All Pieces for Guy Rathbun

 
Caption: Samantha Montano
By now, most people are waking up to the reality of climate change. Between fires and hurricanes, a large swath of our planet is becoming uninhabit...

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  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Chords Aplenty, Credit: Vector
I’ve heard comparisons between writing popular music and playing chess. There are the usual, recommended openings, but to stand out, writers need c...

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Seth Blaustein
Massive wildfires, flooding and natural disasters: It’s obvious to most observers now that climate change is no hoax. But, most of us feel that the...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Sidney Bechet
One of the most talented New Orleans musicians is Sidney Bechet. Yet the soprano saxophonists is also the most overlooked. Had he not chosen to spe...

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  • Added: Aug 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Caption: Dave Lindorff
It’s no longer out of sight out of mind. Many of our landfills have become a public health hazard. That’s especially true of those near a body of w...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Sunset Cafe
With the introduction of jazz to a broader audience of Americans in 1917, there was vast criticism and a trickle of acceptance. Not everyone was re...

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Caption: Gretchen Ricker
It’s enjoyable to get involved in something that’s bigger than ourself. But debt should not be one of them. Yet, knowing that, our tendency is to b...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
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Caption: David Potter
Throughout history governments rise and fall with varying degrees of success and failure. Democracies are not immune. It’s entirely unpredictable. ...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Billy Banks
Vocalist Billy Banks and other male Vocalists join the program this week to highlight those 1920s singers who were not crooners. In the way Crooner...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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Caption: Samuel Cohn
The adage: If one does not learn from the past, one is doomed to repeat it. Although that doesn’t mean people or their governments are going to rep...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
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Caption: Eddie Condon
When guitarist Eddie Condon and saxophonist Bud Freeman were offered a chance to record traditional jazz in 1938, they jumped at the chance. This w...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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Caption: John Cavanaugh
Water. As people are becoming more aware of the seriousness of climate distruption, it’s become easier to discuss the shortage as well as the extre...

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
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Caption: Storyville
In the late teens and early 1920s, there was a mass exodus of musicians from New Orleans. Most of them were headed to Chicago, but the lure of St. ...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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Caption: Book Cover, Credit: N. Putens
When the Sierra Club was created in 1892, its original mission was to preserve the wilderness. The men who formed the group under the leadership of...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Entrance to Armstong Park
Congo Square: it’s in the heart of old town New Orleans, and considered by many as the birthplace of jazz. Just north of the French Quarter, the ne...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Caption: stef m.shuster
If you think medical treatment for the trans gender population sounds like a straightforward, easily addressed protocol. It’s not. Even today it’s ...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
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Caption: Congo Square
Although the origin of the blues cannot be precisely known, it’s generally understood to have evolved in the Mississippi delta, just north of New O...

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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Caption: Annie Murphy Paul
If someone said to you, “You’re out of your mind,” you might feel insulted. On the other hand, you could take that as a compliment. Research is fin...

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
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Caption: Ethel Waters
She began as a blues singer. Then turned to popular song with a jazz flavor. She was a movie star for her next recreation. And, finally, a gospel s...

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  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Peter T. Coleman
Once a segment of the population becomes miserable, stabilization begins. That shouldn’t be a goal in American politics, but it certainly seems lik...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1