In Connie: A Memoir, the trailblazing journalist pulls no punches as she shares a behind-the-scenes tour of her life and career, from showdowns with powerful men in and out of the newsroom where overt sexism was a way of life to the stories behind some of her career-defining reporting. Chung is in conversation with her husband Maury Povich, a former news reporter and anchor who hosted the talk show “Maury” for over thirty years.  This program was held on September 18, 2024 in partnership with Politics and Prose.

In Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking: Vegan Recipes, Tips, and Techniques, the James Beard Award-winning food and dining editor of The Washington Post collects plant-based dishes into a single volume for the first time, treating vegan food as its own cuisine, worthy of mastery. In conversation with Rob Rubba, chef and partner at Oyster Oyster, and the 2023 James Beard Outstanding Chef Award winner.  This program was held on September 4, 2024.

"Peace does not and will not magically happen. We will have to work hard for peace, which will require courage, compromise, and even sacrifice. We can start by talking about peace. And let’s talk about it until there’s nothing else to talk about." Listen to Rabbi Aaron Potek's 5785 Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon about not losing faith in the possibility of peace. His remarks were followed by two speakers from the grassroots organizations Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun.

Hear how a performance of "Defying Gravity" from Wicked led Rabbi Aaron to an important realization about letting go of perfectionism and replacing it with more meaningful goals.

Relive Rabbi Aaron Potek's 5785 Kol Nidre sermon on the challenges this past year has created, or revealed, for liberal American Jews.

“Do not run from difference—run towards it. Embrace it. Honor it. Learn from it. Doing so will not destroy us. Quite the opposite—it may very well be what saves us.”   At Rosh Hashanah services on October 3, 2024, Rabbi Aaron Potek spoke about why engaging with difference is an essential Jewish value.

More than 70 countries are holding elections this year, representing half the world’s population. What do the results reveal about the state of democracy in 2024?  Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, explores the consequences of the year’s major elections—from America to India, France, Venezuela, and beyond—with senior correspondents from The Economist including Washington bureau chief Idrees Kahloon, Paris bureau chief Sophie Pedder, and geopolitics editor David Rennie.  This program was held on September 25, 2024.

10/7: 100 Human Stories by Haaretz investigative reporter Lee Yaron is the definitive account of the day Hamas launched an unprecedented terrorist assault on Israel, told through the stories of its victims and the communities they called home. Yaron is in conversation with Jodi Rudoren, the editor-in-chief of the Forward, the nation’s oldest independent Jewish news organization. She spent more than two decades at The New York Times, where she served as Jerusalem bureau chief from 2012 through 2015. This program was held on October 7, 2024 in partnership with the Forward.

To mark the 25th anniversary of “The West Wing,” cast members Melissa Fitzgerald (Carol Fitzpatrick, Assistant to the Press Secretary) and Mary McCormack (Kate Harper, Deputy National Security Advisor) have written a love letter to the show, the people who made it, the fans who loved it, and the service it inspired with What’s Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service. This event revsits the nostalgic, aspirational White House of “The West Wing” in a conversation moderated by political commentator and strategist Kevin Walling, with the authors, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actor Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlet), and Emmy Award winning actor Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler). This program was held on August 17, 2024.

Progressive political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen—a YouTuber, host of the “No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen” podcast, and MSNBC contributor—explains how American politics has turned into a dire situation, and what can be done about it, in Shameless. In a conversation moderated by Shaniqua McClendon, the Vice President of Politics for Crooked Media, Cohen is joined by host of MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. This program was held on August 14, 2024 in partnership with Politics and Prose.