Sixth & I LIVE

In Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat, Emily Weinstein—Editor in Chief of Cooking and Food for The New York Times—has curated some of the greatest hit dishes from Melissa Clark, Eric Kim, Yewande Komolafe, Ali Slagle, and more. Weinstein is joined by New York Times staff writer Eric Kim, author of the bestselling cookbook Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home, for a conversation with Carey Polis, a freelance food editor and consultant, and the author of the “Cheese, Book, Restaurant, Thing” newsletter on Substack. This program was held on October 14, 2024. 

In Zahav Home, co-owners Chef Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook bring Zahav’s signature ideas to the home kitchen with 125 recipes for achievable meals ranging from robust salads and abundant vegetables to hearty soups and easy lunches. In conversation with Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent. This program was held on September 30, 2024. 

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.