Season 2 of the American Masters Podcast looks at the artists that challenge and shape our thoughts through the power of the written word. We begin with a new interview with Pulitzer Prize-winner and MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog, The Red Letter Plays, Venus), who discusses her writing, inspirations and teaching the arts, and performs original music.
This season the American Masters Podcast presents Revolutionary Writers: 10 episodes that look at the artists that challenge and shape our thoughts through the power of the written word.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson discusses the impact that August Wilson has made as one of the most prolific African-American playwrights of the 20th century.
Michael Kantor sits down with Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, co-directors of Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016).
Comedian Hasan Minhaj, senior correspondent for The Daily Show, shares a personal story with legendary producer Norman Lear
Best known for The Women of Brewster Place, Naylor speaks compassionately and critically about the notion of the American Dream.
Listen to singer-songwriters Joan Baez and Dar Williams perform as a duet in this impromptu rendition of “If I Wrote You”, written by Dar Williams. This exclusive performance is from the cutting room floor of award-winning filmmaker Mary Wharton’s Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound (2009).
Joan Baez and fellow singer-songwriter Dar Williams discuss their musical collaborations and how they’ve influenced each other’s lives and art.
Before jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald became the First Lady of Song and earned 13 Grammy Awards, she spent much of her teenage years as an orphan, finding odd jobs to get by and, at times, living on the street.
Tennis superstars Chris Evert and Venus Williams discuss athlete and social icon Billie Jean King’s impact both on and off the tennis court.
