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On this show I want to cover two films about people trying to do something no one else has done; both of them played in theaters during the past ye...
- Added: Jul 31, 2019
- Length: 04:26
Jacques Becker’s final film is an intensely focused drama about a seemingly impossible prison escape, based on real events.
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 03:07
A documentary tells of a couple’s struggle to create and maintain an organic farm that is totally in harmony with nature.
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 04:19
English director Joanna Hogg presents the pain of a young woman filmmaker’s destructive relationship with an addict in The Souvenir, while Pamela B...
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 09:07
OutCaster Andrew talks about why it’s important for both LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ people to have an awareness of LGBTQ history.
Bought by WMMT
- Added: May 31, 2019
- Length: 05:20
- Purchases: 1
In the early 1970s, at the peak of her powers and her success, Aretha Franklin decided that she wanted to make a gospel album, going back to the mu...
- Added: May 23, 2019
- Length: 04:35
Elisabeth Moss dominates the screen as a crash-and-burn rock star in Alex Ross Perry’s latest provocative drama.
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 03:54
In 1917, a tragic and criminal episode in American history occurred in the copper mining town of Bisbee, Arizona. Local miners had recently been or...
- Added: Jan 31, 2019
- Length: 04:34
I’ve remarked more than once, here on the show, on the unique qualities that director Wes Anderson brings to his films.
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 04:44
For someone who writes about films as I do, there are always cases of movies that fly under the radar, escaping my notice, maybe not even playing l...
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 03:35
Mudbound tells the stories of people who don’t often get their stories told: poor white farmers and black sharecroppers in the South during the 194...
- Added: Feb 12, 2018
- Length: 04:02
Many are indifferent to fashion, and I happen to be one of them. But I do recognize that for those who are interested, it can be a serious business...
- Added: Feb 12, 2018
- Length: 04:32
This last year saw the release of Blade Runner 2049, a sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner. It’s rather unusual for a sequel to...
- Added: Jan 24, 2018
- Length: 04:40
There have been three films this year featuring the rescue of British troops from Dunkirk, and two about Winston Churchill. I’m not sure why this w...
- Added: Jan 17, 2018
- Length: 04:32
There have been quite a few dramatic films on the theme of the death penalty, most of them making an eloquent case against it, and some of them rea...
- Added: Dec 09, 2017
- Length: 03:26
Among the films of Federico Fellini are a few that have achieved classic status, and deservedly so, such as La Strada, La Dolce Vita, and 8 ½. But ...
- Added: Oct 26, 2017
- Length: 04:45
It was the 1960s – and throughout the United States, opposition to the War in Vietnam was growing. The Draft forced young men to make a choice abo...
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- Added: Jun 23, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Learn About the History of Grog! Also Go Behind the Scenes of a Wine Party Cruise with Captain Jerry! The Wine Fellers is an upbeat, good chemist...
- Added: Mar 20, 2017
- Length: 01:00:00
The focus this week is on the impact of habeas corpus both for prisoners and their loved ones. We begin with news on a call-in effort for queer and...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 29:01
What would you do if you had 100Million Euros (or more!) to spend on a country? What would you spend it on?
The leaders of Macedonia chose statues...
- Added: Oct 13, 2015
- Length: 14:58
In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada lies the San Juan Ridge. On the Ridge, tucked away amongst towering pines, flanked by two forks of the Yuba R...
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 28:25
After all, you do need something to listen to when on infinite hold with Verizon.
- Added: Mar 26, 2014
- Length: 02:26
Adam Karlin talks about the Boat Parade during Lundi Gras in New Orleans, and how he likes it more than the more traditional parts of Carnival.
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 04:39
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 03:49
From farm to fork, few things matter more than the food we eat. We all want the freedom and opportunity to choose what ends up on our plate- but wh...
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- Added: Feb 06, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
