Critical Thinking’s first-ever On The Road Edition! Following the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the entirety of their 2009 Far East Asia Tour, Andrew and Matt file their first full-length program from Tokyo, Japan.

The second of a two-part interview from November of 2011 with Andrew Patner and dance critic and historian Jennifer Homans discussing her highly-acclaimed book Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet (Random House).

The first of a two-part interview from November of 2011 with Andrew Patner and dance critic and historian Jennifer Homans discussing her highly-acclaimed book Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet (Random House).

In a program from October of 2010, Andrew Patner talks about Goodman Theatre's production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide with its director and adapter Mary Zimmerman, music director Doug Peck, and cast members from the show.

In an exclusive interview from 2009, Andrew Patner talks with the legendary Pierre Boulez, then Helen Regenstein conductor emeritus of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, discussing a wide range of modern and contemporary music.

The second of Andrew Patner’s two-part, October, 2010 conversation with then-Chicago Symphony Orchestra Helen Regenstein conductor emeritus Pierre Boulez, who stepped-in to lead the CSO for an ailing Riccardo Muti.

The first of Andrew Patner’s two-part, October, 2010 conversation with then-Chicago Symphony Orchestra Helen Regenstein conductor emeritus Pierre Boulez, who stepped-in to lead the CSO for an ailing Riccardo Muti.  Maestro Boulez died Wednesday at age 90.

In a conversation recorded November 2, 2014 at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Edlis Neeson Theatre, Andrew Patner talks with eighth blackbird ensemble members Lisa Kaplan and Matthew Duvall about the group's beginnings. -

In a program that first aired on January 2, 2012, Andrew Patner presents a program of music for the new year.

Mary had a baby.  In a program that first aired on December 23, 2013, Andrew Patner shares the 1973 Brewster LP recording wherein The Chicago Children's Choir merrily sings about this event (and more).