Episode #523
What Could Be Done Differently
Friday, February 04, 2005
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(Audubon's Bobwhite Quail)
The relationship between birds and humans, as contemplated by essayist Frank Burroughs. Radio adventures, first with comedian Jonathan Katz, and next with writer Rick Moody and actor John Lurie. Music on the phone, and in the living room of the band "White Magic." Word play with writer Francesca Lia Block. And ice fishing.
Year of the Rooster
Birds and Humans
Music for Telephones
You're on the Air with Jonathan Katz
Pirate Station
Writer Rick Moody has developed a fondness for pirate radio. This is his ode, in words, music and sound, for one of his favorite stations. The piece is read here by actor and musician John Lurie, and was produced by Emily Botein and Sherre DeLys.
Use It or Lose It, Part 1
Author Francesca Lia Block, best known for her Weetzie Bat books, accepts activist lexicographer Erin McKean’s challenge: to find a place in her latest work for three under-appreciated words.
Ice fishing
The sound of ice, and fishing, and of three generations of the Munson family who love to combine the two. Recorded on White Bear Lake, in Minnesota, in the dead of winter, and produced by Bente Birkeland with Amanda Aronczyk.
White Magic
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