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During prohibition train fare to Canada was considerably cheaper than dealing with the mob syndicate that controlled liquor distribution. Not only ...
- Added: May 24, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
In the latter 1920s the art of crooning became very popular. Male vocalists began performing their songs in a romantic, intimate, just-for-you styl...
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- Added: Apr 18, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Poets and troubadours have been writing and singing about it for centuries. The music of the 1920s is no different. This program features a selecti...
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- Added: Mar 29, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
TED Talks meets The Moth meets The History Channel? ...with Dead Ladies. In this episode -- Constance Markievicz. The Irish revolutionary known as ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 33:11
Just like a real-life Zach Morris, a teenager in the 90's writes his own episode of Saved By The Bell and tries to get it on the air. Listen to th...
- Added: Feb 11, 2018
- Length: 20:07
We love all things horror, but don't know why. We explore the many ways in which humans experience fear. We discuss people's greatest fears, and as...
- Added: Nov 30, 2017
- Length: 08:22
Since there were no rules about where jazz fit into the scheme of popular music in the 1920s, every imaginable fell into the grand experiment. Basi...
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- Added: Sep 28, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
He was known as "The Titan of the Tuba," and by any measure he was beyond the standard rhythm section player.
- Added: Aug 30, 2017
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 3
- Added: May 04, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The dawn of the 20th century ushered in an era of innovation never seen before. By the 1920s it seemed that everything and everyone was in motion.
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- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
There is a myriad of possible themes in musical circles, but among the most common is the love theme. Finding love, being in love, or losing love. ...
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- Added: Apr 20, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Helen Kane's name went up in lights in the in the 1920. She became one of the recording industries biggest stars.
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- Added: Apr 13, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Funny Girl by Nick Hornby.
- Added: Mar 05, 2017
- Length: 02:54
Here's Gerald's audio book review of An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin.
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 03:10
Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Woody by Peter Lefcourt.
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 02:13
Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Mackerel Plaza by Peter De Vries.
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 02:49
Here's Gerald's audio book review of President Me: The America That's in My Head by Adam Carolla.
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 02:23
Here's Gerald's audio book review of A Good Year by Peter Mayle.
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 02:39
Here's an essay on the past as future by sci-fi cult author Thomas Page.
- Added: Jan 25, 2017
- Length: 03:12
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Elizabeth the First Wife by Lian Dolan.
- Added: Jan 25, 2017
- Length: 02:11
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler.
- Added: Jan 25, 2017
- Length: 04:05
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Forever Panting by Peter De Vries
- Added: Jan 15, 2017
- Length: 02:04
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse.
- Added: Jan 12, 2017
- Length: 02:28
He left the East Coast for the West Coast to become an actor. Instead he became a comedian. And just as his career was taking off, he was diagnosed...
- Added: Nov 25, 2016
- Length: 26:34
Steve Moore is a slight man, drawn somewhat by the disease he lives with. I’d put him at about 140 pounds. But that might be a little much. Steve’s...
- Added: Nov 25, 2016
- Length: 26:08
