Alec Baldwin Will Tape Live Podcast Taping With Legendary Violinist Itzhak Perlman

On Monday, February 18, WNYC Studios will present a live taping of its acclaimed podcast Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin with special guest legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman at NYU Skirball Center.

In this one-on-one conversation, Perlman will discuss his life and career, from his upbringing as a polio-stricken child of refugees in Tel Aviv to his rise as an international star performing with the world's most prestigious orchestras, to being honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.

The evening will also feature performances by students from The Perlman Music Program in New York, an initiative Perlman's wife Toby Perlman founded to support young musicians (ages 12 - 18) of rare and special talent from around the globe.

Hailed as "funny and insightful" by the Financial Times and named to "best podcast" lists by Refinery29 and Today.com, Here's the Thing is a series of intimate and honest conversations hosted by Baldwin. He talks with artists, policy makers and performers about their stories, what inspires their creations, what decisions changed their careers, and what relationships influenced their work.

Tickets are $37-82, available here

WNYC Studios is the premier producer of on-demand and broadcast audio, home to some of the most critically acclaimed and popular podcasts of the last decade, including Radiolab, On The Media, Nancy, The New Yorker Radio Hour, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin, and 2 Dope Queens. WNYC Studios is leading the new golden age in audio with podcasts and national radio programs that inform, inspire, and delight millions of intellectually curious and highly engaged listeners across digital, mobile, and broadcast platforms. Their programs include personal narratives, deep journalism, interviews that reveal, and smart entertainment as varied and intimate as the human voice itself. For more information, visit wnycstudios.wnyc.org