WBGO Journal

Film critic Harlan Jacobson returns from festival season to review "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York" and "Tender Loving Care"

On the October 17 WBGO Journal, WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with award-winning actress Kathryn Grody about her one-woman show "The Unexpected 3rd: A Radical, Rollicking Rumination on the Optimism of Staying Alive" and WBGO's film critic Harlan Jacobson returns from a number of film festivals.

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with Montell Jordan and his wife Kristin about their new children's book "Shilo and the Not-So-Scary Girl Above His Bed" and Montell's battle with prostate cancer

On the October 10 WBGO Journal, we preview the 2026 BRIC JazzFest and the upcoming Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with 2026 Dodge Poetry Festival producer Ysabel Gonzalez of NJPAC and acclaimed poet and dancer Marc Bamuthi Joseph about the importance of curiosity in poetry and the festival in Newark

On the October 3 WBGO Journal, we preview Hunter College's tribute to Frank Sinatra and get an update the Gateway Tunnel Project

WBGO's Jon Kalish reports Americans are going to the West Bank to protect this year’s olive harvest

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with Broadway legend and jazz fan André DeShields who will perform in Hunter College's concert honoring the enduring musical legacy of Frank Sinatra

On the special one-hour September 26 WBGO Journal, we hear about Maimonides Medical Center's life-saving partnership with WBGO, the Bongiorno's fiction-doc 'Amore nel Sannio' and the best of the Toronto and San Sebastian Film Festivals

WBGO is partnering with Maimonides Medical Center's Division of Blood Transfusion Medicine and Donor Services to help save lives