Don Rooney and John Timpane talk with people you'd talk with, if you had a microphone
Play Latest EpisodeBack in college, John and Don hosted a radio show. Once, they went on the air to introduce "a soothing musical interlude"...but they misspoke, and instead introduced "a soothing musical innertube," and the name stuck.
John and Don talk to interesting people about their interesting lives, hobbies and obsessions.
On our newest episode, we talk with Jennifer Lin about her new film ABOUT FACE. Here's a chance to catch up with our talk about her earlier film, TEN TIMES BETTER!
Then, we move on to the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday, talking about traditions, the origins of the holiday, what to prepare for the big meal, how to choose the right wine to go with the meal, and advice from Martin Stewart, Martha's brother, on what to make if you're eating alone for the holiday.
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Don has appeared as an air personality on radio stations in Maryland, New Hampshire, Kansas and Florida. He later became a radio news reporter and anchor in Atlanta and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In Harrisburg, he moved to television, as a news reporter and weatherman. Moving across town to the Pennsylvania state Capitol, Don then spent 18 years as a public relations official with the Pennsylvania State Senate.
One of our favorite author-poet-teachers is in line for a major award! (No, not the leg lamp from A Christmas Story! We're talking MAJOR award here!) Lee Upton's 2024 novel Tabitha, Get Up! has been named as a semi-final…
We here at the Musical Innertube know you like to listen to podcasts. But we've also heard from those of you who say, "John and Don, the Innertube is only 30-40 minutes long! How do we fill the many other minutes of the week?" Here are two su…
Keep an eye on the program listings of your local PBS station to catch Ten Times Better, the short film made by Jennifer Lin - the one we talked about back in Episode 151: The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 151 - Jennifer Lin talks about her …
