This edition: Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Ofshe, and Upton Sinclair
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Original tape date: May 19, 2025. First aired: June 16, 2025.On this episode of CUNY Laureates, we profile another three Pulitzer Prize winners who graduated from the City University of New York. Marvin Hamlisch graduated from Queens College in the midst of an entertainment career that would eventually see him earn the coveted EGOT. Queens College alum Richard Ofshe has dedicated his work to undoing false confessions. And City College graduate Upton Sinclair's writing and activism have helped redefine America’s relationship to politics – and food – for more than a century.
Guest List
Richard Ofshe Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
- David Rudovsky, Bright Sheng, and Patricia Wright
- Saturday, June 14 - 5:30pm
- Friday, July 11 - 7:30am
- Arthur Kornberg, Kenneth Arrow and CUNY at 175
- Sunday, June 15 - 7:30am
- Saturday, June 28 - 7:30am
- Stanley Nelson, Irving Howe, and Lawrence Levine
- Sunday, June 15 - 5:30pm
- Saturday, July 12 - 7:30am
- Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Ofshe, and Upton Sinclair
- Monday, June 16 - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, June 17 - 5:00pm
- Wednesday, June 18 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, June 19 - 5:00pm
- Monday, June 23 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, July 3 - 5:00pm
- Friday, July 11 - 5:30pm
- Gertrude Elion, Robert Aumann and Hunter College History
- Friday, June 20 - 7:30am
- Sunday, June 29 - 7:30am
- Maggie Nelson, Elliot Sperling, and Peter Jeffery
- Friday, June 20 - 5:30pm
- Sunday, July 13 - 7:30am
- Stanley Cohen, Robert Hofstadter and Brooklyn College History
- Saturday, June 21 - 7:30am
- Friday, July 4 - 7:30am
- Denny Moore, Vanessa Ruta, and Cristina Jiménez Moreta
- Saturday, June 21 - 5:30pm
- Arno Penzias, Rosalyn Yalow and John O'Keefe
- Sunday, June 22 - 7:30am
- Mitchell Feigenbaum, Persi Diaconis, Ocean Vuong, Annie Baker, and Irving Feldman
- Sunday, June 22 - 5:30pm
- The Pulitzer Prize, Angela Hill, and Oscar Hijuelos
- Tuesday, June 24 - 5:00pm
- Friday, June 27 - 5:30pm
- Monday, July 7 - 5:00pm
- Saturday, July 12 - 5:30pm
- Liu Heung Shing, Bernard Malamud, and A. M. Rosenthal
- Wednesday, June 25 - 5:00pm
- Saturday, June 28 - 5:30pm
- Tuesday, July 8 - 5:00pm
- Sunday, July 13 - 5:30pm
- Harold Schonberg, Annie Baker, and Howard Sackler
- Thursday, June 26 - 5:00pm
- Sunday, June 29 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, July 9 - 5:00pm
- Leon Lederman, Julius Axelrod, Herbert Hauptman and Jerome Karle
- Friday, June 27 - 7:30am
- Inauguration Day Special: CUNY's Champions of Democracy
- Monday, June 30 - 5:00pm
- Friday, July 4 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, July 10 - 5:00pm
- Sylvan Fox, Ada Louise Huxtable, and Lloyd Schwartz
- Tuesday, July 1 - 5:00pm
- Saturday, July 5 - 5:30pm
- Oscar Handlin, Gregory Pardlo, and Frank McCourt
- Wednesday, July 2 - 5:00pm
- Sunday, July 6 - 5:30pm
- The MacArthur Fellowship, Ben Katchor and Ada Louise Huxtable
- Saturday, July 5 - 7:30am
- Eric Wolf, Pepón Osorio, and Paule Marshall
- Sunday, July 6 - 7:30am
- The MacArthur Fellowship, Ben Katchor and Ada Louise Huxtable
- Sunday, June 8 - 5:30pm
- Stanley Cohen, Robert Hofstadter and Brooklyn College History
- Saturday, June 7 - 5:30pm
- Gertrude Elion, Robert Aumann and Hunter College History
- Friday, June 6 - 5:30pm
- Arthur Kornberg, Kenneth Arrow and CUNY at 175
- Sunday, June 1 - 5:30pm
- Leon Lederman, Julius Axelrod, Herbert Hauptman and Jerome Karle
- Saturday, May 31 - 5:30pm
- Saturday, June 14 - 7:30am
- Arno Penzias, Rosalyn Yalow and John O'Keefe
- Friday, May 30 - 5:30pm
- Friday, June 13 - 7:30am
- Oscar Handlin, Gregory Pardlo, and Frank McCourt
- Monday, May 26 - 5:00pm
- Wednesday, June 4 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, June 12 - 5:00pm
- Mitchell Feigenbaum, Persi Diaconis, Ocean Vuong, Annie Baker, and Irving Feldman
- Sunday, May 25 - 5:30pm
- Friday, June 6 - 7:30am
- Saturday, June 7 - 7:30am
- Sunday, June 8 - 7:30am
- Denny Moore, Vanessa Ruta, and Cristina Jiménez Moreta
- Saturday, May 24 - 5:30pm
- Friday, May 30 - 7:30am
- Saturday, May 31 - 7:30am
- Sunday, June 1 - 7:30am
- Maggie Nelson, Elliot Sperling, and Peter Jeffery
- Friday, May 23 - 7:30am, 5:30pm
- Saturday, May 24 - 7:30am
- Sunday, May 25 - 7:30am
- Sylvan Fox, Ada Louise Huxtable, and Lloyd Schwartz
- Thursday, May 22 - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, June 3 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, June 5 - 5:00pm
- Wednesday, June 11 - 5:00pm
- Inauguration Day Special: CUNY's Champions of Democracy
- Wednesday, May 21 - 5:00pm
- Monday, June 2 - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, June 10 - 5:00pm
- Harold Schonberg, Annie Baker, and Howard Sackler
- Tuesday, May 20 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, May 29 - 5:00pm
- Monday, June 9 - 5:00pm
- Liu Heung Shing, Bernard Malamud, and A. M. Rosenthal
- Monday, May 19 - 5:00pm
- Wednesday, May 28 - 5:00pm
- David Rudovsky, Bright Sheng, and Patricia Wright
- Saturday, May 17 - 5:30pm
- Eric Wolf, Pepón Osorio, and Paule Marshall
- Friday, May 16 - 5:30pm
- Friday, June 13 - 5:30pm
- Stanley Nelson, Irving Howe, and Lawrence Levine
- Friday, May 16 - 7:30am
- Saturday, May 17 - 7:30am
- Sunday, May 18 - 7:30am, 5:30pm
- The Pulitzer Prize, Angela Hill, and Oscar Hijuelos
- Thursday, May 15 - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, May 27 - 5:00pm
