Alumni in the News: November 11, 2024

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, the acclaimed nonfiction book by Patrick Radden Keefe ’99, is being adapted as a limited TV series by the FX network. Nine episodes tracing “the Troubles,” the decades-long conflict between the United Kingdom and Northern Irish revolutionaries, will premiere on Hulu on Nov. 14.

Joshua Spodek ’93 was the subject of a Nov. 5 New York Times feature by John Leland ’81, “Who Says You Can’t Live Off the Grid in Manhattan?” Spodek has been living without electricity in his Greenwich Village apartment since May 2022.

We Live in Cairo, a musical by Daniel Lazour ’16 and his brother, Patrick, opened at New York Theater Workshop on Oct. 27. In its review, Vulture wrote, “The Lazours have crafted a piece that is long on emotion with melodies that can burn with revolutionary fervor.” In other theater news, Gabby Beans ’14 is starring in the buzzy new Broadway production Romeo + Juliet, which opened at Circle in the Square on Oct. 24.

Lions are having award-winning impact on the environment: On Oct. 25, Michael Gerrard ’72, the Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at the Law School and director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, received the American Bar Association Lifetime Achievement Award in Environmental, Energy, or Resources Law and Policy. On Oct. 23, the Department of Energy announced nine winners of the 2024 Clean Energy Education Awards, including Amy Duffuor ’09, a co-founder and general partner of Azolla Ventures, which invests in early-stage technology companies with transformative climate impact.

Janice Min ’90, JRN’91, Bari Weiss ’07 and Michael Wolff ’75 were included in the October 21 New York article, Can the Media Survive?; the feature spoke to 57 powerful people in news media to understand how the industry is “surviving in a time of imploding business models and record public distrust.”

Three Lions had new books out in October: Jenny Slate ’04 released her second book, Lifeform, a collection of genre-bending essays about her journey into motherhood; Atossa Araxia Abrahamian ’08, JRN’11 also released her second book, The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World; and multiple Emmy-winner Kate McKinnon ’06 debuted her first book, a middle-school mystery, The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette For Young Ladies of Mad Science.

Brian DePalma ’62 was featured in the Sept. 24 Vulture Q&A, “The World Wasn’t Ready for Body Double.” Critic Bilge Ebiri said of DePalma’s 1984 thriller, “Body Double is beloved today. But it’s also the kind of movie that nobody could make today.”

Lions represented at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 15: director, writer and producer Lucia Aniello ’04 won two more Emmys for Hacks, for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series; Ebon Moss-Bachrach ’99 won his second Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy for The Bear; writer and producer Tim Carvell ’95 added two more to his multi-Emmy collection, for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Scripted Variety Series for Last Week Tonight; writer and executive producer Justin Marks ’02 won his second Emmy, Outstanding Drama Series for Shogun; and executive producer Ramin Hedayati ’02 won his second Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series for The Daily Show.

Sarah Kinsley ’22, a musician whose song “The King” went viral on TikTok while she was still at the College, released her first full length album, Escaper, in September.