92NY Talks

In this episode of 92NY Talks, join ELLE Magazine’s astrologers, The AstroTwins, Tali & Ophira Edut, authors of the new astrology book Supercouple, for a discussion about how to craft your 2023 cosmic love story. Identical twin sisters and stargazers for over 20 years, they share how 2023’s cosmic alignment is shaping love for us all. You’ll learn astrology secrets for discovering how your unique birthday can guide you to romantic fulfillment. The conversation was recorded on February 14, 2023 in front of a live audience, at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

Join V (formerly Eve Ensler) for An Evening of Reckoning and Rising. Reckoning, the newest book from V (formerly Eve Ensler), Tony Award-winning, bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues, is the work of a lifetime — political, personal, profound, and more than forty years in the making. This event, featuring Paula Allen, Rosario Dawson, Noma Dumezweni, Dylan McDermott, and Marisa Tomei reading from V's new book as V-Day marks its 25th anniversary in 2023. In this moment of national reckoning with our past, V explores ways to create an unstoppable force for change, to love and survive love, to hold people and states accountable, to reckon with demons and honor the dead, to reclaim the body, and to see oneself as connected to a greater purpose. The conversation was recorded on February 1st, 2023, in front of a live audience, at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

In this episode of 92NY Talks, join award-winning author Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg for a talk with writer and former child actor Mara Wilson on Ruttenberg’s new book, On Repentance and Repair. Rooted in traditional Jewish wisdom but accessible to anyone, On Repentance and Repair is an intervention in how we talk about healing on every scale — from our personal relationships to systemic inequality. Hear Ruttenberg and Wilson discuss the practical wisdom behind repentance, how Jewish thought can help us better understand how to heal our longstanding wounds, and what we can do to create a culture of care and accountability for all.   The conversation was streamed live as part of The 92nd Street Y, New York's online talks series on February 7th, 2023.

In this episode of 92NY Talks, join producer and philanthropist Olivia Harrison and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese on the life of Olivia’s late husband, the great George Harrison — and her debut book of poems, Came the Lightening: Twenty Poems for George. On the 20th anniversary of his passing, Harrison and Scorsese candidly discuss the incandescent life behind George’s songs, as they did in Scorsese’s 2011 documentary George Harrison: Living in a Material World. The conversation was recorded on November 20, 2022, in front of a live audience, at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

The grand master of cooking brought a new apprentice in the kitchen — his 12-year-old granddaughter, who joins him and Bizarre Food’s Andrew Zimmern for a wide-ranging discussion about his book, A Grandfather’s Lessons: In the Kitchen with Shorey. Ever since she was very young, his granddaughter, Shorey, has loved “helping” him in the kitchen. Jacques gives his charismatic pupil a short course on preparing “food that is plain, but elegant, and more than anything, fun.” In the process, he proves himself as inspiring to her as he is to the country’s greatest chefs.

In this episode of 92NY Talks, join Deb Perelman, bestselling author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook and Smitten Kitchen Every Day, in conversation with Sonia Chopra, executive editor at Bon Appétit and Epicurious. In her latest cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Keepers, Perelman shares 100 new recipes, plus a few old favorites, that aim to make shopping easier, preparation more practical and enjoyable, and food more reliably delicious for the home cook. From a brilliantly fuss-free lemon poppy seed cake, a favorite roasted winter squash, an epic quiche, a slow-roasted chicken on a bed of unapologetically schmaltzy croutons, the only apple crisp she will personally ever make to perfect spaghetti and meatballs...the fail-safe, satisfying recipes you’ll rely on for years to come, from Perelman’s forever files to yours. The conversation was recorded on January 10th, 2023 in front of a live audience at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

In this episode of 92NY Talks, join two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize Robert Caro with his legendary editor, Robert Gottlieb and director Lizzie Gottlieb, for a conversation about Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb — a dual documentary portrait of their decades-long professional relationship. Robert Caro, frequently hailed as the greatest political biographer of our time, has spent decades writing his multi-volume masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson. Hear two fiercely brilliant minds discuss the culmination of their shared project — why Lyndon Johnson’s life has become so important to their own intellectual lives, their unique working relationship, and how they have impacted generations of readers, writers, activists, and politicians — and much more. The conversation was recorded on December 18th, 2022 in front of a live audience at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

In this episode of 92NY Talks, Join Lauren Graham, star of Gilmore Girls and the New York Times bestselling author of Talking as Fast as I Can for a conversation about her latest book, Have I Told You This Already? Graham has graced countless television screens with her quick-witted characters earning a reputation as a pop culture icon who always has something to say. In her book, she combines her signature sense of humor with down-to-earth storytelling sharing personal stories about her life and career—from her early days spent pounding the pavement while waitressing in New York City, to living on her aunt’s couch during her first Los Angeles pilot season, to thoughts on aging gracefully in Hollywood. The conversation was recorded on December 13th, 2022 in front of a live audience at The 92nd Street Y, New York.  

In this episode of 92Y Talks, join renowned political philosopher and Harvard University professor Michael J. Sandel and David Brooks, accomplished New York Times columnist and commentator, for an exploration of the new edition of Sandel's book Democracy’s Discontent, which addresses the perils democracy confronts today. Now, a quarter century later, Sandel updates his classic work for an age when democracy’s discontent has hardened into a country divided against itself. He shows how Democrats and Republicans alike embraced a version of finance-driven globalization that created a society of winners and losers and fueled the toxic politics of our time. In a stirring new epilogue, Sandel argues the necessity of reconfiguring the economy and empowering citizens. The conversation was streamed live as part of The 92nd Street Y, New York's online talks series on December 1st, 2022.

In this episode of 92NY Talks, Annette Insdorf interviews star Bill Nighy and director Oliver Hermanus, following a preview screening of their new film Living. Acclaimed at film festivals including Sundance and Telluride, it’s the touching portrait of a joyless civil servant in 1953 London — a magnificently understated performance by Nighy — whose dire diagnosis leads him to transformation. The conversation was recorded on December 6th, 2022 in front of a live audience at The 92nd Street Y, New York.