BAM 2015 Winter/Spring Season #RadioLoveFest Brooklyn Academy of Music New York Public Radio Alan H. Fishman, Chairman of the Board Cynthia King Vance, Chair, Board of Trustees William I. Campbell, Vice Chairman of the Board John S. Rose, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Adam E. Max, Vice Chairman of the Board Susan Rebell Solomon, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Karen Brooks Hopkins, President Mayo Stuntz, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Joseph V. Melillo, Executive Producer Laura R. Walker, President & CEO BAM and WNYC present RadioLoveFest Produced by BAM and WNYC May 5—10 LIVE PERFORMANCES Radiolab Live, May 5, 7:30pm, OH Death, Sex & Money, May 8, 7:30pm, HT Terry Gross in conversation with Marc Maron, May 6, Bullseye Comedy Night—Hosted by Jesse Thorn, 7:30pm, OH May 9, 7:30pm, OH Don’t Look Back: Stories From the Teenage Years— Selected Shorts: Uncharted Territories—A 30th The Moth & Radio Diaries, May 6, 8:30pm, HT Anniversary Event, May 9, 7:30pm, HT Eine Kleine Trivia Nacht—WQXR Classical Music Quiz WQXR Beethoven Piano Sonata Marathon, Show, May 6, 8pm, BC May 9, 10am—11:15pm, HS Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!®—NPR®, May 7, 7:30pm, OH Mexrrissey: Mexico Loves Morrissey, Islamophobia: A Conversation—Moderated by Razia May 10, 7:30pm, OH Iqbal, May 7, 7:30pm, HT It’s All About Richard Rodgers with Jonathan Speed Dating for Mom Friends with The Longest Schwartz, May 10, 3pm, HT Shortest Time, May 7, 7pm, BC Leonard Lopate & Locavores: Brooklyn as a Brand, Snap Judgment LIVE!, May 8, 7:30pm, OH May 10, 3pm, BC SCREENINGS—7:30pm, BRC BAMCAFÉ LIVE—9pm, BC, free Galaxy Quest, curated by Brooke Gladstone, May 5 Curated by Terrance McKnight Naked Lunch, curated by David Garland, May 6 Royal KhaoZ, May 8 The Man Who Fell to Earth, curated by John Schaefer, 5J Barrow, May 9 May 7 I Vitteloni, curated by Arun Venugopal, May 8 The Last Waltz, curated by Brian Lehrer, May 9 Delta Air Lines is the Official Airline of RadioLoveFest VENUE KEY BC=BAMcafé American Express is the Lead Sponsor of RadioLoveFest BRC=BAM Rose Cinemas HS=Hillman Studio, Forest City Ratner Companies and Joseph & Diane Steinberg are major Fisher Building supporters of RadioLoveFest HT=BAM Harvey Theater OH=BAM Howard Gilman Additional support provided by Charles and Valerie Diker Opera House RadioLoveFest May 5—6 RADIOLAB LIVE ism Award for a 2001 NOVA Special, Cracking the May 5, 7:30pm Code of Life; the Extraordinary Communicator Award BAM Howard Gilman Opera House from the National Cancer Institute; and an Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia Award. Krulwich earned a BA in Radiolab is WNYC’s Peabody Award-winning cult history from Oberlin College, and a law degree from sensation about wonder, discovery, and big ideas. Columbia University. Co-hosted by Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad, the show tackles topics as diverse as why Kenyans TERRY GROSS IN CONVERSATION win marathons, what is time, and why left-hand- WITH MARC MARON edness persists. Radiolab podcasts are downloaded May 6, 7:30pm over four million times each month and the program BAM Howard Gilman Opera House is carried on over 520 stations across the nation. Airs Mondays at 8pm on WNYC 93.9 FM, and Satur- TERRY GROSS days at noon on WNYC 93.9 FM and 6pm on WNYC Fresh Air’s interviews are in a category by AM 820. For more information visit radiolab.org. themselves, distinguished by host and executive producer Terry Gross’ unique approach. Fresh JAD ABUMRAD (co-host), the son of a scientist and Air not only covers popular culture, it’s become a doctor, did most of his growing up in Tennessee, a familiar part of it. The program and Gross have before studying creative writing and music composi- been name-checked on Saturday Night Live, tion at Oberlin. Following graduation, he wrote mu- Girls, Eastbound and Down, and How I Met Your sic for films and reported and produced documen- Mother. Gross played herself on an episode of taries for local and national public radio programs, The Simpsons, and was a guest on The Colbert including On the Media, Studio 360 with Kurt Report. Gross began her radio career in 1973 at Andersen, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, public radio station WBFO in Buffalo, NY, hosting and WNYC’s 24 Hours at the Edge of Ground Zero. and producing arts, women’s, and public affairs While on staff at WNYC, Abumrad conceived of one programs, including This Is Radio, a daily live, of public radio’s most popular shows—Radiolab, for three-hour magazine program. Two years later, she which he is a co-host and producer. The program joined WHYY-FM in Philadelphia as producer and has won two George Foster Peabody Awards and host of Fresh Air, then a local, daily interview and explores big questions in science, philosophy, and music program. In 1985, WHYY-FM launched a mankind. Under Abumrad’s direction, the show weekly half-hour edition of Fresh Air with Terry uses a combination of deep-dive journalism, narra- Gross, distributed nationally by NPR. Since 1987, tive storytelling, dialogue, and music to explore and a daily, one-hour national edition of Fresh Air has discover. Abumrad was a 2011 MacArthur Fellow; been produced by WHYY-FM. The program is he also produced and hosted The Ring & I, an in- broadcast on nearly 600 stations and became the sightful look at the enduring power of Wagner’s Ring first non-drivetime show in public radio history Cycle. It aired nationally and internationally and to reach more than five million listeners a week. earned 10 awards, including the prestigious 2005 Fresh Air with Terry Gross has received a number of National Headliner Grand Award in Radio. awards, including the prestigious Peabody Award in 1994. American Women in Radio and Television ROBERT KRULWICH (co-host) is the co-host of presented Gross with a Gracie Award in 1999 in Radiolab. For 22 years, Krulwich was a science, the category of National Network Radio Personality. economics, general assignment, and foreign cor- In 2003, she received the Corporation for Public respondent at ABC and CBS News. His specialty is Broadcasting’s Edward R. Murrow Award. At the explaining complex subjects, science, technology, 2007 National Book Awards Ceremony, she was economics, in a style that is clear, compelling, and honored by the National Book Foundation with entertaining. On television he explored the structure the Literarian Award for outstanding service to the of DNA using a banana; on radio he created an Ital- American literary community. She was recognized ian opera, Ratto Interesso, to explain how the Feder- with the Columbia Journalism Award from Columbia al Reserve regulates interest rates; he also pioneered University’s Graduate School of Journalism in the use of new animation on ABC’s Nightline and 2008. In 2010 she became the fourth recipient World News Tonight. He has won Emmy awards for of the Modern Language Association’s Phyllis a cultural history of Barbie, for a Frontline investiga- Franklin Award for Public Advocacy of the tion of computers and privacy, a George Polk and an Humanities. In 2011, she received the Authors Emmy for a look at the Savings & Loan bailout, and Guild Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary the 2010 Essay Prize from the Iowa Writers’ Work- Community. Gross is the author of All I Did Was shop. Krulwich also won the AAAS Science Journal- Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians RadioLoveFest May 6 and Artists (Hyperion, 2004). Born and raised in Comedy App. He also travels the world performing Brooklyn, Gross received a bachelor’s degree in sold-out, stand-up shows, as well as Live WTF English and M.Ed. in communications from the stage shows. In 2011, Maron was given the honor State University of New York at Buffalo. Her alma of delivering the keynote address at the Just For mater awarded her a Distinguished Alumni Award in Laughs Festival in Montreal. Maron currently resides 1993, and an honorary degree in 2007. She’s also in Los Angeles. received honorary degrees from Princeton University, Haverford College, and Drexel University. She gave DON’T LOOK BACK: STORIES the commencement address at Vassar College in FROM THE TEENAGE YEARS 2007 and Bryn Mawr College in 2014. The Moth & Radio Diaries May 6, 8:30pm, Harvey Theater MARC MARON (interviewer) For over 20 years, Marc Maron has been writing A collaboration between The Moth and and performing raw, honest, and thought-provoking Radio Diaries comedy for print, stage, radio, online, and television. Directed by Maggie Cino, Jenifer Hixson, and A legend in the stand-up community, Maron has Catherine McCarthy appeared on many television talk shows, including Produced by Michelle Jalowski David Letterman, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Fallon, Executive directors Catherine Burns, Jimmy Kimmel, Bill Maher, and many more. He has Sarah Haberman, and Sarah Austin Jenness appeared on Conan O’Brien more than any other Additional artistic support Sarah Kramer and comedian. On the small screen, Maron’s critically Joe Richman acclaimed half-hour scripted series, Maron, was renewed for a third season by IFC; it premieres Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented on May 14. The show was created, written, and more than 10,000 stories, told live and without produced by Maron, who also directed episodes in notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The seasons two and three. The first and second seasons Moth’s shows are renowned for the wide range of of Maron can be streamed on Netflix. Maron’s human experience they showcase.