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WFMT Featured Audio
The WFMT Featured Audio is a select group of programming chosen by WFMT hosts and producers. You may listen to these programs using the Adobe Flash players found below.
The Feminist Lens: "Coming to the Table"
Marilyn Campbell hosts a celebration of the 30th Anniversary of The Dinner Party Project in Chicago. Presented by Women's Media Group.
The Feminist Lens: "Seeing Peace: Challenging War"
Marilyn Campbell hosts a compilation of music, prose, and poetry on the topic of creating a world without war. Featuring songs from Jamie O'Reilly. Presented in honor of Swan Day (Support Women Artists Now).
Joseph Epstein's "Kuperman Awaits Ecstasy"
We invite you to listen to a short story by the distinguished author Joseph Epstein whose stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, and the Atlantic Monthly. His story collections include The Goldin Boys: Stories and The Love Song of A. Jerome Minkoff: And Other Stories.
Set in Chicago and its suburbs, "Kuperman Awaits Ecstasy" comes from the latter anthology and is read here by WFMT's Paul Ansell.
La Triviata: The WFMT Game Show
We're pleased to present the debut of La Triviata: The WFMT Game Show which we broadcasted live from Marbles The Brain Store (55 E. Grand in downtown Chicago) Thursday, April 16th.
Please email us your thoughts on the broadcast to marbles@wfmt.com. We'd love to hear what you think as well as any suggestions you may have for future editions of La Triviata! Enjoy the show!
Leonard Nimoy
Actor Leonard Nimoy joined WFMT's Lisa Flynn for two hours featuring his favorite musical selections and some good conversation.
Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Slatkin joins WFMT's Dennis Moore in the control room for conversation and some of the maestro's favorite recordings.
Riccardo Muti Press Conference
Here is the full Riccardo Muti press conference which took place Monday, June 2 at Orchestra Hall. For more information on Maestro Muti, follow the link to his personal website.
Riccardo MutiLaurie Anderson
In this Guest Host program, Kerry Frumkin welcomed Laurie Anderson for 90 minutes of music and conversation. One of today’s premier performance artists, Laurie Anderson is also known for her multimedia presentations. The Glen Ellyn native and Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra alumna is also a visual artist, composer, poet and vocalist. Over her multi-decade career she's collaborated with composers such as Phillip Glass, and rock musicians like Lou Reed and Peter Gabriel. NASA recently named her their first-ever Artist in Residence.
Jane Glover
Peter Van De Graaff joins special guest host Jane Glover as she explores some of her favorite musical selections.
Pacifica Quartet: A Question and Answer Session
Author, broadcaster, and teacher Rob Kapilow joined the Pacifica Quartet at the Music Institute of Chicago last November for music plus commentary as part of his ongoing series of presentations called What Makes It Great. After the introductory comments, and a complete performance of Beethoven’s String Quartet in F (Op 18/1), the audience was invited to question the commentator and the musicians about the greatness of Ludwig van Beethoven, and the challenges of interpreting his music.
John Adams
Our guest in this segment is John Adams, one of the most celebrated composers of our time. John discusses his collaboration with Peter Sellars in creating the opera Doctor Atomic.
Peter Sellars
The Doctor Atomic director and librettist is in Chicago for the current run of John Adams opera - and took time from his busy schedule to guest host for two hours on 98.7WFMT. Listen to Sellars' fascinating choice of music and gripping commentary below.
