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#1484: “NOLA – City Of A Million Dreams”

#1484: “NOLA – City Of A Million Dreams”

It’s kind of hard to describe what it feels like walking through New Orleans to someone who has never been there. But according to a newly published history, if you want to understand New Orleans, watch a few of its funerals. Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll...

Roger Ferguson, President and CEO of TIAA

Roger Ferguson, President and CEO of TIAA

WAMC's Alan Chartock is joined by Roger Ferguson, Jr., president and CEO of TIAA, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, and cultural fields and a Fortune 100 financial services organization. Among his many professional...

Al Smith, FDR And The Progressive Movement

Al Smith, FDR And The Progressive Movement

On this episode of A New York Minute In History, co-hosts Devin Lander and Don Wildman examine how two New Yorkers – Al Smith and Franklin Delano Roosevelt – influenced the Progressive Era of the early 20th century. The episode also explores how the administrations of...

#1597 – Christopher Castellani

#1597 – Christopher Castellani

Christopher Castellani’s new novel, "Leading Men," is a story of desire, artistic ambition, and the consequences of unspoken words. We meet playwright Tennessee Williams and his longtime partner Frank Merlo when they take a mysterious Swedish actress under their wing,...