The Musical Innertube
Don Rooney and John Timpane talk with people you'd talk with, if you had a microphone
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 235
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The Musical Innertube - Blast from the Past - Mat Kaplan
From June 2020 - Mat Kaplan of the Planetary Society talks about all things stellar -- the pitfalls of daytime stargazing, why it's important to get men and women on the moon and Mars, and whether or…
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 a…
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…
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 d…
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 48 - Nathan Gorenstein
Like his contemporaries Edison and the Wright brothers, John Browning changed the world with his inventions. Nathan Gorenstein tells about the life and times of the genius who revolutionized how guns…
The Musical Innertube - Lori Serratelli and the CASA Program
The Christmas season is a time for giving - and this season, you have the opportunity to give and support people who have been giving of themselves on behalf of foster kids all year. Listen as Lori …
The Musical Innertube - Cory Hutcheson's Ghost of Christmas Past and Present
Folklore expert Cory Hutcheson finishes the "Holiday Trifecta," telling us all about Christmas traditions and quirks (not to be confused with the famous law offices of Traditions and Quirks).
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 47 - David Henkin
The week is seven days. Why? And why does each day seem to have its own personality? David Henkin has been looking onto this for a week of Sundays, and he has some fascinating answers to these quest…
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 46 - David Zucchino
Have you heard about the only successful terrorist overthrow of an established local government in America? David Zucchino, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning "Wilmington's Lie," talks with John an…
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 45 - Nancy Ryan Rodgers
Nancy Ryan was a morning radio fixture in Harrisburg, PA, for 25 years at country station Bob 94.9. Then, one of those mornings, she became the victim of a budget cut. Nancy tells Don and John how sh…
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 44 - Cory Hutcheson's Thanksgiving Lore
Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving? How did Black Friday get started? Did America really celebrate Thanksgiving in April? And are we REALLY that thankful for Don and John? Folklore expert Cory Hutc…
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 43 - Nick Roman and the Container Crisis
Tough times for the supply chain - there are thousands of shipping containers full of the stuff you want for Christmas piled up on the docks of Los Angeles. Nick Roman tells us about the mess and whe…
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 42 - Sweeny Murti Talkin' Baseball
A baseball team has lots of coaches. What do they do, and why are so many of them getting fired this year? Sweeny Murti talks about coaches, why minor leaguers are important, and what to expect this …
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 41 - Christie Yurkovic
Hip-checked by a llama! Hit on by a lemur! Zookeeper Christie Yurkovic has some tales to tell about mingling with animals. Now that she's talked with Don and John, she has new tales to tell about mi…
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 40 - Cory Hutcheson on Halloween
Halloween will not die! It rises from the grave to present folklore expert Cory Hutcheson, who carves out the Jack O'Lantern of truth about the origins of Halloween!
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 39 - Art Caplan - Transplants and COVID
Halloween is coming, so naturally bio-ethicist Art Caplan is talking about cadavers! And pig kidneys! And COVID! Just what you need to kick off the fall holiday season!
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 38 - Nicole Weisensee Egan
Another of Bill Cosby's accusers, Lili Bernard, has filed suit, accusing him of drugging and raping her. Nicole Weisensee Egan, author of the book CHASING COSBY, covered both of Cosby's trials, and t…
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 37 - Chick Russell
How is it that "dark" rides at theme parks are put together by a fellow with such a sunny disposition? Meet Chick Russell, creator of rides featuring Harry Potter, the Transformers, and Mario. (The D…
The Musical Innertube - Mike Hingson's 9/11 Escape
The 20th anniversary of 9/11 brings back many stories and memories. Here's one you must hear: the story of Mike Hingson, who walked down 78 flights of stairs to escape Tower 1 of the World Trade Cent…
The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 36 - Carl Parker on Climate Change
"A code red for humanity:" fire, floods, extreme heat, and a lack of ice at the poles. Can we reverse climate change? Weather Channel meteorologist Carl Parker has some answers and ideas in this Musi…