Preserving NYC, Invisible Woman' is a #MeToo Thriller, A Thriller About the Magdalene laundries in Ireland, Bettye LaVette: LaVette! (Grammy Listening Party)

A building on West 13th street was the site of an important part of African American history. It may be demolished. Sites like this and others around New York have a champion in the group Village Preservation. We will talk with its executive director Andrew Berman about his work.

In the new novel, Invisible Woman, a former Hollywood filmmaker named Joni tries to convince her friend Val to share the story of the sexual abuse she faced years ago, but for different reasons, both Val and Joni's husband Paul want to keep things quiet. Author and New School professor Katia Lief joins us to discuss the novel.

A new thriller series on Showtime is based on the notorious Magdalene laundries in Ireland, schools for "wayward girls" and the trauma they endured. Actor Daryl McCormack plays a Dublin detective working the case of a murdered priest in a small town, opposite Ruth Wilson. We'll speak to the BAFTA nominated actor as well as the creator and showrunner Joe Murtagh about "The Woman in the Wall."

Bettye LaVette recorded her first single at the age of sixteen and soon made her debut on the R&B charts in the early 1960s. Six decades later, now in her late 70s, she's still singing, with her latest album LaVette! nominated for the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album. She joins us for a Listening Party ahead of the February awards show.