Filmed in the beautiful Anthony J. Drexel Picture Gallery, The Drexel InterView is a lively, award-winning, half-hour, original television series hosted by best-selling author, critic, and Drexel University Distinguished Professor Paula Marantz Cohen. The Drexel InterView, which premiered in 2004, currently airs on some 325 PBS, university-affiliated, and community-access television stations throughout the United States. Selected episodes may also be seen on YouTube.com.
Each episode of The Drexel InterView features a half-hour conversation with a nationally known or emerging talent in the arts, culture, science, or business. Guests reflect a diversity of opinions and backgrounds. The series is now in its ninth season and has featured over 100 guests.
Notable previous guests include:
- Nora Ephron, screenwriter, film director, author
- Craig Newmark, internet entrepreneur, founder of craigslist.org
- The Honorable Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York City
- David Denby, cultural critic and film critic for The New Yorker
- J. Craig Venter, entrepreneur and pioneer in genomic research
- Molly Ivins, legendary syndicated columnist
- Kenny Gamble, Grammy Award-winner, community developer
- Christopher Hitchens, journalist and public intellectual
- Jennifer Higdon, composer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music
- John Waters, cult filmmaker and author
Watch The Drexel InterView on these Philadelphia-area and Sacramento TV stations or on any of these stations coast to coast.