[REBROADCAST FROM 1/4]: We're kicking off our 2023 Get Lit season with the latest from Pulitzer Prize winning biographer Stacy Schiff, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams. Schiff joins us for a preview conversation to discuss the book ahead of our January 31st Get Lit event with musical guest Rosanne Cash. Grab your free tickets now!

A new photography exhibit called 'This is Home' opened at Flushing Town Hall this past weekend. Featuring work from photographers Janice Chung, An Rong Xu, and Cindy Trinh, the show centers around themes of community and home in Manhattan's Chinatown and in Flushing. Here to walk through the exhibit is photographer Cindy Trinh and Arts Director of Flushing Town Hall Daniel Bamba. The exhibit will be on view until February 26th, Monday-Friday 12-5pm, and admission is free.

The Museum of Chinese in America has compiled selections from their fashion and costume collections for The Winter Show 2023. Called 'What We Wore in the Beautiful Country,' hand-embroidered traditional dresses and ornate opera gowns tell the story of early immigration of Chinese people to America. Curator Herb Tam and president of MOCA Nancy Yao join to discuss. You can purchase tickets to attend The Winter Show and view the exhibit here.

Karen Baum Gordon's father escaped the Holocaust -- but not its psychological legacy. She joins us to discuss her book, "The Last Letter," which chronicles his experiences -- and examines what it means to remember.

With the news of a new H Mart opening on the Upper East Side, food writer Eric Kim joins to talk about the importance of H Mart in Asian American culture and what he loves about shopping there. We'll also take listener calls.

For this month's installment of Full Bio, we speak with John A. Farrell, author of the new biography, Ted Kennedy: A Life, about the former Massachusetts senator and presidential candidate. On the final day, we speak about Kennedy's run for president in 1980, his famous convention speeches in both 1980 and 2008, and his battle with brain cancer towards the end of his life.

A new book tells the history of the Rikers Island jail from the perspective of the people who have worked and lived in and around the complex. Journalists Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau join us to discuss, Rikers: An Oral History.

For this month's installment of Full Bio, we speak with John A. Farrell, author of the new biography, Ted Kennedy: A Life, about the former Massachusetts senator and presidential candidate. On Day three, we speak about Kennedy's personal demons and controversies, including his excessive drinking, and the infamous Chappaquiddick incident which resulted in the death of Kennedy's acquaintance, Mary Jo Kopechne.

New York Times awards show columnist Kyle Buchanan joins to discuss the nominees for this year's Academy Awards as well as give us a sense of how award season is going so far.

Over the past month, George Santos, rookie Republican congressman for New York's third district, has been accused of various eyebrow raising lies about his background, like whether or not he is Jewish, if his mother was in a World Trade Center during 9/11, or if he really worked for Goldman Sachs, and that's just to name a few. He's also been accused of violating campaign finance law. Santos has faced calls to resign, but up until he now he has been relatively quiet. Brigid Bergin, senior reporter on the People and Power desk for WNYC/Gothamist who is covering this story, joins to catch us up on the latest of this scandal and the implications of Santos's alleged lies.