Jon Kalish

Jon Kalish appears in the following:

College Student Uses 3-D Printer To Fix His Crooked Teeth

Monday, April 11, 2016

A college student in New Jersey figured out how to straighten his crooked teeth using his school's 3-D printer.

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Listeners Uncover Details About Mysterious Muse Behind 'The Brothers Nazaroff'

Saturday, January 16, 2016

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60 Years Later, A Wild, Baffling Recording Finds A Modern Spark

Saturday, January 09, 2016

Playing Yiddish music in public was once so common among Jewish immigrants who lived near the beaches in New York and Los Angeles that it came to be known as "boardwalk music." That's where I found The Brothers Nazaroff: on the boardwalk at Coney Island, being filmed by a Hungarian ...

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Remember 'Beakman's World'? The Wacky Scientist Is Still Big In Latin America

Saturday, September 26, 2015

A children's television program that ran for only five seasons in the U.S. 20 years ago has gone on to enthrall kids around the world in reruns. The show was Beakman's World and its star was a wacky pseudo-scientist in a neon green lab coat and a Don King wig. ...

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A Father, A Daughter And A Continent Between Them

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Click the audio link above to hear more messages from Meleia, as well as interviews with her stepfather, a teacher and a classmate.


There I am in Sears on Long Island with my baby daughter Meleia and her mom. We're buying baby things, and I keep thinking to ...

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Inside The Wild (And Hand-Drawn) World Of Bill Plympton

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Bill Plympton has come to be known as the king of indie animation — he's made seven animated features, all carefully hand-drawn. The latest has just been released — it's called Cheatin', and it's a wild tale of love, betrayal and bumper cars. Like many of Plympton's films, it has ...

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New Postage Stamps Recognize The Genius Of Martin Ramirez

Sunday, March 29, 2015

The U.S. Postal Service has just unveiled five new stamps depicting the paintings and drawings of Martin Ramirez.

An immigrant from Mexico, Ramirez was a self-taught artist who spent almost half of his life in California mental hospitals after being diagnosed as a schizophrenic.

A ceremony Thursday at the Ricco-Maresca ...

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William Electric Black Tackles Gun Violence In 5 Ambitious Plays

Sunday, March 22, 2015

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In Modern Klezmer, 'The Oldest Old Guy' Is The King Of The Scene

Saturday, January 24, 2015

During the the 1980s, when the traditional dance music of East European Jews known as klezmer was enjoying a revival, Pete Sokolow was called "the youngest of the old guys."

"Now I'm the oldest old guy," Sokolow says. "Most of the old guys are gone. Pincus is gone. Dave. Sidney ...

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An Evangelist Who Spread The Gospel Of The Accordion

Saturday, January 10, 2015

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Cornell To Digitize A Rich Hip-Hop Archive

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

The founding publicity director of Def Jam Records, Bill Adler, amassed a highly valuable collection of music, writing and images.

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Podcasts Rise In Popularity, Funded By Advertisers And Listeners

Sunday, November 30, 2014

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Amazon's Political Sitcom 'Alpha House' Launches Second Season

Friday, October 24, 2014

The second season of the political sitcom “Alpha House” begins streaming on Amazon tonight. The series revolves around four fictional Republican senators who share a Washington, D.C. townhouse. It’s written and produced by Garry Trudeau, creator of the comic strip “Doonesbury.”

“Alpha House” was one of Amazon Studios’ first ...

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Legendary Vermont Bakers May Stop Selling Beloved Sourdough Bread

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

The bread that Jules and Helen Rabin have made in their fieldstone oven for four decades has a cult following in central Vermont. But this may be the last summer they sell it at the farmers market.

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Gaza Violence Tests Once-Unshakable Allies U.S. And Israel

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Both sides have traded barbs and criticism over the other's policies. Some believe the public feud stems from a personal animosity between President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Effort To Preserve Yiddish Works Not 'Bupkes'

Saturday, August 09, 2014

The preservation of Yiddish as a spoken language gets more attention, but Yiddish once had a vibrant written tradition as well.

Plays, poetry, novels, political tracts — all were published in Yiddish until the Holocaust. A great deal of these works can now be found at the National Yiddish ...

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Comedian Irwin Corey Turns 100

Saturday, August 02, 2014

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High-Tech Maker Spaces: Helping Little Startups Make It Big

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Inventing a new product is hard if you can't afford to build a prototype. Enter maker spaces, workshops boasting shared high-tech tools. Entrepreneurs love them, and big backers are taking notice.

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Century-Old Jewish Mural Was Hidden For Decades In Vermont

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

In the late 1800s, Jewish immigrants brought the Eastern European tradition of synagogue murals to Burlington. Now one such mural, painted in 1910, is being restored.

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