Tina Renick

Goodman tells us about Bob Dylan and The Chelsea Hotel.

Speaking at—and of— Gansevoort Plaza, a public space he designed, landscape architect Ken Smith considers the story of the past as well as the needs of the present: “Land has memory. It’s really a crime to erase the memory of a place.” Smith tells us about John Cage, Spiral Jetty and…acorns.

Bruce Adolphe is celebrated as a composer and as the genial mastermind of “Piano Puzzler.” Adolphe joins us to speak about his several works based on writings by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, and his person, place and thing of choice.

At 97, Alan Shayne can look back on at least two careers — as an actor and as the head of Warner Brothers Television. Shayne tells us about his people: Marlon Brando, Maureen Stapleton and Michael Shurtleff.

Grammy-nominated musician Hubby Jenkins celebrated for his work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Rhiannon Giddens, sums himself up: “I play the banjo, talk about Black people, and really love Star Trek.” Jenkins tells us about Andy Kaufman, “Deep Space Nine,” and a “Choose Your Own Adventure.”

Elizabeth Rush’s new book, “The Quickening,” recounts an Antarctic expedition to Thwaites Glacier, which contains enough ice to raise sea levels three feet. “It’s this powerful otherworldly being that has the power to shape us,” she says. But she urges: please avoid its nickname, “Doomsday Glacier.”

Lifelong friends Lynn Nottage and Jonathan Lethem grew up on the same block. Lethem’s latest book is “Brooklyn Crime Novel;” and last season Nottage was the most-produced playwright in America.

A friend of author Richard Russo’s wife gave his novel “Empire Falls” to Ivanka Trump. Her response: “This is a book about poor people. Why would I want to read a book about poor people?” Russo tells us about his father, Martha’s Vineyard and green pens.

Poet and president of the Mellon foundation Elizabeth Alexander quotes her great hero June Jordan on the question artists and activists should ask: "Where is the love? What are we moving towards, not just what are we fighting against?" We’ll also hear about Watts Towers and home-cooked lasagna.

Head of the Hudson River Park Trust Noreen Doyle offers a too-modest explanation for its popularity: “I think there’s a universal urge that people have to see and connect with water.” Tune in to hear about B&O Railroad Float Transfer Bridge and Pier 26 Tide Deck, amongst other topics.