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The live studio audience discussion at WNYC during installment 1 Daleelah Saleh

In this special series we perform articles from The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and ProPublica to spark audience discussions about pressing issues in the news today.

This series is made possible by a generous grant from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, and is co-presented by Theater of War Productions and WNYC. Each installment is recorded with a live studio audience at WNYC and broadcast the following week on the radio and on WNYC.org.

Series Highlights

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How Ozempic Changed America: Theater of War Productions, Presented by WNYC

WNYC / 2025

This event was recorded with a live studio audience on March 13, 2025 at WNYC's The Greene Space in Manhattan, and broadcasted on March 22nd and March 25th on WNYC.

For the second installment of Theater of War Productions’ new long-form journalism series at WNYC, the acclaimed actor Hope Davis (Asteroid City, Succession) performs “A Diet Writer’s Regrets: No one has ever known so much about healthy eating and been less successful at following her own advice,” written by Rebecca Johns for The Atlantic, to help frame a guided audience discussion about the heath and wellness industry, Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs, and the stigma around weight in America.

Arliss Howard reads Adam Iscoe's Article Daleelah Saleh

How A Subway Killing Divided America

In this first installment, actors Chad Coleman (The Walking Dead, The Wire), Arliss Howard (Full Metal Jacket, The Lost World: Jurassic Park), Amy Ryan (Only Murders in the Building, The Office) and David Strathairn (Nomadland, Good Night, and Good Luck.), read a recent article in The New Yorker, “How Daniel Penny Was Found Not Guilty in a Subway Killing That Divided New York,” to help frame a guided audience discussion about public safety and mental health, grounded in the perspectives of subway riders, MTA employees, mental health professionals, veterans, and first responders.

Hope Davis reads "A Diet Writer's Regrets" Sean Ooi

How Ozempic Changed America

Actor Hope Davis (About Schmidt, Asteroid City, Succession) read a recent article from The Atlantic, A Diet Writer’s Regrets, to help frame a discussion about weight, GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Monjaro, social media and the burden of judgment.

Hope Davis reads "A Diet Writer's Regrets" Sean Ooi
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“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network

Please join us for the third installment of Theater of War Productions’ new long-form journalism series at WNYC on April 9 at 7pm EDT. The acclaimed actors Oscar Isaac (Dune, Ex Machina), Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Oz), and Bill Camp (The Queen's Gambit, The Night Of), will perform I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network, written by Max Blau for ProPublica, to frame a powerful conversation about health insurance, ghost networks, and the challenges many American face accessing mental health care when they need it most. The event will be recorded with a live studio audience and broadcast the following week on WNYC.

Cast Members

  • Arliss Howard 2015

    Arliss Howard

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  • Amy Ryan Photo by Ali Smith

    Amy Ryan

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    Chad Coleman

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  • David Strathairn

    David Strathairn

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  • Hope Davis

    Hope Davis

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  • Oscar Isaac Courtesy of TOWP

    Oscar Isaac

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  • Kathryn Erbe

    Kathryn Erbe

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    Bill Camp

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