Great Art, Big Ideas Podcast
Festival 2025 Playlist

TALKING AROUND THE BACK PORCH: STORIES ON AUGUST WILSON
The late American playwright August Wilson, whose Tony and Pulitzer prize-winning play Fences premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre, is legend for his depiction of the African-American experience...

Tim Snyder: On Tyranny
Author Tim Snyder discusses his guide to identifying and understanding the frightening parallels between our current reality and that of 20th century Europeans.

We thought it was about the economy?
Since the inauguration, we've seen executive orders on immigration, controversies surrounding Russia, and tweets about crowd size and wire tapping. But hold on—wasn't it supposed to be about the...

Cheers to our Festival Volunteers!
Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who give so generously of their time to make the Festival a success for all!Learn more about Volunteering at the Festival and submit a 2018 Volunteer...

AMERICAN CUISINE, NEW ENGLAND CUISINE, NEW HAVEN CUISINE
Paul Freedman, author of Ten Restaurants That Changed America shares a history of American eating preferences and how we got to where we are. From New England’s culinary identity created by the myth-...

CITIZENSHIP: AN EXPLORATION
Citizenship has been the underlying theme of much of our national conversation in recent months. Beyond the legal sense of “membership in a particular nation state,” citizenship has broader meanings...

"Festival" is a verb.
We know it; you showed it. Thank you - to our audiences, artists, thinkers, volunteers, and staff - for making Arts & Ideas the "Crown Jewel" of the arts in Connecticut!

IMAGING NEW HAVEN: ENGAGING THE CITY
Join Nicholas Dawidoff, writer, Lisa Kereszi, critic, photographer, and Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Art, Elihu Rubin, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, for a discussion...

IMAGING NEW HAVEN: CANDY/A GOOD AND SPACIOUS LAND
Following a joint artist residency at the Yale Art Gallery in 2013, photographers Jim Goldberg and Donovan Wylie began collaboration on a book project to explore New Haven’s urban landscape. The...

Gospel Fest: Soul Stirring Music and the Woman Behind It All
Every community has its ray of light, its mother, the person to whom they look up to for faith and for hope, the New Haven community has Ms. Mae Gibson-Brown.

We are building the Keybank Stage on the New Haven Green!
Doug Harry (Festival Production Manager) and Rebecca Bombero (Director of Parks, Recreation & Trees for New Haven) give a sneak peak of the construction of the Key Bank Stage on the New Haven Green.

Tim Snyder - On Tyranny
Author Tim Snyder is excited to share his new book, "On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century" with the festival audience at his upcoming Ideas event on June 13.