Today’s episode features a first: two programs from the same speaker at different moments in history - Patti Smith: as interviewed by Jessica Hopper in 2019, and back again in 2022, telling stories and singing live with guitar accompaniment from her son Jackson.
SHOW NOTES:
Watch the full conversations from 2019 here and from 2022 here.
Read the podcast transcript.
CW: Light profanity.
Photo: Patti Smith at the Chicago Humanities Fall Festival at the Symphony Center.
Photo: Patti Smith at the Music Box Theatre with a photo of Maryam Mirzakhani.
Photo: Patti Smith at the Music Box Theatre with a photo of a porcelain bird.
Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, A Book of Days
Jessica Hopper, The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic
Episode photo by Steven Sebring
Donate now to support programs like this: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/donate/
Explore upcoming events: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/
Instagram • TikTok • Twitter • Facebook • LinkedIn
