Episodes
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
interview--Will Hazelgrove on Morristown and the trying winter of 1779-80
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
It was a record-breaking bitter winter that froze the Hudson River solid, which led to a British plot to kidnap George Washington in order to win the American Revolution. How he avoided that attempt, overcame the starvation deaths, mutinies and desertions of his beloved Army that bitter winter, and the treason of his trusted general Benedict Arnold, makes for a fascinating look at a seldom-reported trial for the commander and the Continental army.
Friday Dec 10, 2021
review--Dorothy Fields, a musical giant!
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
The true story of Dorothy Fields, the most prolific woman composer/lyricist/librettist of the 20th century! She was a major award-winner, first female member of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, and wrote such standards as "I can't give you anything but love, Baby", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "I'm in the mood for love", "I won't dance", "The way you look tonight", "Hey Big Spender", and "If my friends could see me now".
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Terry Glaspey's two recent books:
“Discovering God Through the Arts: How We Can Grow Closer to God by Appreciating Beauty & Creativity” and
“75 Masterpieces Every Christian should Know: The Fascinating stories Behind Great Works of Art, Literature, Music and Film"
both from Moody Press. Art informs , inspires, challenges, teaches us. It makes us more empathetic, more in touch with God the Creator, more in awe of Him.
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Why do we give standardized tests (and what good are they)? Why do we treat students like clients or products? Why are administrators and coaches making so much more money than teachers? And why aren't teachers allowed to say what students need to learn? JM Beach looks at all these issues with his two-book series,
"Can we Measure what Matters Most? why educational accountability metrics lower student learning and demoralize teachers" and "The Myths of Measurement and Meritocracy: why accountability metrics in higher education are unfair and increase inequality", both from Rowman & Littlefield.
Friday Dec 10, 2021
interview--Comedy writer Martha Bolton on Bob Hope & GIs in WWII
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
"Dear Bob" by Martha Bolton and Linda Hope (Bob's daughter) shows the incredible mutual admiration society that American military forces all over the world had for Bob Hope and he had for them. Hope responded personally to letters from GIs he got all during the war, tens of thousands of them a month. If a GI asked him (while he was performing at a base or ship or camp) to call the GI's family, Hope would do so when he got back to the states. He never said "no" to a request for his USO team to visit any bunch of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, nurses or military hospitals anywhere in the world. It's an amazing and inspiring account from his first female comedy writer and his daughter, who worked through a room full of boxes to choose the letters they reproduce in this new book from the University Press of Mississippi.