WFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's Choice

From September of 2014, the second of Andrew Patner’s two-part discussion about the role of economics and economists in American society with Randy Kroszner, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business of The University of Chicago and a former Governor of the Federal Reserve System.

From August of 2014, the first of Andrew Patner’s two-part discussion about the role of economics and economists in American society with Randy Kroszner, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business of The University of Chicago and a former Governor of the Federal Reserve System.

Gene Tunney and Bernard Shaw vacationing together on the island of Brioni in 1929 — Associated Press In a program from November of 2011, Andrew Patner’s guest is author Jay R. Tunney, discussing his book The Prizefighter and the Playwright: Gene Tunney and Bernard Shaw (Firefly Books, Buffalo and Richmond Hill, Ontario) about the long and more...

Ameena Matthews in a scene from The Interrupters (Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz, 2011)   In a program from August of 2011, Andrew talks with Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Kartemquin Films), Alex Kotlowitz (There Are No Children Here), and Cobe Williams (the CeaseFire project) about their acclaimed documentary, The Interrupters. Made in Chicago, the film looks at the efforts more...

In a program from February, 2014, Andrew Patner talks with young Romanian-born American conductor Cristian Macelaru.  

In a program from July of 2011, Andrew Patner presents a program of music by American composers and performers — local performers and a number of local composers  — featuring recordings from the Chicago Clarinet Trio (including composers Max Raimi and Larry Combs [!]), soprano Christine Brewer in recital with pianist Roger Vignoles, and jazz vocalist Carole March more...

In a program from November of 2009, Andrew Patner’s guest is French-born pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

In a program from May of 2011, Andrew Patner’s guests are Grant Park Music Festival principal conductor and artistic director Carlos Kalmar, and Festival general manager Leigh Levine.

In a program from August of 2008, Andrew Patner is joined by composer/arranger/conductor/ musician Nico Muhly for conversation with music, in an interview recorded in an eerie, concrete room in Chicago’s Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center.

In a program from October of 2009, Andrew Patner talks with then-Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director designate Riccardo Muti. Maestro Muti discussed his views on Bruckner, Verdi, and Brahms as he prepared for four performances of Brahms’s German Requiem.

In a program from 2009, Andrew Patner is joined by then-chorus master of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Donald Nally, discussing and playing recordings of Nally’s Philadelphia-based contemporary choral group, The Crossing.

In a program from July of 2012, Andrew Patner speaks with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra music director and Sydney Symphony Orchestra chief conductor, David Robertson.

In a program from May of 2012, Andrew Patner talks with renowned pianist Emanuel Ax about his curation of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Keys to the City Piano Festival.

In the conclusion of a two-part conversation with music from May of 2014, Andrew talks with physicist and educator Walter E. Massey, president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Walter Massey has led many and varied major institutions, including Argonne National Laboratory, the National Science Foundation, and his alma mater, Morehouse College more...

In the first of a two-part conversation with music from May of 2014, Andrew talks with physicist and educator Walter E. Massey, president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Walter Massey has led many and varied major institutions, including Argonne National Laboratory, the National Science Foundation, and his alma mater, Morehouse College more...