All Pieces for Guy Rathbun

 
The Origins of RCA-Victor
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Victor ODJB 78 RPM
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was one of the first major record labels, and arguably the best. They became a revolutionary force in the mu...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 2
Sharing is Good
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Beth Buczynski
Consumption and consumerism – they are the cornerstones of American society. Many feel that that model is about to change. We either continue on th...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Benny Before Big Band
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Goodman
This program is devoted to Benny Goodman’s earliest years in the recording business. His inventive style is heard with the Ben Pollack Orchestra, H...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightening
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Migrant Mother, Credit: Dorothea Lange
Author Elizabeth Partridge provides an authoritative biographical essay for a new book on the work of the twentieth century’s most important photog...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 17:29
Hardwiring Happiness
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Rick Hanson
Neuropsychologist Dr. Rick Hanson has a different way of looking at the functions of the brain. What he’s realized is that simply using positive th...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Jimmy Blythe - The Enigma
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Alley Rat by Jimmy Blythe
Pianist and composer James Louis Blythe is lost in obscurity today, but during his all too brief career, he was considered among the very best. Bly...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Family: Three Journeys Into the Heart of the Twentieth Century
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: David Laskin
Bestselling author David Laskin unfolds a sweeping epic that spans the three major upheavals the affected Jews in the twentieth century: immigratio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Georgia Stomps
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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It’s an understatement to say that Georgia was not known as a mecca for early jazz; nevertheless, there are several quality musicians from the Atla...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
L'Americain: A Photojournalist's Life
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: L'Americain book cover, Credit: front cover photo by Richard Wood
The photojournalism crafted by John Launois is iconic. His work graced the covers of Newsweek, Time, The Saturday Evening Post, Fortune, Look, Roll...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 19:24
Separation of Church & State
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Atheists United of SLO, Credit: Atheists United of SLO
The Pismo Beach City Council, San Luis Obispo, California, opens its weekly meetings with a prayer. Now they’re being asked to stop.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Sizzlin' Strings - Hot Violins
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie South
This program is devoted to the pioneers of jazz violin including Stephane Grappelli, Eddie South, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Clifford Hayes, and many...

Bought by KMUW, WNCU, and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
Z.E.R.O. Zero Paid Media as the New Marketing Model
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Z.E.R.O.
Joseph Jaffe is the author of the bestsellers, Life After the 30-second Spot, Join the Conversation and Flip the Funnel. His latest is co-authored...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Uptown-Downtown
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Apollo Club
Featuring those top-notch musicians and band leaders who were successful in New York City and Harlem in 1933.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Far from the Tree
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Andrew Soloman
Andrew Soloman's proposal, in his recent book, is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition. Our differences are what unite us.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Madame Tussaud’s Dance Orchestra
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum is famous, with exhibits around the world. In the early 1930s, a restaurant and small dance floor provided an ideal set...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Alan Weisman
Journalist and author Alan Weisman traveled to 21 countries to ask four questions that experts agreed were probably the most important on Earth. Hi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Rhythmakers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Billy Banks
Under the leadership of guitarist Jack Bland, The Rhythmakers constituted one of the more exciting bands of the 1930s boasting a lineup that includ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Living in the Shadow of the Cross
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Paul Kivel
Christianity has provided many positive events: assisting the underprivileged, supported education and promoted social justice, however, its also f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Joe Robichaux & his New Orleans Boys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe Robichaux
On the one had, you can say that pianist and arranger Joe Robichaux was a New Orleans musician, on the other, his unique sound set him apart from h...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Kids Cancer Research Foundation
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Kids Cancer Research Foundation, Credit: foundation logo
Pediatric cancer strikes a relatively small number of victims, and market incentives do not provide clear financial motivation for investors to fun...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1

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