If New York had a red carpet for ideas, the 92nd Street Y would be rolling it out this fall. As the landmark cultural institution launches its 152nd season, the 92NY Fall Talks 2025 lineup reads like a who’s who of politics, entertainment, literature, and thought leadership.
From Hillary Rodham Clinton to Ben Stiller, Shonda Rhimes to Gary Vaynerchuk, the series promises an unmissable mix of dialogue, debate, and artistry that caters to the city’s most engaged and sophisticated audiences.
This season’s Talks combine the intimacy of in-person events in the heart of Manhattan with global accessibility via streaming. For New Yorkers from the Upper East Side to Tribeca, and for culture-seekers tuning in from across the world, the 92NY Fall Talks 2025 promise not just celebrity sightings, but conversations that matter.
2025 Season Where Ideas Meet Influence
For over a century, the 92nd Street Y has been a stage where the city’s cultural pulse beats loudest. This year’s 92NY Fall Talks 2025 underscores its reputation as a crucible for ideas and a haven for civil discourse.
The roster spans politics, journalism, the arts, and beyond. Hillary Rodham Clinton returns to 92NY, joined by Karine Jean-Pierre and Joe Manchin for political perspectives across the spectrum. In entertainment, expect insight and humor from Kate McKinnon, Charlie Sheen, and Ben Stiller. Literary and thought leaders like Malcolm Gladwell and Nikole Hannah-Jones promise rich discussions on social change and storytelling.
“This autumn’s schedule continues to be updated with in person and streaming events,”
The Newmark Civic Life Series: Conversations for a Democracy in Flux
A standout thread in the 92NY Fall Talks 2025 is the Newmark Civic Life Series. Known for tackling issues of governance, civil rights, and civic engagement, the series brings together leading voices to examine the state of democracy.
With journalists like Jake Tapper and Abby Phillip sharing the stage with policy veterans such as Ambassador Dennis Ross, audiences can expect nuanced, high-stakes conversations.
In a time when polarization often drowns out dialogue, these events serve as a reminder of 92NY’s founding principles: the belief that civil dialogue can change minds and that informed debate strengthens communities.
Book Launches With Cultural Icons
The literary offerings in 92NY Fall Talks 2025 deserve their own spotlight. This season’s book launches will be headlined by names that carry weight well beyond the page.
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael J. Fox will share personal stories and creative journeys.
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Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty will discuss the intersections of food, identity, and heritage.
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Priscilla Presley will make her first New York City book event appearance, an occasion likely to draw media attention far beyond Manhattan.
Music fans can also look forward to a special event with Debbie Gibson, while Emma Heming Willis and Tracy Pollan bring their own memoirs and insights to the 92NY stage.
Why 92NY Remains New York’s Intellectual Home
Founded in 1874, the 92nd Street Y has become a rare institution that blends high culture with approachability. Whether it’s a head-to-head political conversation or a candid moment with a Hollywood legend, its Talks series has built a legacy of trust with its audience.
The fall 2025 season is no exception. Events cater to the city’s tastemakers while remaining open to anyone curious enough to listen. The combination of celebrity draw and substantive dialogue positions 92NY as a cultural anchor not just for New York, but for a global community hungry for meaning in public conversation.
For those in Manhattan’s cultural corridors—from the Upper East Side to Greenwich Village—the 92NY calendar is as essential as Lincoln Center’s season or Broadway’s openings. And for viewers streaming from afar, it’s a front-row seat to the city’s mind and soul.
Experience the 92NY Fall Talks 2025
With its 152nd season underway, the 92NY Fall Talks 2025 offers a uniquely New York blend of glamour, gravitas, and global reach. The full schedule is continually updated, making early ticket purchases a smart move for high-demand appearances.
To explore the calendar, book seats, or stream events from anywhere, visit www.92NY.org.
Whether you come for the celebrity, the politics, or the inspiration, you will leave with something rarer: a renewed belief in the power of conversation.
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***In Person & Streaming***
Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis | GENE PRESSMAN – THEY ALL CAME TO BARNEYS
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Fri, Sep 5, 7 pm, from $25
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| Barneys New York was more than a store. It encapsulated a whole universe of glamour. Join former Barneys CEO Gene Pressman — grandson of founder Barney Pressman — for a Fashion Icons conversation with Fern Mallis about the unprecedented rise and fall of his family’s fashion empire, as told in his new memoir, They All Came to Barneys. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
The Dialogue Project | UNIVERSITIES IN CRISIS: LARRY SUMMERS AND LEE BOLLINGER IN CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT COSTA
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Sun, Sep 7, 7 pm, from $25
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| In a moment when campus culture wars dominate headlines and government is putting enormous pressure on universities to change, two titans of American academia meet for a rare public conversation at 92NY,taking on a question that cuts to the heart of American intellectual life: When the conservative media and federal authorities say that elite universities have been captured by a progressive ideology that is destroying higher education, are they right, or are universities still essential engines of free inquiry and democratic renewal in which a wide-range of perspectives and viewpoints can be expressed, explored and critically examined? |
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***In Person & Streaming***
MALCOLM GLADWELL IN CONVERSATION WITH ANGUS FLETCHER: PRIMAL INTELLIGENCE
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Mon, Sep 8, 7:30 pm, from $25
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***In Person & Streaming***
CHARLIE SHEEN: THE BOOK OF SHEEN
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Mon, Sep 8, 8 pm, from $60
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| Charlie Sheen, now eight years sober, candidly tells all about every detox, retox, drug deal, and adventure along the way in The Book of Sheen which he wrote himself. Join us for his first live event in New York, when the actor, who’s been called one of Hollywood’s bad boy discusses his career and the mistakes and demons he once couldn’t shake. |
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***Streaming***
Newmark Civic Life* | ON LIBERALISM
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Cass Sunstein and Maya Sweedler
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Tue, Sep 9, 7 pm, FREE with registration – here
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| At a moment when liberalism is under siege—from a populist right that decries its institutions and a progressive left that doubts its promises—Cass Sunstein wants us to take a breath, look again, and remember what liberalism really is. His new book, On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom, is not a nostalgic defense of the status quo, but a clear-eyed argument for the continued relevance of a political tradition built around pluralism, individual rights, and democratic self-rule. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
INSIDE THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY: EMMA HEMING WILLIS IN CONVERSATION WITH TRACY POLLAN
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Tue, Sep 9, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Join Spark Your Health and the 92NY Program for Cognitive Strength and Ability for an intimate conversation with Emma Heming Willis and Tracy Pollan as Emma launches her deeply personal and powerful new book, The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path . In her moving memoir and guide, Emma shares the raw truth of her caregiving experience following her husband Bruce Willis’ diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia and provides a practical guide for other care partners on this journey and offers the guidance and wisdom caregivers everywhere so desperately need to hear. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
ETERNALLY ELECTRIC: DEBBIE GIBSON IN CONVERSATION WITH ROLLING STONE’s ROB SHEFFIELD
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Tue, Sep 9, 8 pm, from $25
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| Join Debbie Gibson for the launch of her long-awaited memoir Eternally Electric in a moderated discussion with Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield. Anxiety, depression, financial struggles, illness—Debbie writes candidly about these and other challenges, and how she ultimately redesigned her life to overcome them. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
MIKE BRZEZINSKI, JOE SCARBOROUGH AND EDWARD LUCE IN CONVERSATION: THE LIFE OF ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI
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Wed, Sep 10, 6 pm, from $25
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| Join MSNBC’s Morning Joe co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough with the Financial Times’ Edward Luce for a conversation about Zbigniew Brzezinski, a key architect of the Soviet Union’s demise, modern US foreign policy, and Mika’s father — and Luce’s New York Times-bestselling biography, Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
Newmark Civic Life* | TRYMAINE LEE IN CONVERSATION WITH NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES: A THOUSAND WAYS TO DIE
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Wed, Sep 10, 7:30 pm, from $25
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***In Person & Streaming***
Collective by 92NY | ZOSIA MAMET IN CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW RANNELLS: DOES THIS MAKE ME FUNNY?
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Thu, Sep 11, 8 pm, from $25
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| Award-winning actress Zosia Mamet joins fellow Girls alum Andrew Rannells for a conversation about growing up in show business, life after their culture-defining series, and Mamet’s new book of essays, Does This Make Me Funny? Join Mamet and Rannells for an intimate Girls reunion — where their lives have gone on and offscreen since, what they think of Shosh and Elijah today, stories from the set, and much more. |
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***In Person***
Collective by 92NY | FAWNING: DR. INGRID CLAYTON AND LAURA MCKOWEN ON THE NEED TO PLEASE AND FINDING OUR WAY BACK TO OURSELVES
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Fri, Sep 12, 7 pm, from $35
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| Are you an extreme people pleaser? Do you apologize to people who hurt you? Discount others’ bad behavior? Shapeshift into someone you’re not to gain approval that may never come? If yes, you might be fawning. Dr. Ingrid Clayton – clinical psychologist, complex trauma expert, abuse survivor, and former fawner – joins us to talk about her new book, Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves – and How to Find Our Way Back. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
Collective by 92NY | CASE KENNY IN CONVERSATION WITH SAHIL BLOOM: THE OPPOSITE OF SETTLING
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Sun, Sep 14, 5 pm, from $25
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| Join author, podcaster and mindfulness expert Case Kenny for an inspiring conversation with Sahil Bloom (author of the New York Times best seller The 5 Types of Wealth) about finding love and connection in the modern world—and his new book The Opposite of Settling: How to Get Everything You Want Out of Love and Life Without Losing Your Spark. |
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***Streaming***
Newmark Civic Life* | HOW PARTISANSHIP THREATENS GLOBAL STABILITY
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Rachel Myrick and Brett Rosenberg
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Mon, Sep 15, 7 pm, FREE with registration – here
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| Polarization is often framed as a domestic crisis — a story of gridlock in Congress, fractured media ecosystems, and deepening cultural divides. But the consequences don’t stop at the border. In Polarization and International Politics, political scientists Rachel Myrick and Brett Rosenberg explore how America’s internal divisions are reshaping its external posture. This conversation asks a pressing question: as America becomes more divided at home, what happens to its leadership in the world? |
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***In Person & Streaming***
Newmark Civic Life* | JOE MANCHIN IN CONVERSATION WITH GAYLE KING: DEAD CENTER
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Mon, Sep 15, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Join former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin in conversation with Gayle King for a timely and candid conversation about his maverick career in government, crossing party lines, and addressing the dysfunction at the heart of our politics — centered around his new memoir, Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
ROB REINER – A FINE LINE BETWEEN STUPID AND CLEVER: THE STORY OF SPINAL TAP
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Mon, Sep 15, 8 pm, from $25
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| For the first time, director Rob Reiner and his costars and co-creators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of This Is Spinal Tap, the rock ’n’ roll comedy classic, and it’s long awaited just released sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues in a new book A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap. Rob shares details of their famous collaboration: how they met, how the fictitious band Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on an unexpected, celebrated life of its own. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
Newmark Civic Life* | ANNA GIFTY OPOKU-AGYEMAN IN CONVERSATION WITH CHELSEA CLINTON: THE DOUBLE TAX
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Wed, Sep 17, 7:30 pm, from $20
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| Award-winning writer, economist, and Roosevelt Institute Fellow Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman joins bestselling author and Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, Dr. Chelsea Clinton for a frank and revealing conversation about how expensive it is to be a woman and what we can all do about it— and Opoku-Agyeman’s new book Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis | JEFFREY BANKS
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Thu, Sep 18, 8 pm, from $25
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| Two-time Coty Award-winning and internationally celebrated designer Jeffrey Banks joins Fern Mallis on the publication of his new memoir Storyteller: Tales from a Fashion Insider. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
TEMBI LOCKE & SUNNY HOSTIN IN CONVERSATION WITH ALLISON GILBERT: LIVING FULLY, LOVING DEEPLY, & LETTING GO OF WHAT NO LONGER FITS
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Sun, Sep 21, 7 pm, from $25
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| What does it really mean to thrive in midlife — a chapter so often dismissed, yet rich with the potential for reinvention? Join New York Times-bestselling author Tembi Locke (forthcoming Someday, Now and From Scratch) and Emmy Award-winning journalist Sunny Hostin (The View) for an honest, uplifting conversation about navigating life’s biggest transitions — and rediscovering purpose, identity, and connection along the way. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
PRISCILLA PRESLEY IN CONVERSATION: SOFTLY, AS I LEAVE YOU
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Wed, Sep 24, 8 pm, from $25
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| Join actress and businesswoman Priscilla Presley — the former wife of Elvis, and a key architect of his legacy — for a conversation about her new memoir, Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis. In a special conversation, her first book event in New York, hear Priscilla tell the story of her life with and after Elvis — a life full of triumph, heartbreak, and grace. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
BOBBI BROWN IN CONVERSATION WITH KATIE COURIC: STILL BOBBI
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Wed, Sep 24, 8 pm, from $25
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| Beauty industry trailblazer Bobbi Brown – founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, the namesake brand she turned into a billion-dollar worldwide business, and the new clean beauty venture Jones Road – joins us to talk with award-winning journalist Katie Couric about her first memoir, Still Bobbi. |
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***Streaming***
Newmark Civic Life* | CAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE SILICON VALLEY?
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Jacob Silverman and Paris Marx
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Thu, Sep 25, 7 pm, FREE with registration – here
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Over the past decade, Silicon Valley has undergone a quiet, radical transformation.
Once celebrated as the epicenter of innovation and progress, it has increasingly become a crucible for reactionary politics, techno-authoritarian fantasies, and an alarming consolidation of political power. Join us for a conversation with author Jacob Silverman and tech critic Paris Marx as they explore the rise of what some have begun to call “technofascism.” |
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***In Person & Streaming***
COMEDIAN/PODCASTER JOHN FUGELSANG – SEPARATION OF CHURCH & HATE
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Thu, Sep 25, 8 pm, from $25
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| In the spirit of George Carlin and Christopher Hitchens, and in his new book Separation of Church & Hate, comedian and broadcaster John Fugelsang offers an irreverent view and biblical takedown of far-far-right Christian hatred using fundamentalist arguments and exposing the hypocrisy and many inaccuracies through scripture, common sense, and humor. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
The State of New York | DEEP BLUE NEW YORK, DEEP RED DC: WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR OUR STAGE
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Rep. Tom Suozzi and Rep. Mike Lawler in Conversation with Seth Pinsky
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Fri, Sep 26, 9:30 pm
In Person – from $25
Livestream – FREE with registration – here
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| Representing New York in Washington has never been simple — and, at a time when New York votes overwhelmingly Democratic, but both houses of Congress and the presidency are controlled by Republicans and the country as a whole is deeply divided, it’s more complicated than ever. To discuss how they seek, in this environment, to protect the interest of the state and its citizens, Tom Suozzi (D-NY-3) and Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) join us to open the fall season of The State of New York, 92NY’s signature series on the issues shaping the city and state’s future. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
MARLENE STRAUSS: ART’S BAD BOYS, PART II
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Sun, Sep 28, 5 pm, from $25
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| Renowned art historian Marlene Strauss brings Part II of her Art’s Bad Boys lecture, focusing on giants of modern art, from Jackson Pollock to Jean-Michel Basquiat. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
SARAH JESSICA PARKER AND VICTORIAL REDEL IN CONVERSATION WITH ADAM MOSS: I AM YOU
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Mon, Sep 29, 8 pm, from $25
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| Join acclaimed novelist and poet Victoria Redel with Sarah Jessica Parker and editor Adam Moss for a conversation about Redel’s absorbing new novel, I Am You, published by Parker’s literary imprint, SJP Lit. In celebration of its launch, hear Redel, Parker, and Moss discuss the novel — how Redel wrote a new kind of queer love story and tale of art history, what made Parker know that she had to share it with the world, and more. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
TOM FRIEDMAN IN CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR DENNIS ROSS: STATECRAFT 2.0: WHAT AMERICA NEEDS TO LEAD IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
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Tue, Sep 30, 6 pm, from $25
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***In Person & Streaming***
MALCOLM GLADWELL IN CONVERSATION: REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT
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Tue, Sep 30, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| New York Times-bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell discusses his latest book, Revenge of the Tipping Point; a fresh look at his breakthrough book, The Tipping Point. In Revenge of the Tipping Point, Gladwell draws on fresh case studies to rethink and expand on his original ideas about how trends are born, catch on, and spread. Hear what Gladwell has learned about what social epidemics can teach us about the future. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
AN EVENING WITH KATE MCKINNON: THE MILLICENT QUIBB SCHOOL OF ETIQUETTE FOR YOUNG LADIES OF MAD SCIENCE – SECRETS OF THE PURPLE PEARL
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Tue, Sep 30, 8 pm, from $25
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| Join Kate McKinnon — the comedian, writer, actor, Saturday Night Live alum and Weird Barbie — for an evening of comedy and conversation and for the second installment of her #1 New York Times bestselling Millicent Quibb middle-grade series, The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science — Secrets of the Purple Pearl about a mad science, three peculiar sisters, and the mysterious Millicent Quibb. |
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***In Person***
THE RINGER PRESENTS: THE BIG PICTURE LIVE
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Sean Fennessey & Amanda Dobbins
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Sat, Oct 4, 7:30 pm, from $40
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| Join The Ringer‘s Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins as they bring their movie podcast, The Big Picture, to New York City for a live show. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
TIM BERNERS-LEE: THE INVENTION OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB
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Mon, Oct 6, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| In 1989, technologist Tim Berners-Lee invented a system of sharing information over computers that he called the World Wide Web and distributed it for no commercial reward. It changed just about everything — including the human species — forever. Join him for an urgent conversation about the past, present, and future of the internet and AI — and his new chronicle of the web’s earliest days, This is For Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis | DENNIS BASSO
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Wed, Oct 8, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Dennis Basso’s luxe coats helped Meryl Streep become Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada. His gowns and furs have been worn by icons from Michelle Obama to Nicole Kidman to Rihanna, and bring new heights of glamour to red carpets around the world. Gabrielle Union was married in a Basso wedding gown. The iconic American designer sits down with Fern Mallis for an intimate conversation about his remarkable career. |
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***In Person***
WERNER HERZOG IN CONVERSATON: THE FUTURE OF TRUTH
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Wed, Oct 8, 8 pm, from $25
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| Join legendary filmmaker and author Werner Herzog for a deeply personal exploration of art, philosophy, and history that unravels one of the most urgent questions of our “post-fact” era: what is truth? Hear Herzog as he discusses the nature of truth itself — the difference between truth and fact, the future of knowledge, how the question of truth has guided him throughout his remarkable and singular career, and much more. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
JAKE TAPPER IN CONVERSATION WITH JOHN MILLER: RACE AGAINST TERROR
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Thu, Oct 9, 8 pm, from $25
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| CNN’s Jake Tapper joins us for an urgent conversation about the war on terror, the Middle East and Afghanistan, the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and his new book, Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Terrorist at the Dawn of the Forever War. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
MICHAEL J. FOX AND NELLE FORTENBERRY IN CONVERSATION: FUTURE BOY
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Mon, Oct 13, 6 pm, from $25
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| Go behind the scenes of two iconic roles — and the wild ride in between — as Michael J. Fox joins longtime collaborator and co-author Nelle Fortenberry to discuss their new book, Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum. In the early months of 1985, Michael J. Fox did the impossible: starring in Family Ties by day and filming Back to the Future by night. Told with all of Michael J. Fox’s warmth, wit and self-awareness, Future Boy is the untold story of that unprecedented time — and of the creative energy, ambition, and joy that fueled both projects. |
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***In Person***
Collective by 92NY | SHONDA RIMES IN CONVERSATION: THE YEAR OF YES
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Tue, Oct 14, 6 pm, from $60
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| Join Emmy Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author Shonda Rhimes for a conversation about her extraordinary impact on over two decades of television and the life-changing power of saying “yes” to life — and the 10th anniversary of her hit book The Year of Yes. |
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MICHAEL W. TWITTY IN CONVERSATION: RECIPES FROM THE AMERICAN SOUTH
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Tue, Oct 14, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Join us for a mouthwatering evening with James Beard Award-winning author and culinary historian Michael W. Twitty sharing stories and recipes at the launch event for his newest book, Recipes from the American South — a sweeping, soulful tribute to one of America’s most diverse and delicious cuisines. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
ANDREW ROSS SORKIN ON 1929: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE GREATEST CRASH IN WALL STREET HISTORY
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Tue, Oct 14, 8 pm, from $25
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| The greed, blind optimism, and folly that led to the most infamous stock market crash in history, the crash of 1929 was an era-defining collapse and caused ripple effects that still shape our society today. With unparalleled access to historical records and newly uncovered documents, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Ross Sorkin describes the chaos of that crash in his new book 1929: The Inside Story of the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History. |
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JOANNE LEE MOLINARO AND ERIC KIM IN CONVERSATION: THE KOREAN VEGAN: HOMEMADE
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Wed, Oct 15, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Food is personal for New York Times-bestselling author and James Beard Award winner Joanne Lee Molinaro – and her five million fans on Tik Tok, YouTube, and Instagram can’t get enough. She joins us with New York Times food writer Eric Kim for a conversation about her new book, The Korean Vegan: Homemade – the follow-up to her acclaimed The Korean Vegan Cookbook. |
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FORMER COACH CEO LEW FRANKFORT IN CONVERSATION WITH GARY VAYNERCHUK: BAG MAN
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Sun, Oct 19, 7 pm, from $25
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| Join former Coach CEO Lew Frankfort with bestselling author and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk — better known as @GaryVee to his millions of Instagram and YouTube followers — for a conversation about what it takes to grow a company and win in the business of fashion, with insights from Frankfort’s new memoir Bag Man: The Story Behind the Improbable Rise of Coach. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
Newmark Civic Life* | KARINE JEAN-PIERRE IN CONVERSATION WITH ROY WOOD JR.: INDEPENDENT
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Mon, Oct 20, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Join former White House press secretary under President Biden, Karine Jean-Pierre, with acclaimed comedian Roy Wood Jr., in conversation about her new book, Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines. Hear Jean-Pierre and Roy Wood Jr. discuss how she came to her decision — the tumultuous three weeks that culminated in Biden’s decision abandoning his bid for a second term, what it means to think outside the blue-and-red box, and much more. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
Newmark Civic Life* | JOYCE VANCE IN CONVERSATION WITH PREET BHARARA: GIVING UP IS UNFORGIVABLE
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Live Podcast Recording of Stay Tuned with Preet
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Tue, Oct 21, 7 pm, from $25
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| Join former US attorneys Joyce Vance and Preet Bharara for a conversation and special live podcast taping of Stay Tuned with Preet, about history, the law, and what it will take to save our democracy — and Vance’s first book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
MODI ROSENFELD IN CONVERSATION WITH DEBRA MESSING: AND HERE’S MODI LIVE
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Wed, Oct 22, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Join Emmy Award-winning actress, producer and activist, Debra Messing, for a live taping of acclaimed stand-up comedian Modi Rosenfeld’s hit podcast, And Here’s Modi. In this conversation with Debra Messing, hear the acclaimed actress tell the story of her remarkable career, from Will and Grace to Broadway and beyond. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
The Dialogue Project | FAIR PLAY: TRANSGENDER ATHLETES AND THE FUTURE OF SPORTS
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Doriane Coleman and Dr. Joanna Harper with Jessica Tarlov
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Thu, Oct 23, 8 pm, from $25
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| Should transgender women compete in women’s and girls’ sports? How do we balance fairness with inclusion, and what does the science really say? Join prominent Duke law professor and former track athlete Doriane Coleman, author of On Sex and Gender: A Commonsense Approach, and medical physicist and transgender sports scientist Dr. Joanna Harper, a former competitive runner, for a frank and timely conversation moderated by Jessica Tarlov. |
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***In Person & Streaming***
Newmark Civic Life* | ABBY PHILLIP IN CONVERSATION: A DREAM DEFERRED
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Mon, Oct 27, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Join CNN’s Abby Phillip for a fresh look at the history of Black political power, Jesse Jackson’s transformative presidential campaigns of the 1980s, and Phillip’s new book, A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power. |
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MELISSA LUDTKE IN CONVERSATION WITH HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: LOCKER ROOM TALK AND GUTSY WOMEN:
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Tue, Oct 28, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| When Melissa Ludtke sued Major League Baseball in 1978 for equal access (and won), she didn’t just change sports journalism. She helped rewrite the rules for women in locker rooms, courtrooms, and newsrooms. Now, in a rare and deeply personal conversation, Ludtke sits down with longtime friend Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton for a galvanizing evening exploring the lives of gutsy women — women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. Guided by Secretary Clinton’s The Book of Gutsy Women and Ludtke’s new memoir Locker Room Talk , the two spotlight the lives of iconic changemakers whose courage shaped the world. |
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SCOTT GALLOWAY IN CONVERSATION WITH BEN STILLER: NOTES ON BEING A MAN
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Wed, Nov 5, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Join Scott Galloway, bestselling author and cohost of the Pivot podcast, for a frank conversation about modern masculinity — and his new book, Notes on Being a Man. Hear Galloway’s clear-eyed analysis of American masculinity as he offers a new path forward for men and the parents of boys — practical solutions for how men can follow their talents, cultivate kindness, and take action to improve their lives. |
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NICOLE WITTENBERG IN CONVERSATION WITH JARRETT EARNEST
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Wed, Nov 5, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Gestural and cinematic, brightly-colored and dynamic in her mark-making, Nicole Wittenberg creates seemingly spontaneous images that recall Matisse and the Fauvists — and for 20 years, she has synthesized her ideas into large paintings on canvas to stunning effect. In a conversation celebrating her creative evolution and career, and the first monograph of her work, Nicole Wittenberg, hear her discuss her singular body of work with artist and writer Jarrett Earnest — the relationship between image and color, her creation of a new kind of Arcadian landscape, where her work is going next, and more. |
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Newmark Civic Life* | JIM CLYBURN IN CONVERSATION: THE FIRST EIGHT
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Tue, Nov 11, 8 pm, from $25
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| Join South Carolina congressman James Clyburn, one of our nation’s most revered Black political leaders, for a conversation about history, hope, and forging a better path forward for our country — and his new book, The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation. |
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STEPHEN J. DUBNER IN CONVERSATION WITH BUDD MISHKIN: FREAKONOMICS AT 20
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Thu, Nov 13, 8 pm, from $25
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| Join Stephen J. Dubner, #1 New York Times-bestselling co-author of Freakonomics and host of Freakonomics Radio, for a conversation with Budd Mishkin about cracking the riddles of human behavior using the tools of economics — and the legacy of his and Steven D. Levitt’s megahit book, in celebration of its 20th anniversary. |
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WALTER ISAACSON IN CONVERSATION: THE GREATEST SENTENCE EVER WRITTEN
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Mon, Nov 17, 7:30 pm, from $25
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| Join Walter Isaacson — the bestselling biographer of everyone from tech giants like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk to geniuses like Ben Franklin — for a conversation on the origins of the most revolutionary line in the Declaration of Independence, as told in his new book The Greatest Sentence Ever Written. |
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| *This program is part of the Newmark Civic Life Series, known for conversations with leading experts exploring pro-democracy efforts at this critical moment in the US and around the world, supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies. |
