A jam session about those who beat the odds and shocked the world of sports. Three experts turn back the clock, stopping to visit the long-suffering Brooklyn Dodgers and their triumph over the Yankees in 1955...
Duration: 54:41
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January 2010
Audio
Longshots and Underdogs: Great Moments in New York Sports
January 26th, 2010
1 hour and 2 minutes
Bob Herbert, Adam Gopnik, Bert Sugar
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January 2010
Audio
Great Historians and Their Influences: An Evening with Simon Schama
January 20th, 2010
1 hour and 28 seconds
Simon Schama
This fall, the New-York Historical Society presents an exciting new three-part program series in which distinguished historians will look back at the beginnings of their careers and at the historians and works that influenced...
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December 2009
Audio
Right Time, Right Place
December 8th, 2009
1 hour and 4 minutes
Richard Brookhiser, Rich Lowry
In this intimate memoir of a mentor/protégé relationship, Richard Brookhiser takes a personal look at the late William F. Buckley, Jr.—a media celebrity of the last generation—against the backdrop of political life from the Vietnam War.
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November 2009
Audio
The Future of the USA
November 16th, 2009
1 hour and 30 minutes
Roger Hertog, Dr. Richard Haas, Dr. Robert Kagan, R. Glenn Hubbard, Mortimer Zuckerman
It isn't just pessimists who harbor serious questions about the steps our country is taking in terms of military obligations, dependence on foreigners to fund our budget deficits, the value of the dollar, and dealings with new global.
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November 2009
Audio
The Future of New York
November 9th, 2009
1 Hour and 19 minutes
Michael Goodwin, George Pataki, Richard Ravitch, James Tisch, Fred Siegel
The financial crisis is having a disproportionate impact on New York, not only because we've lost major Wall Street firms and damaged our employment base, but also because of the possible longer-term effect on real-estate values and...
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