Who's Your Daddy?
From Sean Cole | 19:09
This is a story about someone who asked the most beautiful man in the world for his sperm.
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When Jenny went to Hawaii, she wasn't expecting to have the epiphany of a lifetime. And she certainly wasn't expecting to have another one upon her return. This is the story of a woman's attempt to defeat the physics of relationships, love, marriage and child-bearing, as told to producer Sean Cole.
Musician's Spotlight - Red Baraat - 604
From John Floridis | Part of the Musician's Spotlight series | 29:30
Fusing the "party" with the art, Red Baraat introduces their Bhangra Indian influenced fusion of rhythms and harmony to mainstream audiences across the globe.
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Next week on Musician's Spotlight:
John Floridis hosts Red Barat
Date of broadcast: April 30th
Contact information for producers:
John Floridis - john@johnfloridis.com
Artist description:
Red Barat's music, rooted in Bhangra wedding celebration music from the Punjab region of India, is further flavored with funk, go-go, Latin rhythms and jazz to create a sound that has become a highlight of festivals and concert venues across the world. Host John Floridis visits with the group during their tour stop in the Bitterroot valley.
Artist website & contact:
www.redbarat.com
Musician's Spotlight - Jake Shimabukaro - 632
From John Floridis | Part of the Musician's Spotlight series | 29:32
Generally regarded as the world's foremost virtuoso of the ukelele Jake Shimakuburo has seen his career sky rocket after a video of his version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" became one of YouTube's first "viral" videos. After his release of several recordings since then, he has toured internationally to bring his unique blend of traditional and contemporary ukelele sounds to the forefront of the "World Music" genre.
Generally regarded as the world's foremost virtuoso of the ukelele Jake Shimakuburo has seen his career sky rocket after a video of his version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" became one of YouTube's first "viral" videos. After his release of several recordings since then, he has toured internationally to bring his unique blend of traditional and contemporary ukelele sounds to the forefront of the "World Music" genre.
Chris Stroffolino & The Piano Van
From David Weinberg | 16:00
Chris Stroffolino was a Shakespearean scholar, a star poet, and a musician in the band Silver Jews before an accident derailed his life and career. Today he lives in a Ford Econoline van with a piano bolted to the inside. He performs incredible original songs and covers on the streets of Los Angeles. This is a profile of Chris and his Piano Van
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Chris Stroffolino was a Shakespearean scholar, a star poet, and a musician in the band Silver Jews before an accident derailed his life and career. Today he lives in a Ford Econoline van with a piano bolted to the inside. He performs incredible original songs and covers on the streets of Los Angeles. This is a profile of Chris and his Piano Van
What’s Going On: The Youth Radio Remix
From TurnStyle | 09:31
A behind the scenes look at the making of the Youth Radio/1-O.A.K. remix of Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' for the Kennedy Center.
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Producer Brandon McFarland says:
Marvin Gaye’s album, What’s Going On, has been called one of the great soul music records of all time. The album was showcased at a 1972 concert at the Kennedy Center in Marvin’s hometown of Washington DC. The Kennedy Center commemoratated that live performance, and has asked select musicians to re-imagine “What’s Going On” — and I’m one of those musicians.
They Emerge in the Dark
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 06:11
Portland is Maine’s largest city and busiest hub for travel and immigration. However, in recent years it’s become a haven for a new visitor: the bed bug.
Portland is Maine’s largest city and busiest hub for travel and immigration. However in recent years become a haven for a new visitor: the bed bug. Lucas Willard brings his story of his exploration into the warzone between man and mandible.
The WASPs: Women Pilots of WWII
From Radio Diaries | 22:42
The story of the first female pilots in WWII.
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In the early 1940s, the US Airforce faced a dilemma. Thousands of new airplanes were coming off assembly lines and needed to be delivered to military bases nationwide, yet most of America's pilots were overseas fighting the war. To solve the problem, the government launched an experimental program to train women pilots. They were known as the WASPs, the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
99% Invisible #59- Some Other Sign That People Do Not Totally Regret Life (Standard 4:30 version)
From Roman Mars | Part of the 99% Invisible (Standard Length) series | 04:29
Call it a "fentence."
Sean Cole is a poet and he knows what you think of that.
He is also a radio producer. One night, drunk and stumbling around the Hudson River with his friend Malissa O’Donnell, he discovered a monument — two of them actually — to two of his poetry heroes. Apropos of the name of this show, the tribute wasn’t very obvious. In fact, he and Malissa nearly walked right past it. Still, embedded in the architecture of a 25 year old plaza were the words of Walt Whitman and Frank O’Hara. And weirdly, Sean had he’d been reciting from O’Hara’s Lunch Poems just minutes before.
Thus began Sean’s quest to talk to the people whose idea this was — forging a largely unloved art form into a permanent fixture of the cultural landscape. Along the way he talks with urban landscape architect M. Paul Friedberg, former Battery Park official Richard Kahan and none other than Frank O’Hara’s younger sister, Maureen O’Hara.
Sean Cole and Malissa O’Donnell both work for WNYC’s Radiolab. And Sean is also a 99-percentilist from way back.
Episode 15: Thick Glass
From Ear Hustle | Part of the Ear Hustle series | 34:54
Parenting is never easy, but from prison it's especially challenging. In this episode, incarcerated fathers share their stories of striving to be present in their children's lives. One inmate reconnects with his son after 20 years. Another stays very involved through letters and visits. And a third gets the opportunity to give his teenaged son son a haircut.
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Parenting is never easy, but from prison it's especially challenging. In this episode, incarcerated fathers share their stories of striving to be present in their children's lives. One inmate reconnects with his son after 20 years. Another stays very involved through letters and visits. And a third gets the opportunity to give his teenaged son son a haircut.
The Love Boat
From Matt Hill | Part of the Spark - True Stories series | 11:15
A true love story for those who have loved, lost and then gone on a cruise to forget... if only she hadn't picked the same cruise as her ex.
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A tale of how to win back your man, by adopting a disguise and gatecrashing his vacation.
Performed live by Gigi Hanna at the Canal Cafe Theatre in London, in February 2010. The theme was, inevitably, 'Desire.'
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