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The Contralto and the Physicist

You’re listening to Marian Anderson with “Heav’n, Heav’n”, a Masterpiece 78 from 1943, and You’re on the Sound Beat. When Marian Anderson performed at Princeton University in 1937, she was one of the most famous singers in the world. None other than Arturo Toscanini, once told her she had a voice “heard once in a hundred years”. ...

July 25, 2024
Moon Glow

Why does the moon shine, or, you know, glow?

July 20, 2024
The Jade Rabbit

Paredoilia is the tendency to reconcile vague shapes as something you’re familiar with, like seeing shapes in clouds the craters of the moon: a little baby, a man…or a rabbit.

July 11, 2024
Splashdown!

When the Apollo 11 crew returned home they splashed down 900 miles southwest of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean.

July 5, 2024
Back in the Saddle

What do you get the cowboy who has everything?

June 29, 2024
Down the Field!

Guest host Mike Tirico on one of Syracuse University’s greatest athletes.

June 23, 2024
The Knoxville Girl

It’s Murder Ballad Week…You’re listening to the Story of the Knoxville Girl, by the Blue Sky Boys, and…

June 10, 2024
San Francisco Burns

A sad fact of life: sometimes things go from bad…to worse.

June 5, 2024
Joe Hill

An anthem for the wrongly-accused.

May 20, 2024
Jump For Joy!

How did Duke Ellington do “his piece” for the Civil Rights movement?

May 17, 2024