Harold Holzer
If this historian could go back in time and attend any of Lincoln's speeches, he'd pick the Cooper Union address rather than the one you (I?...
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20 of 113 episodesAlondra Nelson
This social scientist and policy advisor finds hope in local resistance to data centers. "These are our neighbors saying we thought we had n...
Herb Gould
"Eye surgery now is so marvelous," says this ophthalmologist. "I'm amazed." At age 97, he's one of the innovators who made it amazing, and h...
James Snyder
Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington does not convey his actual appearance, says the Jewish Museum's director. "It's the way Washi...
Sandy Neubauer and Alan Klein
They note that the leaders of the Irish rebellion of 1916 "wrote plays and poems and were well known in Irish literary circles." I'd be happ...
Peter Aigner, Ted Knudsen
These historians note that our Revolutionary War was also a civil war. "In New York and Philadelphia and Charleston, it really was neighbor...
Christopher Payne
A little sadness tints his exultant photographs of subway repair shops: "I'm one step ahead of the wrecking ball, whether it's a factory tha...
Fake Abe Lincoln
When he asked Frederick Douglass to the White House, did he serve snacks? "We did offer some refreshments, perhaps tea and bread." Tea and b...
Marta Aznavoorian
From the day she was born, her father was determined to make her a musician: "When I was brought home, my father piped classical music throu...
Bishop Katrina Foster (pt 2)
The Lutheran Bishop of New York esteems the subway. "It doesn't discriminate based on age, race, gender identity, religion, lack of religion...
Bishop Katrina Foster (pt 1)
The Lutheran Bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod has a complex and nuanced view of God but unbridled affection for His son: "I'm a big...
Carly Fox and Dennis Slade
These veterinarians enjoy their work. He says, "I'm always excited when someone from exotics says, 'Hey, do you have time tomorrow? We need...
Jennifer Tipton
After a lifetime as a lighting designer for theater and dance, much of it working with gels, she received this honor: "There was a color tha...
Helen Shaw
The chief theater critic of the New York Times is a model of sophistication, but she didn't begin that way. "I was an extremely nerdy, very...
David Greenspan
Having received many awards, this actor and playwright says that winning need not be so great nor losing so dreadful. "Some people can win s...
Lana Turner
This Harlem fashion icon owns more than 600 hats. "There were times I would leave my house, get down the hill, and recognize it's the wrong...
Anjan Chatterjee
His research on the neuroscience of aesthetics suggests that people crave the human touch. "If they think something is made by a person, the...
Elizabeth Way
This scholar says, "What made American fashion different is that it was to be wearable, comfortable, practical." But not on the red carpet a...
Kinan Azmeh
I'm reluctant to declare an artist a success or failure. This Syrian-born composer and clarinetist has a better characterization: doing well...
Rev. Winnie Varghese
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is an Episcopal church and more, says its Dean. "I have Jewish, Hindu, Muslim friends who pray here, be...