Don Rooney and John Timpane talk with people you'd talk with, if you had a microphone
Play Latest EpisodeBack in college, John and Don hosted a radio show. Once, they went on the air to introduce "a soothing musical interlude"...but they misspoke, and instead introduced "a soothing musical innertube," and the name stuck.
John and Don talk to interesting people about their interesting lives, hobbies and obsessions.
Let's go wayyyyy back in time...to the first five episodes of the Innertube!
We're proud to once again present the story of Mike Hingson, who was trapped in one of the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001. Remarkably, Mike, his guide dog Roselle and thousands of others walked down 78 flights of stairs to safety.
A funny thing happened on the way to November of 2020. We'd recorded a terrific interview with Philadephia Inquirer music critic Dan DeLuca - but you couldn't hear a word he said. Now, thanks to AI, we're able to bring you this Lost Innertube episode.
The Last Partera is a film about a woman who was the last of her kind. We talk with Rebecca Turecky, who continues her work, and Ned Phillips, who helped document her life on film.
Celebrate sun and sand and fun with these summer tunes curated by music historian Bill Trousdale! Plus: there's a contest! And a singalong!
We here at the Musical Innertube know you like to listen to podcasts. But we've also heard from those of you who say, "John and Don, the Innertube is only 30-40 minutes long! How do we fill the many other minutes of the week?" Here are two su…
Keep an eye on the program listings of your local PBS station to catch Ten Times Better, the short film made by Jennifer Lin - the one we talked about back in Episode 151: The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 151 - Jennifer Lin talks about her …
It's with great sorrow that we note the death of George Lee, who moved from learning ballet from Russian masters in Singapore to the bright lights of Broadway shows, thrilling audiences with his athletic dancing ability. George then spent time dea…
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Don has appeared as an air personality on radio stations in Maryland, New Hampshire, Kansas and Florida. He later became a radio news reporter and anchor in Atlanta and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In Harrisburg, he moved to television, as a news reporter and weatherman. Moving across town to the Pennsylvania state Capitol, Don then spent 18 years as a public relations official with the Pennsylvania State Senate.
