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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Billie Holiday at 100
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations about Billie Holiday with John Szwed, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dominique Eade, Marissa Nadler, Janice Pendarvis, and Rebecca Sullivan.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KCNP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Write Like the Russians
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with George Saunders on how to write like Chekhov and Tolstoy.

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


  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
Malcolm X in Boston and Beyond
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Will Power, Kerri Greenidge, Brandon Terry, and Rodnell Collins about Malcolm X.

Bought by KSFR, WYAP, WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Market Mania
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Mark Blyth, Joseph Stiglitz, Zachary Carter, and Matt Taibbi about the GameStop market frenzy.

Bought by KALW, WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WYAP, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Presidential Poetry
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Eileen Myles, Stephanie Burt, Clint Smith, Christian Lorentzen, and Marianne Williamson about literature in a new presidential era.

Bought by WKMS, WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Moral Prophecy
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Cornel West and Susannah Heschel about prophetic wisdom.

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


  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
The Abyss
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Tressie McMillan Cottom, David Blight, and Stephen Van Evera about the storming of the Capitol and the Georgia election.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KMUN, KALW, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
St. Louis Blues
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with historian Walter Johnson about racial capitalism and St. Louis, MO.

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


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Yo-Yo Ma's Bach (rerun)
From: Open Source
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 WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Greta Gerwig Meets Louisa May Alcott (rerun)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Greta Gerwig about Little Women, along with a visit to Louisa May Alcott's home with Jan Turnquist and a conversation with Mari...

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


  • Added: Dec 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Joy and Genius of Erroll Garner
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley about the jazz pianist Erroll Garner.

Bought by KCNP, KMUW, WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KSFR and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
The mRNA Story
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Derrick Rossi, Matthew Meselson, Nahid Bhadelia, and Fred Ledley about mRNA and COVID vaccines.

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


  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Empire in Denial
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
Caption: Stephen Wertheim
We're speaking with Stephen Wertheim about 80 years of America's policing the world—and where the imperial itch might go post-Trump.

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


  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
Origin Stories (re-run)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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1492? 1619? 1776? We’re talking with Nikole Hannah-Jones, Philip Deloria, and Peter Linebaugh about American origin stories.

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


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 9
Documenting Democracy: Fred Wiseman's 'City Hall'
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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An hour discussion with a master film-maker, whose latest institutional study examines Boston's local government

Bought by WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSFR, KALW, KMXT and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 8
Election Disconnection
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A roundtable on the 2020 U.S. election with several Open Source All Stars

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


  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 8
Arthur Kleinman's Soul of Care (re-run)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Dr. Arthur Kleinman about personal and medical lessons learned from care. Originally broadcast February 20, 2020.

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


  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
COVID on the Ballot
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with David Shumway Jones and Nicholas Christakis about the coronavirus pandemic in election season.

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


  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
JFK in the American Century
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with historian Fredrik Logevall about JFK.

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


  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Upswing
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett about community and individualism in the United States.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW, KICI Iowa City, KMXT and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6

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