In the second of a two-part program that first aired on August 7, 2013, Andrew Patner talks with music critic and Chicago-area native Matthew Guerrieri about his acclaimed book, The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination.

In part one of a two-part program which first aired on July 29, 2013, Andrew Patner talks with music critic and Chicago-area native Matthew Guerrieri about his acclaimed book, The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination. -  

In a program that first aired November 25, 2013, Andrew Patner's guest is singer-songwriter and guitarist Raul Midón.

In the second of a two-part program that first aired in January of 2013, Andrew Patner talks with French conductor Emmanuel Villaume, discussing a conductor's life today. At the time of the interview, Mr. Villaume was in town to lead the first of two r...

In part one of a two-part program that first aired in January of 2013, Andrew Patner talks with then-Lyric Opera of Chicago guest conductor Emmanuel Villaume discussing Puccini, and preparing/presenting "La Boheme.

In a program that first aired on December 8, 2014, Andrew Patner talks with Thomas Dyja, author of the acclaimed book on mid-20th-century Chicago, The Third Coast. -  

In a program that first aired on February 2, 2014, Andrew Patner talks with young Romanian-born American conductor Cristian Macelaru.

In a program that first aired October 14, 2013, Andrew Patner talks with University of Chicago professor David Nirenberg, on his book, "Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition."

In a program that first aired October 7th, 2013, Andrew Patner talks with longtime Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg about his book, "You Were Never in Chicago."

In a program that first aired April 11, 2011, Andrew Patner's guest is Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, in a conversation that followed a set of Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Hall recital appearances.