It's your neighborhood, your city, your country, your world. Brian Lehrer delves into the issues and links them to real life. Enlighten yourself as host Brian Lehrer puts you directly in touch with news makers and gives them a chance to exchange opinions and ideas with call-in listeners.

Faced with the fierce urgency of now and the growing number of African Americans who come face to face with the HIV/AIDS pandemic, award-winning poet and activist Sonia Sanchez does what she does best: challenge political and community thought with the power of the word.

WQXR host  Elliott Forrest converses with the stars of the film Twin Spirits, Sting  and Trudie Styler, after a special screen of the film--a poetic meditation on the passionate relationship between Robert and wife, Clara Schumann.

TGIF, let down your hair, sip a complimentary drink and mingle with New York City's hippest crowds as WNYC takes to the street--the street level, glass facade of The Greene Space, that is.

Bob Garfield, co-host of On the Media, spent more than four years exploring five continents, seeking answers. He came up with the art and science of Listenomics, a set of principles for taking advantage of the very power shifts that so threaten The Powers That Be.

Singer and pianist Tori Amos, who titled her last album "Abnormall Attracted to Sin, talks about overhauling carols on the album "Midwinter Graces,"  and plays live in WNYC's The Greene Space.

The Greene Space presents a few lively examples of Tom Stoppard's radio plays performed live. The evening celebrates the genius of Stoppard--merging the British sensibilities of his work with the grit and urbanity of New York City.