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Stevie Holland, Personalizing the Songbook

June 25, 2026 2:18pm 24 min

Stevie Holland is an American jazz vocalist, writer and lyricist who's played major concert halls, jazz clubs and cabaret rooms, in addition to performing in theater. The youngest of seven children, Stevie grew up in a m...

Ocean Warrior David Helvarg Wants to Save Our Imperiled Kelp Forests

June 25, 2026 9:44am 24 min

David Helvarg, a longtime environmental activist and journalist, is the founder and president of the marine conservation group Blue Frontier Campaign. He is the author most recently of Forest of the Sea: The Remarkable L...

Dr. Kira Ganga-Keiffer on Religious Vaccine Resistance

June 25, 2026 9:35am 23 min

Why do people cite religious objections to getting vaccinated? Where do these passionate beliefs, with no foundation in science, come from? Dr. Kira Ganga-Keiffer, a professor at Fairfield University, is a scholar of hea...

Gabriel Cohen on the Coming Tech Apocalypse

June 25, 2026 9:26am 24 min

At this very moment, a tiny number of Silicon Valley leaders are making risky decisions that will have a huge impact on the rest of the eight billion people on this planet. They don't mean to cause harm, but their new cr...

The Lives of a Cell: Roxanne Khamsi's New Book Spotlights Pioneering Research That Can Fight Cancer and Help Us Live Longer

May 12, 2026 8:43am 19 min

 Roxanne Khamsi talks to Jim Motavalli about the profound implications of recent cell research. She is an author, speaker and contributing writer for The Atlantic. Her first book, Beyond Inheritance (Riverhead Books, 202...

Terri Thal: The Queen of Greenwich Village

May 07, 2026 9:09am 27 min

Terri Thal (third from right in the photo) was married to Dave Van Ronk (at far right), managed Bob Dylan (second from right) and was a friend of Dylan's then-girlfriend Suze Rotolo (second from left). She has written ab...

John Sayles: The Filmmaker's Take on the World of Henry Ford

April 18, 2026 3:35pm 31 min

John Sayles is a prolific filmmaker who, since The Return of the Secaucus Seven in 1980, hasn't been afraid to take on big political themes. In 17 films and eight novels (as well as short-story collections and screenplay...

Robbie Fulks Talks About Life

March 23, 2026 5:58pm 10 min

Robbie Fulks is a native North Carolinian who has bluegrass and country as a default position, but also revels in many other musical styles. A stint at Columbia University in New York probably helped broaden his world vi...

The Country Blues of Ireland's Murieann Bradley

March 23, 2026 5:48pm 15 min

Murieann Bradley is a 19-year-old acoustic guitarist/singer from Ireland who specializes in the fingerpicking styles of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, citing influences such as Mississippi John Hurt, Reverend Gary Davis, and El...

Lab Dog: Melanie Kaplan's Book on Using Canines in Medical Research

February 13, 2026 1:58pm 16 min

Melanie D.G. Kaplan talks to Jim Motavalli about her book Lab Dog: A Beagle and his Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research. She explores the ethics and future of animal experimentation through the stor...

The Musical Alchemy of Iron & Wine

February 13, 2026 1:54pm 17 min

Jim Motavalli talked to Sam Beam, a/k/a Iron & Wine, a master of brilliant, hushed Americana music and a collaborator par excellence (particularly with amazing women). In the interview, we talk about Beam's work with Fio...

Alex Manos

January 19, 2026 2:30pm 9 min

Alex Manos says he's the country's number one buyer of classic cars. He buys European and American cars nationwide, and would love to talk about buying your old vehicle. 

Two Crows for Comfort Comes Close

January 19, 2026 2:12pm 14 min

 Two Crows for Comfort is a Canadian folk and Americana duo based out of Manitoba, composed of Erin Corbin and Cory Sulyma. Known for their rich harmonies and poignant storytelling, they have been a full-time touring act...

Emily Masser: The Jazz is in the Family

January 19, 2026 2:08pm 19 min

British jazz singer Emily Masser is only 21, but shows a mature command of her art, inspired by her saxophonist father, Dean Masser. Pianist Horace Silver wrote the beautiful "Song For My Father," but Masser made a whole...

John Gennari: In the Jazz Barn

January 19, 2026 2:02pm 23 min

John Gennari's profusely illustrated book The Jazz Barn (Brandeis University Press) traces the history of a short-lived but vital institution in the history of music. Music Inn, in Lenox, Massachusetts near Tanglewood, t...

Frander: Trad Folk Meets Progressive Rock in This Swedish Swirl

January 19, 2026 1:55pm 25 min

Encountered recently at the Scandinavian Club in Fairfield, Connecticut, Sweden's Frander combines roots in traditional Swedish folk with an ear to progressive rock--but all with acoustic instruments. 

The Weary Ramblers: An Americana Wealth of Experience

January 19, 2026 1:51pm 15 min

 Iowa-based Americana duo, Weary Ramblers bring years of experience to the stage with award-winning songwriting and chemistry. Chad Elliott (Woody Guthrie Song Contest & Kerrville Finalist) and Kathryn Severing Fox (Down...

Eric O'Neill Wants to Help Secure Your Online Life

January 19, 2026 1:44pm 28 min

Eric O'Neill, a former FBI agent who led the capture of notorious spy-for-Russia Robert Hanssen, is the author Spies, Lies, and Cybercrime. It's focus: teaching readers how to defend against digital threats like hackers ...

Gann Brewer: A Mississippi Highway Lullaby

January 19, 2026 1:29pm 14 min

Americana singer-songwriter Gann Brewer doesn't seek the shiny neo-retro town malls where the selfie slick hipsters air their spanking new tattoos but rather, it's the half spaces, the unremarkable edges of town, where h...

Bryce Edwards' Turn-of-the-Century Music

December 09, 2025 3:09pm 23 min

Bryce Edwards is a musician and cabaret artist reviving traditional jazz and popular music from the early 20th century. A vaudevillian troubadour, Edwards is a unique vocalist that takes equal cues from the crooners and ...

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