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The Queer Love PodcastQueer Love in PhotographyLast month I traveled to Los Angeles for my friend Michael Narkunski’s wedding (a post about that experience and my thoughts on gay nuptials is still on the horizon, I promise!), and I had the pleasure of spending Saturday morning before the big event up at the Getty Center so I could catch the Queer Lens: A History of Photography exhibit before it closed. Although I’ve seen plenty of LGBTQ+ exhibitions over the years, I’m always up for a new take, and seeing it staged at the big white temple of a museum designed by arc...
2025-10-0656 min
The Book ReviewSteven Soderbergh on His Reading Life (Rerun)The director Steven Soderbergh has just released his second film of 2025: the spy thriller "Black Bag," starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett. In January 2024, Soderbergh spoke with host Gilbert Cruz about some of the more than 80 books that he read in the previous year. (This episode is a rerun.)Books discussed:"How to Live: A Life of Montaigne," by Sarah Bakewell"Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining,'" by Lee Unkrich and J.W. Rinzler"Cocktails with George and Martha," by Philip GefterThe work of Donald E. Westlake"...
2025-03-2142 min
The TreatmentSean Penn, Carrie Courogen, and Philip Gefter on The TreatThis week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes back Oscar winning actor Sean Penn to discuss his latest role in the film Daddio, starring opposite Dakota Johnson. Next, writer Carrie Courogen stops by to talk about her revealing biography of multi-hyphenate Elaine May: Elaine May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius. And for The Treat, writer Philip Gefter reveals a childhood inspiration that helped Gefter create a “magical” home.
2024-06-2952 minThe TreatmentVince Staples, Philip Gefter, and Lulu Wang on The TreatThis week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes The Vince Staples Show star and creator Vince Staples. Next, writer Philip Gefter breaks down the stories behind the scenes of Mike Nichols’ 1966 film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, as told in his new book Cocktails with George and Martha. And on The Treat, Expats director Lulu Wang reveals what helps her feel grounded.
2024-04-0652 min
The Entertainment with Tom Knoblauch12. The Mom-and-Dad-Are-Fighting PlotThough our screens are the inescapable way in which we experience stories today, nearly all of the conflicts on screen pre-date the screen itself. Take, for example, one of Northrop Frye’s four archetypal narrative structures in Anatomy of Criticism: the marriage plot. Frye writes that “The literary mode of romance deals with the marvelous and the uncommon, and, under its influence, events turn into symbols and characters into types.” He identifies the marriage plot as a recurring motif in narratives that typically involve a quest for love, union, and resolution.People like romance. It’s fun to wa...
2024-04-0653 min
Stream Best-Selling Digital Audiobooks for Your LibraryCocktails with George and Martha (By Philip Gefter)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/84520 to listen full audiobooks. Publisher's Summary: From its debut in 1962, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a wild success and a cultural lightning rod. The play transpires over one long, boozy night, laying bare the lies, compromises, and scalding love that have sustained a middle-aged couple through decades of marriage. It scandalized critics but magnetized audiences. Across 644 sold-out Broadway performances, the drama demolished the wall between what could and couldn’t be said on the American stage and marked a definitive end to the I Love Lucy 1950s. T...
2024-02-1304 min
Press Play On Your Ears To A Spellbinding Full Audiobook.Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip GefterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/84520to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Cocktails with George and Martha
Author: Philip Gefter
Narrator: Alexa Morden
Format: mp3
Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
Release date: 02-13-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 58 ratings
Genres: Theater
Publisher's Summary:
From its debut in 1962, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a wild success and a cultural lightning rod. The play transpires over one long, boozy night, laying bare the lies, compromises, and scalding love that have sustained a middle-aged couple through decades of marriage. It scandalized critics but magnetized audiences. Across 644 sold-out Broadway performances, the dram...
2024-02-1311h 29
Just the Right Book with Roxanne CoadyShorts #23 - A Quick Look at What's NewIn today's short Roxanne sits down with Bill Goldstein to discuss what they're reading.
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2024-02-0133 minThe Book ReviewSteven Soderbergh on His Year in ReadingEvery January on his website Extension765.com, the prolific director Steven Soderbergh looks back at the previous year and posts a day-by-day account of every movie and TV series watched, every play attended and every book read. In 2023, Soderbergh tackled more than 80 (!) books, and on this week's episode, he and the host Gilbert Cruz talk about some of his highlights. Here are the books discussed on this week’s episode:"How to Live: A Life of Montaigne," by Sarah Bakewell"Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining,'" by Lee Unkrich and J.W. Rinzler"...
2024-01-1242 min
BookLabBookLab 033: The Book of Minds; The Darkness Manifesto; Existential PhysicsThe human mind is quite something. We can use it to reason; to envision past and future events; to ponder abstractions. But what other minds are out there? In Philip Ball’s The Book of Minds, we’re invited to explore the space of possible minds. And on the nightstand: The Darkness Manifesto, by Johan Eklöf; and Existential Physics by Sabine Hossenfelder.
2023-08-031h 16
The Museum at FIT Fashion Culture PodcastWhat Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon | Fashion CulturePhilip Gefter’s book What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon is a study of the legendary photographer’s life. A fashion photographer and portrait artist, Avedon’s subjects included some of the most notable figures of the twentieth century including James Baldwin, Audrey Hepburn, Truman Capote, and Marilyn Monroe, as well as iconic models such as Donyale Luna and Jean Shrimpton. The book offers a detailed and luminous portrait of the man and his era. Gefter talks with MFIT curator Melissa Marra-Alvarez about Avedon’s early years and his transformative work for Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue...
2021-08-0148 minThe Museum at FIT Fashion Culture PodcastWhat Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon | Fashion CulturePhilip Gefter’s book What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon is a study of the legendary photographer’s life. A fashion photographer and portrait artist, Avedon’s subjects included some of the most notable figures of the twentieth century including James Baldwin, Audrey Hepburn, Truman Capote, and Marilyn Monroe, as well as iconic models such as Donyale Luna and Jean Shrimpton. The book offers a detailed and luminous portrait of the man and his era. Gefter talks with MFIT curator Melissa Marra-Alvarez about Avedon’s early years and his transformative work for Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue...
2021-08-0148 min
The Fine Art Photography PodcastIs Street Photography Ethical?In this episode, we explore the question: Is street photography ethical?
As I was writing this episode, a woman published an op-ed in the New York Daily News calling her multiple encounters with aggressive street photographers a form of assault. Regardless of whether the photographer is "in your face" or quietly capturing someone's photograph on the street, is the practice of capturing someone's likeness without their consent ethical?
Full transcript of this episode can be found at
https://fineartphotopodcast.com/is-street-photography-ethical/
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2020-10-3010 min
Get Lost In An Spellbinding Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.What Becomes a Legend Most by Philip GefterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/85882to listen full audiobooks.
Title: What Becomes a Legend Most
Author: Philip Gefter
Narrator: Jane Oppenheimer
Format: mp3
Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
Release date: 10-13-20
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 28 ratings
Genres: Artists, Architects & Photographers
Publisher's Summary:
In his acclaimed portraits, Richard Avedon captured the iconic figures of the twentieth century in his starkly bold, intimately minimal, and forensic visual style. What Becomes a Legend Most is the first definitive biography of this luminary—an intensely driven man who endured personal and professional prejudice, struggled with deep insecurities, and mounted an existential lifelong battle to...
2020-10-1310h 50
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentWhat Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon by Philip GefterPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon Author: Philip Gefter Narrator: Jane Oppenheimer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 13, 2020 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The first definitive biography of Richard Avedon, a monumental photographer of the twentieth century, from award-winning photography critic Philip Gefter. In his acclaimed portraits, Richard Avedon captured the iconic figures of the twentieth century in his starkly bold, intimately minimal, and forensic visual style. Concurrently, his work for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue transformed the ideals of women's fashion, femi...
2020-10-1305 min
Grant’s Current Yield PodcastDistressed addressKent Collier and Sarah Gefter of credit research firm @Reorg call in to discuss the latest happenings in distressed debt. www.reorg.com @DDinvesting 3:51 2007, then and now 7:16 Taking inventory of the cycle 12:51 The J. Crew “trapdoor.” Innovation or gimmick? 18:02 Deteriorating accounting standards 20:38 Issues that might ring the bell Subscribe to Grant’s Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio and Google Play Music. Grant’s Interest Rate Observer is available at http://www.grantspub.com This is a public episode. If you would...
2019-05-1327 min
BookLabBookLab 020: What is Real? and Beyond WeirdFeatured Books:What is Real? by Adam Becker; and Beyond Weird by Philip Ball. Quantum physics has been with us for more than 100 years – but what is it actually telling us about the world?
2019-04-1544 min
Physics World Stories PodcastPhysics World Book of the Year 2018Each year since 2009, Physics World has been awarding one excellent popular-science book with the title of Book of the Year, not to mention creating a shortlist of nine other top titles from all the books we reviewed that year. We also love talking about physics books, and ever since our first such podcast in 2011, we get together each December to discuss our shortlist and reveal our winner. As is becoming a tradition, this chat was hosted by our regular podcast presenter and producer Andrew Glester, in his garden shed, where he can often be found musing about “science fiction, sci...
2018-12-171h 05
BookLabBookLab 007: Mind Change; Invisible; UnflatteningFeatured Book: Mind Change, by Susan Greenfield.
Digital technology is all around us, and there’s more of it every day. It’s changing the way we live our lives – and neuroscientist Susan Greenfield says it’s also affecting our brains.
And on the nightstand: Invisible, by Philip Ball; and Unflattening, by Nick Sousanis.
2015-04-281h 07