Marcos Sueiro Bal

Soterios Johnson is gone. Can you identify these six earlier hosts?

The 1931 Files

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

An aural glimpse of WNYC's early history.

Sidney Farber, Chemo Crusader

Friday, March 27, 2015

By Saul Wisnia : Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

In Early Therapy, Equal Doses of Caution & Optimism.

How Irish Tape Saved Civilization

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

By Marcos Sueiro Bal / David L. Morton, Jr.

60 Years Ago, Audiotape Coming from Opelika, Ala., was among the World’s Finest. But who was Molly, the Irish Nurse?

Pete Seeger in Conversation with Steve Post

Monday, March 16, 2015

Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger reminisces about life, politics and narrow escapes.

Forget Freebies: Fiorello Forks Over $15 for First Fair Ticket

Monday, February 23, 2015

76 years ago today, a resolute Mayor La Guardia spoke against the practice of free passes to city events.

Digging the Blizzard of '47

Monday, January 26, 2015

The 1947 blizzard in song & satire

Glamour Girls, Murder, and the Mayor

Monday, November 24, 2014

By Kevin Baker

What lurked behind William O'Dwyer's charmed life?

The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, "The Most Princely"

Monday, November 17, 2014

By Patricia M. Salmon

Three NYC officials profess their love for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

How to Deflect a Wrecking Ball with a Violin

Thursday, November 06, 2014

By Gino Francesconi

50 years ago, a mayor (and frustrated violinist) was persuaded to buy the world's most famous concert hall.

1964: China Joins Nuclear Club

Friday, October 31, 2014

This month marks the 50th anniversary of China’s first nuclear test.

At the Forefront of Death: Cancer in Midcentury

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

By Hilary C. Aquino

D.I.Y. pap smears and other 1950s anti-cancer tools.

Norbert Wiener: The Conscientious Gadgeteer

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Are we mindless gadget idolators?

Are Comics Bad for Children?

Saturday, October 11, 2014

In the 1940s and '50s comics were considered pernicious by many. This Brooklyn mom spoke her moderate mind on WNYC.

Lyndon Johnson reacts to the Walter Jenkins incident, 1964

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

By Marcos Sueiro Bal / Lyndon B. Johnson

50 years ago, Lyndon Johnson's presidential aide Walter Jenkins was arrested for having sex with a man in a YMCA bathroom, just weeks before the 1964 presidential election.

Siri Meets Her Grandpa

Friday, October 03, 2014

By Marcos Sueiro Bal / John Passmore

Tomorrow is Siri's birthday, and to test her skills, we played her a 1962 recording of an IBM 704 computer singing "Daisy Bell." Will Siri recognize her own voice-sythesized forebears?

The Origins of the "Star Spangled Banner," in Six Minutes

Friday, September 26, 2014

By Oscar Brand : Host, Folksong Festival

The Star Spangled Banner turns 200 this month. To commemorate, the inimitable Oscar Brand explains in words and music its origins from a sheep-shearing song to the national anthem.

A Musical Tribute to Edgar Varèse, April 17, 1981

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

By Marcos Sueiro Bal / Alex Ambrose

How a Frank Zappa-hosted concert of music by Varèse was resurrected

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Musical Mavericks Edgard Varèse and Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa Referees Tribute to Edgard Varèse

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Q2 Music is thrilled to present an archival recording of the famous Frank Zappa-hosted concert of the music of Edgard Varèse, recorded April 17, 1981 at the now-defunct Palladium in NYC.

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Edwin Fancher: Change and Continuity in Greenwich Village

Friday, September 05, 2014

By Sheryl Woodruff : Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

Homosexuality. Mixed-race couples. Narcotics on MacDougal Street. This archived conversation from a WNYC broadcast gives an incredible sense of what's changed--and what hasn't.