Flying Lotus, Afrofuturism Festival, Priya Krishna's 'On the Job,' 'Full Bio': Sylvia Plath, Record Label Habibi Funk
Grammy-winning producer, composer and filmmaker Flying Lotus has been called "one of his generation’s foremost electronic musicians and hip-hop jazz beatmakers" by Afropunk. On February 12, he'll perform at Carnegie Hall as part of their Afrofuturism festival. He joins us for a preview and to talk about his other projects, including a recently announced feature film.
Carnegie Hall's Afrofuturism festival explores the artistic movement through performances, talks and other events across New York City, running through March. Ytasha Womack curatorial council member and author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, joins us for a preview.
New York Times food reporter and cookbook author Priya Krishna launched a new video series last month with New York Times Cooking called "On the Job." The new series sees Krishna exploring the labor behind the scenes of the food industry in New York City, talking to those who usually go unseen, but still shape what and how we eat. Krishna joins us to talk the episodes of the new series, which include topics such as Where New York Restaurants Send Their Dirty Laundry, How To Run A Restaurant on Instagram, and How To Run a TikTok-Famous Bodega. Plus she previews what topics she will cover next.
For the February installment of our "Full Bio" series, we take a look at the life and career of the poet Sylvia Plath with Heather Clark, author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath. Today, we talk about Heather's research process for the book and the early life of Sylvia Plath.
The Berlin-based record label Habibi Funk creates curated albums of re-released or newly discovered tracks from all around the Arab world, from the 1950s to the 1980s. The albums feature Lebanese folk, Moroccan disco, Sudanese jazz, and much more. Co-founder and curator Jannis Stürtz joins us to discuss his process for finding these tracks, and we'll listen to some music.
