WNYC's Sara Fishko with sound-rich essays on art, culture, music and media - past and present.

  • Vast Wasteland

    May 7, 2021
    60 years ago, a still-celebrated speech rocked the world of broadcast television.
  • Empire State: Going Up

    Apr 30, 2021
    At 102 stories, the Empire State Building's height is only one of the ways it towered over all the rest.
  • Stanwyck & Co.

    Apr 23, 2021
    From the archives: Barbara Stanwyck was just one of a generation of Hollywood actresses who worked fiercely to hold onto their eccentricities of style, stance and voice.
  • Poets' Voices

    Apr 16, 2021
    From the archives: What's the connection between a poet's speaking voice and the poems they create?
  • Peter and the Wolf

    Apr 9, 2021
    Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf has been recorded and performed countless times - but the millions of children who listened over the years only knew part of the story.
  • Bernstein, Made for TV

    Apr 2, 2021
    From the archives: In the early, intrepid days of live TV, Leonard Bernstein brought classical music to the masses.
  • Sibling Harmony

    Mar 26, 2021
    From the archives: The tradition of siblings performing together is as old as song.
  • Changes

    Mar 19, 2021
    A hundred years ago, a popular song appeared at a time similar to our own - when people desperately wanted to 'move on' from crisis.
  • Michael Rabin

    Mar 12, 2021
    From the archives: The classical music prodigy was a phenomenal player - with a tragic story.

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