Fishko Files from WNYC

From WNYC, New York Public Radio, join WNYC's cultural attaché Sara Fishko for her personal radio essays on music, art, culture and media.

  • 7 minutes 2 seconds
    Vast Wasteland

    On May 9th, 1961, a still-celebrated speech rocked the world of broadcast television. In it, FCC Chairman Newton Minow zeroed in on television's vapid programming landscape, and the words "vast wasteland" became a contemporary catchphrase. More from WNYC's Sara Fishko in this edition of Fishko Files.

    This is the final edition of Fishko Files at WNYC. The episodes will live online and in the WNYC archives. You can find more extended Fishko work on our website.

    7 May 2021, 4:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 12 seconds
    Empire State: Going Up

    Tomorrow, May 1st, marks the 90th anniversary of the opening of the Empire State Building. As WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us, the building's rise to its 102-story height is only one of the ways it towered over all the rest. More, in this episode of Fishko Files.

    30 April 2021, 4:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 8 seconds
    Stanwyck & Co.

    In honor of this weekend's Oscars: WNYC's Sara Fishko with this Fishko Files from the archive, filled with the award-winning voices of some of the great women of Hollywood's Golden Age. (Produced in 2013)

    23 April 2021, 4:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 54 seconds
    Poets' Voices

    In honor of April, National Poetry Month, WNYC's Sara Fishko asks the question: what's the connection between poets' speaking voices, and the poems they create? (Produced in 2012)

    16 April 2021, 4:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 31 seconds
    Peter and the Wolf

    The celebrated children's tale with music, Peter and the Wolf - as WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us - was first heard in Moscow in the spring of 1936, an ominous time in the Soviet Union. Everywhere it went after that, it thrilled a listenership of kids. More, in this episode of Fishko Files.

    9 April 2021, 4:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 21 seconds
    Bernstein, Made for TV

    When we produced a feature on the celebrated Leonard Bernstein concert-broadcasts known as the Young People's Concerts (1958-1972), we were thrilled to find Roger Englander, the celebrated producer and director of the broadcasts, still alive. The interview is contained in this Fishko Files, which we replay in honor of Englander - who died recently at the age of 94. 

    Read more on Roger Englander’s life and work in his New York Times obituary.

    2 April 2021, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 2 seconds
    Sibling Harmony

    The tradition of siblings singing together is as old as song. WNYC’s Sara Fishko looks at brothers, sisters, and sibling harmony in this edition of Fishko Files. (Produced in 2001)

    26 March 2021, 4:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 17 seconds
    Changes

    A hundred years ago, as WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, a popular song appeared at a time similar to our own - when people desperately wanted to 'move on' from crisis. In this episode of Fishko Files, the unsentimental resolve of the song "There’ll Be Some Changes Made."

    19 March 2021, 4:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 54 seconds
    Michael Rabin

    Michael Rabin, who lived from 1936 to 1972, was a midcentury, classical music phenomenon - a genuine violin prodigy, concertizing as a teenager and, later, stumbling in his career and his life. In this archival Fishko Files, WNYC's Sara Fishko talks to Itzhak Perlman to sort out Rabin's tragic story and his phenomenal playing. (Produced in 1999)

    12 March 2021, 5:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 19 seconds
    James M. Cain

    James M. Cain's novel The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) was adapted for the movies seven times. The most celebrated version was released 75 years ago, when Cain was on a roll - with three film adaptations made from his books in quick succession in the mid 1940s. WNYC's Sara Fishko and guests investigate the appeal of Cain's film noir-friendly style. (Produced in 2011)

    5 March 2021, 5:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 35 seconds
    A Samuel Barber Classic

    Pieces of music, as WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us, can change in impact over time. On the 80th anniversary of a beloved violin concerto's premiere, Sara and guests consider the case of the American classical composer, Samuel Barberin this episode of Fishko Files.

    Hilary Hahn's Barber & Meyer: Violin Concertos and Isaac Stern's Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14 are available on Amazon.

    Hilary Hahn's upcoming album Paris is set for release next Friday, March 5, and is available for pre-order.

    26 February 2021, 5:00 pm
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