The Musical Innertube - Blast from the Past - Dava Sobel
Release Date: 08/08/2023
Coming this Musical InnerTuesday!
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We talk with podcast hosts Mat Kaplan and Nick Roman about why they started their podcasts, how to tell if you should start one, and how to keep it going
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BLAST FROM THE PAST - Jennifer Lin talks Ten Times Better
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Jennifer Lin's documentary about George Lee, who went from ballet student/refugee in Shanghai to the NYC Ballet, is now airing on PBS American Masters. Here's Jennifer talking about the film from late last year.
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 180 - Noel Rubinton
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Whether you've never heard of John McPhee - or are fascinated by his writing like Noel Rubinton - there's a lot to discover here, about McPhee and about Noel, who's new book is a study of McPhee's works.
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 179 - Robert Speel
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We find ourselves in a very strange place politically in 2025. How did we get here? Are the changes permanent? Here's some insight from political science professor Robert Speel.
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 178 - Gina Barreca's Fast Famous Women
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Writer, editor, teacher and humorist Gina Barreca is back with a new essay collection, Fast Famous Women. 75 stories about the famous told by women who admire them, study them - even want to be them!
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 177 - Megan Timpane
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Megan Timpane is an actress and corporate trainer. Ten years ago, Megan was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma. She dealt with her cancer the way any good actress would - writing and performing a play about her condition.
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A Musical Innertube Extra - A Thought for Our Times
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Conservative thinker Chuck Brightbill can't figure out what all the fuss is about. The way he sees it, rich guys help America.
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 176 - Amy Julia Becker
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Writer and podcaster Amy Julia Becker talks about the need for caring in this world, and how caring helps not only those being cared for, but those doing the caring as well.
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2 Number 175 - Paul Offit, Vaccines, Measles and RFK Jr.
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Dr. Paul Offit is pretty much THE authority on vaccines. He says abandoning them will lead to more outbreaks of child-killing diseases like measles. He'd like to see parents who believe in vaccines speak up.
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 174 - Asa Stahl
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Astrophysicist Asa Stahl says there's lots to see in the night sky during 2025, including meteor showers, Saturn losing its rings, even a star going nova! (But probably not Betelgeuse.) And a dustbuster on the moon.
info_outlineDava Sobel has written about science for her entire career. Now, she's letting others do the writing. She's editing a column in Scientific American magazine featuring poetry about science.