From One to Another: Thea Musgrave and Peter Mark
This Valentine's Day we asked conductor Peter Mark and composer Thea Musgrave about the joys and challenges of sharing their profession and their life — plus, top tips for long-lasting love.Did music...
View ArticleNew York Philharmonic Performs Romantic Classics
On Thursday, The New York Philharmonic presents a special playlist program with a focus on loves lost, forgotten and cherished. Conductors including Lorin Maazel and Alan Gilbert lead the orchestra in...
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Vintage Valentines to Confuse and Amuse
Long long ago, in an America far far away, greeting cards were a strange new trend. The greeting card industry was in its first fresh bloom, and no one had agreed on standard holiday missives. People...
View ArticleDan Savage Recommends A Polyeaterous Lifestyle
What should you cook for breakfast the morning after? How can couples share power in the kitchen without driving each other crazy? Ahead of Valentine's Day, we talk food and relationships with Dan...
View ArticleThe Great Breakup Songbook, Part 1
The Great American Songbook is full of beautiful love songs, but there's a number of tunes for the other, harsher side of love: heartbreak. Here are our top 10 breakup songs. Start out with a touch of...
View ArticleEight Ways To Say 'I Love You:' Pieces Composers Wrote For Their Valentines
It’s Valentine’s Day, which means love is in the air! To quote WQXR staff writer Zev Kane, “If there was ever an insight to be gleaned from the sundry love lives of the great composers, it’s that...
View ArticleTalib Kweli at BRIC House
Talib Kweli at BRIC House on Feb. 14Tickets: $25. Doors and DJ set at 7 pm. Show at 8 pm.Brooklyn has always featured prominently in the songs of Talib Kweli. The veteran rapper and songwriter often...
View ArticleThe Great Breakup Songbook, Part 2: Getting Over It
Now that we've dealt with the initial pangs of heartache (hopefully with some songs like our first Great Heartbreak Songbook), it's time to embrace the heartache and become our own valentines! Here are...
View ArticleThe Anti-Valentine’s Day Playlist: 7 Classical Pieces That Are Sick of...
Roses are redViolets are blueIt’s too bad you’re singleNo flowers for youValentine’s Day is a beautiful holiday — a day to celebrate all the joy that love, especially romantic love, brings into our...
View Article20 Death, Sex & Money Episodes For Your Valentines
Is there a better way to celebrate your loved ones this Valentine's Day than showering them with audio-goodies? Here are 20 episodes we think are perfect for sharing. Download this image to send along...
View ArticleNavigating the World of Dating Apps
Ashley Carman, senior reporter at Verge and host and producer of the podcast Why'd You Push That Button?, joins us to discuss navigating the world of dating apps.
View ArticleAlbany Politics; Rep. Jeffries; It's Been a Week at the DOJ; No Consequences...
Coming up on today's show: Josefa Velasquez, senior reporter for The City, talks about the latest from Albany, including Gov. Cuomo's meeting with President Trump over the ban on New Yorkers using...
View ArticleYour Wackiest First Date Stories
On Valentine's Day, listeners share stories from first dates gone awry.
View ArticleThe Valentine's Day Countdown: Vote Now!
February 14th is almost here, and that means it’s time to let us know what your favorite romantic pieces are! Use the Google form below to choose which top three classical works get you all warm and...
View ArticleThe Valentine’s Day Countdown
February 14th is almost here, and that means it’s time for us to play your favorite romantic pieces! Every year we ask listeners to let us know which classical works get them all warm and tingly...
View ArticlePandemic Relationships: How It Started and How It's Going
Ahead of Valentine's Day weekend, Lisa Bonos, dating and relationships writer for The Washington Post, joins to take calls from listeners on how their relationships have changed nearly one year into...
View ArticleLiving with Dying
One year ago, on Valentine’s Day 2020, Peter Fodera’s heart broke. It stopped working. He collapsed in the middle of teaching a dance class. Someone performed CPR, someone called an ambulance. EMT’s...
View ArticleA Voicemail Valentine
Nowadays we’re very accustomed to recording and hearing the sound of our own voices. But in the 1930s many people were doing it for the first time. And a surprising trend began. People started sending...
View ArticleYour Unsolicited Marriage Advice
According to the trade group Wedding Report, some 2.5 million weddings are slated to occur this year -- the most since 1984. Listeners who have been in long term relationships call in to share their...
View Article(No Football) Superbowl Recap; New Yorker's Perception of Crime; Trump and...
Mayor Adams urged all New Yorkers to reserve judgement about his Blueprint to End Gun Violence until they read the actual plan. So let's read it and talk about it together on the show. Here are some...
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