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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468 Pieces

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Five Stones for Goliath
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Zephyr Teachout, Ralph Nader, Nicco Mele, Matt Stoller, and Ben Tarnoff about monopoly power.

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


  • Added: Jul 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Liner Notes for the Revolution
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Daphne Brooks about Black feminist music.

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


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Moral Economics
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Zachary Carter about John Maynard Keynes.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WLPR , WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Middlemarch at the Beach (rerun)
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Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Rebecca Mead, Rosemarie Bodenheimer, and Susan Choi about George Eliot's Middlemarch.

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


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
A Disease of Humanity
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Dr. Aaron Kesselheim and Dr. Jason Karlawish about Alzheimer's disease.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, WLPR , WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Netanyahus
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Joshua Cohen, Sayed Kashua, and Bernard Avishai about fiction, politics, and the end of the Netanyahu era.

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


  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Extraterrestrial Encounters
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Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with astronomer Avi Loeb about the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence.

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


  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Yo-Yo Ma's Bach (rerun)
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Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Yo-Yo Ma about the Cello Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, KALW, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Lab Leak
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Nicholson Baker, Alina Chan, Antonio Regalado, and Richard Ebright about the lab leak hypothesis.

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


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
The Sackler Empire
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe and Kathleen Frydl about the opioid crisis.

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


  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Pandemic Premonitions
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Michael Lewis and Marc Lipsitch about COVID and public health.

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB), WCNY, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
COVID in India
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Abhinandan Sekhri, Kavita Sivaramakrishnan, Keshava Guha, and Vikram Patel about the COVID crisis in India.

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


  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Armenia in History and the Heart
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Nubar Alexanian, Scout Tufankjian, and Christina Maranci about the Armenian diaspora.

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


  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Free World
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Louis Menand about American culture in the years after World II.

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


  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Bidenomics
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Adam Tooze and Steven Pearlstein about Joe Biden's stimulus plan.

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


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Life of Roth
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation about Philip Roth with his biographer, Blake Bailey.

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


  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Back to School
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Noliwe Rooks, Jennifer Berkshire, and Linda Nathan about public education in a polarized, pandemic-stricken America.

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


  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Wagner and Wagnerism (rerun)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Alex Ross about the composer Richard Wagner.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KALW and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
The CRISPR Challenge
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Walter Isaacson and Ben Hurlbut about the promise and perils of gene editing.

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


  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Plague Year Two
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Nicholas Christakis, Camara Jones, and Frank Snowden.

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


  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10

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