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July 25, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 70 - Mat Kaplan JWST

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are amazing, and Mat Kaplan of the Planetary Society says they're changing the way we think about the universe.

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July 25, 2022

Mat Kaplan JWST Video 3

In our Musical Innertube talk with the Planetary Society's Mat Kaplan about the James Webb Space Telescope, we refer to the first images taken by the JWST. Here's a clip of the program illustrated by the pictures we're talking about! Now you don't have to search all over the web…

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July 25, 2022

Mat Kaplan JWST Video 1

In our Musical Innertube talk with the Planetary Society's Mat Kaplan about the James Webb Space Telescope, we refer to the first images taken by the JWST. Here's a clip of the program illustrated by the pictures we're talking about! Now you don't have to search all over the web…

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July 25, 2022

Mat Kaplan JWST Video 2

In our Musical Innertube talk with the Planetary Society's Mat Kaplan about the James Webb Space Telescope, we refer to the first images taken by the JWST. Here's a clip of the program illustrated by the pictures we're talking about! Now you don't have to search all over the web…

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July 19, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 69 - Gary Sassaman(SEPP)

After a two-year, pandemic-imposed hiatus, the San Diego Comic-Con returns to hosting in-person attendees this year. Gary Sassaman tells tales of working for the Con, designing program books as well as organizing the programs listed in those books.

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July 11, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 68 - Isaac Klein

It's genius! Track down the owners of car vanity license plates and find out what they mean -- and get an interesting back story to boot! Isaac Klein tells Don and John how he came up with his terrific podcast.

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July 4, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 67 - Dick Polman

At this point in our history, you may be asking yourself, "Where, exactly, is this country headed?" Columnist Dick Polman has some interesting answers, starting with the fact that Ireland may have a leg up on us.

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June 27, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 66 - Garry Gilliam Jr.

Garry Gilliam had a difference-making touchdown catch in a playoff game for the Seattle Seahawks. He wants to be a difference maker in his hometown as well. Garry heads up The Bridge, an organization designed to transform old and abandoned buildings into centers that bring housing, education and nutrition into…

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June 6, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 64 - Tad and Jerry and Chip and Dale

These two gumshoes can gather all the clues and tell us if the new Chip and Dale movie is worth seeing. No, not Don and John! Tad Stones was around for the first Rescue Rangers series, and Jerry Beck has made a living out of studying cartoons.

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May 30, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 63 - Mykhailo

Meet Mykhailo. He's an American with a background in special ops and battleground medicine, who has close ties to Ukraine. Listen as he tells John and Don what he saw during his recent time in that war-torn country. If you'd like to help, Mykhailo recommends https://unitedhelpukraine.org/our-focus

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May 23, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 62 - Patty Kim

Election 2022 mania is underway! But the real interesting stuff happens after someone is elected to office. Pennsylvania State Representative Patty Kim tells Don and John about the ups and downs of being elected to public service. (Unfortunately, she can't fix Don's parking tickets....)

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May 9, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 61 - Art Caplan calls for a U.S. Brexit

Bioethicist Art Caplan says the leaked Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade might just lead to different states establishing different values. Some Americans may not want to live in some of those states, prompting them to leave -- causing an American Brexit.

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May 2, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 60 - Dava Sobel

"To be, or not to be..." Poetry, sure, but also the dilemma faced by Schrodinger's cat. Meet Dava Sobel, who curates a magazine column where poetry blends with science. (Both poetry and science have met Don and John, but they won't admit it...)

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April 18, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 59 - Mike Hingson Talks Vintage Radio

We at the Musical Innertube love radio, and so does Mike Hingson, who takes us back to the time not that long ago when radio flourished as an entertainment medium. (When they were on the air, Don and John flushed radio as an entertainment medium.)

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April 11, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 58 - Frank Ferrante

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 this month. Check it out at eveningwithgroucho.com

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April 4, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 57 - Dr. Seema Khosla

Tired of springing forward and falling back? So is the U.S. Senate, apparently. But is permanent DST the best option? And why do we get so frazzled by time changes? Sleep expert Dr. Seema Khosla provides the answers for sleepyheads Don and John.

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March 28, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 56 - David Loud

The Musical Innertube gets musical with David Loud! He shares stories with Don and John about his time as a Broadway actor, pianist, conductor, arranger - and a person dealing with Parkinson's disease. The details are in his book, Facing the Music (Facing the Music | Book by David Loud…

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March 21, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 55 - Robert Thompson on TV's Coverage of the Ukraine War

As Russia invades Ukraine, cell phones, social media, and traditional TV cameras are giving us intimate details of the conflict. Media expert Robert Thompson talks about the results, good and bad.

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March 14, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 54 - Paul Offit's Vaccine Update

When the CDC needed advice on the COIVID vaccines, one of the people they turned to was Paul Offit. Here Paul gives John and Don a review of the COVID vaccine story and a look ahead to its future.

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March 7, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 53 - Jerry Beck

Be vewwwy quiet...Don and John are talking with Jerry Beck, cartoon lover and historian! Listen in for tales of 'toons, from the arrival of sound to the enhancement of CGI. (By the way, John's the one wearing Mickey Mouse ears, and Don's the one wearing CG underwear.)

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Feb. 14, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 52 - Sweeny Murti and the Baseball Lockout

Spring's on the way, time for baseball! Not so fast - Sweeny Murti says, once again, players and owners are having a moneyball problem. Will this, once again, cause strikes on the street instead of on the diamond?

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Jan. 24, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 51 - Mary Lyon

Holly would, and Mary did! Mary Lyon worked in Los Angeles radio for decades as a news and entertainment reporter. Here are some of the entertaining stories Mary gathered on the beat! (Don and John are just beat.)

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Jan. 17, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 50 - A Retrospective

"What a long, strange trip it's been." A phrase perfectly suited to Don and John, who are "deadheads" in EVERY sense of the word. Join our hosts as they walk you back through 50 episodes. (Just make sure you don't trip while walking backwards.)

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Jan. 10, 2022

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 49 - Art Caplan on the Messages of COVID

How long to quarantine? Mask or no mask? Open schools or remote learning? Bioethicist Art Caplan answers all your COVID questions and says the messaging on COVID should be a little clearer and more direct. (You know, like John and Don, only not as silly.)

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