# Articulate (TV series)

Articulate is an American weekly public television documentary series on the creative arts hosted by Irish-American journalist Jim Cotter.

## Background

Articulate profiles artists and how they interact with the world around them, with weekly 30-minute episodes on visual arts, crafts, ceramics, music, dance, photography, literature, and many other forms of art and expression. Going beyond art history and culture, Articulate takes an interdisciplinary look at the many different forms of human creative expression and delves into philosophical topics such as the nature of human existence. The television series debuted in 2015, with episodes still currently in production. Articulate’s diverse guests come from around the world; many episodes are filmed on location.
The show's host, Jim Cotter, was born in County Kerry, Ireland. After working for the BBC, Cotter moved to the United States to pursue a career in journalism and television.

## Broadcast history

Articulate first premiered on January 8, 2015, and originally aired on WHYY-TV in Philadelphia. It airs on public television stations across the United States, including New Hampshire, Illinois, Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, and many other states. It is currently broadcast on more than 110 public television stations.
Articulate is currently produced by Panavista, Inc., a Philadelphia-based independent film company which specializes in producing documentaries.

## Awards

In 2017, Panavista, Inc. won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards in the Best Historic/Cultural Program Feature/Segment category. The award was for Articulate’s segment, “A Place at the Table,” about woodworker George Nakashima’s daughter, Mira Nakashima.
In 2020, Articulate was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing category, and won the Daytime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Sound Mixing category for the episode “Andrew Bird: Whistling While He Works.”
In 2021, Articulate was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program category.

## Episodes

Below is a full list of Articulate episodes and featured guests, listed by season.

### Season 1 (2017)

Season 1 episodes and featured guests are:
| Episode no. | Segment no. | Segment title | Featured guests |
| 1 | 1 | Tap into America | n/a |
| 1 | 2 | Music with Teeth | Roomful of Teeth |
| 1 | 3 | A Place at the Table | Mira Nakashima |
| 2 | 1 | The Nature of Art | Brandon Ballengée |
| 2 | 2 | Under Pressure | n/a |
| 2 | 3 | The Jazz Sensibilities of Moe Brooker | Moe Brooker |
| 3 | 1 | The Ghetto Potter | Roberto Lugo |
| 3 | 2 | Changing Minds About Climate Change | n/a |
| 3 | 3 | Gerald Busby’s Lust for Life | Gerald Busby |
| 4 | 1 | Sugar Tongue Slim | Sugar Tongue Slim |
| 4 | 2 | Bruce Metcalf | Bruce Metcalf |
| 4 | 3 | Fear of the Known | H.P. Lovecraft |
| 5 | 1 | The Charming Incongruities of Kevin Barnes | Kevin Barnes |
| 5 | 2 | Pictures of You | n/a |
| 5 | 3 | Walé Oyéjidé | Walé Oyéjidé |
| 6 | 1 | Scents and Sensibility | Fabio Luisi |
| 6 | 2 | Found in Translation | n/a |
| 6 | 3 | Elizabeth Streb: Dancing with Danger | Elizabeth Streb |
| 7 | 1 | Watsky on How to Ruin Everything | Watsky |
| 7 | 2 | All the World's A Stage | n/a |
| 7 | 3 | Dindga McCannon | Dindga McCannon |
| 8 | 1 | The Cutting Edge of Stained Glass | Judith Schaechter |
| 8 | 2 | Bodies of Work | n/a |
| 8 | 3 | Eric Owens | Eric Owens |
| 9 | 1 | It Takes Two | n/a |
| 9 | 2 | Krimes and Punishment | Jesse Krimes |
| 9 | 3 | Stephen Costello's Most Valuable Friend | Stephen Costello |
| 10 | 1 | Orchestrating Hits | Larry Gold |
| 10 | 2 | Goldberg Variations; Timeless Virtuosity | n/a |
| 10 | 3 | The Illustrious Kevin Cornell | Kevin Cornell |
| 10 | 4 | Perceptual Shift | Michael Murphy |
| 11 | 1 | Ellen Harvey | Ellen Harvey |
| 11 | 2 | Bharatanatyam: Indian Dance | n/a |
| 11 | 3 | Xenia Rubinos | Xenia Rubinos |
| 12 | 1 | Feminist Fatale | Carsie Blanton |
| 12 | 2 | Matthew Neenan | Matthew Neenan |
| 12 | 3 | Modigliani | Amedeo Modigliani |
| 12 | 4 | Luis Cruz Azaceta | Luis Cruz Azaceta |

### Season 2 (2017)

Season 2 episodes and featured guests are:
| Episode no. | Segment no. | Featured guests |
| 1 | 1 | Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) |
| 1 | 2 | Lisa Hannigan |
| 1 | 3 | Nina Chanel Abney |
| 2 | 1 | Janet Echelman |
| 2 | 2 | Arturo Rios |
| 2 | 3 | n/a |
| 2 | 4 | Justin Bettman |
| 3 | 1 | Ian Brennan |
| 3 | 2 | Nina Berman |
| 3 | 3 | Leroy Johnson |
| 4 | 1 | Gene Yang |
| 4 | 2 | The Struts |
| 4 | 3 | n/a |
| 5 | 1 | Reuben Margolin |
| 5 | 2 | Jennifer Higdon |
| 5 | 3 | Chemi Rosado-Seijo |
| 5 | 4 | Sara Rahbar |
| 6 | 1 | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| 6 | 2 | Liz Casella |
| 6 | 3 | Greg Dunn |
| 7 | 1 | Kyle Abraham |
| 7 | 2 | Maggie Nelson |
| 7 | 3 | Ruth Slenczynska |
| 7 | 4 | Saya Woolfalk |
| 8 | 1 | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah |
| 8 | 2 | Tommy Pico |
| 8 | 3 | Ron Nagle |
| 8 | 4 | Sidney Hutter |
| 9 | 1 | Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla |
| 9 | 2 | Doug Balliet |
| 9 | 3 | Veruschka Stevens |
| 9 | 4 | Daniel Levitin |
| 10 | 1 | Kenny Scharf |
| 10 | 2 | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| 10 | 3 | n/a |
| 11 | 1 | Michelle Cuevas |
| 11 | 2 | Mason Bates |
| 11 | 3 | Antonio Martorell |
| 12 | 1 | Havana Lyceum Orchestra |
| 12 | 2 | Peter Shire |
| 12 | 3 | n/a |
| 12 | 4 | Elizabeth Turk |

### Season 3 (2018)

Season 3 episodes and featured guests are:
| Episode no. | Segment no. | Segment title | Featured guests |
| 1 | 1 | Andrew W.K.: The Life and Soul of the Party | Andrew W.K. |
| 1 | 2 | Lauren Greenfield's Wealth of Ideas | Lauren Greenfield |
| 2 | 1 | Caroline Shaw: Of Carnegie and Kanye | Caroline Shaw |
| 2 | 2 | Robert Janz's Disappearing Acts | Robert Janz |
| 2 | 3 | Lizzo's Living Large | Lizzo |
| 3 | 1 | The Irrepressible Joyce DiDonato | Joyce DiDonato |
| 3 | 2 | The Beautiful Mind of !llmind | !llmind |
| 3 | 3 | Context Is The New Content | Kenneth Goldsmith |
| 4 | 1 | Ricky Reed's Good Vibrations | Ricky Reed |
| 4 | 2 | Danzy Senna's Life Isn't Black and White | Danzy Senna |
| 4 | 3 | Donn T's Inferno | Donn T |
| 5 | 1 | The “Can Do” Lab | Do Lab |
| 5 | 2 | The Mother Tongue | Cheryl Boyce-Taylor |
| 5 | 3 | An Old Head On Young Shoulders | Julien Baker |
| 6 | 1 | The United States of Lila Downs | Lila Downs |
| 6 | 2 | The Information Artist | Heather Dewey-Hagborg |
| 6 | 3 | At Home Going Big | Steve Tobin |
| 6 | 4 | The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter | Josh Ritter |
| 7 | 1 | The Unsanctioned Art of Jim Garland | Jim Garland |
| 7 | 2 | Tank's Soul Pursuit | Tank and the Bangas |
| 7 | 3 | Ani DiFranco: Still a Righteous Babe | Ani DiFranco |
| 8 | 1 | The Renaissance Woman | Shara Nova |
| 9 | 1 | Princesses For Boys | Shannon Hale |
| 9 | 2 | Wu Han: In Concert and Conversation | Wu Han |
| 9 | 3 | Journeys of Mind and Body | Magda Giannikou |
| 10 | 1 | The Recovering | Leslie Jamison |
| 10 | 2 | Actor-Writer-Director-Musician | Josh Radnor |
| 10 | 3 | The Quiet Truths of Luciana Souza | Luciana Souza |
| 11 | 1 | Dance-able | Heidi Latsky |
| 11 | 2 | Mr. Baseman | Gary Baseman |
| 11 | 3 | Bang on a Can: Bringing Downtown Uptown | Bang on a Can |
| 12 | 1 | The Antidote to Hopelessness | Jason Reynolds |
| 12 | 2 | The Prodigy Daughter | Alisa Weilerstein |
| 12 | 3 | Ibeyi | Ibeyi |

### Season 4 (2018)

Season 4 episodes and featured guests are:
| Episode no. | Episode title | Segment no. | Segment title | Featured guests |
| 1 | The Outsiders | 1 | David Sedaris: This American Treasure | David Sedaris |
| 1 | The Outsiders | 2 | Priscilla Renea: Hits And Misses | Priscilla Renea |
| 1 | The Outsiders | 3 | Jeffrey Gibson: Icon Maker | Jeffrey Gibson |
| 2 | It's All Between Their Ears | 1 | Olivia Laing: Intimate Knowledge | Olivia Laing |
| 2 | It's All Between Their Ears | 2 | Bill Fontana: Hear, Now | Bill Fontana |
| 2 | It's All Between Their Ears | 3 | Tune-Yards: Private Thoughts, Public Person | Merrill Garbus |
| 3 | Redefining “Possible” | 1 | Anthony Roth Costanzo: The Highs Of Masculinity | Anthony Roth Costanzo |
| 3 | Redefining “Possible” | 2 | Kory Stamper: Word By Word | Kory Stamper |
| 3 | Redefining “Possible” | 3 | Robert J. Lang: Know How To Fold ‘Em | Robert J. Lang |
| 4 | Roads Less Traveled | 1 | Tracy K. Smith: Ghost Writing | Tracy K. Smith |
| 4 | Roads Less Traveled | 2 | David Lang: Vanguard Of The Un-Cool | David Lang |
| 4 | Roads Less Traveled | 3 | Open Mike Eagle: Hip-Hope | Open Mike Eagle |
| 5 | Journeys in Time & Space | 1 | The Odyssey: 27 Centuries & Counting | n/a |
| 5 | Journeys in Time & Space | 2 | Kaki King: Notes And Colours | Kaki King |
| 5 | Journeys in Time & Space | 3 | Thi Bui: Creative Refuge(e) | Thi Bui |
| 6 | As If By Fate | 1 | Erika Sanchez: Perfectly Imperfect | Erika Sánchez |
| 6 | As If By Fate | 2 | Masatoshi Izumi: The Soul Of Stones | Masatoshi Izumi |
| 6 | As If By Fate | 3 | Shawn Colvin: Home From A Mission | Shawn Colvin |
| 7 | The Wildest Dreamers | 1 | Taylor Mac: Incorporating Calamity | Taylor Mac |
| 7 | The Wildest Dreamers | 2 | Holly Black: Architect Of Magical Worlds | Holly Black |
| 7 | The Wildest Dreamers | 3 | Vieux Farka Touré: The Fortunate Son | Vieux Farka Touré |
| 8 | Articulate in San Francisco | 1 | Marc Bamuthi Joseph: Stage, Page, Body, Mind | Marc Bamuthi Joseph |
| 9 | Unique Perspectives | 1 | Unique, Nézet-Séguin | Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
| 9 | Unique Perspectives | 2 | Tobias Frere-Jones: A Man Of Letters | Tobias Frere-Jones |
| 9 | Unique Perspectives | 3 | Hayley Kiyoko: High Expectations | Hayley Kiyoko |
| 10 | Experiments Gone Right | 1 | Balkrishna Doshi: Building Compassion | Balkrishna Doshi |
| 10 | Experiments Gone Right | 2 | Radnor & Lee: A Beautiful Bro-Mance | Josh Radnor and Ben Lee |
| 10 | Experiments Gone Right | 3 | Amy Seiwert: Ballet’S Mad Scientist | Amy Seiwert |
| 11 | The Seekers | 1 | They Might Be Giants: Cultivated Eccentricity | n/a |
| 11 | The Seekers | 2 | Sylvia Plath: The Iconic Sad Girl | Sylvia Plath |
| 11 | The Seekers | 3 | Oliver Jeffers: Principled Uncertainty | Oliver Jeffers |
| 12 | The Pursuit of New Truths | 1 | Hélène Grimaud: The Keys To Life | Hélène Grimaud |
| 12 | The Pursuit of New Truths | 2 | Sarah Williams Goldhagen: Welcome To Your World | Sarah Williams Goldhagen |
| 12 | The Pursuit of New Truths | 3 | Scott Mccloud: Constructive Rage | Scott McCloud |
| 13 | Articulate in Philadelphia | 1 | David Finckel: The Chamber Music Maestro | David Finckel |
| 14 | Halloween Special | 1 | Gothic Truth & Fiction | n/a |
| 14 | Halloween Special | 2 | Fear Of The Known | H. P. Lovecraft |
| 14 | Halloween Special | 3 | Our Greatest Fear | n/a |
| 15 | Black History Month | 1 | Sugar Tongue Slim | Sugar Tongue Slim |
| 15 | Black History Month | 2 | Moe Brooker | Moe Brooker |
| 15 | Black History Month | 3 | Dindga Mccannon | Dindga McCannon |
| 16 | Valentine's Day | 1 | Floriography | n/a |
| 16 | Valentine's Day | 2 | Rip Romance? | n/a |
| 16 | Valentine's Day | 3 | It Takes Two | n/a |
| 17 | Earth Day | 1 | Changing Minds About Climate Change | n/a |
| 17 | Earth Day | 2 | The Nature Of Art | Brandon Ballengée |
| 17 | Earth Day | 3 | A Place At The Table | Mira Nakashima |

### Season 5 (2019)

Season 5 episodes and featured guests are:
| Episode no. | Episode title | Segment no. | Segment title | Featured guests |
| 1 | Idealistic Icons | 1 | Jeff Tweedy: A Romantic Misanthrope? | Jeff Tweedy |
| 1 | Idealistic Icons | 2 | Frank Lloyd Wright: Wright and Wrong | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| 2 | Living Legacies | 1 | Milton Glaser: Designing the Truth | Milton Glaser |
| 2 | Living Legacies | 2 | Camille Brown: The Past is Present | Camille Brown |
| 2 | Living Legacies | 3 | Julia Wolfe Finds Her Place | Julia Wolfe |
| 3 | No Frontiers | 1 | The Carthys: Non-Traditional Folk | Martin Carthy Eliza Carthy |
| 3 | No Frontiers | 2 | Dessa's Dauntless | Dessa Darling |
| 3 | No Frontiers | 3 | Oded Hirsch: At the Borders | Oded Hirsch |
| 4 | Transformers | 1 | Daniel Barenboim: Conducting Change | Daniel Barenboim |
| 4 | Transformers | 2 | Tift Merritt's Transformations | Tift Merritt |
| 4 | Transformers | 3 | Vivek Shraya: Changing for Good | Vivek Shraya |
| 5 | Pioneering Spirits | 1 | Daniel Libeskind Doesn't Hear No | Daniel Libeskind |
| 5 | Pioneering Spirits | 2 | Missy Mazzoli Keeps It Surreal | Missy Mazzoli |
| 5 | Pioneering Spirits | 3 | Elliot Erwitt's Moments In Time | Elliot Erwitt |
| 6 | The Standouts | 1 | Ani Liu: Daughter of Invention | Ani Liu |
| 6 | The Standouts | 2 | Howard Jacobson: Senescence and Sensibility | Howard Jacobson |
| 6 | The Standouts | 3 | Edgar Meyer: Beyond the Bass-ics | Edgar Meyer |
| 7 | Andrew Bird Concert Show | 1 | Andrew Bird: Whistling While He Works | Andrew Bird |
| 8 | The Right Left Turns | 1 | Arthur Yorinks: The Creative Engine | Arthur Yorinks |
| 8 | The Right Left Turns | 2 | Karen Russell's Un-Realities | Karen Russell |
| 8 | The Right Left Turns | 3 | Jason deCaires Taylor: Underwater Museaums | Jason deCaires Taylor |
| 9 | Seeking Deeper Truths | 1 | Gregory Pardlo: Far From The Tree | Gregory Pardlo |
| 9 | Seeking Deeper Truths | 2 | The Tireless Sonya Tayeh | Sonya Tayeh |
| 10 | Staying the Course | 1 | Bill T'Last | Bill T. Jones |
| 10 | Staying the Course | 2 | Lily Allen the Agitator | Lily Allen |
| 10 | Staying the Course | 3 | Michael Bierut: Maverick Brander | Michael Bierut |
| 11 | Self Inventors | 1 | Thomas Heatherwick's Everyday Magic | Thomas Heatherwick |
| 11 | Self Inventors | 2 | Alice McDermott: Of Saints and Scholars | Alice McDermott |
| 11 | Self Inventors | 3 | Dean Friedman: Ariel, Fries, Synthesize | Dean Friedman |
| 12 | Of Page and Stage | 1 | Sarah Ruhl: She Ruhls | Sarah Ruhl |
| 12 | Of Page and Stage | 2 | Michelle Dorrance: Step By Step | Michelle Dorrance |
| 12 | Of Page and Stage | 3 | Ralph Steadman: Godfather of Gonzo | Ralph Steadman |
| 13 | Patricia Racette Concert Show | 1 | Patricia Racette: Enchanting the Muse | Patricia Racette |
| 14 | What Matters Most | 1 | Marina Benjamin Goes All In | Marina Benjamin |
| 14 | What Matters Most | 2 | Stefan Sagmeister: The Pursuit of Happiness and Beauty | Stefan Sagmeister |
| 14 | What Matters Most | 3 | Donald Nally: Voice of Reason | Donald Nally |
| 15 | Self, Aside | 1 | Stephanie Blythe: Uncaged | Stephanie Blythe |
| 15 | Self, Aside | 2 | Diana al-Hadid: Excavating the Muse | Diana al-Hadid |
| 15 | Self, Aside | 3 | What's So Funny About Nick Lowe? | Nick Lowe |
| 16 | Through the fire | 1 | KT Tunstall: From the Ashes | KT Tunstall |
| 16 | Through the fire | 2 | Pam Tanowitz: Out of the Shadows | Pam Tanowitz |
| 16 | Through the fire | 3 | Natasha Trethewey's Redemption | Natasha Trethewey |
| 17 | The Incomparable | 1 | Caroline Shaw in Concert | Caroline Shaw |
| 18 | The Headliners | 1 | Aaron Sorkin's Second Act | Aaron Sorkin |
| 18 | The Headliners | 2 | Rhiannon Giddens' Living History | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 19 | Power Through Purpose | 1 | John Darnielle: From Self-Destruction to Self-Construction | John Darnielle |
| 19 | Power Through Purpose | 2 | Elizabeth Acevedo's Literary Realizations | Elizabeth Acevedo |
| 19 | Power Through Purpose | 3 | Meg Saligman: The Big Picture | Meg Saligman |
| 20 | From the Top | 1 | Jonathan Safran Foer: Illuminating Everything | Jonathan Safran Foer |
| 20 | From the Top | 2 | Nate Powell: Drawing on Experience | Nate Powell |
| 20 | From the Top | 3 | Gustavo Dudamel: Playing Nicely | Gustavo Dudamel |
| 21 | Life's Work | 1 | Perpetual Andrew Motion | Andrew Motion |
| 21 | Life's Work | 2 | Vijay Iyer: Key Changes | Vijay Iyer |
| 21 | Life's Work | 3 | Susan Choi: Interrogator of Truth | Susan Choi |
| 22 | The Exceptionals | 1 | Billy Collins: The People's Poet | Billy Collins |
| 22 | The Exceptionals | 2 | Gemma New: In Name and Nature | Gemma New |
| 22 | The Exceptionals | 3 | Ming Peiffer: Not a "Usual" Girl | Ming Peiffer |
| 23 | Beyond the Status Quo | 1 | Esperanza Spalding's Discipline(s) | Esperanza Spalding |
| 23 | Beyond the Status Quo | 2 | Lee Child: Not "The Man" | Lee Child |
| 23 | Beyond the Status Quo | 3 | Nick Phan: Forging Connection | Nicholas Phan |
| 24 | By the Horns | 1 | Tod Williams and Billie Tsien: Made to Last | Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects |
| 24 | By the Horns | 2 | Carmen Maria Machado: Claiming Her Space | Carmen Maria Machado |
| 25 | Wayfinders | 1 | Elizabeth Strout: Steady as She Goes | Elizabeth Strout |
| 25 | Wayfinders | 2 | Pamela Frank: Fit as a Fiddle | Pamela Frank |
| 25 | Wayfinders | 3 | The Very Moving Rennie Harris | Rennie Harris |
| 26 | The Roots of Creativity | 1 | Maaza Mengiste: Writing Home | Maaza Mengiste |
| 26 | The Roots of Creativity | 2 | Dick Boak's Eclectic Adventures | Dick Boak |
| 26 | The Roots of Creativity | 3 | Nicola Benedetti: A Great Scot | Nicola Benedetti |

### Season 6 (2020)

Season 6 episodes and featured guests are:
| Episode no. | Episode title | Segment no. | Segment title | Featured guests |
| 1 | The Mirror of Time | 1 | The Mayor of Harmontown | Dan Harmon |
| 1 | The Mirror of Time | 2 | Stepping Up | Liz Lerman |
| 2 | Larger than Life | 1 | Ellen Reid Packs a Punch | Ellen Reid |
| 2 | Larger than Life | 2 | Vikram Paralkar's Universe | Vikram Paralkar |
| 3 | Finding | 1 | The Multitudes of Gish Jen | Gish Jen |
| 3 | Finding | 2 | Becoming a Newman | Thomas Newman |
| 4 | Daniel Hope's Lands of Glory | 1 | n/a | Daniel Hope |
| 5 | Their Way | 1 | Of Broadway | Jason Robert Brown |
| 5 | Their Way | 2 | The Lady in the Light | Angel Blue |
| 6 | From the Mouths of Poets | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 7 | Drawing Meaning from Life | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 8 | From Isolation to Ovation | 1 | A Norwegian, wielding hammers...and strings. | Leif Ove Andsnes |
| 8 | From Isolation to Ovation | 2 | Forthright at the Opera | Royce Vavrek |
| 9 | The Monument Man | 1 | n/a | Zenos Frudakis |
| 10 | Paying it Forward | 1 | No Longer a One Woman Show | Marin Alsop |
| 10 | Paying it Forward | 2 | Musical Wanderer | Ian Bostridge |
| 11 | Mario Lanza at 100 | 1 | n/a | Stephen Costello |
| 12 | Jets vs. Sharks | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 13 | Written from Life, Itself | 1 | Learning from Yearning | Rufus Wainwright |
| 13 | Written from Life, Itself | 2 | The Solo Composer | David Serkin Ludwig |

### Season 7 (2021)

Season 7 episodes and featured guests are:
| Episode no. | Episode title | Segment no. | Segment title | Featured guests |
| 1 | Seeing and Being Seen | 1 | Taking Kenny Leon Wherever He Goes | Kenny Leon |
| 1 | Seeing and Being Seen | 2 | Drawing the World 'Round | Sophie Blackall |
| 2 | Facing Forward | 1 | The Indomitable Optimist | Claire Chase |
| 2 | Facing Forward | 2 | Democratizer of Design | Mónica Ponce de León |
| 3 | Walk a Mile With Me | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 4 | Breaking Boundaries | 1 | Her/Herself/She | Joan Armatrading |
| 4 | Breaking Boundaries | 2 | The Trailblazer | Horace Pippin |
| 5 | Teddy Abrams in Concert and Conversation | 1 | n/a | Teddy Abrams |
| 6 | Breaking Ground | 1 | The Skin Is In | Doris Sung |
| 6 | Breaking Ground | 2 | Faithfully, Yuna | Yuna |
| 7 | Pain and Patience | 1 | Pain is Inevitable, Suffering Optional | n/a |
| 7 | Pain and Patience | 2 | Gil Shaham: A Great Violin for a Great Violinist | Gil Shaham |
| 8 | Lateral Visions | 1 | Dystopian Romances | Veronica Roth |
| 8 | Lateral Visions | 2 | A Vision of Music | Amy Yang |
| 9 | In the Eye of the Beholder | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 10 | Finding Meaning | 1 | Songs of Redemption and Hope | Timothy Showalter |
| 10 | Finding Meaning | 2 | Acting Out | John Jarboe |
| 11 | Joseph Conyers in Concert and Conversation | 1 | n/a | Joseph Conyers |
| 12 | The Neverending Story | 1 | The Science of Story | n/a |
| 12 | The Neverending Story | 2 | To the Future and Beyond | n/a |
| 13 | Finding Their Own Way | 1 | A Young Life in Song | Phoebe Bridgers |
| 13 | Finding Their Own Way | 2 | A Moving Iconoclast | Brian Sanders |

### Season 8 (2021)

Season 8 episodes and featured guests are:
| Episode no. | Episode title | Segment no. | Segment title | Featured guests |
| 1 | Resilience | 1 | The Wit and Wisdom of Garry Trudeau | Garry Trudeau |
| 1 | Resilience | 2 | The Purposeful Life of Joyce Carol Oates | Joyce Carol Oates |
| 2 | Making Her Way | 1 | n/a | Natalie Merchant |
| 3 | Taking Time | 1 | Darin Strauss: A Present Passed | Darin Strauss |
| 3 | Taking Time | 2 | Steven Mackey: The Purposeful Life of Joyce Carol Oates | Steven Mackey |
| 4 | Indefatigables | 1 | Valerie June: Sometimes Down, Never Out | Valerie June |
| 4 | Indefatigables | 2 | Stephen Petronio Tells It From a Mountain | Stephen Petronio |
| 5 | Worlds of Words | 1 | Tochi Onyebuchi: The Search for Better Worlds | Tochi Onyebuchi |
| 5 | Worlds of Words | 2 | Stephen Powers: Thoroughly Modern Cave Painter | Stephen Powers |
| 6 | A Place of Their Own | 1 | Sarah Gancher: The Funny Thing About Grief | Sarah Gancher |
| 6 | A Place of Their Own | 2 | Jay Ungar & Molly Mason: A Sense of Place | Jay Ungar & Molly Mason |
| 7 | Singular Purpose | 1 | The Rhymes and Reason of Terrance Hayes | Terrance Hayes |
| 7 | Singular Purpose | 2 | Anthony McGill: Blowing It Up | Anthony McGill |
| 8 | Triumph Over Affliction | 1 | Deborah Eisenberg: Love Without Haste | Deborah Eisenberg |
| 8 | Triumph Over Affliction | 2 | Shira Erlichman: Be/Hold | Shira Erlichman |
| 9 | Displacement | 1 | David Gray's Life in Slow Motion | David Gray |
| 9 | Displacement | 2 | Nowhere Man | Aleksandar Hemon |
| 10 | Self Realization | 1 | Yiyun Li: From Her Life to Ours | Yiyun Li |
| 10 | Self Realization | 2 | Miguel Gutierrez: Age and Beauty | Miguel Gutierrez |
| 11 | Virtuous Reality | 1 | Yusef Komunyakaa: War and Peace | Yusef Komunyakaa |
| 11 | Virtuous Reality | 2 | Jennifer Weiner: Mrs. Everything | Jennifer Weiner |
| 12 | Reflexive Cognition | 1 | The Frolics and Detours of Paul Muldoon | Paul Muldoon |
| 12 | Reflexive Cognition | 2 | Daniel Arsham: Connecting Time | Daniel Arsham |
| 13 | What Might Be | 1 | The Visions of Chip | Samuel R. Delany |
| 13 | What Might Be | 2 | The Explorations of Orkhan Telhan | Orkan Telhan |

### Season 9 (2022)

Season 9 episodes and featured guests are:
| Episode no. | Episode title | Segment no. | Segment title | Featured guests |
| 1 | From Prodigies to Paragons | 1 | Wonderings and Wanderings | Yaa Gyasi |
| 1 | From Prodigies to Paragons | 2 | A Soon-To-Be-Former Child Prodigy | Sarah Jarosz |
| 2 | Unremitting | 1 | The Persistence of Reverie | Kate DiCamillo |
| 2 | Unremitting | 2 | Intents and Purposes | Ping Chong |
| 3 | Fearless Pursuits | 1 | Adventures in Time and Space | Michael Cunningham |
| 3 | Fearless Pursuits | 2 | Speaking Their Language | Joan Naviyuk Kane |
| 4 | By Their Stars | 1 | The Pressure Machine | The Killers |
| 4 | By Their Stars | 2 | A Man For All Seasons | Mark Morris |
| 4 | By Their Stars | 3 | Finding Connection | Augustin Hadelich |
| 5 | Long and Winding Roads | 1 | The Slow Road | Anaïs Mitchell |
| 5 | Long and Winding Roads | 2 | The High Road | Douglas Stuart |
| 6 | The Insatiables | 1 | An Inquiring Heart and Mind | Stephen Schwartz |
| 6 | The Insatiables | 2 | Intensely Inquistive | Susan Orlean |
| 7 | Conscientious Evolution | 1 | Knowing His Place | Ben Folds |
| 7 | Conscientious Evolution | 2 | Nurturing Nature | Jeanne Gang |
| 8 | Crossing Cultures | 1 | Music Without Boundaries | Time for Three |
| 8 | Crossing Cultures | 2 | Classically Contemporary | Akram Khan |
| 9 | Home and Away | 1 | What She Wants From Herself | Aoife O'Donovan |
| 9 | Home and Away | 2 | A Natural Collaboration | Sara Zewde |