From the Archives: Alex and Jamie Bernstein

Published: Dec. 19, 2023, 5 a.m.

As we prepare to launch our fourth season at iHeartRadio, we\u2019re revisiting some of host Alec Baldwin\u2019s favorite episodes from the archives. In advance of the release of the film \u201cMaestro\u201d \u2013 directed by and starring Bradley Cooper \u2013 we\u2019re sharing Alec\u2019s interview with two of Leonard Bernstein\u2019s three children. Alec speaks with Jamie and Alexander Bernstein about life growing up with the world-famous conductor and composer. While they knew him in the tux and tails, they also knew him as the dad who loved games \u2014 he was a killer at anagrams \u2014 and was always up for tennis, squash, skiing, or touch football. The two talk about listening to music \u2014 Jamie says she learned \u201cmore about music by listening to The Beatles with my dad than I think I did any other way\u201d\u2014 and how their father's relationship to fame evolved during his lifetime. Alex remembers his dad saying, \u201cI\u2019m so sick of Leonard Bernstein. I've had it with him."

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