Programming

JOIN ME TONIGHT OR ON ARCHIVES FOR THE MAMAS AND PAPAS STORY AND MUSIC.  THE GROUPS THEY WERE IN BEFORE THEY BECAME THE MAMAS AND PAPAS.  THE SHOW CAN BE FOUND ON ARCHIVES TILL JUNE 26 .  LAST WEEKS SHOW ON ‘ THE BYRDS’ IS STILL AVAILABLE TILL JUNE 22ND.

Tensions have been growing between Mainland China and Taiwan. Like a lot of current political situations it’s difficult to understand without historical context. My guest today is Eve J. Chung. Her book, Daughters of Shandong, is fiction but it’s based on her grandmother’s flight from Communist China to the Island of Taiwan. PPT: Episode 11

Eclectricity returns for the first in a series of shows focusing on The Byrds, the Mamas and Papas and The Eagles.  You’ll get to hear music from the bands they became best known for plus the groups they were in bef0re and after they were part of that band.   There’ll also be shows on the […]

Paul “Junior” Sciré of “Soul Kitchen” on WSLR is a big fan of the Bob Marley quote, “one good thing about music is that when it hits, you feel no pain.” Sciré’s “music for the soul” themed show airs alternating Sundays from 7-9 p.m. on WSLR. “Soul Kitchen” highlights the best in rhythm & blues, funk, […]

In this episode of The Progressive Page Turner we talk about the debut novel of Sadi Muktadir, Land of No Regrets, which follows four boys in an Islamic boarding school. The novel examines the meaning of friendship, the expectations of immigrants and the ways belief is tested. PPT: Episode 10