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Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 314 An Army of VillainsIron Man fights an army of villains. Greg has no idea who any of the Marvel villains are. Tony Stark gets drunk, again. Join us for another fun Episode.
Creative Team: Writer: David Michelinie, Plot and Finished Art: Bob Layton, Penciler: John Romita Jr., Cover: Bob Layton, Letterer: Jim Novak, Colorist: Ben Sean, Editor: Roger Stern
O-Con Expo 2023
Greg and Dan will be at O-Con Expo July 21, 22, &23!
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The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abr...
2023-06-2850 min
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966"Superman" musical: It's not a bird, but is it camp? Just a couple of months after Batman hit the airwaves in 1966, another superhero emerged from the comics, as Superman arrived at the Alvin Theater on Broadway in It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman. How did the musical's creators approach the same question William Dozier and Lorenzo Semple, Jr., dealt with in 1965: how to make a "children's character" appealing to adults? We compare and contrast the two shows' approaches. After a good start, the musical closed in less than four months; was Batman to blame? And, what's the deal with that late-night 1975 TV version? All this...
2022-06-231h 27
The Archives PodcastTeaser & Rebroadcast - 60 Years of Folk, Part 1: Come for to SingWelcome back! We've got a fresh new season for you, to begin this Thursday, December 6th, and we want to tell you a little about it. Plus: Today is the Old Town School's 61st anniversary! In celebration, we bring you a special rebroadcast of "60 Years of Folk, Part 1: Come for to Sing" from last season's audio documentary, all about the people, principles and forces that led to the creation of the school back in 1957. Featuring archival recordings from Pete Seeger, Studs Terkel, and the school's co-founders, as well as oral history interviews collected in collaboration with StoryCorps.
Original recordings featured...
2018-12-0100 min
The Archives PodcastEp 14 - 60 Years Of Folk, Part 2: Folksingers and folk familiesThis episode shares the stories of the school’s fabled opening night on Dec. 1st, 1957, and the early years when it was housed at the Immigrant State Bank Building at 333 West North Avenue. You’ll hear archival music and recordings from Ella Jenkins, Big Bill Broonzy, the Johnsons, the Armstrongs and more, including many people who participated in our oral history partnership with StoryCorps this past year. This is part two of a six-part documentary series on the 60-year history of Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music, told through the voices and songs of the people who were there...
2017-11-3000 min
The Archives PodcastEp 13 - 60 Years Of Folk, Part 1: Come for to SingSixty years ago, in the holiday season of 1957, Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music first opened its doors. This Thanksgiving Day, The Archives celebrates the 60th anniversary with a six-part documentary on the school’s history, through the voices and songs of the people who were there. This first episode tells the remarkable story of how Win Stracke, Frank Hamilton, Dawn Greening and Gertrude Soltker came together to found the Old Town School--featuring archival music and recordings from Studs Terkel, Pete Seeger, and the founders themselves, as well as many of the people who participated in our oral hist...
2017-11-2300 min
Hoax Busters Call: Conspiracy or just Theory?HBC Special Report,Weird Scenes Inside the Kitchen,pt2John and Myself(Chris) discuss; Julia Childs, Bob Spitz, James Beard, George Clooney, Multicultural Food Culture, Corporate Homogenization, Alchohol Consumption, Marshall McLuhan, Cooking Shows, The Lonely Crowd Book by David Riesman, The Other Directed Person, Junk Food, Packaged Food, Cecilia Chang, Operation Bon Appetite, Cultural Innovations Agency, The Earth Charter, Jan Roberts, Alice Water, Sustainable Agriculture, David Rockefeller, Leon Panetta, Culinary Instititue of America, Yale University................hoaxbusterscall.com
2016-07-2600 min
WFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's ChoiceBob Riesman (Author) on Big Bill Broonzy – Part 3 (Rebroadcast) (Critical Thinking)Andrew Patner talks with Bob Riesman, author of the book "I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy," in the last of a 2013 series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician [...]
2016-03-2900 minWFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's ChoiceBob Riesman (Author) on Big Bill Broonzy – Part 2 (Rebroadcast) (Critical Thinking)Andrew Patner talks with Bob Riesman, author of the book "I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy," in the second of a 2013 series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician [...]
2016-03-2200 minWFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's ChoiceBob Riesman (Author) on Big Bill Broonzy – Part 1 (Rebroadcast) (Critical Thinking)Andrew Patner talks with Bob Riesman, author of the book "I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy," in the first of a 2013 series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician [...]
2016-03-1500 minWFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's ChoiceBob Riesman (Author) on Big Bill Broonzy – Part 3 (Rebroadcast) (Critical Thinking)Andrew continues with the conclusion of his conversation with Bob Riesman, author of the recent book "I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy," on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician [...]
2014-07-2200 minWFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's ChoiceBob Riesman (Author) on Big Bill Broonzy – Part 2 (Rebroadcast) (Critical Thinking)Andrew talks with Bob Riesman, author of the recent book "I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy," in the second of a series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician [...]
2014-07-1500 minWFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's ChoiceBob Riesman (Author) on Big Bill Broonzy – Part 1 (Rebroadcast) (Critical Thinking)Andrew talks with Bob Riesman, author of the recent book "I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy," in the first of a series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician [...]
2014-05-2754 min
New Books in MusicBob Riesman, “I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy” (University of Chicago Press, 2011)Big Bill Broonzy was a master storyteller. From his name, he was born Lee Conly Bradley, to his age, he typically added a decade, to the facts of his growing up in the pre-civil rights segregated South (not that he didn’t, he simply embellished a lot) Bill could spin a yarn. As Bob Riesman tells it in I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy (University of Chicago, 2011) Bill mythologized his life in order to tell a story that was larger than his own, the story of African Americans in the first half of th...
2012-06-131h 04
The University of Chicago Press PodcastBob Riesman, “I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy” (University of Chicago Press, 2011)Big Bill Broonzy was a master storyteller. From his name, he was born Lee Conly Bradley, to his age, he typically added a decade, to the facts of his growing up in the pre-civil rights segregated South (not that he didn’t, he simply embellished a lot) Bill could spin a yarn. As Bob Riesman tells it in I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy (University of Chicago, 2011) Bill mythologized his life in order to tell a story that was larger than his own, the story of African Americans in the first half of th...
2012-06-131h 04
U Chicago Press Audio WorksI Feel So Good: Big Bill BroonzyBob Riesman, author of I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy, talks about the book.
2011-05-1109 min