All the Innertubes, conveniently gathered in one place
Oct. 15, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 160 - Ian Bogost
Remember "piling into a car?" Remember "soccer moms" driving minivans? Remember when every other car wasn't a black SUV shaped like a shoe? Writer Ian Bogost talks about the latest changes in cars, and attitudes.
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Oct. 8, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 159 - Nick Roman talks Baseball Playoffs 2024
Once again, here's three guys talking baseball. Nick Roman's Dodgers are in the playoffs, as are John's and Don's Phillies, and they're happy. But there are a lot of other dangerous teams in the mix as well!
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Oct. 1, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 158 - Fran Metzman
Fran Metzman writes about the Cha-Cha Babes, "boomer" women who haved found freedom later in life. They find that freedom can be fun, but can also lead to dangerous situations.
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Sept. 24, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 157 - Galina Vromen
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.
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Sept. 17, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 156 - Mike Hingson and Keri Wyatt Kent
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.
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Sept. 11, 2024
The Musical Innertube Extra - September 11th, Mike Hingson and Roselle
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.
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Sept. 10, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 155 - More Music with Bill Trousdale
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.
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Sept. 3, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 154 - Mykhaylo Tells Us How to Help Ukraine
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 https://houseofukraine.org/tactical-rescue-medicine-and-hypothermia-equipment/
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Aug. 27, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 153 - Katherine Ramsland Caught Dead-Handed
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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Aug. 20, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 152 - Jon Burlingame, Henry Mancini and Peter Gunn
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.
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Aug. 13, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 151 - Jennifer Lin talks about her film Ten Times Better
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."
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Aug. 6, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 150 - Carl Parker talks about Twisters
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.
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July 30, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 149 - Dick Polman on the new political realities
Overnight, the 2024 presidential race has changed with the candidacy of Vice-President Kamala Harris. Political commentator Dick Polman sets up the field and the stakes in the three months left before the election.
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July 23, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 148 - Nick Roman talks baseball
Just three old friends - and baseball fans - sitting around talking about what they like and don't like about the 2024 season at the All-Star break. And about the best and worst baseball parks.
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July 16, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 147 - Art Caplan on the 2024 Olympics
Bioethicist Art Caplan says there are a lot of health challenges at the Olympics, starting with swimming in the sewer that is the Seine River. Also, are we all ready for retirement?
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July 9, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 146 - Lee Upton
Lee Upton, author of "Tabitha, Get Up!", talks about creating her comic novel about a biographer who takes on two clients and, through a series of misadventures, writes about neither one of them.
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July 2, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 145 - Bill Trousdale
Music historian Bill Trousdale says the "Northern Soul" music played by regional bands in Central Pennsylvania in the 60s and 70s had a ripple effect on music trends across the country and around the world
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June 25, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 144 - Michael Wood on Proust
French author Marcel Proust wrote only one novel, In Search of Lost Time. This seven-volume tome is regarded by some, including Princeton professor emeritus Michael Wood, to be one of the best novels ever written.
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June 18, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 143 - Michael Wood on Hitchcock
He's a professer emeritus of English and comparative literature at Princeton. But Michael Wood is also a fan of the cinema, especially the films of Alfred Hitchcock, and that's because, with Hitch, truth can be elusive.
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June 11, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Episode 142 - Carl Parker's 2024 Summer Weather Outlook
Another wild-weather summer is on tap, featuring hurricanes, tornadoes, extreme heat, and wildfires. Meteorologist Carl Parker of the Weather Channel says it's possible to tackle climate change in your own backyard.
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June 4, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 141 - Eric Jorgensen
What wine should you have with dinner? What wine's good for just relaxing at the end of the day? Eric Jorgensen of WineBusiness.com says wines aren't really confusing if you keep a few simple facts in mind.
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May 28, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Episode 140 - Jerry Beck Introduces MeTV Toons
In less than a month, MeTV Toons will premiere! Cartoon historian Jerry Beck is putting it all together, and he talked EXCLUSIVELY on the Innertube about his plans to feature cartoons from all phases of animation history.
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May 21, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 139 - Joy Stocke Returns!
Chef and author Joy Stocke is back! John tells Joy how her Russian Potato Salad was the hit of a party! Joy reveals her recipe for home-made Rice-A-Roni! And everyone marvels at the versatility of pickle relish!
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May 14, 2024
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 138 - Mat Kaplan goes to Mars!
Our old pal Mat Kaplan of the Planetary Society has just returned from the 2024 Humans to Mars Summit, and he's happy to tell us exactly how close we are to colonizing the Red Planet.
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