The World's Deadliest Pandemic: A Century Later
One hundred years after the global influenza pandemic of 1918, experts examine the crisis and consider our present-day pandemic readiness.
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New York's Housing Crisis: Which Way Forward?
What are the political, social, and economic forces shaping the future of housing? A conversation with economist Edward Glaeser and sociologist Miriam Greenberg.
Sweet & Sour: Chinese Food and Immigrant Identity
A conversation with Jack Tchen and Wilson Tang about the role of cooking and cuisine in the making of Chinese-American culture and identity.
Activist New York: The Next Generation
Journalist Amy Goodman talks to leading youth activists about today's potentially game-changing mobilizations, from gun control to immigrant rights.
Disease & Disparity: Realities of the Uneven Playing Field of Public Health
Illness is rarely a result of biology alone. Leading scholars consider the attitudes, stigmatization, and violence surrounding disease and treatment.
Worn in New York
Join Emily Spivack, author of Worn in New York, for a conversation with contributors artists Fab Five Freddy and Elizabeth Sweetheart and Chief Fashion Director for Hearst Publications, Aya Kanai.
NEW SERIES: Encores! Behind the Curtain @ MCNY
We partner with New York City Center on three talk-and-song programs offering fresh perspectives on fascinating but little-known Broadway musicals.
Intimate Subjects: Thomas Holton and the Lams
A conversation with photographer Thomas Holton and two of his subjects, members of the Lam family, about their unique working relationship.
Remembering the Dead
Who is remembered, commemorated, or forgotten? Consider the complicated responses to disease with activist Avram Finkelstein and essayist Garnette Cadogan.
An Evening with Colson Whitehead
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead discusses his deep engagement with the history of New York City.