Reasons to Love New York in 2024, Don't Want to Cook? You Still Gotta Eat, Nour Harkati's 'Moulena' (Live from CR5), and Booker Prize Winner Samantha Harvey
New York Magazine has just released the 2024 edition of its annual "reasons to love New York" series, and this year features 39 reasons, from "Because the Threat of Prison Forced Eric Adams to Do His Job," to "Because Portal Was Hilarious." Choire Sicha, New York Magazine editor at large, discusses the list, why he's grateful for New York in 2024, and takes your calls.
You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible is a cookbook for those of us who don't have time to cook. If you can open a can or press play on the microwave, this is the cookbook for you! Author and Philadelphia Inquirer deputy food editor Margaret Eby joins us to discuss easy meals for a hectic life.
Moulena, the new album from Tunisian musician Nour Harkati, blends North African traditional music alongside influences from his new home, New York City. Harkati joins us to perform live in the studio and will be celebrating the album's release with a concert at Public Records on December 11.
British author Samantha Harvey won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital. It follows one day in the lives of six astronauts orbiting the earth in the International Space Station. Harvey joins us to discuss the novel.
