Helga Davis appears in the following:
A Little Night Music With Pekka Kuusisto and Knut Erik Sundquist + Beatrice Rana
Thursday, August 06, 2020
Classical and folk collide on this late night program featuring Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto and Norwegian bassist Erik Sundquist.
Musician Esperanza Spalding on Community and Satisfaction
Friday, May 08, 2020
Esperanza Spalding joins Helga mere weeks before her most recent Grammy win to talk about what it means to truly be a part of a community and how to find the “the yum” in things.
Poet Elizabeth Alexander on Loss and Livelihood
Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Poet and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation President, Elizabeth Alexander shares her thoughts on a life alongside words, maintaining relationships, and what the world looks like after loss.
Ranky Tanky’s Clay Ross and Charlton Singleton on Belonging
Friday, May 01, 2020
Gullah Band, Ranky Tanky, talk about the tradition of the music they play, where it’s been and where they’d like to take it next.
Chef Maury Rubin on His Unexpected Foray Into Pastry
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Pastry Chef Maury Rubin joins us in the wake of the closing of New York restaurant, City Bakery.
Singer Judy Collins on Loss, Addiction, and Passion
Friday, April 24, 2020
Musician and activist Judy Collins shares the story of her decades long career. Alongside loss and addiction she maintains a clarity of voice, passion and vision as a conduit for music.
Model Bethann Hardison on Accountability in Fashion
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Activist, entrepreneur, and former model Bethann Hardison recounts moments from her unconventional life.
Artist Stanley Whitney on Black Identity and Abstraction
Friday, April 17, 2020
Visual artist and colorist, Stanley Whitney talks about life as an artist and as a person. He uncovers what it means to be a black abstract painter, firmly rooted in the United States.
On Being’s Krista Tippett on the Cultivation of Her Craft
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Krista Tippett talks about her life as a mother, daughter, lover and leader and the ways that all of those roles converge in her work as host of the podcast, On Being.
Tune in to 'Helga' This Week on WNYC
Monday, November 26, 2018
Host Helga Davis stops by to talk about her chats with cultural luminaries and her "unconventional life in performance."
Learning from Elie Wiesel, 'The Female Persuasion,' The Helga Podcast
Monday, November 26, 2018
Ariel Burger on "Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom." Meg Wolitzer on "The Female Persuasion." Helga Davis on the Helga podcast.
Art Maven Kimberly Drew
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Kimberly Drew, known online as @museummammy, is a unrelenting purveyor of art, fashion and culture. She joins Helga to talk mental health and how drinking water helps her keep the beat.
Author David Kyuman Kim
Monday, May 21, 2018
Teacher, author and speaker, David Kyuman Kim joins host Helga Davis to discuss "radical love" and the essential role of community in shaping how we perceive the world around us.
Author Jacqueline Woodson
Monday, May 07, 2018
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson sits down with host Helga Davis to talk about the power of family – the so-called alternative ones she was born into and made for herself.
Director Kenneth Lonergan
Monday, April 09, 2018
Award-winning director, screenwriter and playwright Kenneth Lonergan talks with host Helga Davis about their charged, formative years in high school and how he fuels his creativity.
Museum Director Thelma Golden on Seeing the World Through Art
Monday, March 26, 2018
Thelma Golden, director and chief curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, joins host Helga Davis for a conversation about her upbringing, daily rituals, and seeing the world through art.
Season Two of 'Helga' Returns Next Week with Thelma Golden
Friday, March 23, 2018
The second season of our conversation podcast, Helga, with host Helga Davis is just around the corner. New episodes begin Monday, March 26 with eminent art curator Thelma Golden.
Bryndon Cook of Starchild & The New Romantic on Identity and 'Language'
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
Ascendant singer and band-leader Bryndon Cook of Starchild & The New Romantic talks with host Helga Davis about his upbringing and his jazz, pop, and funk-inflected debut album.
Laurel Halo (with Eli Keszler) and Embaci at Electric Nights
Monday, March 05, 2018
Our Electric Nights series return to Public Arts tonight, Thurs., March 29, with Berlin-based producer Laurel Halo and percussionist Eli Keszler. Singer-producer Embaci opens.
Watch: Starchild & The New Romantic's "Language" Release Party
Thursday, March 01, 2018
On Friday, March 9, songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Bryndon Cook lead his band Starchild & The New Romantic in performing his funk and electro-spanning debut album in The Greene Space.
