Like many people, I encountered Roddy Doyle through the Barrytown trilogy – The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van – three terrific novels, and later movies, set in the same fictional working class neighborhood of Dublin, novels that do things with dialogue I hadn’t thought possible. His newest, The Guts, revisits Jimmy Rabbitte – founder... More

Join us for this special Genius Week Nite as we learn about the unsavory origins of Tetris, the demise of the beloved 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea ride at Disney World and whether or not the utopian vision of the future as depicted in Star Trek can become a reality. Get ready to to laugh... More

Perhaps best known as the outspoken host of E!’s late night talk show, “Chelsea Lately,” Chelsea Handler continues to offer international audiences her fearless honesty and tongue-in-cheek commentary every weeknight. In support of her new book, Uganda Be Kidding Me, she sits down with Ronan Farrow to share some of her favorite stories and discuss... More

YA author Lauren Oliver talks with Lev Grossman, book reviewer for TIME magazine, about her latest novel, Panic. In this gritty, spellbinding novel, Oliver delivers a gripping narrative of friendship, courage, survival and hope. More

A pre-concert conversation about music and the brain with Vijay Iyer, violinist Mark Steinberg of the Brentano String Quartet and Ian Quinn of Yale University, moderated by Hanna Arie-Gaifman of 92nd Street Y. More

Delia Ephron, the screenwriter of You’ve Got Mail, has published a new memoir, Sister Mother Husband Dog. In this clip, she talks about her complicated relationship with her mother, in which she recalls memories of passing her on the street in New York and speaking to her on her death bed. Watch the full event... More

From the early days as a CBS News assistant in Cairo to NBC, Dateline and the Today show, Hoda Kotb talks with Jonathan Tisch about the years of perseverance, purpose and passion—and the people who have inspired her along the way. Hoda, whose memoir was a New York Times bestseller, is the author of Ten... More

Hoda Kotb and Jonathan Tisch share a lot in common, including that they both went on a first date with Kathie Lee Gifford. More

Everyone’s favorite artisanal-chicken-eating, Stumptown-spoofing pair takes a cross-country jaunt to 92Y. He’s the “Saturday Night Live” veteran who played everyone from President Obama to Prince to British Punk rocker Ian Rubbish. She’s the Sleater-Kinney co-founder hailed as one of rock’s top guitarists. Together, their satirical observations about Portland, OR have turned into a laugh-out-loud hit... More

When he was a ten-year-old Brooklyn yeshiva boy, his father gave him a sewing machine. It’s like The Sword in the Stone, the perfect destiny-calling start for a man who’s distinguished himself as a fashion designer and more. He’s created sets and costumes, directed opera (including the Magic Flute) and appeared in movies and television... More

Highlights from a rare appearance by one of Broadway’s most storied performers Elaine Stritch, who in her late 80′s, still commands the spotlight. More

Delia Ephron, the screenwriter of You’ve Got Mail, shares stories about life, love, sisterhood, movies and family. Her new memoir is Sister Mother Husband Dog. Comedian Judy Gold moderates. More