Celebrate the Birthday of Big Joe Turner – This week on 12th Street Jump
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Fats Waller. Dr. Pearl helps Keith Richards deal with change and a parody considers what Fats Waller might say about all the present day misbehavin’ Jazz pianist, composer, singer and entertainer Fats Waller began his career as a professional pianist working in cabarets and theaters. He recorded his first solos when he was just 18 years old. His hits Honeysuckle Rose, Ain’t Misbehavin and Squeeze Me are considered classics. He played with Nat Shilkret, Gene Austin and Adelaide Hall but found his greatest success with his own group...
Read MoreVan Halen 35th Anniversary – This week on Insight Daily
One of only five rock bands that have had two albums sell more than 10 million copies in the US, 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Van Halen, have sold more than 80 million albums worldwide. These new modules for ID Radio feature exclusive interviews with band members of the past and present, music from the “classic” Van Halen era, and exclusive interview content with leading hard rock music expert, Ian Christe, author of The Van Halen Saga. Insight Daily Radio is a two-minute daily feature with interviews and insights from today’s most influential authors, musicians, artists, and...
Read MoreUpcoming guests on Art of the Song
Check out the guests that you will hear in May & June on Art of the Song. Here’s the schedule (subject to change) Week of May 13th: Tom Paxton Week of May 20th: Bill Staines Week of May 27th: Blue Sky Riders (featuring Kenny Loggins) Week of Jun 3rd: Tribute to Sid Selvidge Week of Jun 10th: Hillel Tigay Week of Jun 17th: Bryan Ferry (of Roxy Music) Week of Jun 24th: Ryan Tedder (of OneRepublic) LENGTH: 59 minutes COST: FREE AVAILABLE: PRX, Downloads, CD WEBSITE: artofthesong.org For more information about Art of the Song, click...
Read MoreOn April 25th, Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of DNA with “Mapping Eliza”
World DNA Day on April 25 will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the publication of the structure of DNA by James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin and colleagues in the journal Nature in 1953. DNA Day commemorates the day in 1953 when James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin and colleagues published papers in the journal Nature on the structure of DNA. Furthermore, on that day in 2003 it was declared that the Human Genome Project was complete. In Mapping Eliza: Decoding DNA Secrets, IEEE Spectrum Magazine’s Eliza Strickland, who recently had...
Read MoreIn April, BirdNote will highlight urban migration challenges in Chicago
Fall and spring, hundreds of thousands of migrating birds collide with glass buildings in downtown areas. On Sunday, October 21, 2012, BirdNote’s executive producer Chris Peterson trailed Annette Prince of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors – or CBCM – from dawn to dusk, to rescue and recover survivors in Chicago’s Loop. Although huge, the problem of birds colliding with glass buildings is, in Annette’s words “nearly invisible.” People don’t realize how big a problem it is because they’re not out on the streets to see what’s happening. American Bird Conservancy –- ABC — estimates...
Read MoreMapping Eliza: Decoding DNA Secrets
Genome sequencing is becoming affordable, fast, and poised to revolutionize medicine. But, how much can your genes tell you about your medical fate? And, will genome scans become a routine part of health care in our lifetimes? In this one-hour special, IEEE Spectrum Magazine’s Eliza Strickland, who recently had her genome sequenced, takes listeners through her personal journey explaining what genome-sequencing is, what was revealed to her, and how this technology could shape the future of medical care. LENGTH: 1 hour COST: FREE AVAILABLE: Content Depot, PRX, AudioPort, Download...
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