Kevin Young, Room Rater, Malcolm X Biography, Michael Tilson Thomas
Kevin Young, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and poetry editor at the New Yorker, joins us to discuss editing the new anthology, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song.
One of the perks of working--and broadcasting--remotely is the voyeuristic thrill of seeing into someone's home. Partners Jessie Bahrey and Claude Taylor, who is also a political activist, have become a Twitter sensation for rating the rooms of pundits and celebs and will join us to talk about this endeavor and their efforts to raise funds for personal protective equipment.
WNYC planning editor Kate Hinds joins us to discuss the stories the newsroom is following this week.
After his father’s sudden death, Malcolm X was a teenager set adrift. In the second of five conversations, principal researcher Tamara Payne for the new biography, The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, describes the impact that being in foster homes had on a young Malcolm X, what took him to Boston and then New York – and how he ended up in jail at the age of 20, where he joined the Nation of Islam.
11-time Grammy-winning conductor Michael Tilson Thomas joins us to discuss the new documentary about his life for PBS American Masters, "Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is" that premieres Friday, October 23 on PBS.
