The Musical Innertube

Stop us if you've heard this one - because you haven't!  It's the "Lost Episode" of the Musical Innertube, featuring music critic Dan DeLuca!

The Last Partera is a film about a woman who was the last of her kind. We talk with Rebecca Turecky, who continues her work, and Ned Phillips, who helped document her life on film.

This InnerTuesday we take you to Costa Rica and tell you the story of the Last Partera.

Celebrate sun and sand and fun with these summer tunes curated by music historian Bill Trousdale! Plus: there's a contest!  And a singalong!

We're celebrating summer with delightful tunes picked by music historian Bill Trousdale!

Amanda Gefter was researching a famed physicist when she kept seeing the name "Putnam" in his journals. That led her to an unknown but brilliant scientist who came up with an explanation of how the h…

Coming up: the remarkable story of a scientist who never published a paper and died in poverty - yet figured out a complicated theory of how the brain works

Explore with us the world of literary jealousy, a writer who's missing and presumed dead, and a detective who has no idea what she's doing. It's all part of Lee Upton's new novel, Wrongful

Join John and Don this Musical InnerTuesday as they chat with author Lee Upton about her new mystery novel Wrongful

Why should you start a podcast?  What kind of feedback can you expect? How hard is it to keep a podcast going?  Here's a fun talk with podcasters Mat Kaplan and Nick Roman about all that stuff

We talk with podcast hosts Mat Kaplan and Nick Roman about why they started their podcasts, how to tell if you should start one, and how to keep it going

Jennifer Lin's documentary about George Lee, who went from ballet student/refugee in Shanghai to the NYC Ballet, is now airing on PBS American Masters. Here's Jennifer talking about the film from lat…

Whether you've never heard of John McPhee - or are fascinated by his writing like Noel Rubinton - there's a lot to discover here, about McPhee and about Noel, who's new book is a study of McPhee's wo…

We find ourselves in a very strange place politically in 2025. How did we get here? Are the changes permanent? Here's some insight from political science professor Robert Speel.

Megan Timpane is an actress and corporate trainer. Ten years ago, Megan was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma. She dealt with her cancer the way any good actress would - writing and performin…

Conservative thinker Chuck Brightbill can't figure out what all the fuss is about. The way he sees it, rich guys help America.

Writer and podcaster Amy Julia Becker talks about the need for caring in this world, and how caring helps not only those being cared for, but those doing the caring as well.

Dr. Paul Offit is pretty much THE authority on vaccines. He says abandoning them will lead to more outbreaks of child-killing diseases like measles. He'd like to see parents who believe in vaccines s…

Astrophysicist Asa Stahl says there's lots to see in the night sky during 2025, including meteor showers, Saturn losing its rings, even a star going nova! (But probably not Betelgeuse.) And a dustbus…