THIRTEEN
Can the "American Experiment" Survive This Much Hate?
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- Can the "American Experiment" Survive This Much Hate?
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- With the 4th of July and "America 250" approaching, the democratic experiment faces its most critical test yet. David Blankenhorn, the co-founder and former president of Braver Angels — a grassroots movement with over 12,000 members offering workshops and discussions to bridge political divides — warns that a country as diverse and as large as the United States cannot survive if Americans let political polarization turn into pure hatred. To preserve the nation's founding principles, citizens must reach across the political aisle and rediscover the skills to sit down, see each other's humanity, and have constructive conversations despite their differences.
#America250 #July4th #PreservingDemocracy #PoliticalDivide #BraverAngels #USHistory #Shorts #Democrat #Republican #Independent #THIRTEEN #WNET #IndependenceDay
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- Miguel Algarin's Nuyorican Poets Cafe Was a Sanctuary | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 8:27
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Discover the incredible legacy of Miguel Algarín, the queer scholar and poet whose poems and advocacy paved a way for spoken word artists in American literature. Born in Puerto Rico and raised on the streets of New York City, Algarín co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City's Lower East Side, which became a sanctuary where LGBTQIA+ folks, Caribbean immigrants, and artists of color could be heard. The popular venue drew crowds with poetry slams, hip-hop and Latin jazz. Through the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Algarín used his skill set to celebrate and uplift marginalized voices and demand social change.
The cafe celebrated 50 years in 2023 and is holding offsite events while completing a major renovation.
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- Inside the Creative Mind of Director Sir Tyrone Guthrie | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 28:55
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Sir Tyrone Guthrie was widely considered one of the stage's greatest and most inventive directors of the mid-20th century. In 1967, THIRTEEN's Creative Person explored Guthrie's acclaimed career, from his early days in England at the Old Vic — a historic theater in London — to his work in North America. He focused on Shakespeare and classics as founding director of the Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theater in Minneapolis and founding artistic director of the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada. His innovation was to bring audiences closer to actors through "thrust-stages," with seating on three sides.
THIRTEEN follows Guthrie as he runs rehearsals for his Broadway production of "Dinner at Eight" and offers masterclass advice to college students staging Chekhov's "The Three Sisters."
Through intimate interviews with his peers of actors and designers, discover how Guthrie invigorated the theater experience.
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- Openly Gay, Forgotten Architect of the Civil Rights Movement | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 8:30
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- While names like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks define the civil rights movement, the story of its chief strategist is often left untold. THIRTEEN's First Person Classroom explores the life of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay activist who brought nonviolent resistance to the forefront of the movement. From mentoring Dr. King in Gandhi's principles to building the historic 1963 March on Washington, Rustin fought tirelessly for racial and economic justice.
This episode from 2025 is from "First Person," a series from THIRTEEN that explores gender identity and sexuality, covering LGBTQ+ issues through first-person narratives. The show aims to humanize issues that are often underrepresented in the media or presented as political or moral issues, detached from the people who are living them on a day-to-day basis.
The WNET Group presents Honoring Our Stories: LGBTQ+ Pride featuring films, documentaries and digital-first archival content from the THIRTEEN vault. Th...
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- Rescuing a Long Island Swan
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- After getting trapped behind a floating dock, this beautiful Long Island swan was rescued and brought to the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays. The team cleaned off the grease and oil, nursed her back to full strength, and prepared her for a spring release.
#LongIsland #HamptonBays #WildlifeRescue #SwanRelease #AnimalRescue #OutEast #Shorts#longislandschurch #HamptonBays #WildlifeRescue #SwanRelease #AnimalRescue #OutEast #Shorts
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- Long Island’s East End Gems: From Retro Candy to Historic Wine Tasting Rooms | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 26:57
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Out East with Doug Geed, hosted by NewsdayTV’s Doug Geed, explores Long Island’s East End. In this episode, Doug gets an up-close view of capybaras, a squirrel monkey and alligator at the Long Island Game Farm wildlife park (open June through Labor Day). He visits the wine tasting room at Main & Mill House and candy-filled Jamesport Country Store, both in Jamesport. He learns how the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays rehabilitates and releases wildlife.
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Intro: 0:00
Long Island Game Farm in Manorville: 1:09
Main & Mill House in Jamesport: 6:47
Jamesport Country Store: 12:57
Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays: 16:59
#LongIsland #OutEast #Capybara #NorthFork #WildlifeRescue #LongIslandGameFarm #WineTasting #His...
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- Even Sir Laurence Olivier Got Stage Fright
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- In this clip from THIRTEEN’s 1967 broadcast of “A Conversation with Sir Laurence Olivier,” the acclaimed actor shared his struggles with stage fright and the fear of forgetting his lines. He also opened up about the exhausting reality of running a theater company and the mental toll of playing the Shakespeare role of Othello 150 times.
#Shorts #SirLaurenceOlivier #LaurenceOlivier #TheaterHistory #StageFright #ActingTips #Broadway #Shakespeare #Othello
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- Singer Charenée Wade Live in NYC
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Singer Charenée Wade and her septet performed a blend of jazz and modern elements to honor the jazz icon Sarah Vaughan on her 100th birthday at a concert in Bryant Park in June 2024.
#Shorts #SarahVaughan #ChareneeWade #LiveJazz #JazzVocalist #WomenInJazz #JazzTribute #BryantPark #LiveMusicNYC #THIRTEEN #WNET #NewYorkConcerts #BryantParkPicnicPerformances #FreeInNYC #NewYork #ArtsAndCulture
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- Charenée Wade Tribute to Sarah Vaughan in Bryant Park | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 56:38
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Singer Charenée Wade and her septet pay homage to Sarah Vaughan's legacy, celebrating the jazz icon's 100th birthday at a Bryant Park concert in June 2024. Blending jazz with modern touches, Wade honors "The Divine One" Sarah Vaughan, one of the most influential voices in jazz history. Known by nicknames like "Sassy," "The Divine One," and the "Queen of Bebop," the singer and pianist was a vocal innovator whose voice spanned octave ranges. Vaughan brought unmatched control to the bebop era and became a legacy for generations of musicians.
Performers in the Charenée Wade Septet:
Charenée Wade – Vocals
Camille Thurman – Saxophone and Vocals
Darrell Green – Drums
Oscar Perez – Piano
Paul Beaudry – Bass
Anthony Hervey – Trumpet
Brandon Bain – Vocals
Bryant Park Picnic Performances is a free outdoor concert series showcasing New York City’s legendary arts and culture scene right on the lawn. The 2026 seas...
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- Sir Laurence Olivier's 1967 Interview on Acting and Othello | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 59:03
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- In 1967, Sir Laurence Olivier sits down with drama critic Elliot Norton at Montreal’s Expo 67 for his first extensive television interview.
As the founding director of Britain’s National Theatre, Olivier discusses his mission to eliminate the “star system” — the convention of building productions around a few "starring" names — in favor of creating a company that in itself, would be the star. He cites Dame Maggie Smith’s portrayal of Desdemona in his production of Shakespeare's “Othello” and Geraldine McEwan’s debut dramatic role in Strindberg’s “The Dance of Death” as a model that an ensemble cast can launch a performer’s career, even if they’re not the main focus.
Olivier also shares the demanding preparations for his role as Othello, like retraining his voice to make it deeper. He discusses the fatal flaws that afflict Shakespeare characters and how to mix tragedy with a bit of comedy.
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- Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee: Anger in "The Ghetto" (1965)
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- "If you should catch love lurking about within you, kill it."
Legendary couple and civil rights activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee deliver a raw performance from THIRTEEN's 1965 broadcast of "Creative Person." Written by Davis, "The Ghetto" explores the grueling psychological toll of oppression. A couple debates whether love can truly thrive—or even survive—in a world built on hatred and poverty.
#OssieDavis #RubyDee #BlackHistory #TheaterHistory #CivilRights #BlackLove #ArchivalTV #Shorts #Performance #THIRTEEN #WNET #Broadway
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- Police Cover-Ups on Long Island
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- "For 48 hours, I didn't know if he would ever wake up."
Newsday’s "Inside Internal Affairs" investigation uncovers a disturbing pattern of secrecy within Long Island's major police forces. In cases involving severe injuries or deaths, Nassau and Suffolk police imposed little to no discipline on the officers involved. With four dead and four seriously injured, families and survivors are left haunted by a system that routinely protects its own.
#Shorts #NewsdayTV #InternalAffairs #LongIslandNews #THIRTEEN #WNET #LongIsland #PoliceAccountability #PoliceReform #InvestigativeReporting #NassauCounty #SuffolkCounty #TrueCrime
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- From Outcast to Civil Rights Leader: Helen Zia | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 11:52
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- "Doing something is always better than doing nothing."
Through six decades of tireless advocacy as an activist, labor organizer, journalist, and author, Helen Zia has shaped the modern civil rights landscape in America. Growing up amid intense anti-Asian xenophobia in the 1950s and 60s, Zia looked to the rising civil rights and anti-war movements to discover the power of collective resistance.
Her life is defined by breaking barriers—she graduated from Princeton in its first co-ed class and fought for equity within the labor movement. Her leadership in the historic, unified Asian-American response to the murder of Vincent Chin in 1982 was the catalyst for a national civil rights movement and empowered Zia to find her own voice as a proud lesbian, a queer person of color.
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- Truth About Coming Out in Women's Sports
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The reality of coming out in sports isn’t the same for everyone. Former ESPN commentator Kate Fagan breaks down the double standard between male and female athletes, and the pressure of navigating faith and team culture.
#LGBTQ #WomensSports #ComingOut #Basketball #FirstPerson #PBS #SportsHistory #Shorts #THIRTEEN #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA
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- Serving Black Queer and Trans Migrants
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- "We actually have to build something for our people."
Oluchi Omeoga, co-director of the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP), shares how a gathering of queer Black migrants exposed a massive gap in advocacy—and inspired the creation of an organization dedicated entirely to Black queer, trans, and first-generation Americans.
#Shorts #BLMP #BlackLGBTQIAMigrantProject #BlackHistory #TransSolutions #LGBTQImmigrants #SocialJustice #MutualAid #Trans #Transgender #CommunityOrganizing #Immigrants #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ
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- Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee's Dramatic Exploration of Love and the Ghetto (1965) | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 30:26
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee give a powerful performance devoted to romantic love in the 1965 television broadcast "Love in Exile." The marriage of this legendary couple of stage and screen and civil rights activism would last 57 years until Davis’ death in 2005.
Ossie Davis conceived of and wrote this program. Set to a jazz accompaniment, the dramatic performance centered on Black love and survival weaves together Bible verses, free-verse and prose Davis wrote for the program, “The Ghetto.”
In "The Ghetto," a husband and wife have a gripping conversation about the psychological and physical scars left by systemic oppression. They question if love can thrive in the face of a city's poverty, rats, and official indifference, and if staying tough is enough to survive.
At the time of this production for public television, Davis and Dee were stars of Broadway and film, including co-starring in Davis' own production "Purlie Victorious."
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- How Broadway Hit-Maker Got Investors
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- How did Broadway director and producer Hal Prince raise money for risk-taking masterpieces like “Sweeney Todd” and “Pacific Overtures?" Talking to Beverly Sills in 1979, Prince breaks down his strategy for funding Stephen Sondheim’s most bizarre musical concepts.
#Shorts #BroadwayHistory #SweeneyTodd #HalPrince #StephenSondheim #MusicalTheater #TheaterHistory #Broadway #BehindTheScenes #PacificOvertures
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- Sports Commentator Kate Fagan on Coming Out, Locker Rooms & Sports Media | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 7:14
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Long before shows like Heated Rivalry brought LGBTQ+ identity in sports into the mainstream, former Division I basketball player and ESPN reporter Kate Fagan was navigating the conflict between her faith, locker room culture, and her own identity.
In this episode of First Person, host Kristin Russo sits down with Fagan, author of the memoir The Reappearing Act, to talk about coming out while playing basketball in the conservative, faith-driven culture at the University of Colorado.
Fagan opens up about the unique pressures placed on LGBTQ+ athletes — from the media frenzy around trailblazers like Michael Sam and Brittney Griner, to the double standards between men's and women's sports — and reflects on her path as an out ESPN commentator, and being pigeonholed into writing only about LGBTQ+ stories.
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- James Baldwin: From Harlem Child Preacher to Global Literary Icon | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 12:25
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- "To be a Negro in this country, and to be relatively conscious, is to be in a rage almost all the time."
In this episode of First Person, host Kirya Traber explores the extraordinary life and legacy of James Baldwin — one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. Born in Harlem, Baldwin developed a mastery of language early, navigating a childhood shaped by the streets and a brief stint as a teenage Pentecostal preacher.
As a Black, gay man in a segregated America where same-gender relationships were criminalized, Baldwin fled to Paris in 1948 with $40 in his pocket. There, alongside fellow expats like Maya Angelou and Beauford Delaney, he found the freedom to write masterpieces like "Giovanni's Room."
He returned to the U.S. in 1957 to bear witness to the Civil Rights Movement, forming complex relationships with Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lorraine Hansberry, and Nina Simone — and insisting America confront its ...
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- Exposing Long Island Police Misconduct Cover-Ups | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 25:50
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Four dead, four seriously injured—and a pattern of systemic secrecy.
NewsdayTV’s "Inside Internal Affairs" examines how Long Island's Nassau and Suffolk County police failed to hold their own officers accountable, exposing a deeply flawed system that left victims and families with lasting betrayal. This investigation reveals how missed deadlines, heavily redacted documents, and protective union contracts continuously shield officers from disciplinary action following cases involving severe injury or death. NewsdayTV's investigative team highlights the tragic stories of Daniel McDonnell, Dainell Simmons, Julius Scott, Riordan Cavooris, and Jo'anna Bird and the intense emotional and physical toll inflicted on families searching for answers.
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0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Investiga...
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- Bassist Michael Olatuja Live in NYC
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- London-born, Lagos-raised bassist Michael Olatuja showcases new songs and ones from his album “Lagos Pepper Soup," blending sounds of Afrobeat, jazz, and funk at Bryant Park Picnic Performances in 2024.
#Shorts #MichaelOlatuja #Afrobeat #JazzFunk #BryantPark #LiveMusicNYC #THIRTEEN #WNET #LagosPepperSoup #BassPlayer #NewYorkConcerts #BryantParkPicnicPerformances #FreeInNYC #NewYork #ArtsAndCulture
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- Bassist Michael Olatuja Blends Afrobeat, Jazz, and Funk in Bryant Park | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 54:24
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Hear Afrobeat, jazz, and funk performed in the heart of Manhattan by London-born, Lagos-raised bassist Michael Olatuja. Recorded live at Bryant Park Picnic Performances in partnership with Carnegie Hall Citywide in July 2024, this concert features selections from Olatuja's album "Lagos Pepper Soup," as well as new songs.
Olatuja’s bass-playing can be heard everywhere from Broadway orchestra pits to major film scores for directors like Lin-Manuel Miranda. He works with other artists including Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Angelique Kidjo, Shakira, Phil Collins, Hugh Masekela, and Terence Blanchard.
Bryant Park Picnic Performances is a free outdoor concert series showcasing New York City’s legendary arts and culture scene right on the lawn. The 2026 season runs from May 27 through September 16, featuring world-class music, theater, and dance.
Most shows kick off at 7pm . No RSVPs are required and attendees are welcome to bring their own picnics or ...
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- He's Paid to See Shows Every Night
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Clive Barnes, former New York Times critic, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the work of a theater reviewer. He calls the way he spends his nights "an unnatural way of life" and in this 1972 interview, says American theater is at it's most lively time. He regrets that he's about to write a bad review for the Broadway show "Dude," from the same team who created the hit musical "Hair."
#Shorts #CliveBarnes #TheaterHistory #NewYorkTimes #Broadway #THIRTEEN #WNET #Journalism #BehindTheScenes #Theater
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- Inside the Creative Mind of Hal Prince: From Broadway Flops to Legendary Hits | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 24:23
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- In this 1979 episode of Skyline, host Beverly Sills sits down with her longtime friend — theater director and producer Harold "Hal" Prince — for a candid discussion about what it takes to get a show onto a Broadway stage. By 1979, Hal Prince was already considered the longest-running hit on Broadway—having produced or directed dozens of legendary shows, earning 14 Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize.
Prince pulls back the curtain on the artistic frustrations and financial gambles that defined his career, including the massive commercial success of hits like "Fiddler on the Roof." He explains why he refused to let investors read scripts or listen to music beforehand, why he completely walked away from standard commercial formulas to pursue producing operas for Broadway, like "Sweeney Todd" and "Evita," and how he manages the tension between being a penny-pinching producer and a boundary-pushing director.
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- Poet of the Human Heart
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Viola Davis and Brian Stokes Mitchell in "King Hedley II" by August Wilson capture how the raw truth of being human fuels his work. Director Marion McClinton, Stokes, and Wilson describe how a play can connect directly to the heart of the audience by tapping into universal themes of survival, reality, and holding onto a dream.
#Shorts #AugustWilson #ViolaDavis #BlackHistory #THIRTEEN #WNET #Playwriting #TheaterHistory #AmericanLiterature #Broadway #BrianStokesMitchell #CreativeWriting #OffBroadway #KingHedleyII
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- Man Who Could Close a Broadway Show Overnight (1972) | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 8:35
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- "In a business where two dozen plays a year fold after one performance... a bad notice from Barnes can deal the death blow."
In 1972, the most powerful man in American theater wasn't a director, a producer, or an actor — it was a 45-year-old Englishman named Clive Barnes. As the chief theater and dance critic for The New York Times, his word carried authority across Broadway and the entire country.
THIRTEEN's "Behind the Lines" correspondent Jeff Wheelwright follows Barnes on a packed day. Barnes gives a morning lecture on critical writing at New York University, records his daily WQXR radio broadcast for the New York Times, and attends opening night of "Dude" on Broadway, a highly anticipated, and ultimately short-lived rock musical.
"Dude" was from the same team who created the hit "Hair" (lyricist Gerome Ragni and composer Galt MacDermot). Following curtain call, "Behind the Lines" watches Barnes as he races against an 11:30pm deadline to fil...
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- Playwright August Wilson: The Only Character You Can Write is Yourself | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 6:38
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- "You don't write dialogue. You listen."
Two-time Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright August Wilson reflects on his 10-play cycle, which documents Black lives over the decades throughout the 20th century in America. The 10 plays are also known as the Century Cycle. Nine of them are set in Pittsburgh's Hill District.
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The WNET Group presents Broadway and Beyond, a special collection of Broadway and arts programming, and archival selections from the THIRTEEN Vault, premiering in May and June.
This 2002 episode is from "EGG, the Arts Show," THIRTEEN’s early 2000’s arts and culture series that celebrated art's power to move us, inspire us, and to challenge our perspective on who or what we are.
#AugustWilson #Broadway #THIRTEEN #WNET #TheaterHistory #Playwriting #Broadway #OffBroadway
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- Once homeless, now she builds houses.
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- THIRTEEN celebrates Pride Month with real-world solutions being built from within the LGBTQ+ community. After facing severe housing discrimination and surviving months of homelessness in Memphis, trans activist Kayla Gore took matters into her own hands. She founded My Sistah’s House—a grassroots project building tiny homes to provide home ownership for the trans and gender nonconforming community.
#Pride #PrideMonth #TransJoy #TransVisibility #Memphis #THIRTEEN #Shorts #HousingEquity #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #AmericanProblemsTransSolutions
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- Navigating Race, Faith, and LGBTQ+ Survival | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 26:20
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- "Allow yourself to be...even when the world says no!"
What does it truly mean to step out from behind the mask? Tonilyn A. Sideco (she/he/they), Aaryn Lang (she/her/hers), and Donald Shorter (he/she) of THIRTEEN's First Person host four honest conversations with LGBTQ+ activists, artists, and community builders. Facing the complexities of race, gender, faith, and chronic illness, these leaders candidly share their authentic journeys toward self-acceptance. They actively seek communities that embrace them and tirelessly combat the societal systems that undermine living their lives freely.
Playwright Donja Love (he/him/his) redefines Black masculinity as a gay man through a self-described practice called "radical softness."
Activist Eman Abdelhadi (she/her/hers) navigates her Muslim faith, queer theory, and being authentically true to herself.
Educator Ericka Hart (she/they) confronts institutional racism and a lack of representation du...
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- Yoko Ono on the Trap of Trying to Fit In
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- "All our energy is spent on being something that we are not."
In this clip from THIRTEEN's "Free Time," Yoko Ono talks about the exhausting cycle of trying to be socially acceptable, and how true communication is the only real path to peace.
#Shorts #YokoOno #ConceptualArt #JohnLennon #JonasMemkas #ExperimentalFilm #ArtHistory #NewYorkArt #PublicTelevision #THIRTEEN #WNET #UndergroundArt #1970sArt #Philosophy #Wisdom
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- Virginia Apuzzo on the Cost of Anti-Gay Rhetoric
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- "We are not speaking here of a matter of injured self-esteem. We're talking about life-threatening despair."
In this clip from Eleventh Hour, THIRTEEN spotlights legendary activist Virginia Apuzzo as she exposes the direct line between political rhetoric and real-world violence. From her own roots inside a convent in the Bronx to fighting for basic civil rights on the streets of New York, Apuzzo breaks down how denying people their rights gives an unspoken green light to discrimination and hate.
#VirginiaApuzzo #LGBTQHistory #THIRTEEN #EleventhHour #CivlRights #Stonewall #NewYorkHistory #Shorts #PrideHistory #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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- Virginia Apuzzo: From Bronx Convent to Front Lines of Gay Rights | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 25:54
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- "The anger that I saw coming out of the Stonewall riots gave me permission, as it were, to get in touch with my own anger... An explosion of people who were saying, enough is enough."
This 1989 episode of THIRTEEN’s “The Eleventh Hour” commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, featuring a conversation between host Robert Lipsyte and the legendary activist Virginia "Ginny" Apuzzo, an early director of The National LGBTQ Task Force.
Apuzzo recounts milestones of her life journey. She hid her lesbian identity as a child in a society didn't allow LGBTQ+ adults to be out either, let alone role models. She was a teacher at a Mid-Hudson Valley school before becoming a nun at a Bronx convent. News of the 1969 Stonewall riots changed Apuzzo's life. She left the convent, connected with the lesbian feminist liberation movement and became one of the most prominent lesbian leaders in American politics.
She reflects on the casual and s...
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- Sex: Unlearning What They Were Told
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- "Sexuality is tied up with power..."
In this 1974 clip from THIRTEEN's "51st State," three women describe breaking free of society's negative and restrictive messages about sex, sexuality, pleasure, and gender roles, particularly regarding what was expected of women.
#1970s #WomensMovement #Feminism #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #FeminismHistory #Bisexual #Bisexuality #THIRTEEN #WomensLiberation #Shorts
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- Bisexual Identity & The 1970s Women’s Movement | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 17:23
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- "The more sexually free women are getting, the more powerful they feel in their own personhood."
In this 1974 WNET segment from 51st State titled “Three,” filmmaker and correspondent Lisa Feiner explores female sexuality through personal stories of three bisexual women navigating love, independence, and identity in New York City.
From jazz singer Jewell remembering the first woman she loved, to psychology students Jane and Barbara confronting societal guilt, the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s and 1970s redefines what it means to be free—even as critics of the era push back.
Over 50 years later, these in-depth conversations stand as a powerful testament to the remarkable progress made in the fight for LGBTQ+ visibility and sex-positivity. They also honor the courageous individuals who dared to defy societal expectations and live authentically, despite facing criticism and opposition.
#THIRTEEN #Archives #BisexualHistory...
- Title
- Ingrid Bergman's Gravestone Wish
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- “Here lies a good actress.”
After conquering Hollywood, three-time Oscar winner Ingrid Bergman never lost her enthusiasm for the craft of acting. In this rare interview from 1967, Bergman reflects on what she said early in her American career: she wants to act until her very last day, standing on stage until the very last audience member leaves.
#Ingrid Bergman #HollywoodGoldenAge #ClassicCinema #Casablanca #ClassicHollywood #Shorts #THIRTEEN #Archives #Broadway #Theater
- Title
- "When art hurts, that is what to remember."
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Playwright Edward Albee issued an unusual warning to audiences before his experimental 1968 play "Box" premiered: forget everything you know about normal theater, just let it happen.
#EdwardAlbee #TheaterHistory #AvantGarde #Playwright #ExperimentalArt #THIRTEEN #Archives #YouTubeShorts #Shorts #ExperimentalTheater #Broadway
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- Rare 1967 Ingrid Bergman Interview: A Hollywood Legend Looks Back | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 58:42
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In 1967, Hollywood legend and Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman sits down with Los Angeles Times drama critic Cecil Smith in L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre. This followed her historic return to the American stage after a 21-year absence. Bergman had starred in a six-week run of Eugene O’Neill’s "More Stately Mansions, the inaugural production of the Ahmanson Theatre.
Bergman shares her personal history with the late playwright, pulls back the curtain on her craft, talks about her acting career on film and stage in both Sweden and the U.S., and details the taxing process of working with an unedited script that O'Neill originally intended to be destroyed.
The play was staged posthumously, 25 years after O’Neill’s death, using a nearly-complete script written by O’Neill himself. Director Jose Quintero put the finishing touches on the script and brought the play to life on stage.
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- Title
- Edward Albee’s "Box": 1968 Experimental Play | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 17:37
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Watch American playwright Edward Albee's experimental one-act play, "Box," as seen at its debut in 1968, when it challenged the notion of what theater is. Unlike his acclaimed works like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" or "The Zoo Story," this play has no characters.
A box-like outline fills the stage. The only human performer is a disembodied voice, recorded by the Emmy- and Obie Award-winner Ruth White. She speaks philosophically about art and life.
This production at the Buffalo Arts Festival was filmed by Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker for a historic two-hour special in 1968 by the Public Broadcast Laboratory (PBL), titled "Who's Afraid of the Avant-Garde?" The special documented the exploding 1960s avant-garde movement— a global wave of artists, playwrights, musicians, and filmmakers who sought to break free from the confining standards of art that they believed were dead.
Buffalo Arts Festival, now known as "The Allentown Art Festiv...
- Title
- "Existing Is a Form of Resistance"
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- A shared experience everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community navigates in their lives is the journey toward acceptance— whether that comes from within themselves or from the people around them. Four voices from across New York's queer community open up about the moments that shaped them.
#LGBTQIA #Pride #QueerVoices #Acceptance #Identity #Belonging #Bisexual #Bisexuality #Asexual #Asexuality #NonBinary #SexEducation #LGBTQCommunity #THIRTEEN #QueerStories #TransRights #PrideMonth #LGBTQ
- Title
- Marc Shaiman: Award-Winning Music Man
- Runtime
- 15:33
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman tells us everything, from what inspired his new book, "Never Mind The Happy," to his iconic call-backs that started the audience participation tradition of Rocky Horror Picture Show. The interview is with WLIW-FM's "Heart of the East End" host, Gianna Volpe.
With a prolific and impactful career on Broadway and in Hollywood, Shaiman is known for Bette Midler's "The Wind Beneath My Wings," and his work in iconic films "Hairspray," "When Harry Met Sally," and "Sleepless in Seattle." He is the winner of two Emmy's, two Grammy's, a Tony, and more awards.
Marc Shaiman will be at Guild Hall on June 21, 2026, for a live talk with Susan Stroman about his memoir, and a special guest will join for a live performance celebrating Shaiman’s remarkable body of work.
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- Title
- What Do Bisexuality, Asexuality, and Non-Binary Identity Experiences Feel Like? | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 25:54
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Kristin Russo, host of THIRTEEN's First Person, sits down with four people whose stories push back against the erasure happening both inside and outside queer communities — and who are done shrinking themselves to fit the mold that society set for them.
Vivek Shraya, author of "She of the Mountains," opens up about a decade-long relationship with a woman, the biphobia he faced from gay men, and why owning the word "bisexual" became its own act of resistance. At the time of this recording, Vivek identified with he/him pronouns, but now uses she/her.
Tom Bernardin, unofficial historian of Julius Bar in Greenwich Village, takes us back to 1966 — three years before the Stonewall Riots — when a small group of gay men walked into a bar and demanded to be served, quietly igniting a civil rights movement.
Tyler Ford, writer, activist, and performer, speaks about identifying as agender within the non-binary spectrum, what it meant to come out first a...
- Title
- Yoko Ono: We Are All Just Half a Person
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Yoko Ono has always believed that nothing is complete on its own — not a person, not a piece of art, not a life. Every film, every performance, every installation has been moving toward the same total picture.
This clip from "Free Time" offers an intimate look into Ono as the philosopher, filmmaker, and boundary-breaking artist she always was.
#Shorts #YokoOno #ConceptualArt #JohnLennon #JonasMemkas #ExperimentalFilm #ArtHistory #NewYorkArt #PublicTelevision #THIRTEEN #WNET #UndergroundArt #1970sArt
- Title
- Yoko Ono & John Lennon's Most Radical Live Performance | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 1:04:08
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Advisory: This program contains mature content — including nudity and language. Viewer discretion is advised.
She handed out hammers, screened films of body parts, and did a Q&A where every question was answered with a question.
Yoko Ono takes over public television show Free Time for a strange and riveting hour to bring her experimental art and performance pieces to a live studio audience. This is Yoko on her own terms — not as the wife of Beatle John Lennon, but as a conceptual artist, filmmaker, and philosopher who had been pushing art's boundaries since the early 1960s.
Jonas Mekas, an avant-garde filmmaker in New York City, joins Ono and John Lennon for a Q&A and a wide-ranging conversation about the subconscious. We see several of Ono's experimental films — including "No. 4" (also known as "Bottoms"), "Up Your Legs Forever," and "Fly," interstitial excerpts inspired by Yoko’s conceptual book "Grapefruit" — specifically material con...
- Title
- Broadway Critic on What Matters
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In 1989, former New York Times theater critic Frank Rich gives four reasons a show survives on Broadway, and none are about the reviews. Do you agree?
#Shorts #FrankRich #Broadway #TheaterCritic #NewYorkTimes #BroadwayHistory #NYC #Theater #THIRTEEN #Archives #TheEleventhHour #NYCTheater
- Title
- George C. Wolfe on Creating True American Theater
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- What does American theater look like? For legendary director and producer George C. Wolfe, it's a collision of people, dialects, ideas, and everyone in the room creating together in the moment. In this clip from THIRTEEN's "Skyline," Wolfe shares his vision for an American theater in its "broadest, most combustible, most uncontrollable" form — while co-creating with tap dance icon Savion Glover, seen here dancing in rehearsal.
#GeorgeCWolfe #SavionGlover #AmericanTheater #TapDance #Broadway #PublicTheater #NewYorkCity #THIRTEEN #Archives #Theater #BlackTheater
- Title
- Can One Critic Kill a $1 Million Broadway Show Overnight? | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 21:41
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Broadway has always been expensive. In 1989, theatergoers were calling $50 tickets outrageous — and warning that a night on Broadway, with dinner, a babysitter, and transportation, could run $500 before the curtain went up. Does this sound familiar?
In 1989, The Eleventh Hour host Robert Lipsyte asked the most prominent critic in the theater world at the time – Frank Rich of the New York Times – the questions Broadway has never stopped arguing about: Who really kills a show? How much power does one review actually have? Can Broadway survive its own price tag?
Then Lipsyte turns to producer Rocco Landesman ("Big River, "Into the Woods," "Angels in America") and Daily News critic Howard Kissel to debate what sells a show, whether critics are a reliable guide for what audiences will enjoy, and why seeing Broadway regularly has become nearly impossible as ticket prices keep climbing.
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- Title
- Angel That Inspired Tony Kushner's Award-Winning Play
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In the early 1980s, playwright Tony Kushner kept returning to one place – Emma Stebbins' masterpiece: the Angel of the Waters at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. He realized that the angel provided inspiration to his career when the title "Angels in America" came to him in a dream. The play would be awarded a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony.
From an upcoming episode of Treasures of New York, featuring sculptor Emma Stebbins and premiering on WLIW in Fall 2026.
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- Title
- No Stage? Build Your Own.
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- From a bar on Avenue B to makeshift stages made of banquet tables set up in Harlem, New York City's Off-Broadway theater scene of the 1990s was led by artists who built their own sets, performed for a handful of people, and kept going anyway. In this 1996 episode of THIRTEEN's City Arts, playwrights reflect on the extraordinary range of theatrical work happening outside the bright lights of Broadway and across the city's boroughs.
#Shorts #OffBroadway #NewYorkCity #Theater #NYC #CityArts #THIRTEEN #Archives #Broadway #NYCTheater #1990s
- Title
- Tony Kushner and His Central Park Angel | THIRTEEN
- Runtime
- 5:10
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright of "Angels in America," recounts the vibrant moment he fell in love with Central Park's Angel of the Waters sculpture at Bethesda Fountain. It was during the AIDS epidemic and the Reagan administration, and he was young and gay. He didn't know the sculpture was by Emma Stebbins, one of the most important female sculptors of the 19th century, and a lesbian.
Kushner returned to the angel time and again, which guided him through grief and fear and gave him inspiration. When the title for his play "Angels in America" came to him in a dream, he envisioned the Angel of the Waters, which seemed to him "the paradigmatic American angel."
This exclusive interview with Tony Kushner was conducted for an upcoming episode of Treasures of New York on sculptor Emma Stebbins. The episode will premiere on WLIW in Fall 2026.
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- Title
- Can Sabbath Be Kept in Space? Rabbis Have an Answer
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- If the sun never sets above the Arctic Circle, when does the Sabbath begin? Jewish soldiers in World War II asked this question, and rabbis' answer became the blueprint for Jewish astronaut, Ilan Ramon, aboard the Space Shuttle. The solution: follow the closest habitable city on Earth. Watch THIRTEEN's documentary Fiddler on the Moon, to see if Judaism can survive in space.
#FiddlerOnTheMoon #JudaismInSpace #IlanRamon #Sabbath #SpaceExploration #Jewish #THIRTEEN #Documentary #SpaceShuttle #Rabbis
