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Episode #434

Salvation

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Friday, April 23, 2004

Salvation, as offered up by preachers, doctors, and radio frequencies. Host Dean Olsher speaks with Father Robert Castle, a.k.a. "Cousin Bobby" to those who saw him twelve years ago in a documentary by Jonathan Demme. Performer Deborah Margolin revisits a period when she saw more than her fair share of white lab coats and hospitals. And The Next Big Thing’s Amanda Aronczyk finds faith in the voices on the radio. Also, "The Week (or So) in Review," with NBT commentator Steve Almond.

What Did You Learn in School Today?

Our "man on the street," Pejk Malinovski, learns from the youth.

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Week (or So) In Review

Shrek the SheepA review of recent news, pressing and otherwise, with NBT journeyman news analyst Steve Almond. Produced by Julie Subrin.

» More information on Shrek the sheep
&raquo Visit Steve Almond's website

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Hearing Voices

God? Satan? The dead? Those are just a few of the explanations listeners came up with to explain the voices they heard in the early days of radio. Even today, for some, radio hasn’t lost its otherworldly power. Amanda Aronczyk travels through time and frequency, looking at the ways radio ...

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Sounds of Spring

Spring, at last, as it sounded outside the Brooklyn Museum of Art, where the Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band performed; at the take-out counter at Hog Heaven in Nashville; and on the wide slope of San Francisco’s Dolores Park. Produced by Ben Adair.

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Sometimes a Father

Cousin Bobby Documentary filmgoers might recognize Father Robert Castle’s voice. An unusually irreverent man in a profession known for its reverence, he was the subject of Jonathan Demme’s 1992 film, "Cousin Bobby." Twelve years later, Father Castle continues to preach, and also to appear ...

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Four Twenty

Nike hemp shoe Heard on the street, April 20, 2004 - the day you’ve been waiting for if you, like these people, are a Nike fanatic. Produced by Dara Kaufman-LeDonne.

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Salve

Deborah Margolin A few years ago, writer and performer Deborah Margolin got very sick. She spent many hours in hospitals, with doctors, and anywhere else she could find relief. And later, perhaps inevitably, she made a play out of those experiences. Here, excerpts from ...

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Mi lagnero tacendo

Siroe This week, Handel’s opera "Siroe" is being performed by the Venice Baroque Orchestra for the first time in America, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. We eavesdrop on a rehearsal, as conductor Andrea Marcon works with singer Simone Kermes.

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