Kousha Navidar

Host (Temporary)

Kousha Navidar appears in the following:

Empress Of: 'For Your Consideration' (Listening Party)

Monday, March 25, 2024

Lorely Rodriguez, who performs as Empress Of, emerged from the world of electropop with a debut album that led Pitchfork to call her "an avant-R&B auteur with pop star potential." On ...

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Aoife O'Donovan's Sings Women's History (Live from Five)

Monday, March 25, 2024

Aoife O'Donovan's new album, All My Friends, came out of a request for the singer-songwriter to write music commemorating the centennial of the 19th amendment. The result is a record ...

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'Love Lies Bleeding'; Grieving A Young Spouse; Empress Of's New Album; Aoife O'Donovan's Performs New Music Inspired By Suffragettes

Monday, March 25, 2024

'Love Lies Bleeding'; Grieving A Young Spouse; Empress Of's New Album; Aoife O'Donovan's Performs New Music Inspired By Suffragettes

25 Years of 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' (Silver Liner Notes)

Friday, March 22, 2024

We celebrate twenty five years of 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,' which was released on August 25, 1998.

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'The Seven Year Disappear' Pokes Fun at Performance Art

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

In the new play, "The Seven Year Disappear," Cynthia Nixon stars as Miriam, a famous performance artist who disappears for seven years, living behind her son Naphtali (Taylor Trensch).

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Artist Rusty Zimmerman on The Free Portrait Project

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Since 2015, local artist Rusty Zimmerman has painted free portraits of his fellow New Yorkers, while also recording oral history interviews for what he calls The Free Portrait Project.

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Choreographing Sufjan Stevens' 'Illinoise'

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

'Illinoise' is a new dance adaptation of the seminal Sufjan Stevens album, with a story by Tony-winning choreographer Justin Peck and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblie.

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Percival Everett's Re-telling of Huck Finn in 'James'

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Author Percival Everett joins to discuss his new novel.

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Becoming a Practical Optimist, Nowruz Celebrations, Great American Novels, A Blind Undocumented Social Worker's Journey

Monday, March 18, 2024

Becoming a Practical Optimist, Nowruz Celebrations, Great American Novels, A Blind Undocumented Social Worker's Journey

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Dervish Celebrates 30 Years of Touring America with Traditional Irish Music

Thursday, March 14, 2024

As we head into St. Patrick's Day weekend, members of the Irish folk band Dervish discuss the tour, the history of Irish traditional music and its connection to New York.

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What the Deerfield Massacre Represents in US History

Thursday, March 14, 2024

James L. Swanson sticks around to talk about his new book, The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America.

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Tobias Menzies & James L. Swanson on 'Manhunt'

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Actor Tobias Menzies joins to talk about two new projects in which he stars. Plus, he's joined by James Swanson, who wrote the book on which one of those projects is based.

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