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January 2003
Four Wheels and a Mission
Friday, January 31, 2003
Writer Francisco Goldman celebrates the 150th birthday of Cuban revolutionary José Martí with a drive through his Brooklyn haunts. Also, talking about war with reservists in Fort Dix, NJ, and historian Walter LaFeber. And Chowhound Jim Leff guides Dean by cell phone through the streets of Minneapolis in search of Hmong food.
Make-Believe Movies, Music and Made-Up Stories
Friday, January 24, 2003
Some things to do when the weather turns bitter cold… like taking a mah jong lesson, learning to play mariachi music, or creating your very own radio talk show. Also, Rick Moody reads from The Black Veil, his “memoir with digressions,” and host Dean Olsher visits with 86-year old ethnomusicologist and radio broadcaster Henrietta Yurchenco.
Silver Lining
Sunday, January 19, 2003
We look for, and find, the silver lining: in the weekly routine of a woman who shuttles puppies to and from a medium-security men’s prison in upstate New York; in the rainy day tunes of American popular song; and in the accumulated newspaper clippings regularly sent by one’s mother. Also this week, the people have spoken! Find out their choices for Word of the Year.
Silver Lining
Friday, January 17, 2003
We look for, and find, the silver lining: in the weekly routine of a woman who shuttles puppies to and from a medium-security men’s prison in upstate New York; in the rainy day tunes of American popular song; and in the accumulated newspaper clippings regularly sent by one’s mother. Also this week, the people have spoken! Find out their choices for Word of the Year.
Word Battles
Sunday, January 12, 2003
It’s words, words, words… words that won’t come out, words officially and unofficially chosen as Word of the Year, words of wisdom from a teacher trying to explain war, and the unreliable words of Alice Furlaud, who’s caught wind of a very unusual royal wedding.
Word Battles
Friday, January 10, 2003
It’s words, words, words… words that won’t come out, words officially and unofficially chosen as Word of the Year, words of wisdom from a teacher trying to explain war, and the unreliable words of Alice Furlaud, who’s caught wind of a very unusual royal wedding.
The Next Big Year
Sunday, January 05, 2003
This week we 1) expose the myth of the tambourine man, 2) question the viability of veganism when you’re eating from a dumpster, 3) encourage marriages to dissolve and, 4) once and for all, explain Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Our first show of the year 2003 CE will change your life!
The Next Big Year
Friday, January 03, 2003
This week we 1) expose the myth of the tambourine man, 2) question the viability of veganism when you’re eating from a dumpster, 3) encourage marriages to dissolve and, 4) once and for all, explain Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Our first show of the year 2003 CE will change your life!
