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The Next Big Thing Archive
June 2005
There Are Ghosts All Around
Friday, June 24, 2005
We resurrect voices from the past. And piano performances. And seances. A rock musician takes us on a ghost-hunting tour through Iceland. Glenn Gould comes back to life. Using only opera, Musician Matt Glaser penetrates the fog surrounding his mother. And, finally, surrounded by voices from the past, host Dean Olsher looks for words to bid them a proper goodbye.
Filling In the Blanks
Friday, June 17, 2005
Daily Show writer and performer Bob Wiltfong looks back to the days when he tried to be himself and be a news anchor. Joanne Karpowitz weighs the pros and cons of corrective surgery after having adjusted, over a lifetime, to severely impaired hearing. Also in this show we meet an emerging writer, and an angry mother (created by Ian Frazier and channeled by comedian Mary Purdy). This week’s musical guest is pianist Jeremy Denk.
For the Birds
Friday, June 10, 2005
A show dedicated to a class of animal that may, in spirit, be closest to ourselves: birds.In this hour, Brad Klein meditates on the fate of the passenger pigeon, two singers offer their very different imitations of a birdsong, and host Dean Olsher visits with artist Walton Ford in his western Massachusetts studio where he draws inspiration from Audubon in his large, brilliant paintings. Also, Australian sound artist Sherre DeLys talks to her pet parrot about flea markets, travel and memory.
He With My Eyes, I in His Shoes
Friday, June 03, 2005
Making vows in New York and Ireland. Also, reflections from students who have completed Gross Anatomy, the first-year medical school rite of passage. And, the story of a Polish-Jewish survivor facing down the last of too many losses, taken from a new novel by Nicole Krauss. Our musical guest is the new music ensemble “Eighth Blackbird.”
