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Speedy Delivery: A Chat With Mr. McFeely

WOUB — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:10:03 +0000

Athens, Ohio

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mlive.com

David Newell as Mr. McFeely

On this edition of Conversations from Studio B, hosts Carolyn Lewis and Sara Lorenz talk with David Newell, a.k.a. Mr. McFeely, of the classic PBS series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.

In town to attend the Athens International Film and Video Festival, Newell talked with Lewis and Lorenz about the early days of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, how Newell ended up playing Mr. McFeely and the impact Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood has had on multiple generations of children.

“What you see is what you get. It’s not an act. I worked with Fred [Rogers] for thirty-five years, I think. And he was always Fred,” says Newell.

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Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks At The Fur Peace Ranch

WOUB — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:01 +0000

Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks recorded in performance at the Fur Peace Ranch from September 12, 2008.

BackStory With The American History Guys

WOUB — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:35:38 +0000

BackStory is a weekly radio show that provides an enjoyable and accessible way of engaging challenging themes in American history and how they connect with today. The show is hosted by renowned historians Peter Onuf, Ed Ayers, and Brian Balogh. BackStory’s signature sound and spirit of inquiry emanates from the hearts and minds of its genial hosts, whose unscripted brilliance reflects a warmth and rapport that comes from their longtime friendship.

BackStory can be heard each Wednesday at noon on 1340 AM WOUB, or with the PRX player above.

Moving from current headlines to drill down into U.S. history, each surprising BackStory episode features lively interviews with a diverse roster of scholars, experts, and ordinary citizens from around the country; listener calls; host discussions; and produced pieces. Topics are as diverse as college sports, reenactments, sugar, memorials, domestic terrorism, birthing, homeownership, the post office, philanthropy, protests, privacy, marriage, revivalism, and childhood—all in the context of American history.

BackStory is produced by VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Major funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities with additional corporate, foundation, institutional, and individual support.

Big Picture Science

WOUB — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:45:05 +0000

Big Picture Science is a weekly one-hour science magazine that connects ideas in surprising and humorous ways to illuminate the origins and evolution of life and technology on this planet… and beyond.

From free-thinking robots... to the recipe for dark matter... to the mix-and-match genes of synthetic biology, we have it all! One episode a month, Skeptic Check, is devoted to critical thinking.

Produced at the SETI Institute and hosted by Seth Shostak and Molly Bentley.

Filmspotting

WOUB — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:45 +0000

Filmspotting is an hour-long program about film. Each week, hosts Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen bring you movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film talk. Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune joins in monthly.

Special features include "Massacre Theatre," movie marathons and "sacred cow" discussions, in which Filmspotting looks back and reexamines films considered to be among the greatest of all time.

Filmspotting can be heard each Thursday at noon on 1340 AM WOUB, or with the PRX player above.

A Way With Words

WOUB — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:42:23 +0000

A Way with Words is a lively radio show about language. Author Martha Barnette and dictionary editor Grant Barrett take calls about slang, grammar, old sayings, word origins, regional dialects, family expressions, and speaking and writing well. A Way with Words can be heard each Friday at noon on WOUB 1340 AM, or with the PRX player above.

Co-host/producer Martha Barnette has a background in Latin and ancient Greek. She’s a stickler for grammatical rules, and makes a point of explaining them with little anecdotes and tricks that make those rules clear and easy to remember. Raised in the South, she has a warm and accessible on-air presence. Despite that down-home charm, when she and her co-host get into a grammatical tussle, those white gloves come off.

Co-host/producer Grant Barrett is an American lexicographer and dictionary editor specializing in slang and new words. Whether he’s scouring obscure corners of the Internet, mining electronic databases, or digging through the library stacks, Grant ferrets out new and surprising terms that make our language colorful.

David Bromberg At The Fur Peace Ranch

WOUB — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:43 +0000

David Bromberg in performance at the Fur Peace Ranch from October 27, 2012, including solo performance, with Jorma Kaukonen, and with the David Bromberg Quartet.

Commander Hartwick Signing Off

WOUB — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:45:02 +0000

Athens, Ohio

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nationalgeographic.com

Helix Nebula

On this edition of Conversations from Studio B, Maryann Hartwick and George Eberts of the Southeast Ohio Astronomical Society discuss some recent astronomical events in the early summer night sky.

Hartwick and Eberts discuss the debate between the classification of large asteroids as small planets, and vice versa. This program also marks Maryann Hartwicks last show as a regular contributor at Conversations from Studio B after more than a decade on air.

George Eberts, Tom O’Grady and Bob Eichenberg will continue to bring Studio B listeners astronomical updates on the last Sunday of each month at 12:00 P.M. on WOUB 1340 AM.

For more information on the Southeast Ohio Astronomical Society, visit www.athensastronomy.org

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Cultural Identity In Athens And Abroad

WOUB — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:05 +0000

Athens, Ohio

L-R: Micia Clemmons, Danielle Echols, Lawrence R. Greene, Monisha Mukhija, Sarah Indigo Goodson

On this edition of Conversations from Studio B, host Danielle Echols talks with Monisha Mukhija, Micia Clemmons, Lawrence R. Green and Sarah Indigo Goodson about topics of racial authenticity.

Echols, Mukhija, Clemmons, Greene and Goodson discuss various ways identity is constructed in society, their experiences in Athens and abroad, and how their identity has shifted overtime in these different places.

“I’ve always felt that a lot of reality comes from our concept of story, or the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. And cultural identity is one of those stories that we are telling ourselves”, says Greene.

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Certified Green Gardening

WOUB — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:48:27 +0000

Athens, Ohio

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idealhomegarden.com

On this edition of Conversations from Studio B, host Kim Valentour talks with Kate Casher, a graduate student in nutrition science, and Francis McFadden, director of the Atrium Café in Grover Center at Ohio University.

Valentour, McFadden and Casher discuss what it takes to become a Certified Green Restaurant, tips for starting up your spring garden, as well as some suggestions for rookie gardeners.

“You can start seeds inside, so your tomato plants and your pepper plants can be started inside, as long as you have them close to the window and you’re keeping them warm”, says Casher.

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