Attendees Included Incoming NYPR President LaFontaine Oliver, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer & John Schaefer, The New Yorker Editor David Remnick, Actor Richard Kind, Governor David Paterson, NPR’s Michele Martin & more
Gala raised more than $1 million to support NYPR’s vital work
Brooke Gladstone and Samantha Bee
Photo Credit: Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images
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November 11, 2022 – This past Wednesday, November 9, New York Public Radio, home of WNYC, WQXR, WNYC Studios, Gothamist, and The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, hosted its 2022 annual gala at The Plaza Hotel. The evening honored Brooke Gladstone, host and managing editor of WNYC’s Peabody Award-winning podcast and public radio show On the Media. Samantha Bee, comedian, writer and former host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, hosted the evening, with a musical performance by the Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet.
Attendees included incoming New York Public Radio President LaFontaine Oliver; WNYC’s Brian Lehrer & John Schaefer; Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of The New Yorker David Remnick; actor Richard Kind; Governor David Paterson; NPR host Michel Martin; Center for Reproductive Rights President & CEO Nancy Northup and more.
Highlights of the gala included:
NYPR’s annual Gala is its largest fundraising event of the year—celebrating the vital and illuminating work produced across New York Public Radio and the generous supporters who make it all possible. Last year it celebrated the 20th anniversary of two-time Peabody Award-winning podcast Radiolab with host Julianna Margulies Past Gala performers and hosts include Julianna Margulies, Kishi Bashi, Aidy Bryant, John Turturro, Hilary Hahn, Wynton Marsalis, Ira Glass, Cynthia Nixon, Renée Fleming, and Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Timothy Wilkins, Brooke Gladstone, Samantha Bee and LaFontaine Oliver
Photo Credit: Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images
About New York Public Radio
With an urban vibrancy and a global perspective, New York Public Radio (NYPR) produces innovative public radio programs, podcasts, and live events that touch a passionate community of fans on air, online and in person. From its state-of-the-art studios in New York City, NYPR is reshaping radio for a new generation of listeners with groundbreaking, award-winning programs including Radiolab, On the Media, The Takeaway, Notes from America with Kai Wright, Death, Sex & Money, The New Yorker Radio Hour, Carnegie Hall Live, Aria Code, and Helga, among many others. New York Public Radio includes WNYC, WQXR, WNYC Studios, Gothamist, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, and New Jersey Public Radio. Further information about programs, podcasts, and stations may be found at www.nypublicradio.org.
About Brooke Gladstone
Brooke Gladstone is the host and managing editor of On the Media – WNYC’sweekly investigation into how the media shapes our worldview. She started her career in public radio at National Public Radio in 1987, first as Senior Editor of NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon, and later, All Things Considered. By 1991 she had received a Knight Fellowship to study Russian language and history, and a year later began reporting from Moscow for three years. After moving back to New York, she inaugurated NPR's first-ever media beat. She joined WNYC in 2000 to become host of On the Media, which under her leadership has won two Peabody Awards, was the first national public radio show to be offered as a podcast, and now airs on 425 public radio stations.
About Samantha Bee
Emmy Award-winning comedian and political commentator Samantha Bee is best known for being one of the only female late night hosts, with Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and her work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where she was the longest-serving regular correspondent. In 2017, she was named one of TIME’s Most Influential People, and has published three books, plus appeared in a variety of film, television and stage productions.
About Kronos Quartet
The evening also included a performance by the Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet. For nearly 50 years, San Francisco’s Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet and its nonprofit Kronos Performing Arts Association have reimagined the string quartet experience through thousands of concerts, more than 70 recordings, collaborations with performers across myriad genres, and more than 1,000 commissioned works from composers worldwide.
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