view on the impact of design—in all of its manifestations—than Paola Antonelli. As the Museum of Modern Art’s senior curator of architecture...
25 Mai 20221h 6min
Alfredo Jaar on Bringing Reality Into Focus
Alfredo Jaar illuminates truths that often escape popular consciousness. Through his work, the artist and filmmaker raises awareness about sociopolitical issues that have been forgotten, suppressed, o...
18 Mai 20221h 25min
