Rose Byrne on Her Oscar Nominated Performance; Carol Bove at the Guggenheim; Public Song Winners Sibyl Release Debut Album; T. Kira Madden's Debut Novel
[REBROADCAST FROM October 9, 2025] In the film "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," Rose Byrne stars as a mother dealing with a series of crises over the course of a weekend while her husband is gone, including dealing with their child's mysterious illness and her strange relationship with her therapist. Byrne discusses the movie, for which she is nominated for Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards.
Carol Bove is a Brooklyn-based artist who is receiving her first museum survey with an exhibit at the Guggenheim. The show displays work from over 25 years of her's career, including her drawings, massive steel sculptures, and pieces specifically inspired by the Guggenheim's rotunda. Bove and Guggenheim curator Katherine Brinson discuss the show, on view through August 2.
Sister duo Sibyl were winners of All Of It's inaugural Public Song Project in 2023 with a song inspired the poetry of Edna St Vincent Millay. That song is now featured on their just-released debut self-titled album. Chloe and Lily Holgate perform live in WNYC's studio, and discuss the album.
The latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Megha Majumdar, A Guardian and a Thief, follows an Indian mother whose plans to immigrate to the U.S. are stalled by the theft of her identification documents. Majumdar discusses the book. She will be speaking at Cipriani Wall Street on Nov. 19.
The new novel Whidbey explores the lives of three women who are all connected by the same abusive man. Birdie has moved to a remote island to escape the man who abused her as a child. Linzie, also a victim of the same man, has become famous for writing a memoir about her experiences. Mary-Beth is the mother of the abuser. When the man is found murdered, the lives of these three women begin to intersect. Author T. Kira Madden discusses the novel, her debut, out now.
