Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRoots of Rock and R&B: Dion and Allen Toussaint
All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly and R&B. We listen back to a 2000 interview with fo…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Roots of R&B: Charles Brown & Ray Charles
All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly and R&B. We listen back to a 1989 interview with si…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Roots of R&B: 'Stand By Me'
All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly and R&B. Soul singer Ben E. King began his career i…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Roots of R&B: Johnny Otis & Etta James
All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly and R&B. Singer, songwriter, producer and talent sc…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Roots of Rock: Sun Records & Johnny Cash
All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly and R&B. Sam Phillips discovered Elvis Presley and …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Roots Of Rock: "Blue Suede Shoes"
All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly and R&B. We're kicking it off with Terry Gross's in…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Remembering Actor Terence Stamp
We remember British actor Terence Stamp, who died last week at age 87. He starred in the film The Limey, as an ex-con out for revenge, and in The Adv…
8 months ago
Robert Reich: The Baby Boomers Fell Short
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich served under President Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He opens his new memoir, Coming Up Short, with an apology on…
8 months ago
The Dramatic Overhaul Of The Justice Dept.
The New Yorker’s Ruth Marcus says Bondi has presided over the DOJ's most convulsive transition of power since Watergate, aggressively reversing polic…
8 months ago
Spike Lee On Dynamic Duos & Reimagining Kurosawa
Spike Lee's new film, Highest 2 Lowest, centers on a music mogul (Denzel Washington) who faces a moral dilemma when kidnappers mistakenly hold his fr…
8 months ago