Open Source with Christopher Lydon

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An American conversation with global attitude - on the arts, humanities, and global affairs, hosted by Christopher Lydon.

An American conversation with global attitude - on the arts, humanities, and global affairs, hosted by Christopher Lydon

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440 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Aidan Levy about Sonny Rollins.

Bought by WYAP, KMUN, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 39:22
  • Purchases: 3
This Other Eden
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with the novelist Paul Harding.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WYAP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 35:07
  • Purchases: 4
Norman Mailer at 100
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with J. Michael Lennon and John Buffalo Mailer about Norman Mailer.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, KMUN, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 37:31
  • Purchases: 5
A Radical American Life
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Lydia Moland about Lydia Maria Child.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KMUN


  • Added: Feb 10, 2023
  • Length: 35:06
  • Purchases: 5
Thank You, Patrick Lydon
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Remembering Patrick Lydon.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, KSFR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2023
  • Length: 31:48
  • Purchases: 7
Prudent Statecraft (rerun)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations about John Quincy Adams with Sara Martin, James Traub, and Andrew Bacevich.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMUN, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 10
Moonshot Economics (rerun)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Marianna Mazzucato about reframing government's role in the economy.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, KSFR, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Mann the Magician (rerun)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Colm Tóibín about the novelist Thomas Mann.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, WLPR , KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Liner Notes for the Revolution (rerun)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Daphne Brooks about Black feminist music.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WHCP-LP Cambridge, KSFR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 11
Thoroughly Modern Mozart (rerun)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Jan Swafford and Robert Levin about Mozart.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WLPR , KSFR and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Maelstrom of Geopolitics
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Chas Freeman about the changing status of the US in the world.

Bought by KUNM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMUN, KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 11
Silent Spring, 60 Years Later
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Sandra Steingraber and Maria Popover about Rachel Carson.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMUN, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 11
Origin Stories (re-run)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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1492? 1619? 1776? With Nikole Hannah-Jones, Philip Deloria, and Peter Linebaugh, we're talking about American origin stories.

Bought by WYAP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KSFR, KMUN, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Multipolarity
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Trita Parsi, Roberto Unger, and Sarang Shidore about a new multipolar era.

Bought by KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 9
The New Right
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Sohrab Ahmari and Matthew Sitman about the New Right.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMUN, WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WLPR and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 10
Polycrisis
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with economic historian Adam Tooze.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, WLPR , WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 9
A Just Cause
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with James Carroll and Andrew Bacevich about the war in Ukraine and nuclear dangers.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WLPR and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 9
Taiwan, the World-Class Puzzle
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Ed Markey, Jake Werner, Wen Liu, Shelley Rigger, and Lev Nachman about Taiwan and US-China relations.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KSFR and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 9
Humane Wartime
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Samuel Moyn and Mary Dudziak about endless war.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, KSFR, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Historians' Diagnosis
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Robin Kelley, Helen Thompson, and Jackson Lears about the historians' perspective of what ails us.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, KSFR, WLPR and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 8

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