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Did you ever witness an event and say to yourself, “this is going to be a pivotal couple of minutes. History will remember this. Let’s take some pictures.” If you answered yes, you’re a psychic and a liar. We talk to The Museum of the City of New York's lead curator, Sara Seidman, who talks about the Stonewall and the photographic legacy of Fred W. McDarrah. And then, what happens when you mix Neon Coven, Julie Cooper, glitter, dancing, and a 19th Century poet? Oscar at the Crown is what.

Coming up, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, and Emma Stone join us to talk about Asian American representation in comedy.

We avoided the L-pocalypse, but now we have a BQEmergency on our hands. Carlo Scissura, head of the BQE panel, joins MacKenzie to talk about much-needed fixes for what might be the most loathed stretch of roadway in the country. And then, a new documentary highlights the city’s extremely dedicated cat-lovers who care for our feline friends living in the streets. Hear from directors Steven Lawrence and Rob Fruchtman and cat rescuer Latonya “Sassee” Walker about the film, and see how well they fare in a Cats: The Musical personality quiz.

City Limits' executive editor Jarrett Murphy joins MacKenzie to talk about the unprecedented legislative session in Albany, where the newly minted Democratic majority passed a slew of transformative laws. And then they're joined by a police reform advocate who says, despite the progressive victories, the Blue Wave fell well short of addressing the Blue Wall of Silence and other viable legislation aimed at creating a more transparent criminal justice system.

If you’re young and queer, you know that intergenerational relationships with your queer elders are sometimes hard to come by. For one, many gay people of a certain generation were deep in the closet their whole lives, many others were wiped out by the AIDS epidemic, not to mention that trans women of color are less likely to make it to an advanced age. So, in our final episode of Pride Month, MacKenzie sits down with Christina Cauterucci, Staff Writer at Slate, to talk about her latest interviews with LGBTQ old folks.

Buckle up, because we're talking fashion. We rip the seams on how fashion's four-lines-a year fuck-it-lets-do-it-live warp speed style is combining with misguided efforts to take inspiration from other cultures. But is appropriation more complicated than the discourse gives it credit for? We try to find the beauty in cultural appropriation with Refinery 29's Connie Wang.

Since the days of the Brothers Grimm, princesses and queens have featured prominently in children's stories. Just look at Disney, which has built an entire empire on the back of (often problematic, traditionally gendered) femininity. Yet, some folks in Gerritsen Beach Brooklyn were protesting a children's story hour at the local branch of the Brooklyn Public Library where volunteers in costume as queens read books to young children. Their problem, the volunteers were drag queens. Co-founder of the Drag Queen Story Hour, Jonathan Hamilt, joins MacKenzie, and he'd rather not dwell on the negativity. And then The Crew discusses unfortunate things people do as 16-year-olds and Harvard's decision to rescind the admission of Parkland High School grad Kyle Kashuv for racist comments he made online.

What happens when a film role you play as a child defines you before you've defined yourself? We talk to Brian Falduto, who played 'Fancy Pants' on Richard Linklater's "School of Rock," about navigating his gay identity at the age of 11. And then, the Crew talks about flicks portraying youth that defined their youths.

Sibling bonds are both rekindled and tested in the feature debut from Diana Peralta. Rita (Sasha Merci) and Carolina (Darlene Demorizi), two high-spirited sisters raised in New York, travel to the Dominican Republic to reunite with their estranged brother Dante (Héctor Aníbal) and to clean out their grandparents’ old home before it is sold and knocked down. We're joined by director, Diana Peralta.

"Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bull-fighters," Ernest Hemingway wrote in the Sun Also Rises. When penning that line, he might have been thinking of his friend, the celebrated American matador Sidney Franklin. Hemingway once wrote of Franklin, "He is a better, more scientific, more intelligent, and more finished matador than all but about six of the full matadors in Spain today." Franklin was born Sidney Frumkin in Brooklyn in 1903, the son of an Orthodox Jewish cop. Against his father's wishes, he took an interest in the arts, distanced himself from Judaism, had relationships with men throughout his life, and took up bullfighting. His story has recently resurfaced, thanks to Center for Jewish History in NYC, and their director of archive and library service, Rachel Miller, tells us about it. We also meet two honorees recognized by the Borough President for their contributions to the Brooklyn LGBTQ+ community.

On the show today, the Brooklyn Historical Society joins us discuss stories of sickness and health in the borough. Then, our favourite Brooklyn zaddy turns 200! We talk about Walt Whitman's poetry and beard with the Brooklyn Public Library.

From a climate change perspective, getting on a plane is the single worst thing a person can do. Can your guilt over flying fit in an overhead bin? New York Times reporter Andy Newman and carbon offset expert, Peter Miller join us to talk about how air travel is devastating the environment. Then, climate change is often depicted as a "white people's issue," and of course, rich white people are largely responsible for the situation in which we find ourselves. But communities of color are the most likely to suffer the consequences of climate change. The cofounders of Sustainable Brooklyn, Dominique Drakeford, and Whitney McGuire, join us to talk about how the whitewashing of environmental activism serves no one.

Today on the show, we'll talk about reproductive rights - first with Plan C - an organization helping women access information about abortion pills. And then, The Crew will talk abortion, as well the straight pride parade. That's right, a procession of dudes with tribal tats wearing mesh gym shorts could be coming to a wide boulevard near you, if you happen to live in Boston, which thankfully, we don't.

Stonewall started as a riot, but has since evolved into a nationwide movement to recognize the importance of LGBTQIA+ rights. New York museums and cultural institutions are marking 50 years since the Stonewall with exhibitions ranging from the historical to the cutting-edge. We talk to Brooklyn Museum curators Margo Cohen Ristorucci and Allie Rickard about their contribution to this year's celebration. And then, Mayor Bill DeBlasio is officially running for president – here with a pithy analysis is Jarrett Murphy, executive editor of City Limits.

Food journalist and author Priya Krishna helps us redefine what it means for food to be "authentic," explains why we need to cut "curry" from our Indian cuisine lexicon, and above all, discusses how to make magic in the kitchen just like her mother did when Priya was growing up in Texas. She chats with MacKenzie about her new cookbook "Indian-ish."

What could be bad about the City taking "distressed" residential properties, giving them to an affordable housing non-profit, who then hires a developer to restore and return them to the market as low-income housing? Turns out, a lot, as many black and brown property owners are being stripped of the promise of intergenerational wealth in fast-gentryfing Brooklyn neighborhoods, according to Kelly Mena of Kings County Politics, and activist and community leader, James Caldwell.

On the show today: Weeksville, a black cultural and historical site here in Brooklyn - and home to one of the first free black communities in America - struggles to survive. Then, the Brooklyn Film Festival is upon us again. We chat with a documentary filmmaker about the plight of a Guatemalan mother who seeks sanctuary in a New York City church.

On the show today, The Crew comes back to the table with a thoughtful conversation about Iran, US imposed sanctions, and a call to action. Then: Hi America, it's your money, being sent to the Philippines as military aid to Rodrigo Duterte's bloody so-called drug war. Three Filipino activists sit down with MacKenzie and lay out the political crisis on the region.

No Whitney Biennial arrives without controversy. Two years ago it was the Emmett Till painting, this year we're talking about dirty philanthropy, Safariland and Warren B Kanders. Here to talk us through the debate is arts and culture journalist Shirine Saad and, Biennial Artist, Nicholas Galanin. And then, Blythe Roberson hates men. But for some reason, still wants to date them.

We sit down with author, Clive Thompson whose new book, Coders, offers us insight into the people behind the ones and zeros of our digital world. Then, the Crew gets together to talk about "the most hated movie in America."