The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 124 - Ross Gay
Release Date: 01/30/2024
The Musical Innertube
Fran Metzman writes about the Cha-Cha Babes, "boomer" women who have found freedom later in life. They find that freedom can be fun, but can also lead to dangerous situations.
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The atomic bomb was developed in secret. That's the backdrop for Galina Vromen's novel Hill of Secrets, where she explores what secrets might have been kept by the families living in the shadow of the bomb.
info_outline The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 156 - Mike Hingson and Keri Wyatt KentThe Musical Innertube
Living with a guide dog requires trust, courage, and love - things we could all use a bit more of in our own lives. Mike and Keri's book shows this by using Mike's dogs as examples.
info_outline The Musical Innertube Extra - September 11th, Mike Hingson and RoselleThe Musical Innertube
Mike Hingson survived the terrorist attack on World Trade Center Tower 1 on September 11, 2001. We're presenting his story again as a reminder and tribute, to Mike and to those who lost their lives that day.
info_outline The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 155 - More Music with Bill TrousdaleThe Musical Innertube
Bill Trousdale's back with a look at the Pennsylvania talent that gave birth to rock 'n' roll! Names you've heard of, like Bill Haley, and names you probably haven't, like Sister Rosetta Tharp.
info_outline The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 154 - Mykhaylo Tells Us How to Help UkraineThe Musical Innertube
We talk again with Mykhaylo, an American now living mostly in Ukraine, who is in the U.S. collecting medical supplies to take back to the battlefield. You can help by donating to
info_outline The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 153 - Katherine Ramsland Caught Dead-HandedThe Musical Innertube
Katherine returns to the podcast to talk about her latest Nutcrackers book, Dead Handed. Annie Hunter's grandfather is dying, so she heads to New England to face family secrets, a haunted village and possible suicides.
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To mark Henry Mancini's 100th birthday, music expert JonBurlingame takes us back to where the composer's prolific career really took off - the 1960s TV show Peter Gunn.
info_outline The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 151 - Jennifer Lin talks about her film Ten Times BetterThe Musical Innertube
As a child, George Lee studied ballet with Russian tutors in Shanghai. As a teenager, he danced in The Nutcracker and Flower Drum Song in New York. Filmmaker Jennifer Lin tells his story in Ten Times Better.
info_outline The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 150 - Carl Parker talks about TwistersThe Musical Innertube
First, "Twister." Now, "Twisters." Movies about tornado chasers and scientists trying to understand tornadoes. How much do we know about tornadoes, and how accurate are the movies? The Weather Channel's Carl Parker explains.
info_outlineExploring the mind of a writer! Poet and essayist Ross Gay talks about what inspires his writing, how he gets his ideas on paper, and how he shapes them into his poems and essays.