Fishko Files is a series of culture stories told by WNYC Radio’s Sara Fishko. Tweets signed SF are from Sara Fishko, all others from Associate Producer.
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On today's episode: we dive into Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. The iconic musical tale has been recorded and performed countless times - but the millions of children who listened over the years only knew part of the story. wnyc.org/story/peter-and-wol…
On today's new episode, we memorialize the late screenwriter Walter Bernstein - and look at the slew of new movies that embody his spirit of dissent and protest. Listen now: wnyc.org/story/message-pictu…
New Fishko Files! On today's episode, we celebrate - and scrutinize - the long life of @Disney's "Fantasia," now in its 80th year. wnyc.org/story/fantasia-at-8…
Join @knowacki and tune in for An Hour with Dave Brubeck on @WNYC, this Saturday 12/5 at 7pm ET! Or hear it now, on today's podcast. wnyc.org/story/hour-dave-bru…
Happy (early) 100th birthday, #DaveBrubeck! You can listen to Sara @FishkoFiles's amazing conversation with him — taped in Brubeck's studio in Connecticut in 2004 — right now. Or, be like me, wait and hear it Saturday at 7pm on @wnyc. #Brubeck100 wnyc.org/story/256128-an-hou…
Remember sitting in a concert hall, surrounded by fellow fans, listening to a live performance? If you miss it like we do, tune in to today's new episode - because there's nothing like live music. wnyc.org/story/concert-piece
New episode! 100 years after the Harlem Renaissance, @HarlemRen100 celebrates the vivid artistic movement - and the decades of change that came after. wnyc.org/story/harlem-renais…
New episode! We look back to the 1930s and the escapist pop culture of the Great Depression, and wonder - are we losing ourselves in culture, or finding ourselves? wnyc.org/story/escape-into-t…
For today's Fishko Files, we bring you an episode from our archives on another tumultuous era - and how late night TV provided cultural refuge. wnyc.org/story/cultural-glue
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On today's episode: legendary writer-director Robert Benton! With today's Netflix release of #MarriageStory, we look at the now 40-year-old divorce drama KRAMER VS. KRAMER - and the rest of Benton's winding career. wnyc.org/story/robert-benton