This edition: Ralph Blumenthal, Gertrude Himmelfarb, and Stanley Milgram
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Original tape date: November 4, 2025. First aired: November 24, 2025.On this episode of CUNY Laureates, we profile another three Guggenheim Fellows who graduated from the City University of New York. New York Times reporter and City College alum Ralph Blumenthal has covered everything from the Vietnam War to alien encounters. Brooklyn College graduate Gertrude Himmelfarb helped usher in a new era of conservative thought with her passionate defense of old-fashioned morality. And Queens College graduate Stanley Milgram's investigation into the question of human obedience ends with some concerning statistics.
Guest List
Ralph Blumenthal Journalist and Author, Baruch College
- The Pulitzer Prize, Angela Hill, and Oscar Hijuelos
- Sunday, April 12 - 7:30am
- Friday, April 17 - 5:30pm
- Saturday, April 18 - 5:30pm
- Sunday, April 19 - 5:30pm
- Friday, May 1 - 7:30am
- Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Ofshe, and Upton Sinclair
- Sunday, April 12 - 5:30pm
- Sunday, April 26 - 7:30am
- John Yao, Sol Yurick, and Lisa Corinne Davis
- Monday, April 13 - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, April 28 - 5:00pm
- Wednesday, May 6 - 5:00pm
- Ralph Blumenthal, Gertrude Himmelfarb, and Stanley Milgram
- Tuesday, April 14 - 5:00pm
- Wednesday, April 29 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, May 7 - 5:00pm
- Frederic Tuten, Roya Hakakian, and Frances Barth
- Wednesday, April 15 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, April 30 - 5:00pm
- Monday, May 11 - 5:00pm
- Ira Eduardovna, Edward Grant, and Leonard Kleinrock
- Thursday, April 16 - 5:00pm
- Monday, May 4 - 5:00pm
- Liu Heung Shing, Bernard Malamud, and A. M. Rosenthal
- Friday, April 17 - 7:30am
- Friday, April 24 - 5:30pm
- Saturday, April 25 - 5:30pm
- Sunday, April 26 - 5:30pm
- Saturday, May 2 - 7:30am
- Harold Schonberg, Annie Baker, and Howard Sackler
- Saturday, April 18 - 7:30am
- Friday, May 1 - 5:30pm
- Saturday, May 2 - 5:30pm
- Sunday, May 3 - 7:30am, 5:30pm
- Inauguration Day Special: CUNY's Champions of Democracy
- Sunday, April 19 - 7:30am
- Friday, May 8 - 7:30am, 5:30pm
- Saturday, May 9 - 5:30pm
- Sunday, May 10 - 5:30pm
- TBA
- Monday, April 20 - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, April 21 - 5:00pm
- Wednesday, April 22 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, April 23 - 5:00pm
- Monday, April 27 - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, May 5 - 5:00pm
- Sylvan Fox, Ada Louise Huxtable, and Lloyd Schwartz
- Friday, April 24 - 7:30am
- Saturday, May 9 - 7:30am
- Oscar Handlin, Gregory Pardlo, and Frank McCourt
- Saturday, April 25 - 7:30am
- Sunday, May 10 - 7:30am
- Oscar Handlin, Gregory Pardlo, and Frank McCourt
- Sunday, March 22 - 7:30am
- Friday, March 27 - 5:30pm
- Friday, April 10 - 7:30am
- Saturday, April 11 - 5:30pm
- Sylvan Fox, Ada Louise Huxtable, and Lloyd Schwartz
- Saturday, March 21 - 7:30am
- Sunday, March 22 - 5:30pm
- Sunday, April 5 - 7:30am
- Friday, April 10 - 5:30pm
- Inauguration Day Special: CUNY's Champions of Democracy
- Friday, March 20 - 7:30am
- Saturday, March 21 - 5:30pm
- Saturday, April 4 - 7:30am
- Sunday, April 5 - 5:30pm
- Ralph Blumenthal, Gertrude Himmelfarb, and Stanley Milgram
- Thursday, March 19 - 5:00pm
- Wednesday, March 25 - 5:00pm
- Monday, March 30 - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, April 7 - 5:00pm
- John Yao, Sol Yurick, and Lisa Corinne Davis
- Wednesday, March 18 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, March 26 - 5:00pm
- Monday, April 6 - 5:00pm
- Frederic Tuten, Roya Hakakian, and Frances Barth
- Tuesday, March 17 - 5:00pm
- Monday, March 23 - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, March 31 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, April 2 - 5:00pm
- Wednesday, April 8 - 5:00pm
- Ira Eduardovna, Edward Grant, and Leonard Kleinrock
- Monday, March 16 - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, March 24 - 5:00pm
- Wednesday, April 1 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, April 9 - 5:00pm
- Harold Schonberg, Annie Baker, and Howard Sackler
- Sunday, March 15 - 7:30am
- Friday, March 20 - 5:30pm
- Friday, April 3 - 7:30am
- Saturday, April 4 - 5:30pm
- Liu Heung Shing, Bernard Malamud, and A. M. Rosenthal
- Saturday, March 14 - 7:30am
- Sunday, March 15 - 5:30pm
- Sunday, March 29 - 7:30am
- Friday, April 3 - 5:30pm
- Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Ofshe, and Upton Sinclair
- Friday, March 13 - 5:30pm
- Friday, March 27 - 7:30am
- Saturday, March 28 - 5:30pm
- Saturday, April 11 - 7:30am
- The Pulitzer Prize, Angela Hill, and Oscar Hijuelos
- Friday, March 13 - 7:30am
- Saturday, March 14 - 5:30pm
- Saturday, March 28 - 7:30am
- Sunday, March 29 - 5:30pm
