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<p dir="ltr">Mallory McMorrow is a state senator representing Michigan&rsquo;s 8th district and also a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2026 election. Mallory McMorrow currently serves as the Michigan Senate Majority Whip and is the first woman in state history to ho ... Show More

Coming from a challenging, working class upbringing in the United Kingdom, Steve Jones discovered his outlet in music - as founding guitarist of the groundbreaking punk rock band the Sex Pistols. Despite the release of only one album,”Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pisto ... Show More

Zoë Schlanger is an author, journalist, and current staff writer at the Atlantic, where she covers the newsletter “The Weekly Planet”. Schlanger has written for major outlets such as Newsweek, Quartz, Wired, The New York Times, The Nation, Time Magazine, and NPR. Schlanger is als ... Show More

<p>The Doobie Brothers frontman, Tom Johnston, joins Bob to talk about his early beginnings and being drawn to R&amp;B artists like Little Richard. He played saxophone, clarinet and drums in his youth but ultimately fell in love with the guitar and taught himself how to play. Alw ... Show More

During the heyday of live jazz music, the charismatic and ambitious one who kept it all together was the Big Band Orchestra Leader. Helen and Matt explore how the occupation gave rise to the birth of the modern pop singer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpod ... Show More

The climax of our last chapter is David Bowie’s set at Live Aid in the summer of 1985 . Our guest today was alongside him on the Live Aid stage – and in the helicopter on the nerve-wracking ride out to Wembley Stadium. His name is Thomas Dolby, and his time with Bowie is just one ... Show More

故事FM ❜ 第 756 期在上个月，我们上线了两期女监狱警叶子以及茉莉的故事，很多听众留言给我们说也想听听男监狱警的讲述，大家好奇男狱警的工作状态和工作方法是不是会完全不同。其实我们早在 2020 年 1 月就采访过一位男监狱警——树先生。树先生当年 30 岁，那是他工作的第四年。在那期节目的尾声，树先生说他正在准备司法考试报考法院或是检察院，但节目结束没多久，疫情也爆发了，突如其来的变化打破了他原本的计划。之后的这三年，他也并没有进入他曾经设想的新生活。而就在最近，树先生又联系到我们，说想要分享他监狱工作生涯的又一个三年，所以今天的节目也相当于是对树 ... Show More

Synopsis American jazz composer and pianist Thelonious Sphere Monk was born on today’s date in 1917. Largely self-taught, he began playing piano at 6. At 17, he dropped out of New York’s esteemed Stuyvesant High School for gifted students to serve as organist for a touring evange ... Show More

<p>In the words of Questlove our guest for this classic episode, is "a part of one of THE most important musical dynasty's in music". His touch has been pivotal to the evolution of jazz, but that's not all folks! Branford Marsalis' contributions to the culture can be seen and hea ... Show More

Music stars are sharing their thoughts on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, and Taylor Swift will receive an honorary degree from New York University and address graduates during a commencement ceremony in May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm ... Show More

Synopsis In Rochester, New York, on today’s date in 1957, there was a concert at the Eastman School of Music, conducted by the school’s famous director Howard Hanson, showcasing new works composed by Eastman graduate students.  Included on the program was a brand-new “Trombone Co ... Show More

Fred Armisen joins Mo to pay tribute to legendary bandleader and TV host, Lawrence Welk. Welk was another victim of television's Rural Purge of the early 1970s, when his long running musical variety show was canceled by ABC after his audience was deemed too old. But Welk did not ... Show More