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TTBOOK: Channeling Creativity
November 21, 2009
Cartoonist Lynda Barry believes that everyone is an artist and has stories to tell.
James Othmer describes life in that center of American creativity, the advertising agency.
Pattie Boyd was the woman who inspired three of the most famous rock songs of all time.
Geoffrey Colvin says great performance is within the grasp of anyone who’s willing to put in the right kind of practice.
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Rickie's Cabbage FuFu
November 19, 2009
Get your kids interested in Cabbage when Manchester, MO listener, Rickie Kravitz, joins the guys to share her recipe for Cabbage FuFu!
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Chicago's Jazz Age Melting Pot: Hot Jazz, Boogie Woogie & the Blues
November 19, 2009
In the Twenties, Chicago’s South Side "bright-light" district "The Stroll" was the heart of the jazz scene. Peppered with nightclubs, pool halls, tattoo parlors, and vaudeville houses, it was home to the city’s 100,000 African Americans. During the day, the city was segregated, but at night differences between black and white became somewhat blurred. Chicago nightlife knew no boundaries, and the sound of jazz seemed to seep up out of the sidewalks.
Riverwalk Jazz
TTBOOK: Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq, Coming Home
November 20, 2009
Jim Sheeler wrote about Marine Casualty Notification Officer Major Steve Beck, the last person a Marine’s family wants to see at their door.
John McCary reads an e-mail he sent his family in 2004 about the brutal nature of the insurgency.
Kyle Haussmann-Stokes struggled alone with his PTSD, but eventually got help and made a film about his experience.
Brigadier General Loree Sutton is the military’s top-ranking psychiatrist and Director of the Pentagon’s Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Colby Buzzell is a blogger and writer who has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and struggles with addiction.
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ALL THE NEWS THAT ISN'T for November 14, 2009
November 16, 2009
This week, Sarah Palin uses the same choreographer for "Going Rogue" as Madonna did for "Vogue"... on All the News that Isn't... from Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
Whad'Ya Know?
TTBOOK: Money, Debt & Unbridled Capitalism
November 14, 2009
Liaquat Ahamed draws parallels between the recent financial meltdown and the events that led up to the Great Depression.
Woody Tasch touts the benefits of supporting locally produced agriculture and “green” companies.
Margaret Atwood says it’s a mistake to think about debt as simply a matter of money.
Anne Heller’s biography of Ayn Rand discusses the power of capitalism, and her appeal for young people.
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Tom Yum Root Vegetable Soup
November 12, 2009
Get ready for a perfect comfort meal with this delicious recipe for Tom Yum Root Vegetable Soup!
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TTBOOK: Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq, Covering the War
November 13, 2009
Mike Hoyt is Executive Editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, and he encouraged his staff to question embedded reporters about the embed system and the war.
Brian Palmer was embedded with the First Battalion/Second Marines and made a documentary film about the experience.
Philip Gourevitch has written a book that examines what really happened at Abu Ghraib.
Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez served as Commander of Coalition Forces in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004, during which period the scandal at Abu Ghraib took place.
Deborah Scranton describes how she persuaded the military to give her permission to make a film, what it was like working with the soldiers, and how they’re reacted to the finished product.
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ALL THE NEWS THAT ISN'T for November 7, 2009
November 10, 2009
This week we look back to our visit to Jacksonville, Florida with ALL THE FLORIDA NEWS THAT ISN'T. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
Whad'Ya Know?
Jay Harman
November 11, 2009
When designer Jay Harman comes home from a sailing expedition, he's got a head full of inventions which he spins into new products-- beautiful, efficient designs that mimic nature. He grew up in Australia and spent hours in the ocean watching the way fish move. He envied that ease and decided to copy those natural movements in his inventions. Produced by Mary Stucky.
Design for the Real World
TTBOOK: Coming of Age Through Music
November 7, 2009
Lavinia Greenlaw explains how music helped her as she grew up.
Ralph Stanley talks about his family, his music and his concern with death.
Nick Hornby reveals his knowledge of obsessive music fan-dom in his new book, “Juliet, Naked.”
Geraint Watkins is a rock and roll pianist and accordionist who’s doing his best work as he nears sixty.
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Massaged Mediterranean Chicken
November 5, 2009
This rub's loaded with flavor, when Tom and Zorba share the recipe for Massaged Mediterranean Chicken!
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Skulls
November 4, 2009
Graphic designer Noah Scalin created a new skull design every day for a year and posted them to his blog Skull-a-Day. He used whatever was at hand: breakfast cereal, sparklers, and little green army men. Scalin thinks that no matter the material, the skull is timeless. Produced by Studio 360's Michele Siegel and Erin Calabria.
Design for the Real World
TTBOOK: Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq, Esprit de Corps
November 6, 2009
Toby Nunn was a Sergeant First Class in Iraq who currently works for the nonprofit group Soldiers’ Angels.
Tyler Boudreau is a twelve year veteran on the Marine Corps who resigned his commission over reservations about the legitimacy of the Iraq War.
John Wrobleski, Sr. relates the story about the death of his son, Marine 2nd Lt. John “JT” Wrobleski, Jr. in Iraq.
Jonathon Pieslak describes how U.S. forces use music and who they listen to.
Helen Benedict discusses the heavy toll sexual harassment and abuse take on our female warriors.
Brian Turner volunteered for military service in Iraq and at night he wrote poetry by flashlight.
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ALL THE NEWS THAT ISN'T for October 31, 2009
November 2, 2009
This week, we get spooked out in East Lansing, Michigan, but Michael overcomes that to bring you ALL THE MICHIGAN NEWS THAT ISN'T. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
Whad'Ya Know?
Soup to Nuts Live presents Bibis Ellison - Part 1
November 1, 2009
Wilmington singer/songwriter Bibis Ellison played to a packed house at WHQR on October 8, 2009 as part of our Soup to Nuts Live concert series. Hear the entire show here.
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Soup to Nuts Live presents Bibis Ellison - Part 2
November 1, 2009
Wilmington singer/songwriter Bibis Ellison played to a packed house at WHQR on October 8, 2009 as part of our Soup to Nuts Live concert series. Listen to part two of the show.
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Bibis Ellison Interview
October 30, 2009
WHQR airs its Soup to Nuts Live concert with singer Bibis Ellison Oct. 30 at 8pm and Oct. 31 at 9pm.
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Studio 360: In Verse, David Hockney
November 13, 2009
This Peabody Award-winning show from WNYC is public radio’s smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts.
Studio 360
TTBOOK: Fonts
October 31, 2009
Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones designed Gotham, the font of Hope and Change.
Nicholson Baker reviewed the Kindle, Amazon’s electronic reading device.
Matthew Carter designed Verdana, the internet font, and co-designed Helvetica.
Tracy Honn takes us on a tour of a working museum of letterpress printing.
Kitty Burns Florey says handwriting is the original font.
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Global Hit
November 18, 2009
PRI’s The World presents the Global Hit, a daily spotlight on international musical artists or trends.
BBC/PRI/WGBH
Lisa's Vegetable Pancakes
October 29, 2009
Get a new spin on an old staple when the guys welcome a guest chef into the "Radio Kitchen" to share her recipe for Lisa's Vegetable Pancakes!
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Cocteau Twins Guitarist Rides a Carousel of Drifting, Paisley-Dappled Tone Poems
November 1, 2009
Robin Guthrie's shimmering, ringing guitars, layers of echo and darkly melancholy themes play over trancey rhythm machines
Echoes
Fats, Hoagy & W.C.: 20 Years of Riverwalk Jazz
October 29, 2009
Celebrating 20 years on public radio from San Antonio's Pearl Stable, Vernel Bagneris, Topsy Chapman and Shelly Berg join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and delve into the legacy of three jazz ‘superheroes’ whose work has inspired us—Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael—and the blues-driven melodies of W.C. Handy.
Riverwalk Jazz
TTBOOK: Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq, Architects of War
October 30, 2009
Douglas Feith was Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under Donald Rumsfeld, and one of the architects of the Bush Administration’s war on terrorism.
Col. David Lapan was one of the architects of the Defense Department’s Embedded Media Program.
David Kilcullen was a top military advisor to General Petraeus during the troop surge in Iraq.
Ali Allawi was Minister of Trade and Minister of Defense in the Interim Iraqi Governing Council in 2003 and 2004.
Thomas Ricks recalls how close the U.S. came to losing the war in Iraq on November 19, 2004 in a town called Haditha, 150 miles north of Baghdad.
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The Sneaker
October 28, 2009
Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, finds sublime design in a rubber-soled wonder -- the sneaker.
Design for the Real World
ALL THE NEWS THAT ISN'T for October 24, 2009
October 26, 2009
This week, Michael hops in the cockpit and turns things around with All the News that Isn't... from Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
Whad'Ya Know?
TTBOOK: Ethics of Western Aid
October 24, 2009
Dambisa Moyo makes the case that Western aid to Africa has been a disaster.
Peter Singer lays out the argument that virtually everyone in America has a moral obligation to give money to help the desperately poor.
Jacqueline Novogratz combines capitalism and charity to apply business principles to philanthropy.
Abraham Verghese talks about his own experience with the mission hospital system in Africa.
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Jalapeno Sea Bass with Almonds
October 22, 2009
The guys dig deep into the Recipe Vault to highlight an old favorite, Jalapeno Sea Bass with Almonds!
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TTBOOK: Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq, April 6, 2004
October 23, 2009
Donovan Campbell commanded a platoon of Marines in Ramadi on April 6, 2004.
Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez served as Commander of Coalition Forces in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004.
Steve Levin is the producer of a documentary film, “Jerabek,” which follows the family of a young Marine killed in the ambush at ar-Ramadi on April 6, 2004.
David Swanson was an embedded journalist in ar-Ramadi with Ryan Jerabek’s unit the day Ryan died.
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ALL THE NEWS THAT ISN'T for October 11, 2009
October 19, 2009
This week on "All the News that Isn't"... President Obama is hiding in a box in the attic... and more... from Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
Whad'Ya Know?
TTBOOK: Making Words
October 16, 2009
Patricia O’Conner says that what Americans think of as a British accent is a fairly recent development.
Roy Blount Jr. is a humorist, word maven and author.
Dan Everett went to the Amazon as a young Christian missionary and became captivated by the Indian people and their totally unknown language.
Arika Okrent tries out her Klingon, and explains why people make up languages.
Irene Pepperberg teaches animal cognition at Harvard and worked with a remarkable grey parrot named Alex.
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'Diga Diga Do': Jazz Standards of Jimmy McHugh
October 15, 2009
A cocky go-getter from Irish Boston, Jimmy McHugh had the gift of gab and the charm to go with it. A top 'song-plugger' in the 1920s’ sheet music industry, McHugh would go on to compose some of the most enduring hits of the 20th century—"I Can't Give You Anything but Love," "Don't Blame Me," and more.
Riverwalk Jazz
Grilled Turkey with Garlic Sauce
October 15, 2009
Tom and Zorba sample this recipe in-studio, when they share Grilled Turkey with Garlic Sauce!
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Grilled Turkey with Garlic Sauce
October 14, 2009
Tom and Zorba sample this recipe in-studio, when they share Grilled Turkey with Garlic Sauce!
zorba
TTBOOK: The World According to Pop Culture
October 17, 2009
Richard Poplak describes the ill-fated attempt to adapt The Simpsons for the Arab world.
Daniel Radosh’s friends took him to a Christian rock festival and introduced him the world of Christian pop culture.
Pagan Kennedy has written an essay about Dr. Alex Comfort, the pioneering sex researcher behind the book “The Joy of Sex.”
Nathan Rabin explains the pivotal role popular culture has played throughout his life.
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Throwback Uniforms
October 14, 2009
This fall, eight NFL teams have donned the old American Football League uniforms. Graphic designer and sports blogger Jim Ransdell thinks these bold, simple patterns are timeless.
Produced by Alana Harper.
Design for the Real World
Two artists from different musical worlds travel an interior journey together
October 9, 2009
A CD of intricately painted landscapes, inspired by Texas' Frio River and the photography of Kathy Hastings
Echoes
ALL THE NEWS THAT ISN'T for October 10, 2009
October 12, 2009
This week, we look back to All the Little Rock, Arkansas News that Wasn't... including a little number from our friend and one-time Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee. Rock on! From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
Whad'Ya Know?
WHQR: David Dondero and Andy Bilinski
October 9, 2009
Singer-songwriters David Dondero and Andy Bilinski play at the Soapbox Sunday October 11th. They sat down with WHQR's Jeremy Loeb October 9th to talk up the show and play some new songs.
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