| 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 Ballengee |
| 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 |
| 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 | Banda Magda |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
