And now, here's a soothing musical interlude......

All the Innertubes, conveniently gathered in one place

Coming This Musical InnerTuesday!
Feb. 25, 2026

Coming This Musical InnerTuesday!

It ain't Tik Tok, but it ain't bad! Join us this Musical InnerTuesday as Al Filreis talks about how he made poetry cool by taking it online!
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Coming This Musical InnerTuesday!
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 195 - John Horgan
Feb. 16, 2026

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 195 - John Horgan

John Horgan is a science writer and science writing teacher whose seminal work is entitled "The End of Science." He visited India with John Timpane - and lived to tell about it!! And as if that's not enough, his name pops up in the Epstein Files. Settle in for some great conversations!
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 195 - John Horgan
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 194 - Rod Goelz
Jan. 26, 2026

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 194 - Rod Goelz

Rod Goelz was your typical rockstar-wannabe.  He played in local bands in local bars. But once he started teaching music, he found his real passion.  Now he's using new and different ways of teaching to pass on that passion to students and others who need music in their lives.
Guest:Rod Goelz
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 194 - Rod Goelz
The Musical Innertube - Voume 2, Number 193 - Patrick Berkery
Jan. 5, 2026

The Musical Innertube - Voume 2, Number 193 - Patrick Berkery

Patrick Berkery is the editor of the online daily newsletter for the Keystone Newsroom, delivering news people need and can use in their inbox each morning. He's also started a newsletter that explores all the pizza the state has to offer. Oh and in his spare time (does he HAVE any?), he's a drumme…
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The Musical Innertube - Voume 2, Number 193 - Patrick Berkery
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 192 - Bill Trousdale and Everyone's Favorite Songs
Dec. 22, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 192 - Bill Trousdale and Everyone's Favorite Songs

Happy Holidays!  It's time for end-of-the-year lists, but we've done that one better.  Here are some all-time favorite songs from John, Don, and music historian Bill Trousdale!  Some are obscure, some familiar  - maybe they'll become your favorites, too!
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 192 - Bill Trousdale and Everyone's Favorite Songs
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 191 - Gina School
Dec. 1, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 191 - Gina School

Are you indecisive?  Are you always worrying about what to do, and what not to do? Well, worry no more!  Here is your complete guide to living - just enroll in Gina School! Author, teacher and life coach Gina Barreca tells us the whys and wherefores about her new book.
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 191 - Gina School
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 190 - Jennifer Lin, Phil Chan and an About Face in Ballet
Nov. 10, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 190 - Jennifer Lin, Phil Chan and an About Face in Ballet

Seeing The Nutcracker ballet is an annual Christmas event for many of us. But dancer and choreographer Phil Chan thought the "Chinese Dance" could be updated to give audiences a better idea of what actual Chinese dance is like.  He helped start a movement in that direction for all ballet. Filmmaker…
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 190 - Jennifer Lin, Phil Chan and an About Face in Ballet
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 189 - Murder, Mystery and Magic with Katherine Ramsland and Ruth Setton
Oct. 20, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 189 - Murder, Mystery and Magic with Katherine Ramsland and Ruth Setton

Just in time for Halloween! Did you know there's a Texas Body Farm? Ever hear of the Devil that lives in New Jersey's Pine Barrens? Mystery writer Ruth Setton and forensic psychologist Katherine Ramsland talk about the murder, mystery and magic in their novels - and they have ideas about why women …
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 189 - Murder, Mystery and Magic with Katherine Ramsland and Ruth Setton
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 188 - Art Caplan on Science, Autism and Misinformation
Oct. 6, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 188 - Art Caplan on Science, Autism and Misinformation

This is a must-listen podcast! We have Art Caplan, a real scientist specializing in the ethics of medical care, talking about autism, vaccines, science education - and how the people in charge of the nation's medical care aren't qualified to make these decisions.
Guest:Art Caplan
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 188 - Art Caplan on Science, Autism and Misinformation
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 187 - Jane Eisner Writes About Carole King
Sept. 22, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 187 - Jane Eisner Writes About Carole King

Carole King is a music superstar. She's also suffered from spousal abuse, raised two kids in a primitive cabin in rural Idaho, and wrestled with her Jewish identity. All this and more is contained between the covers of Jane Eisner's biography, "She Made The Earth Move."
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 187 - Jane Eisner Writes About Carole King
A Musical Innertube Extra - Mike Hingson's September 11th Story
Sept. 10, 2025

A Musical Innertube Extra - Mike Hingson's September 11th Story

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.
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A Musical Innertube Extra - Mike Hingson's September 11th Story
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 186 - Dan DeLuca and the Lost Innertube
Sept. 8, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 186 - Dan DeLuca and the Lost Innertube

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.
Guest:Dan DeLuca
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 186 - Dan DeLuca and the Lost Innertube
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 185 - Rebecca Turecky, Ned Phillips and The Last Partera
Aug. 25, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 185 - Rebecca Turecky, Ned Phillips and The Last Partera

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.
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 185 - Rebecca Turecky, Ned Phillips and The Last Partera
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 184 - Bill Trousdale's Summer Music Spectacular!
Aug. 11, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 184 - Bill Trousdale's Summer Music Spectacular!

Celebrate sun and sand and fun with these summer tunes curated by music historian Bill Trousdale! Plus: there's a contest!  And a singalong!
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 184 - Bill Trousdale's Summer Music Spectacular!
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Episode 183 - Amanda Gefter's search for Peter Putnam
July 28, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Episode 183 - Amanda Gefter's search for Peter Putnam

Amanda Gefter was researching a famed physicist when she kept seeing the name "Putnam" in his journals. That led her to an unknown but brilliant scientist who came up with an explanation of how the human brain works.
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Episode 183 - Amanda Gefter's search for Peter Putnam
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 182 - Lee Upton's Wrongful
July 14, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 182 - Lee Upton's Wrongful

Explore with us the world of literary jealousy, a writer who's missing and presumed dead, and a detective who has no idea what she's doing. It's all part of Lee Upton's new novel, Wrongful
Guest:Lee Upton
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 182 - Lee Upton's Wrongful
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 181 - Podcasters Mat Kaplan and Nick Roman
June 30, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 181 - Podcasters Mat Kaplan and Nick Roman

Why should you start a podcast? What kind of feedback can you expect? How hard is it to keep a podcast going? Here's a fun talk with podcasters Mat Kaplan and Nick Roman about all that stuff
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 181 - Podcasters Mat Kaplan and Nick Roman
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 180 - Noel Rubinton
May 19, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 180 - Noel Rubinton

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 180 - Noel Rubinton
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 179 - Robert Speel
April 21, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 179 - Robert Speel

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 179 - Robert Speel
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 178 - Gina Barreca's Fast Famous Women
April 14, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 178 - Gina Barreca's Fast Famous Women

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 178 - Gina Barreca's Fast Famous Women
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 177 - Megan Timpane
March 24, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 177 - Megan Timpane

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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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 177 - Megan Timpane
A Musical Innertube Extra - A Thought for Our Times
March 14, 2025

A Musical Innertube Extra - A Thought for Our Times

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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A Musical Innertube Extra - A Thought for Our Times
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 176 - Amy Julia Becker
March 10, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 176 - Amy Julia Becker

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 176 - Amy Julia Becker
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2 Number 175 - Paul Offit, Vaccines, Measles and RFK Jr.
March 4, 2025

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2 Number 175 - Paul Offit, Vaccines, Measles and RFK Jr.

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.
Guest:Paul Offit
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The Musical Innertube - Volume 2 Number 175 - Paul Offit, Vaccines, Measles and RFK Jr.