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A weekly conversation about the arts, sports, life, and literature, inspired by what we read in the Sunday Paper.
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Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
More from Block Island. Life Disconnected. Why no Premium Babies during the Pandemic? New smallpox outbreak (2 thousand years ago). Back to the Gym? X-Files for real. Basketball, Baseball. Joseph Boulogne. Chevalier d'Éon.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Special Guests: Granger Abuhoff and Nico Jasbon
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
On the Block 2020; Covid -style. Sun, surf, masks and social distancing. Waiting for sports. Reminiscing about Music Fairs, Shakespeare in the Park. Theater and the 1918 Influenza. More info from Wastewater. Joanna Cole, Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus. Southside Johnny Drive-In Concert.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Special Guest: Sadie Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
For Productivity. Let's go to Storm King. Shutting down Sports at Stanford. Hagia Sophia! Tech that Lasts? Lou Gherig and the Babe. Howard Gardiner Cushing, Jr. Grand Designs (fixer-uppers on steroids). David Mamet's Homicide.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Special Guest: Zeke Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Streamin' Hamilton. Yeah, baby. Fantastic Frick Video Tours/Lectures. Maybe economists can help. With Covid? Happy BB Day. Listening to Jessie Ware and her Mom (Table Manners). Pianos are back. Remembering Hugh Downs, Johnny Mandel, Carl Reiner, and the Westbury Drive-in.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Into the West - a hit with Dan. Ballpark Peanut Crisis. Polio Vaccine - might help? Hamilton comes to you! Power Golfer DeChambeau. Donna Tartt on Charles Portis. Dining out, finally.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Off to the Races (Belmont) Sort of... Bootleg Cocktail Competition. Great finds: The Daytrippers and The Lady Vanishes. Sondheim fun: Company Cast Album Doc plus a John Mulaney parody: Co-op. Thomas Freeman, Harry Glickman. The strength and beauty of Rebecca Luker.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
How long is the line at Trader Joe's? How to be happy like the French? Ask Viv Groskop. Cycling in Paris. Gambling on Wall Street. Using Shvartse Khasene to stop a plague... Murray Olderman, sports cartoonist. Happy Anniversary Secretariat! Van Gogh has a new boss. Oh no! Kettle Bell shortage!
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Those Germans! Johan Santana - an anniversary. 13th - something to think about. Shopping with the Big Boys. Egypt's Sistine Chapel. Eakin's Gross Clinic (yes, it's gross...) Reading fun: Inspector Montalbano. Wes Unseld, Bobby Morrow, Johnny Majors, Herb Stempel, Hutton Gibson.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Will Covid-19 change how people eat? Will we ever go out to the theater again? Holding it together with the help of Michael Ball and Captain Tom Moore. Stealing Van Gogh. Be a Medici. Or a Gaudi. Or James Bond. Watch The Sisters Brothers. What happened the last time professional hockey dealt with a pandemic...
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
Breathing right. Not taking it for granted. Uncertainty: what Americans fear most. Bicycle panic. Hot diggity dogs - from Feltman. Epidemic as agent of change. Suze Orman (she told you so!).Take a Trip to Greece with Coogan and Brydon. Mount St. Helens - the eruption - 40 years ago. Hal Wilner and Stay Awake.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff