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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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Sep 16, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
47 min
Remembering Lou Brock. Stalking jazz pianist Helen Sung at Mohonk. Falling into autumn. Catskills on foot. Sourlands by bike. Happy 50th, NYC Marathon! Listening to Mythos with Stephen Fry. Terence Conran. Eleanor Jacobs (Earth Shoes!) Pitcher Zack Wheeler breaks a nail.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Sep 10, 2020
Sep 10, 2020
1hr 11 sec
Remembering Tom Seaver. Senior Super Stars: Pitmaster and Gamemaster. Land of Hope and Glory! AKA Pomp and Circumstance. The Power of the Pool. Julia Reed, food writer (read this) and John Thompson. Nice to be King. And have a Royal Consort, again. In Thailand.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Special Guest: Zeke Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Sep 2, 2020
Sep 2, 2020
44 min
Saving Restaurants the UK Way. Tour de France- business as usual. Heading to the Met? You'll need a reservation. Mom was right. You need your sleep. More than those extra reps... Pulleeze, Art Thieves! Read the Memo! Movie Theaters test the waters. The American Struggle by Jacob Lawrence. Loyalty of a friend: Angela Buxton.
Credits:
Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier
Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Aug 26, 2020
Aug 26, 2020
50 min
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
Aug 19, 2020
Aug 19, 2020
48 min
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
Aug 13, 2020
Aug 13, 2020
52 min
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
Aug 7, 2020
Aug 7, 2020
54 min
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
Jul 30, 2020
Jul 30, 2020
42 min
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
Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020
45 min
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
Jul 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
49 min
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