Sam Esmail on 'Leave the World Behind' Felipe Luciano's Memoir, A Doc on a Bible Mistranslation, Jamie Bernstein on 'Maestro'
In the new film "Leave the World Behind," a white couple renting a Hamptons house are surprised when a Black father and daughter arrive at their door, claiming they own the house... and that something horrible is going on outside. Director Sam Esmail joins us to discuss the film, which is streaming now on Netflix.
In his new memoir, poet and community activist Felipe Luciano tells how he went from being an incarcerated gang member to the co-founder of the Young Lords Party. The memoir is titled, Flesh and Spirit: Confessions of a Young Lord. Luciano joins us to discuss.
A new documentary explores the 1946 translation of the Bible that included the word "homosexual" for the first time, and the possible anti-gay motives for including that word. Director Sharon "Rocky" Roggio joins us to discuss her investigation into the Yale archives for the film, "1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture," available in select theaters now.
The new film "Maestro" is directed by Bradley Cooper, who stars as famed composer and New York Philharmonic conductor Leonard Bernstein, alongside Carrie Mulligan as his wife Felicia. Their oldest daughter, Jamie Bernstein, host of the WQXR podcast, The NY Phil Story: Made in New York, joins us to discuss watching her parent's love story come to life. "Maestro" is in select theaters now and will be on Netflix December 20.
