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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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
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....)
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.
"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...)
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.)
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
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.
The Musical Innertube gets musical with David Loud! He shares stories with Don and John about his time as a Broadway actor, pianist, conductor, arranger - and a person dealing with Parkinson's disease. The details are in his book, Facing the Music (Facing the Music | Book by David Loud…
As Russia invades Ukraine, cell phones, social media, and traditional TV cameras are giving us intimate details of the conflict. Media expert Robert Thompson talks about the results, good and bad.
When the CDC needed advice on the COIVID vaccines, one of the people they turned to was Paul Offit. Here Paul gives John and Don a review of the COVID vaccine story and a look ahead to its future.
Be vewwwy quiet...Don and John are talking with Jerry Beck, cartoon lover and historian! Listen in for tales of 'toons, from the arrival of sound to the enhancement of CGI. (By the way, John's the one wearing Mickey Mouse ears, and Don's the one wearing CG underwear.)
Spring's on the way, time for baseball! Not so fast - Sweeny Murti says, once again, players and owners are having a moneyball problem. Will this, once again, cause strikes on the street instead of on the diamond?
Holly would, and Mary did! Mary Lyon worked in Los Angeles radio for decades as a news and entertainment reporter. Here are some of the entertaining stories Mary gathered on the beat! (Don and John are just beat.)
"What a long, strange trip it's been." A phrase perfectly suited to Don and John, who are "deadheads" in EVERY sense of the word. Join our hosts as they walk you back through 50 episodes. (Just make sure you don't trip while walking backwards.)
How long to quarantine? Mask or no mask? Open schools or remote learning? Bioethicist Art Caplan answers all your COVID questions and says the messaging on COVID should be a little clearer and more direct. (You know, like John and Don, only not as silly.)
Author, advisor and TEDx-talker Jill Sherer Murray shows John and Don how letting go can led to new paths -- and sometimes a whole new life. Also, you'll discover why we almost named this episode, "I paid good money for that shaman!"
Like his contemporaries Edison and the Wright brothers, John Browning changed the world with his inventions. Nathan Gorenstein tells about the life and times of the genius who revolutionized how guns are made.