April 16, 2013 9:43 am by: Mike Lee
I'm gonna be honest with you folks -- we're all still a little giddy around here after yesterday's performance by
Patty Griffin and special guest Robert Plant. Not a bad way to spend a Monday at work if you ask me. And if you thought that was great, you're really going to be disappointed by this podcast! It doesn't have Patty Griffin
or Robert Plant in it. Sorry.
But seriously, though, it is a pretty cool podcast even without those guys. We've got return appearances by two of our favorite folks, Rabbi Neil Blumofe and Spike Gillespie, in their shows
Liner Notes and
Delta State. Always a delight, those two things are.
And there's more! We'll bring you a nice little something called
Dear Diary which you're sure to enjoy, and we'll get a return visit from the fine folks at RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland -- Documentary on One. It's called
My Name is Lydia Foy and...
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It's tax day, and if you do your taxes the way we produce this show, you've just remembered that it's tax day and now you're trying to find your shoe box full of old receipts. You've probably got about three hours of work ahead of you, and you're probably looking for something to listen to so you're not searching your closets in icy silence. This actually works out great, 'cause we've got three hours of compelling radio just lying around and looking for some ears to call home.
On this episode of the big big show, we'll bring you the "Paint by Numbers" episode of Decode DC, a great documentary on Walt Whitman (perfect for National Poetry Month), new installments of stalwarts such as 99% Invisible, How Sound, and Liner Notes, and, just when you... » read more
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Happy Tuesday, good people! And for all you bad people, be better people and we'll start sending you friendly greetings as well. For now, you get only our disdain.
We've got three little radio tidbits for you today, starting with something recorded right here in A-town. The restaurant Juan in a...
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Today's podcast will be as comfortable as an old shoe, and twice as smelly. We'll enjoy visits from two O'Dark stalwarts, Jake Warga and Charles Spira. Dedicated listeners to the big big show will know and love these guys, 'cause we use their stuff all the time and they're both (as far as we know)...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with author, minister and gospel balladeer Earnest Pugh. Webster’s defines a “worshiper” as a person who gives reverent honor and homage to God. Simply put, Pugh is a worshiper. A superior vocalist, song stylist...
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Around here at O'Dark Central, we're all fans of Miles Davis, so we were pretty jazzed (get it? pun!) when the
Views and Brews gang decided to do an extra-long show about the making of his seminal album
Kind of Blue. That show was pretty great, featuring Rabbi Neil Blumofe and...
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Today on the podcast, we've got two pieces of audio goodness from O'Dark regulars.
The fine folks at Lean and Hungry Theater have become favorites of O'Dark host Hawk Mendenhall since he discovered their updated radio play takes on the works of William Shakespeare. We've brought you a few of...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Major General Dana J.H. Pittard, Commanding General of the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Texas. On July 9th, 2010 he assumed that command. He is the only African American to command a combat...
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We've got three little pieces of audio goodness for you today on the big podcast. Batting lead off is our old buddy Jake Warga, who headed down to Cancun recently to try and get to the bottom of this whole end-of-the-world-in-2012 thing. We won't spoil the ending for you.
Then it's another blast...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Sheila Raye Charles. Charles has created her own distinct sound while delivering her intensely inspiring message of hope and love. As a talented singer/songwriter, she has found her voice in acoustic jazz and R &...
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You know, if there's one small downside to working in public radio, it's dealing with all the starstruck fans. "Your job is so glamorous and fascinating!" they say. "Tell us how you do it, and don't spare any details, because nothing's as interesting as you and people like you!" It's nice to hear,...
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Hello friends! What you are downloading and/or listening to today is the final O'Dark podcast of the Communication Building B era. Today's pod is being cast from the dark, subterranean office that has been home to the
O'Dark 30 bi-weekly podcast for lo these many years, but starting next...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Leonard Pitts, Jr. syndicated columnist and author of Freeman. In his new novel, Pitts takes us to the first few months following the Confederate surrender and the assassination of President Abraham...
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If you've been on YouFace or the interwebs lately, there's a pretty decent chance you've stumbled across a little viral audio tidbit about two little girls explaining the world's worst haircut. But keen-eared O'Dark listeners will recall that same little nugget of radio from its broadcast debut (we...
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Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! We're gonna keep it non-scary today, mainly because we put this podcast together before it occurred to us that it'd go up on Friday the 13th.
So no real frights for you today on the 'cast, but we do have a couple of new installments of a couple of our favorite...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with the late Rev. Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, distinguished minister, educator and author. During his lifetime he served as President of two universities,
Virginia Union...
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