April 12, 2013 9:22 am by: Mike Lee
So here's the deal with RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland - Documentary on One: they're from Ireland, they've got a really unwieldy name, and they produce some pretty great radio. The radio's so great, in fact, that we're willing to type in that unwieldy name just so we can bring you their stuff on this here podcast.
And it's also so great that we're going to bring you two, count 'em, two RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland - Documentary on One pieces in just one podcast. That's right, this podcast is all RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland - Documentary on One all the time. We'll kick things off with their piece
Survival of an Island and then wrap things up with their
Through a Chink Too Wide. And in between? Just a few short seconds of Hawk Mendenhall. A small price to pay....
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If I know the O'Dark audience, and I think I do, you're all staring at the computer screen and wondering if anyone on the O'Dark team has a sister with a birthday today. Yes, as a matter of fact! Thanks for asking. And happy birthday, Melinda!
We've got a nice little 'cast for you today, full of homegrown talent. We'll kick it off with installment numero dos of Delta State, the new Spike Gillespie commentary series. What's Spike commenting upon today? Tune in and find out!
Then it's the latest edition of Rabbi Neil Blumofe's Liner Notes. Neil knows more about jazz than any other rabbi we're personally acquainted with, and today he'll be telling you about Thelonious Monk, who's a better jazz musician than any other monk we're personally acquainted with.
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A happy July 3 to you all. You're probably getting ready for a big holiday celebration tomorrow, baking apple pies and preparing meats for the grill and buying fireworks and so forth. And if so, you probably need a little something to listen to while you do all that. Why not try this delightful...
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We bring you
How Sound pretty often on the big big show and the not-as-big podcast, but the one we're bringing you today is a little different.
How Sound always gives you an inside look at the radio-producing process, but today's episode, “A Square Meal, Regardless” gives you...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with the late Phyllis Hyman. Hyman began her career as a silky voiced, jazz-influenced singer and gradually moved into slick, heavily produced urban contemporary ballads and light dance songs. She was born Phyllis Linda...
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This past Sunday on the Big Big Show, we brought you three episodes of two of our favorite newish radio shows,
State of the ReUnion and
Snap Judgment. And since we like those shows so, so much, we're bringing them to you again, this time in podcast form.
Today's 'cast features...
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On today's podcast, we're doing something a little special. Today's cast is dedicated entirely to the work of our dear, dear pal Graham Shelby. Is it Graham's birthday? Nope. Well, maybe it is. We can't remember when Graham's birthday is, so we've got a 1 in 365 chance that it's today. That's right...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with the late John Saunders Chase, the first African American graduate of
The University of Texas at Austin and the first African...
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Last Sunday on the big big show, we dedicated the entire program to
The Intergalactic Nemesis, airing the radio drama versions of both "Book One: Target Earth" and "Book Two: Robot Planet Rising." If you missed all that sci-fi goodness, you can listen again here. And if you really dig it,...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with the Honorable William D. Magwood, IV, Commissioner of the United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. On April 1
st, 2010, Magwood was sworn...
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Hoo boy, it's gonna be hot today. We're looking at a high of 102, with a UV index of, according to weather.com, "11 - Extreme." I don't even know what that means, but it just sounds awful. For the most part, if someone tells you anything is going to be extreme, you're not gonna like that thing. And...
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As we mentioned on Tuesday, we're bringing you new installments of a couple of our favorite shows this week on the big 'cast. Today, we've got a new (or new-to-us and therefore new-to-you) episode of
Snap Judgment, which is a really great storytelling show hosted and produced by Glynn...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Scipio Spinks, former major league pitcher. Spinks has played baseball all his life. As a child he played little league, but when he got to high school, his school didn't have a team. No problem - he played semi-pro...
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Oh man, how long has it been since you've gotten your
Mikie Show fix from your beloved O'Dark pals? That's the sort of information we should have access to on our end, isn't it? Probably so, but we're not big on record keeping or organization around here. I'm gonna guess it's been more...
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On Tuesday, we brought you the first half of
The Intergalactic Nemesis Book One: Target Earth. We know you've been waiting the last few days to learn how everything turns out for Molly, Timmy, and the whole Nemesis gang, so we won't keep you waiting much longer. Today's 'cast is part two...
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We've been big supporters of
The Intergalactic Nemesis for years around here, and this week, since we're looking forward to Friday's premiere of
The Intergalactic Nemesis Book Two: Robot Planet Rising at the Long Center, we're in full-on
Nemesis mode. If you haven't yet...
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