EpisodeWhere Did You Come From?
“Where Did You Come From?” is the title of the first track on Suz Slezak’s upcoming collection of lullabies Watching the Nighttime Come. Slezak and David Wax, both members of …
EpisodeReplay: Let There Be Night
Image courtesy Håkon Dahle Nights are getting brighter and most of us no longer experience true darkness. Paul Bogard (James Madison University), author of The End of Night: Searching …
EpisodeBringing Back the Chestnut
Image via flickr user Sonja Stark Later in the show: Whether it’s a traditional hymn or a holiday song from our childhood, many people say Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas …
EpisodeReplay: The Gospel Roots of Rock and Roll
Image via Wikipedia Sister Rosetta Tharpe attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings that were a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and early rock and …
EpisodeAmerica The Beautiful
Marian Anderson Sings at Lincoln Memorial: 1939 # 3 (Image courtesy Smithsonian Institution) From Marian Anderson’s 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial to Marvin Gaye’s singing of the National Anthem …
EpisodeImagining Yoko Ono
Image courtesy Flickr user ge’shmally Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and was vilified by the press in the 1960s for her perceived role in …
EpisodeHip Hop, You Don’t Stop
American-invented hip hop music is now an international phenomenon with rappers in countries like Japan and Senegal. Kevin Kosanovich (College of William and Mary) traces hip hop’s roots, focusing on …
EpisodeNuts and Bolts: Our Brains on STEM
Courtesy of Flickr member CaptPiper What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence? Psychologist Oliver Hill (Virginia State University) believes that special cognitive training can rewire the …
EpisodeLet There Be Night
Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. In our modern world, where nights are getting …
EpisodeReplay: Jazz and Civil Rights
Antonio Garcia (Virginia Commonwealth University) says that the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane cannot be divorced from the struggle for …
