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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465 Pieces

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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