The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR | WNYC and Friends Centennial Celebration at SummerStage in Central Park @GreeneSpaceNY | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
As part of WNYC's centennial celebration, Brian Lehrer hosted a live radio broadcast from SummerStage in Central Park! The evening included some of the most beloved voices you’ve heard on WNYC and a lineup of live music, great storytelling, comedy, trivia and more.
Featuring segments with WNYC's All Things Considered Host Sean Carlson, On the Media's Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, All of It's Alison Stewart, This American Life's Ira Glass, New Sounds' John Schaefer, and The Moth storyteller Gabrielle Shea. Plus, performances by Nada Surf, Freestyle Love Supreme, Laurie Anderson with Sexmob, and mxmtoon; and a DJ set by Donwill.
This event was broadcast live on WNYC on Sept. 9, 2024.
Segments:
00:00 — All Things Considered Host Sean Carlson opens the show and introduces Brian Lehrer
00:46 — Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show, kicks off the live event and live broadcast
03:47 — Freestyle Love Supreme performs
17:52 — NYC Critters Trivia with Brian Lehrer, Sean Carlson, Donwill and an audience member
24:04 — On the Media Co-Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger present WNYC's Centennial of Survival on the Air
40:44 — NYC Transportation Trivia with Brian Lehrer, Sean Carlson, Donwill and an audience member
46:06 — Brian Lehrer brings out Alison Stewart, host of All Of It with Alison Stewart
46:28 — Alison Stewart introduces singer-songwriter mxmtoon, who performs
59:39 — Sean Carlson reads the station license ID
1:00:40 — 1924 or Nah Trivia with Brian Lehrer, Sean Carlson, Donwill and an audience member
1:08:06 — The Moth Storyteller Gabrielle Shea
1:18:42 — Brian Lehrer introduces the WNYC Centennial "Tell Us Your New York Story" Project. Share yours here: wnyc.org/100
1:19:26 — Brian Lehrer brings out John Schaefer, host of New Sounds and Soundcheck
1:21:44 — Brian Lehrer and John Schaefer introduce avant-garde artist and musician Laurie Anderson, who performs with Sexmob
1:37:41 — Brian Lehrer brings out Ira Glass, host of This American Life
1:40:21 — Ira Glass performs a This American Life story about ground-breaking moments on radio on WNYC
1:52:16 — Alison Stewart introduces alt-rock band Nada Surf
1:53:13— Nada Surf performs
2:03:50 — Brian Lehrer reads the credits
2:06:21 — Sean Carlson reads the station license ID
2:06:51 — Encore from Nada Surf
Production Credits:
Producers: Megan Ryan, Jennifer Keeney Sendrow and Simon Close
Technical director: Ricardo Fernandez
Broadcast engineer: Ed Haber
Production team: Julia Barton, Eileen Delahunty, Zach Gotteher-Cohen, Marika Hacking, Matthew Maffee, Noriko Okabe, Shawn Iwi, Richard Owens, Bill Siegmund, Eric Weber, George Wellington and Ryan Andrew Wilde.
Special thanks to WNYC's director of archives, Andy Lanset, to everyone at Summer Stage and the City Parks Foundation for being our partners on this program, to all the hard working staff of WNYC past and present who run this unique and amazing station, and to our members, you keep the station on the air and we thank you.
WNYC is listener-supported public radio. Support the next 100 years of WNYC by making a donation here: wnyc.org/donate
As we celebrate our 100th birthday and beyond, check out our full calendar of on-air and live centennial events, listen to historical audio gems from our archives, share your own New York story, and learn about our first century of serving New York: wnyc.org/100
Follow WNYC:
Facebook: facebook.com/wnyc
Instagram: instagram.com/wnyc
X: https://x.com/WNYC
Threads: threads.net/@wnyc
#WNYC100
As part of WNYC's centennial celebration, Brian Lehrer hosted a live radio broadcast from SummerStage in Central Park! The evening included some of the most beloved voices you’ve heard on WNYC and a lineup of live music, great storytelling, comedy, trivia and more.
Featuring segments with WNYC's All Things Considered Host Sean Carlson, On the Media's Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, All of It's Alison Stewart, This American Life's Ira Glass, New Sounds' John Schaefer, and The Moth storyteller Gabrielle Shea. Plus, performances by Nada Surf, Freestyle Love Supreme, Laurie Anderson with Sexmob, and mxmtoon; and a DJ set by Donwill.
This event was broadcast live on WNYC on Sept. 9, 2024.
Segments:
00:00 — All Things Considered Host Sean Carlson opens the show and introduces Brian Lehrer
00:46 — Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show, kicks off the live event and live broadcast
03:47 — Freestyle Love Supreme performs
17:52 — NYC Critters Trivia with Brian Lehrer, Sean Carlson, Donwill and an audience member
24:04 — On the Media Co-Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger present WNYC's Centennial of Survival on the Air
40:44 — NYC Transportation Trivia with Brian Lehrer, Sean Carlson, Donwill and an audience member
46:06 — Brian Lehrer brings out Alison Stewart, host of All Of It with Alison Stewart
46:28 — Alison Stewart introduces singer-songwriter mxmtoon, who performs
59:39 — Sean Carlson reads the station license ID
1:00:40 — 1924 or Nah Trivia with Brian Lehrer, Sean Carlson, Donwill and an audience member
1:08:06 — The Moth Storyteller Gabrielle Shea
1:18:42 — Brian Lehrer introduces the WNYC Centennial "Tell Us Your New York Story" Project. Share yours here: wnyc.org/100
1:19:26 — Brian Lehrer brings out John Schaefer, host of New Sounds and Soundcheck
1:21:44 — Brian Lehrer and John Schaefer introduce avant-garde artist and musician Laurie Anderson, who performs with Sexmob
1:37:41 — Brian Lehrer brings out Ira Glass, host of This American Life
1:40:21 — Ira Glass performs a This American Life story about ground-breaking moments on radio on WNYC
1:52:16 — Alison Stewart introduces alt-rock band Nada Surf
1:53:13— Nada Surf performs
2:03:50 — Brian Lehrer reads the credits
2:06:21 — Sean Carlson reads the station license ID
2:06:51 — Encore from Nada Surf
Production Credits:
Producers: Megan Ryan, Jennifer Keeney Sendrow and Simon Close
Technical director: Ricardo Fernandez
Broadcast engineer: Ed Haber
Production team: Julia Barton, Eileen Delahunty, Zach Gotteher-Cohen, Marika Hacking, Matthew Maffee, Noriko Okabe, Shawn Iwi, Richard Owens, Bill Siegmund, Eric Weber, George Wellington and Ryan Andrew Wilde.
Special thanks to WNYC's director of archives, Andy Lanset, to everyone at Summer Stage and the City Parks Foundation for being our partners on this program, to all the hard working staff of WNYC past and present who run this unique and amazing station, and to our members, you keep the station on the air and we thank you.
WNYC is listener-supported public radio. Support the next 100 years of WNYC by making a donation here: wnyc.org/donate
As we celebrate our 100th birthday and beyond, check out our full calendar of on-air and live centennial events, listen to historical audio gems from our archives, share your own New York story, and learn about our first century of serving New York: wnyc.org/100
Follow WNYC:
Facebook: facebook.com/wnyc
Instagram: instagram.com/wnyc
X: https://x.com/WNYC
Threads: threads.net/@wnyc
#WNYC100
