Reviewers call Lee Upton's new book The Withers a dystopian thriller with a dash of the creeping terror of a Grimm's fairy tale. But it's also a story about friendship, hope, survival, and finding one's place in the world. And a cute dog named Petals. Get Lee's book on Amazon!
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we're proud to once again present our friend Mike Hingson talking about his miraculous escape from World Trade Center Tower One shortly after the first attack. A story of courage and keeping your cool, and a tribute to those who saved lives in the…
John talks about one of his favorite obscure summer songs
Glenn Hamilton talks about one of his favorite obscure summer songs
Don talks about one of his favorite obscure summer songs
Bill Trousdale talks about one of his favorite obscure summer songs
Musically, Bill's head is still in the 60s. Don still lives in the 70s. Glenn's time is the 80s. John's head is full of lots of things, including his dad's favorite tunes. Here are a few of their favorite summer songs. You may not have heard these songs for a…
Jesse Wegman tells the story of America's forgotten founder - why he was important and why he was forgotten - in Episode 205 of the Musical Innertube podcast. https://youtu.be/30oCW-Jv5tU
Founding Father James Wilson. Wrote "all men are created equal" 6 years before Jefferson. Came up with the Electoral College for the Constitution. A Supreme Court Justice who helped design America's justice system. Jesse Wegman is here to tell us why no one remembers this Founding Father.
John Timpane talks about what you can expect in his new book, Poetry For Dummies. On the full Innertube episode (#204), he also talks with poets Mark Danowsky, Lynn Levin and Ernest Hilbert about their contributions to the book and about the current state of poetry.
Don and John speak with author John Timpane (in a dual role) about his new book, Poetry For Dummies. John also talks with poets Mark Danowsky, Lynn Levin and Ernest Hilbert about their contributions to the book and about the current state of poetry.
As we celebrate America's 250th birthday, the nation still finds itself sharply divided along political, racial and cultural lines. Dr. Catherine Meeks, who's spent a lifetime working on racial healing, talks about what it will take to make America whole again. https://www.turquoiseandlavender.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Bridging-Rivers-Difference-Proclamation-Resistance/dp/1640659676
Amanda Geftner is one of our favorite science writers, as well as a favorite guest! Her latest essay for NAUTILUS Magazine pinpoints September 1, 1939 as the most precarious day in history. Did we survive? Listen and find out! (Here's a link to Amanda's article: https://nautil.us/the-most-precarious-day-in-the-universe-1280956)
News has come to you in many forms - newspapers, radio, TV, and now the internet and social media. Mostly, it was the facts; but sometimes those facts were twisted to sell more papers or get higher ratings. With social media, opinions can become facts. We talk with people who…
Everyone's Favorite Podcast has reached 200 episodes! And so has the Musical Innertube! Pull up an ear and listen to past guests of the podcast reminisce about their appearances and about what the podcast means to them. Plus, a surprise from John at the end! (BEFORE the credits! We're not…
Growing up in the late 60s/early 70s, our minds were shaped by the Beatles and Motown and Pink Floyd and TV and the Firesign Theater - not necessarily in that order. Firesign was four guys who presented mind-blowing comedy on nine record albums, registered in book form by Jeremy Braddock.
We don't mean to scare you, but a polar vortex is coming! Or maybe we DO mean to scare you. When TV says we're experiencing an atmospheric river or that a major El Nino is on its way, it sounds scary. Penn State meteorologist Jon Nese says sometimes it's serious,…
CBS is ending its radio news service next month. Media expert Robert Thompson says news providers are changing faster than ever - and he wonders about how we'll get accurate facts in the future.
Here, we answer a couple of questions: Why the name "Musical Innertube"? While in college, John and Don hosted a radio show on KUCI-FM in Irvine, CA. Once, they went on the air to introduce "a soothing musical interlude." They mouth-fumbled the announcement so that it came out, "And now,…
Originally posted as Volume 2 Number 64 - These two gumshoes can gather all the clues and tell us if the new Chip and Dale reboot movie is worth seeing! Tad Stones was producer of the first Rescue Rangers TV series for the Disney Afternoon, and Jerry Beck has made…
Originally posted as Volume 2 Number 106 - You've heard it a million times: playing violent video games makes kids violent. Dr. Rachel Kowert is a psychologist who's done the research, and she'll tell you that gaming is actually GOOD for kids. Rachel is Research Director of Take This, a…
Originally posted as Volume 2, Number 58 - He's been Pseudolus, Max Prince, and the one, the only, Groucho! Frank Ferrante talks with Don and onetime Philadelphia Inquirer theater critic John about his life in the theater and his evening as Groucho, captured on film and playing on PBS Passport.…
Think poetry is, kinda, welll....? Try telling that to the over 97 thousand people who have signed up all over the world for Al Filreis' online Modern Poetry course, MoPod! And if you watch to the end of the podcast, there's a special discount to help you join in on…
John Horgan is a science writer and science writing teacher whose seminal work is entitled "The End of Science." He visited India with John Timpane - and lived to tell about it!! And as if that's not enough, his name pops up in the Epstein Files. Settle in for some…