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Oct. 3, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Blast from the Past - Glenn Hamilton

From Jul 2, 2020: Meet Glenn Hamilton, a radio personality and Program Director, who talks about the now and the future of radio. Plus, he's a pretty fair musician to boot!

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Sept. 22, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 65 - Hannah Solow

She's performing in "Oklahoma" across the country. She's performing on Twitter and Instagram and TikTok on all your devices. Here and now, Hannah Solow is appearing on the Musical Innertube!

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Sept. 13, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Blast from the Past - Ron Brownstein

Ron Brownstein, Senior Editor at Atlantic Magazine and Senior Political Analyst for CNN, has written Rock Me on the Water, about how 1974 was a watershed year for culture and politics -- when the media started to pay attention.

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Aug. 29, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Blast from the Past - Kiki Soto

On October 7th the salsa music program "Alma Del Barrio" will celebrate 50 years on the air on KXLU-FM in Los Angeles! Kiki Soto tells how he helped put the show on the air, how he and dozens of others kept it going, and why salsa is an important musical…

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Aug. 22, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 74 - Talking Baseball with Sweeny Murti, Nick Roman and...

Baseball is a funny game -- you can win 100 games and miss the playoffs, and a Wild Card team can win the World Series. Sweeny, Nick, Rob, John and Don look at the favorites and the surprises in this year's race for the pennant.

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Aug. 15, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 73 - Robert Thompson on the state of streaming

Netflix is the streaming, the service that helped create "binge watching." But now it's losing subscribers and may have to insert ads in programs. Is this the end? Media expert Robert Thompson has some ideas.

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Aug. 9, 2022

The Musical Innertube Volume 2, Number 72 Car Radio Dog

The most musical thing about the Musical Innertube is our theme song, played by the virtual band Car Radio Dog. Musicians Richard Lindsey and Kevin Timpane join John to talk about their virtual band.

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Aug. 1, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 71 - Julie McKelvey Climbs Denali and Vinson

Last year, a broken foot kept Julie McKelvey off Denali. This year, she topped that mountain, and climbed the highest point at the bottom of the world to boot!

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July 25, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 70 - Mat Kaplan JWST

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are amazing, and Mat Kaplan of the Planetary Society says they're changing the way we think about the universe.

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July 25, 2022

Mat Kaplan JWST Video 3

In our Musical Innertube talk with the Planetary Society's Mat Kaplan about the James Webb Space Telescope, we refer to the first images taken by the JWST. Here's a clip of the program illustrated by the pictures we're talking about! Now you don't have to search all over the web…

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July 25, 2022

Mat Kaplan JWST Video 1

In our Musical Innertube talk with the Planetary Society's Mat Kaplan about the James Webb Space Telescope, we refer to the first images taken by the JWST. Here's a clip of the program illustrated by the pictures we're talking about! Now you don't have to search all over the web…

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July 25, 2022

Mat Kaplan JWST Video 2

In our Musical Innertube talk with the Planetary Society's Mat Kaplan about the James Webb Space Telescope, we refer to the first images taken by the JWST. Here's a clip of the program illustrated by the pictures we're talking about! Now you don't have to search all over the web…

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July 19, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 69 - Gary Sassaman(SEPP)

After a two-year, pandemic-imposed hiatus, the San Diego Comic-Con returns to hosting in-person attendees this year. Gary Sassaman tells tales of working for the Con, designing program books as well as organizing the programs listed in those books.

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July 11, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 68 - Isaac Klein

It's genius! Track down the owners of car vanity license plates and find out what they mean -- and get an interesting back story to boot! Isaac Klein tells Don and John how he came up with his terrific podcast.

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July 4, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 67 - Dick Polman

At this point in our history, you may be asking yourself, "Where, exactly, is this country headed?" Columnist Dick Polman has some interesting answers, starting with the fact that Ireland may have a leg up on us.

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June 27, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 66 - Garry Gilliam Jr.

Garry Gilliam had a difference-making touchdown catch in a playoff game for the Seattle Seahawks. He wants to be a difference maker in his hometown as well. Garry heads up The Bridge, an organization designed to transform old and abandoned buildings into centers that bring housing, education and nutrition into…

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June 6, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 64 - Tad and Jerry and Chip and Dale

These two gumshoes can gather all the clues and tell us if the new Chip and Dale movie is worth seeing. No, not Don and John! Tad Stones was around for the first Rescue Rangers series, and Jerry Beck has made a living out of studying cartoons.

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May 30, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 63 - Mykhailo

Meet Mykhailo. He's an American with a background in special ops and battleground medicine, who has close ties to Ukraine. Listen as he tells John and Don what he saw during his recent time in that war-torn country. If you'd like to help, Mykhailo recommends https://unitedhelpukraine.org/our-focus

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May 23, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 62 - Patty Kim

Election 2022 mania is underway! But the real interesting stuff happens after someone is elected to office. Pennsylvania State Representative Patty Kim tells Don and John about the ups and downs of being elected to public service. (Unfortunately, she can't fix Don's parking tickets....)

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May 9, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 61 - Art Caplan calls for a U.S. Brexit

Bioethicist Art Caplan says the leaked Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade might just lead to different states establishing different values. Some Americans may not want to live in some of those states, prompting them to leave -- causing an American Brexit.

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May 2, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 60 - Dava Sobel

"To be, or not to be..." Poetry, sure, but also the dilemma faced by Schrodinger's cat. Meet Dava Sobel, who curates a magazine column where poetry blends with science. (Both poetry and science have met Don and John, but they won't admit it...)

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April 18, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 59 - Mike Hingson Talks Vintage Radio

We at the Musical Innertube love radio, and so does Mike Hingson, who takes us back to the time not that long ago when radio flourished as an entertainment medium. (When they were on the air, Don and John flushed radio as an entertainment medium.)

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April 11, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 58 - Frank Ferrante

He's been Pseudolus, Max Prince, and the one, the only, Groucho! Frank Ferrante talks with Don and onetime Philadelphia Inquirer theater critic John about his life in the theater and his evening as Groucho, captured on film and playing on PBS this month. Check it out at eveningwithgroucho.com

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April 4, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 57 - Dr. Seema Khosla

Tired of springing forward and falling back? So is the U.S. Senate, apparently. But is permanent DST the best option? And why do we get so frazzled by time changes? Sleep expert Dr. Seema Khosla provides the answers for sleepyheads Don and John.

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