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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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Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Better Bites, the Paleo way. GPT3 - the AI writing breakthrough. Looking back (500 years!) at Raphael. Tokyo Toilets. Roundabouts and Traffic Circles. Sweet memories: The Hungarian Pastry Shop. Marvin Creamer, around the world with No Tech. Eben Horton and the Block Island Orbs.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Special Guest: Zeke Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Indian Matchmaking! Tech You Love. What is a Museum? (Hint: don't ask the Museum People). Quarantine Cookbook Liberties. NBA makes it happen (in the Lab, not just on the Court). Baseball Reliquary à la Terry Cannon. Biddy Mason and the History of Medicine in California (more Fresco Fun!). Elections and Horse Racing.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
An American Pickle. Howard Ashman. No crying in Baseball (but plenty of cursing, as it turns out). Mike Fiers. Gypsotheca Accident. Gaming Chairs. Mike Radenbaugh and his Powerful Bikes.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Special Guest: Zeke Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Check the Couch! Big Tech. Expanding Waistlines. Mini-schools. Riding the Subway? Van Gogh's Last Painting. How to Improve Sports. Empty Arenas, Changing Odds. An Apology - after 40 Years.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Special Guest: Zeke Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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