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Nothing Never HappensBanking Methods: Education Finance for Radical TeachersWhat do advocates for educational justice need to know about school financing? What's the relationship between the critical pedagogy and the budget sheets that get passed around at school board meetings? What kinds of community organizing do we need to change how school financing works?In this episode, we welcome writer and organizer David I. Backer to discuss these questions and more. David is best known for his substack, Schooling in Socialist America, a public project in which he investigates (and educates his readers about) the ins and outs of school finance policy, with an emphasis on...2025-07-3158 min
WPRB News and CultureSeniorityWPRB News and Culture: The Pidgin has growing pains, and we can feel ourselves aging like fine wine, so today we’re talking seniority – in all the meanings of the word. We talk about the elders in our lives, and our communities, but we’re also thinking about chapters ending and beginning. Ariel Chen starts us off by reporting on this past week’s May Day protests in the community, and points to how older people are starting to become the new face of activism. For our culture segment, Margo Mattes reflects on personal stories from the drama of her gran...2025-05-0540 min
WPRB News and CultureBrainrotThis week, The Pidgin keeps its wits about it and takes on something that's been plaguing our online spaces, and how we interact with them: brainrot. Mind-numbing and addictive, born on TikTok and leaking into real life, brainrot has come to be a quintessential part of contemporary culture. And we're turning it on its head. For our community section, Maggie Stewart talks to sociologist Niobe Way, to Stanford psychologist Judy Chu, and to some of her own male friends, to understand what the internet phenomenon of the TikTok Rizz Party reveals about modern masculinity, and boyhood. Up next, in...2025-04-2156 min
WPRB News and CultureRadio On Radio On Radio OnWPRB News and Culture: The Pidgin is dedicating an entire episode to the beauty of the radio. Independent radio enables the Pidgin’s existence, and does so much more than bring audio to our car speakers. First, Natalia Maidique and Teo Grosu host a LIVE interview with Dr. Jeff Dror from Florida University about what’s behind this medium – radio waves! – and what these waves can tell us about the elusive dark matter that makes our Universe. Next, Maggie Stewart and Ariel Chen dig into library archives to highlight a snapshot in history, the tragedy of 9/11 and how radio played a...2025-04-2157 min
WPRB News and CulturePeace & QuietThe Pidgin knows what you truly want: some gosh darn peace and quiet… We are still working on bringing that to you, but we did the next best thing: talked about it! Our show today opens with its Community segment, in which Ariel Chen and Maggie Stewart report on the long-standing silent protests that the Society of Friends (and their friends) have been organizing in the town of Princeton. Next, Margo Mattes takes on Culture, and lets us know just how a silent retreat unfolds, and the good, the bad, and the–shht!– of being silent for ten days. Lastly...2025-03-2442 min
WPRB News and CultureRoasted, Brewed, PulledToday, we on The Pidgin ask if we can take you out for a coffee... episode. First up, Ariel Chen and Lucy McWeeny peer inside your cup and ask ‘how did it get there’? You’ll hear their conversation with the world’s youngest Q-grader, who draws from her experience of having her own coffee line to give us an insider’s view of what it takes to grow, and commercialize coffee. The Culture section of today’s show is an ode to the coffee shop, by having Annie Rupertus search for the perfect one in Philly for a dear friend...2025-03-1054 min
WPRB News and CultureDecisionsWPRB News and Culture: The Pidgin has been noticing lately that a lot of our decisions are being made for us: algorithms decide what we watch, AI decides what we do, and lawmakers decide how we live. The Pidgin wants to learn more about those decisions today, and what they mean for each of us. First, Maggie Stewart and I talk about a recent court case in New Jersey affecting ballot design. Next, Sena Chang reviews “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig, a recent novel that asks what each of our decisions mean. And Teo Grosu drives us into a co...2025-02-2437 min
WPRB News and CultureLovebirdsFor Valentine's Day, The Pidgin spreads its wings and goes looking for love. Natalia Maidique peeks inside Princeton’s community to find a pair of lovebirds who are still in school. For our culture section, Isabel Jacobson has a conversation with singer-songwriter Kate Short about love songs. And our science segment ends this episode with Teo Grosu and Ariel Chen talking to ecological researchers about, literally, how birds show their love.Hosted and produced by Teo Grosu and Natalia Maidique. Reported, recorded, and produced by Natalia Maidique, Isabel Jacobson, Teo Grosu, and Ariel Chen.All mu...2025-02-1046 min
WPRB News and CultureLittle Red DotsThis week, the Pidgin is talking about little red dots. Teo Grosu has a conversation with a researcher at Princeton University about new astrophysical discoveries coming from the James Webb Space Telescope, learning how a few little red dots on a telescope image can actually disrupt our understanding of how old the universe is.
Hosted and produced by Natalia Maidique. Reported, recorded, and produced by Teo Grosu, and edited by Natalia Maidique.
All music used under Creative Commons license. Theme music: "Montanita," by Ratatat.2024-12-2359 min
WPRB News and CultureKicking & ScreamingThis week, the Pidgin’s theme is kicking and screaming. Inside of each of us, there’s a little kid who wants to fly into a rampage when things just aren’t going right – so we’re gonna be digging into those times where you just want to put up a fight, give it your all, and lose control. First, Lauren Kim and Ariel Chen set the tone by talking to us about how adults have their tantrums. Next, Pat Grate talks the DIY music scene with Don Giovanni records, an independent record label, about going against the grain. Finally, M...2024-12-0948 min
WPRB News and CultureDissonanceToday, we’re talking Dissonance – but no, we won’t be sharing tips on how to navigate political conversations with difficult people. Instead, we’re talking about dissonance in music and in our inner worlds, to help us all remember how dissonance can sometimes be a great thing. First, Brianna Dai asks composers about how dissonant sounds can add emotion to compositions. Next, Lucy McWeeny talks Oedipus Rex and how we all struggle to reconcile the two halves of ourselves. Finally, to end with another musical story, Navani Rachumallu and I dissect what dissonance in music actually is–and, in fact, w...2024-11-2550 min
WPRB News and Culture11/11On 11/11, The Pidgin has stories about superstitions, wishes and symmetry. Something about the date being a palindrome, the same read forwards or backwards (or upside down), makes it feel like anything can happen. Lucy McWeeny and Cynthia Torres revisit middle school crushes and angel numbers. Then, Izzy Jacobson looks at how random alignments can lead to the closest friendships.
Hosted and produced by Natalia Maidique. Reported, recorded, and produced by Lucy McWeeny, Cynthia Torres, and Izzy Jacobson.
All music used under Creative Commons license. Theme music: "Montanita," by Ratatat. Music used in Friendship and Chance s...2024-11-1115 min
WPRB News and CultureSound WavesWPRB News and Culture: The Pidgin sends out sound waves about sound waves this week. Sena Chang and Brianna Dai learn how wind ensembles are created, and listen in on one. Next, Sophie Leheny discusses the benefits of talking to herself. And finally, Teo Grosu hears about asteroseismology, the study of the sounds stars make in outer space.
Hosted and produced by Natalia Maidique. Reported, recorded, and produced by Sena Chang, Brianna Dai, Sophie Leheny, Teo Grosu, and Natalia Maidique.
All music used under Creative Commons license. Theme music: "Montanita," by Ratatat. Music used in “Se...2024-10-2837 min
WPRB News and CultureBuildingWPRB News and Culture: The Pidgin dives into a local building controversy this week. Natalia Maidique goes on a tour of Princeton's historic Jugtown neighborhood and learns about the affordable housing development proposal at 344 Nassau Street.
Hosted and produced by Natalia Maidique. Reported, recorded, and produced by Natalia Maidique.
All music used under Creative Commons license. Theme music: "Montanita," by Ratatat. Music used in piece: "Glacier," by SalmonLikeTheFish. 2024-10-1415 min
WPRB News and CultureRejectionWPRB News and Culture: The Pidgin grapples with rejection this week. Lucy McWeeny and Annie Wang some local canvassers about the many, many, many times a day they are ignored and sent away. Next, Sena Chang and Brianna Dai learn how artists handle rejection, when their work is both an extension of themselves and how they make a living. And finally, Cynthia Torres asks a psychic about reading rejection in someone’s cards.
Hosted and produced by Natalia Maidique. Reported, recorded, and produced by Lucy McWeeny, Annie Wang, Sena Chang, Brianna Dai, and Cynthia To...2024-09-3040 min
WPRB News and CulturePatienceWPRB News and Culture has been patiently waiting for this season's first episode. Navani Rachumallu talks to ecological researchers, whose work depends on observing an animal that may or may not show up, and hears how they deal with that time in between. Natalia Maidique finds out about the hidden guild of people making lace all around us, and how they’ve learned patience from their craft.
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Hosted and produced by Natalia Maidique. Reported, recorded, and produced by Navani Rachamallu and Na...2024-09-1629 min
WPRB News and CultureContinued: The second day of protests at PrincetonWPRB News and Culture brings you an update from the scene at Princeton University, where protesters have occupied McCosh Courtyard for multiple days. 2024-04-2811 minWPRB News and CultureContinued: Faculty and students speak about a legacy of activism at PrincetonWPRB News and Culture continues its coverage of the ongoing sit-in protest actions at Princeton University, with a short segment focusing on the educational efforts at the sit-in. This is a developing story, and WPRB News and Culture will be covering these events as they continue.
2024-04-2707 minWPRB News and CultureContinued – the first day of Princeton's pro-Palestinian sit-inWPRB News and Culture takes you inside the first day of the pro-Palestinian sit-in protest at Princeton University, where more than a hundred students have occupied McCosh Courtyard desiring the university's divestment from Israel and its war in Gaza.
We speak to Professor Max Weiss, who led a walkout of his lecture course "History of Palestine/Israel" into the sit-in, and with journalist Chris Hedges who was escorted away from the sit-in by university Public Safety officers for use of a megaphone.
News and Culture meets with the counter-protestors angry and fearful that these protests...2024-04-2613 minWPRB News and CultureBreaking News - Protests emerge on Princeton campus (12pm 4/25)WPRB News and Culture reports on the ground from the emerging protest and counter-protest actions on the Princeton University campus, in response to the ongoing war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and to the developing protest situations at universities across the United States.
Reported, recorded and produced by Laura Robertson, Navani Rachumallu, Frankie Solinsky Duryea, and Adam Sanders,2024-04-2605 minWPRB News and CultureStuffWPRB News and Culture loves stuff. From little knick-knacks to things that arrive at your front door in big boxes, we are ready to explore it all. First, Helen Heuer speaks to members of her community about the things that they collect. Next, Stephanie Yen investigates the world of jewelry, its significance, and its creation. Finally, in a story from the archives, Oliver Whang follows Bill Freeman in his story on "junking."
Hosted and produced by Natalie Hahn. Reported, recorded, and produced by Helen Heuer, Stephanie Yen, Oliver Whang, and Natalie Hahn.
2024-04-0143 minWPRB News and CultureSecretsWPRB News and Culture delves into some deep secrets. First, Navani Rachumallu and Alvaro Basso speak to an archivist at the Institute for Advanced Study about the role of secrecy in her work. Then, Stephanie Yen surveys some fast food chain workers about "secret menus." And finally, Sophie Leheny and Natalie Hahn read aloud some listener-submitted secrets; how fun!
Hosted and produced by Natalie Hahn. Reported, recorded, and produced by Navani Rachamallu, Alvaro Basso, Stephanie Yen, Sophie Leheny, and Natalie Hahn.
All music used under Creative Commons license. Theme...2024-02-2638 minWPRB News and CultureWaitingNews and Culture starts our Spring season with stories about anticipation. Helen Heuer visits local businesses in Princeton, New Jersey. Natalie Hahn speaks to a professional astrologer. And Adam Sanders gathers his two friends to visit the Princeton Airport as they explore the minds and worlds of the aerophile.
Hosted by Natalie Hahn. Reported, recorded, and produced by Helen Heuer, Natalie Hahn, and Adam Sanders.
All music used under Creative Commons license. Theme music: "Take Me Higher," by Jahzzar.2024-02-1231 minWPRB News and CultureCultivationWPRB News and Culture shrugs off the December chill with three stories about the toils of growing and the fruits of summer soil. Natalia Maidique speaks to a beekeeper who forged her own path to master the hive. Adam Sanders learns about the power of seeds. And Anna Hiltner speaks to a farmer with spiritual insights into how best to let things grow.
Hosted and produced by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Natalia Maidique, Anna Hiltner, and Adam Sanders.
Theme music: "Take Me Higher," by Jahzzar. All...2023-12-1146 minWPRB News and CultureThrough the GrapevineNews and Culture embraces our inner love of gossip – with stories from the grapevine and about the very foundations of the whispering urge. Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachamallu speak to bartenders about the ways gossip shapes their job. Sophie Leheny and Synai Ferrell learn about the psychological and human roots of our snarkiest, most whispery impulses. And Clara McWeeny, Izzy Jacobson, and Helen Heuer dish some (anonymous) real-world gossip from listeners like you.
Hosted and produced by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Natalia Maidique, Navani Rachamallu, Synai Ferrell, Sophie Leheny, Clara McWeeny, Hel...2023-11-1341 minWPRB News and CultureHalloween PeopleWPRB News and Culture puts on a scary mask and knocks on your door with three stories sweet enough to make your teeth hurt, thinking about the kind of people who make Halloween what it is. First up, Adam Sanders and Izzy Jacobson visit a Halloween superstore to understand the mechanics behind the costume-and-décor industrial complex. Then, in a story from our archives, Charlie Nuermberger and Henry Moses learn about the mythical Jersey Devil from an expert in the field. And finally, in another archives story, Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachumallu regale us with the Halloween classic story, E...2023-10-3032 minWPRB News and CultureA Night at the MoviesWPRB News and Culture pops some popcorn and buys a ticket to an episode at the movies. First up, Sophie Leheny and Navani Rachumallu speak to the folks at the Princeton Garden Theatre to understand their idea of the nonprofit-cinema renaissance. Then, Tommy Goulding breaks down the hubbub around the new Napoleon trailer, and why it has historians in such a tizzy. And finally, in a story from our archives, Adam Sanders investigates why doppelgängers figure so heavily in our horror-movie imagination.
Hosted and produced by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by S...2023-10-1632 minWPRB News and CultureFashionNews and Culture tries to sound fashionable. Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachumallu explore the sounds, style, and usability of shoes. Adam Sanders speaks to Lisa Shepherd-Stewart, the proprietor of Cultured Expressions, an African fabric shop and studio in Rahway. And Clara McWeeny and Helen Heuer give you all the thrifting tips you never knew you needed.
Hosted and produced by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Natalia Maidique, Navani Rachamallu, Clara McWeeny, Helen Heuer, and Adam Sanders.
All music used under Creative Commons license. Theme music: “Take Me Higher,” by Jahzzar.2023-10-0234 minWPRB News and CultureThe End of SummerAs hot days cool into chilly autumn evenings, WPRB News and Culture returns to tell the tales of summer. Sophie Leheny and Natalie Hahn visit Asbury Park to learn about New Jersey's classic Shore boardwalks. Mollika Jai Singh explores what it means for parents to drop off their kids at summer camp. And in a story from our archive, Adam Sanders visits a kitschy summer town to see what makes it click.
Hosted and produced by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Sophie Leheny, Natalie Hahn, Mollika Jai Singh, and Adam Sanders.
All music...2023-09-1735 minWPRB News and CulturePlansNews and Culture thinks long-term, with three stories about planning, organizing, and the travails in between. Sophie Leheny and Pat Grate visit a tarot card reader and learn the mechanics of learning about the future. Adam Sanders speaks to student labor organizers at Temple University about their plans for unionization. And in a story from our archives, Clara McWeeny and Izzy Jacobson find out what it's like to know your entire existence was totally unplanned.
Hosted and produced by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded and produced by Sophie Leheny, Pat Grate, Adam Sanders, Clara McWeeny...2023-04-0832 minWPRB News and CultureArts in Your BackyardWPRB News and Culture takes a look into the artistic experiences and projects happening right here in New Jersey. Ellie Diamond learns about the Trenton Circus Squad, a nonprofit whose afterschool workshops teach kids and tweens the ropes of the circus – literally. Sophie Leheny and Mira Ho-Chen visit the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey, and explore one of its longest and strangest collections. Clara McWeeny speaks to Reginald Dwayne Betts: the MacArthur Genius Grant-winning poet, performer, and legal scholar behind Felon: An American Washi Tale, a play about his own experience in the prison system. And Alan Plotz and P...2023-03-2454 minWPRB News and CultureHome Ec.News and Culture tackles stories of domestic effort and labor – and explores the ways these oft-pigeonholed talents and works are evolving in our changing world. Adam Sanders heads to the garden, and learns about the seeds at the forefront of the new agricultural revolution. Mollika Jai Singh speaks to Lena Hoplamazian about her wild sewing and designing adventures, from tailoring clothes for her sibling to creating a condom dress. Alan Plotz explores ideas of domestic work around New Jersey at the Princeton Student Laundry Agency and reflects on the NJ Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. And we head to the...2023-03-0346 minWPRB News and CultureEndingsNews and Culture starts our Spring season at the very end of some stories. Clara McWeeny and Anna Salvatore visit an estate sale. Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachumallu speak to Anthony Grafton, retiring professor of history at Princeton University. Tommy Goulding and Henry Moses talk about their favorite endings in novels. Mollika Jai Singh explores the lore around the endings of The Bachelor episodes. And Adam Sanders calls up a classmate to help him reimagine the cemetery not as a place of death and fear but as a place of memory.
Hosted by Adam...2023-02-1752 min
The Musicking CommunityEpisode 7: Living Composers Are Our FutureHave you gotten tired of hearing the same old, same old classical masterpieces once again? Do you ever wonder if classical music is still even a thing? Do you wonder what composers are doing nowadays but don't know where to look? Marvin Rosen, host of the radio program Classical Discoveries, on WPRB 103.3FM in Princeton NJ and streamed online at WPRB.com, has been on the air for 25 years. He is an ardent supporter and promoter of NEW music. He shares his passion for new music and for growing the global community through a simple act of l...2022-12-2852 min
WPRB News and CultureResilienceNews and Culture brings you four stories of persistence and resilience. Alan Plotz and Claire Kaneshiro learns about the intricacies of the American asylum system with Gabriel Samcam Vargas, a Princeton student and human rights advocate. Reina Coulibaly explores how fiber arts have woven the lives of Black women together for centuries. Mollika Jai Singh speaks about the importance of persistence in a marathon-length friendship. And Claire Kaneshiro and Alan Plotz learn more about living and surviving in the residential youth treatment centers commonly known as the "troubled teen industry."
Produced and hosted by...2022-12-1049 min
WPRB News and CultureGratitudeOn the day after Thanksgiving, News and Culture takes a moment to meditate on gratitude, with three stories that stretch and test the bounds of our comfort with thankfulness. Mollika Jai Singh explores Princeton University's tradition of 'Annual Giving.' Izzy Jacobson looks back on the gratitude journal she keeps. And Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachumallu learn the complex relationship between 'gratitude cutlure' and psychotherapy from an expert.
Produced and hosted by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Mollika Jai Singh, Izzy Jacobson, Natalia Maidique, Navani Rachumallu, and Adam Sanders.
Theme song: “Montanita” by Ratat...2022-11-2527 minWPRB News and CultureComings and GoingsOn 11/11, News and Culture thinks about moments in our day: commutes, routines, junction points, stories from years past and new stories alike. From the archives, Elizabeth Shwe interviews an EMT about a day in the life - saving lives. Henry Moses and Luke Carroll bring us a new story of people at a junction, literally, speaking to folks in the midst of their commutes during rush hour at the Princeton Junction NJ Transit station. We return to the archives to hear a story from Hope Perry, about the path books take in Princeton University's massive Firestone Library, from the...2022-11-1153 minWPRB News and CultureSpooky StoriesIn our first-ever Halloween special, News and Culture tells spooky stories sure to give you a fright. Navani Rachamallu and Natalia Maidique tell a classic Gothic story, 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. Izzy Jacobson and Mira Ho-Chen crowdsource some ghostly tales. Charlie Nuermberger and Henry Moses speak to an expert on the mythical Jersey Devil of the Pine Barrens. Audrey Zhang digs into the Princeton University Archives to find evidence of ghosts on the historic campus. And Hannah Lee and Claire Kaneshiro explore a classic American Halloween tradition firsthand, venturing into a corn maze.
Produced...2022-10-2853 minWPRB News and CultureChangemakers in our CommunityNews and Culture dedicates this Very Special Episode® to those in our community who strive to make it a better place for everyone involved – in the radically freeform way we know how. Ashley Olenkiewicz and Julian Hartman-Sigall explore the mechanics of a congressional campaign in Pennsylvania's competitive 1st District, just across the Delaware River from Princeton. Clara McWeeny and Izzy Jacobson speak to Naomi Hess, a 2022 Princeton graduate who has spent her life fighting for disability rights, at home, at school, and in Washington. Lia Opperman and Mira Ho-Chen talk with Udi Ofer, former director of the New Jersey ACL...2022-10-1454 min
Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta JerrySounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry EP775 (the lost episode)While I am away please enjoy this lost episode that aired exclusively on WPRB Princeton 103.3FM on January 8th as it was the first radio broadcast coming out of the new year. Hope you enjoy this little flashback.
Bunny Wailer "Amagideon (Armagedon)" from Blackheart Man on Island Records
Al Campbell "Babylon Yard" from Deeper Roots on Jet Star
Junior Delgado "What Am I Doing Here?" from One Step More on Mango
Pablo Moses "The Slayer/Dub Slayer" from In The Future & Dub on Tabou 1
Dub Idren Meets I-niverse "Roots Strong" from Roots Strong...2022-10-122h 59
WPRB News and CultureMetamorphosisNews and Culture continues its second Fall season by pointing the microphone not at a genesis or an ending, but rather at three stories in the middle of their journeys of transformation. Abani Ahmed and Daniel Yeo speak to the developers and planners seeking to revitalize Trenton, New Jersey's capital city. Natalia Maidique and Navani Rachamallu explore the comeback of vinyl record culture in recent years – from the perspectives of both the music team here at WPRB and the iconic Princeton Record Exchange. And Claire Kaneshiro learns about the experiences of those who identify as “born-again” Christians – and discovers a new per...2022-09-3040 min
WPRB News and CultureGenesisNews and Culture returns for the Fall season with four stories on beginnings – starts informed by faith, technology, crisis, and community.
Charlie Nuermberger and Henry Moses speak to art critic and writer Dean Kissick about the rise of AI-generated art, and what this new path could mean for artistry and creation in the digital age. Clara McWeeny and Izzy Jacobson explore how activism for reproductive rights has resurged since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and speak to those demonstrating for their bodily autonomy. Alan Plotz and Clara McWeeny learn more about the value of canvassing as a n...2022-09-1659 min
WPRB News and CultureSummer Dispatch #4In our last Summer Dispatch, we celebrate the end of our radically-freeform summer by tying up some loose ends. Charlie Nuermberger finishes his exploration of an abandoned mansion in western Maryland, purportedly home to an infant poltergeist. Hannah Lee explores what makes a great summer read. And Tommy Goulding muses on melancholic wanderings in the streets of Nuremberg.
This episode was directed and hosted by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Charlie Nuermberger, Hannah Lee, and Tommy Goulding. 2022-09-0933 min
WPRB News and CultureSummer Dispatch #3In the third summer dispatch, in the wake of a massive heat-wave, News and Culture reporters venture to the limits of possibility. Charlie Nuermberger explores the story of an infant ghost in an abandoned mansion in western Maryland. Henry Moses speaks to New Jersey writer Bud Smith, acclaimed author of the new novel "Teenager." Alan Plotz learns about the threat invasive species pose to our central New Jersey home. And Reina Coulibaly returns to News and Culture with the second part of her dispatch from an ashram in Sonoma, California.
This episode was directed and hosted by Adam Sanders. Reported...2022-07-2650 min
WPRB News and CultureSummer Dispatch #2In our second Summer Dispatch, the day after Independence Day, we hear stories uniquely American in their separation from U.S. soil. Hannah Lee explores the experience of international students and their names in the United States. Alan Plotz learns about a project aiming to catalogue the oral histories of religious refugees. Tommy Goulding shares a day in his own life as an expatriate for a summer.
Directed and hosted by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Hannah Lee, Alan Plotz, Tommy Goulding, and Adam Sanders.2022-07-0538 min
BTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalVolume 10: BTCJune presents… That Puro SignalBTCJune Presents… That Puro Signalfor plebs and psychopathsDescription: BTCJune Presents… That Puro Signal is aims to bring a unique perspective to the Bitcoin space. With so many thoughtful and intelligent paths bitcoiners have taken to explore and disseminate knowledge, I found that there was a lack of a recap or a weekly “best of Bitcoin” podcast and thought I could contribute to the network in this area. I also wanted to make these bitcoinerisms fun to listen to and have a love for freeform radio— namely WFMU, East Village Radio, Intergalactic FM, and WPRB in Princeton...2022-07-0442 minBTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalVolume 9 - BTCJune Presents… That Puro SignalBTCJune Presents… That Puro Signalfor plebs and psychopathsDescription: BTCJune Presents… That Puro Signal is aims to bring a unique perspective to the Bitcoin space. With so many thoughtful and intelligent paths bitcoiners have taken to explore and disseminate knowledge, I found that there was a lack of a recap or a weekly “best of Bitcoin” podcast and thought I could contribute to the network in this area. I also wanted to make these bitcoinerisms fun to listen to and have a love for freeform radio— namely WFMU, East Village Radio, Intergalactic FM, and WPRB in Princeton...2022-06-2649 min
WPRB News and CultureSummer Dispatch #1Happy Solstice! WPRB News and Culture starts off summer with the first of our "Summer Dispatches" specials, with stories from around the nation and the world. Reina explores an ashram in Northern California, Henry finds his way to a different New Jersey, and Adam tries to find a tourist spot that won't break the bank.
This episode was directed and hosted by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Reina Coulibaly, Henry Moses, and Adam Sanders. Special thanks to Theo Wells-Spackman, Evelyn McGonigle, and Alan Plotz. 2022-06-2135 minBTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalVolume 8 - BTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalBTCJune Presents… That Puro Signalfor plebs and psychopathsDescription: BTCJune Presents… That Puro Signal is aims to bring a unique perspective to the Bitcoin space. With so many thoughtful and intelligent paths bitcoiners have taken to explore and disseminate knowledge, I found that there was a lack of a recap or a weekly “best of Bitcoin” podcast and thought I could contribute to the network in this area. I also wanted to make these bitcoinerisms fun to listen to and have a love for freeform radio— namely WFMU, East Village Radio, Intergalactic FM, and WPRB in Princeton...2022-06-2050 minBTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalVolume 7 - BTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalBTCJune Presents… That Puro Signalfor plebs and psychopathsDescription: BTCJune Presents… That Puro Signal is aims to bring a unique perspective to the Bitcoin space. With so many thoughtful and intelligent paths bitcoiners have taken to explore and disseminate knowledge, I found that there was a lack of a recap or a weekly “best of Bitcoin” podcast and thought I could contribute to the network in this area. I also wanted to make these bitcoinerisms fun to listen to and have a love for freeform radio— namely WFMU, East Village Radio, Intergalactic FM, and WPRB in Princeton...2022-06-0142 minBTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalVolume 6 - BTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalBTCJune Presents… That Puro Signalfor plebs and psychopathsDescription: BTCJune Presents… That Puro Signal is aims to bring a unique perspective to the Bitcoin space. With so many thoughtful and intelligent paths bitcoiners have taken to explore and disseminate knowledge, I found that there was a lack of a recap or a weekly “best of Bitcoin” podcast and thought I could contribute to the network in this area. I also wanted to make these bitcoinerisms fun to listen to and have a love for freeform radio— namely WFMU, East Village Radio, Intergalactic FM, and WPRB in Princeton...2022-05-2145 minBTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalEpisode 5- BTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalBTCJune Presents… That Puro Signalfor plebs and psychopathsDescription: BTCJune Presents… That Puro Signal aims to bring a unique perspective to the Bitcoin space. With so many thoughtful and intelligent paths bitcoiners have taken to explore and disseminate knowledge, I found that there was a lack of a recap or a weekly “best of Bitcoin” podcast and thought I could contribute to the network in this area. I also wanted to make these bitcoinerisms fun to listen to and have a love for freeform radio— namely WFMU, East Village Radio, Intergalactic FM, and WPRB in Princeton. Michael At...2022-05-1242 minBTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalEpisode 4 - BTCJune Presents: That Puro SignalBTCJune Presents… That Puro Signalfor plebs and psychopathsDescription: BTCJune Presents… That Puro Signal aims to bring a unique perspective to the Bitcoin space. With so many thoughtful and intelligent paths bitcoiners have taken to explore and disseminate knowledge, I found that there was a lack of a recap or a weekly “best of Bitcoin” podcast and thought I could contribute to the network in this area. I also wanted to make these bitcoinerisms fun to listen to and have a love for freeform radio— namely WFMU, East Village Radio, Intergalactic FM, and WPRB in Princeton. Michael At...2022-05-0642 min
WPRB News and CultureShenanigansNews and Culture celebrates April Fool's Day... one week late. Reporters do pranks, learn about pranks, talk about cryptocurrency, and discover the secrets of a very special fox.
Reported, recorded, and produced by Adam Sanders, Reina Coulibaly, Izzy Jacobson, Hannah Lee, Alan Plotz, Tommy Goulding, Henry Moses, and Anna Salvatore. 2022-04-0931 min
WPRB News and CultureMistakesNews and Culture learns about mistakes, happy accidents, mishaps, and major errors. Reporters Izzy Jacobson and Clara McWeeny talk to a self-described "accident." Alan Plotz and Ashley Olenkiewicz do a deep dive into New Jersey's eviction law errors. Kat Ivkovic and Charlie Nuermberger discover the many mistake-makers around the Princeton, New Jersey area. And we all learn a little bit more about Nowruz - the Persian New Year celebration.
This episode was directed and hosted by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Izzy Jacobson, Clara McWeeny, Alan Plotz, Ashley Olenkiewicz, Kat Ivkovic, Charlie...2022-03-2542 min
WPRB News and CultureLittle Kids, Big Things (from the Archive)Rebroadcast - December 16, 2019
This is an episode from the News and Culture archives.
Oliver and Anna caught up with Professor Casey Lew-Williams, one of the directors of Princeton University's Baby Lab. Casey and his fellow researchers study development in children whose ages range from a couple months to 7 years old. We talked to Casey because his work gets right to the question we've been asking for a while. Do the things that are important to us when we're young remain important as we get older?
Elizabeth talks to two kids who are getting read...2022-03-1152 min
WPRB News and CultureTwinsNews and Culture talks about twins – in the broadest extent of the term. Reporters interview experts on astrology and biology to learn about spiritual and physical twin research, meet two students who share the same first and last name, learn about the cutting-edge research into doppelgänger horror, and gain a personal insight into the life of a family with twins.
This episode was directed and hosted by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Isa Escamilla, Reina Coulibaly, Alan Plotz, Ashley Olenkiewicz, Hannah Lee, Adam Sanders, Clara McWeeny, Charlie McWeeny, and Anna Salvatore. 2022-02-2648 min
WPRB News and CultureLove LettersNews and Culture celebrates Valentine's Day with an episode devoted to professing your love. We hear from couples just starting to date and those who've already tied the knot, at ages different than you might expect. Reporters ask some guests to tell their loved ones *just* how much they care. An archivist lets us know the inside scoop on some historical love letters. And we read your confessions of love and care out loud for the whole world to see.
This episode was directed and hosted by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by...2022-02-1347 min
WPRB News and CultureThe ReturnNews and Culture returns to the airwaves with a show about returns. What happens to your books when they go back to the library? How has a local grocery store managed to keep its workforce despite the "Great Resignation"? What's going on in the returns line at Target? And why have some people returned to using the typewriter?
This episode was directed and hosted by Adam Sanders. Reported, recorded, and produced by Hope Perry, Alan Plotz, Kat Ivkovic, Charlie Nuermberger, Adam Sanders, and Anna Salvatore. Oliver Whang and Isabela Escamilla assisted in the production of this episode. 2022-02-0637 min
Ottoman History PodcastThe Spiritual Vernacular of the Early Ottoman Frontier | Carlos GrenierE520 | How did one learn to be a good Muslim in the early 15th century? In newly conquered Ottoman lands where Christians and converts lived side by side, how would one go about learning the proper rites and beliefs to hold? This conversation with Carlos Grenier explores the lives and ideas of two brothers, Mehmed Yazıcıoğlu and Ahmed Bican, Sufis of the frontier city of Gelibolu who grappled with this very question. Their response was to craft a synthesis, an Ottoman Islam so to speak, in the form of Turkish texts that guided their communities on the pro...2022-02-0444 min
Radio Survivor PodcastPodcast #322 – College Radio History at WRAS
On the show this week, we explore one of our favorite topics: college radio history. Our guest, Andreas Preuss, just completed a multi-faceted project about student radio station WRAS at Georgia State University in Atlanta for his master’s thesis: Left of the Dial: Right on the Music: 50 Years of Georgia State FM Radio. We dig into various aspects of the station’s past, as well as Preuss’ interesting path to this project, having worked in college radio in the past as well as in commercial media for decades.
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College radio station WRAS-F...2021-11-101h 48Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta JerrySounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry EP720This first of two podcasts to come this weekend is a direct recording of a special Friday night edition of Sounds of the Caribbean heard on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM. You will hear mega reggae hits and anthems from the likes of Marcia Griffiths, Black Uhuru, Third World, Toots and the Maytals, George Nooks, Jimmy Cliff, Junior Byles, The Abyssinians, Johnny Osbourne, Gregory Isaacs, The Mighty Diamonds, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Beres Hammond, Dawn Penn, Tyrone Taylor, John Holt, and Dennis Brown. New music to be heard in this episode comes from Alton Ellis, Pachyman, Dub Proof, Taj...2021-09-112h 48
Mind Wide OpenMatt Pinfield and Allison HagendorfIt's all smiles with music industry pioneers Matt Pinfield and Allison Hagendorf as they chat with Lily about all things music and mental health. Matt, legendary MTV VJ, and Allison, Spotify's Head of Rock, have been best friends for years; they dive into Matt's battle with drug addiction, him hitting bottom, and how Allison supported him as he began his recovery journey. The trio have a candid conversation about the state of mental health and recovery within the music industry, Matt's longtime relationship with Lily's parents, and Allison's expertise in physical fitness.For more information, guest bios...2021-07-2735 minSounds of the Caribbean with Selecta JerrySounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry Special WPRB 2nd Drive ShowThis weeks Show is again taken directly from the airwaves on wprb Princeton 103.3 FM which aired on Saturday 4//17/21. This weeks special drive show features an Interview with Keith Rowe of Keith and Tex fame and also the former host and founder of the show in 1995. Next week will return with the normal Sounds of the Caribbean Podcasts. There is still time to make a donation to WPRB at pledge.wprb.com and tell them Selecta Jerry sent ya!
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Look At My Records!Episode 170: The NatvralEpisode 170 of Look At My Records! features an interview with Kip Berman of The Natvral. You likely know Berman as the longtime frontman of Brooklyn indie-pop sensations the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, but over the course of the last few years, Berman underwent both a personal and musical evolution, as he officially ended Pains, moved to New Jersey and started a family, and reemerged with a new musical identity in The Natvral. The songs on the project’s debut record, Tethers, represent a change in style to a more folk-oriented sound and a shift in thematic focus, as...2021-04-1500 min
Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta JerrySounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry Special WPRB Drive ShowThis weeks show is a direct recording of Sounds of the Caribbean that aired on WPRB Princeton during our membership drive on Saturday 4/10. I would encourage all to swing by pledge.wprb.com and make any type of donation you can to help keep our station strong and Reggae music on the radio. Please tell them Selecta Jerry sent you. Our Normal Podcasts will resume after our Pledge drive is over
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"Sounds of the Caribbean w/ Selecta Jerry" (Selecta Jerry) Apr 10, 2021 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
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WHEEL OF RANDY - A Randy Newman PodcastKidz Bop 1968 - Davy The Fat Boy with Jon SolomonSpin the....Rhombus of Jon? Jon Solomon and his colleagues at WPRB (Princeton NJ) have expanded my musical education for years, and this week, I return the favor. I introduce Jon to the Randylogue with a dive into Davy the Fat Boy. Then the WHEEL gives him a sweet one. Then we close with not one, not three, but TWO versions of This Week's Cover. Jon is a class act, folks. 2020-09-0757 min
WPRB News and CultureSisyphusBrittani Telfair wrote a poem about a day in her life. Here it is.2020-03-0901 min
WPRB News and CultureThe Dinky ConductorThere's a small train, appropriately called the Dinky, that takes people from the Princeton train station to Princeton Junction. Andy Latoni talks with the woman who collects those tickets that get people from P to PJ.2020-03-0904 min
WPRB News and CultureThe EMTElizabeth Shwe talks to a professional emergency medical technician (EMT). This is one heck of a day in the life.2020-03-0907 min
WPRB News and CultureThe FarmerAnna Hiltner talks to a local farmer about her day in the life. Here's a word to keep in mind while listening: biodynamics.2020-03-0918 min
WPRB News and CultureA Day In The LifeYou're alive. I'm alive. But how do we live? We tried to answer this question. A day in the life.2020-03-0212 min
WPRB News and CultureWorry LinesRemy's sister is in 7th grade. That's a seriously tough year. Here's how she's coping.2019-12-0707 min
WPRB News and CultureWhen I Grow Up I Want To Be An ActorElizabeth talks to two kids who are getting ready for their big holiday performance of A Christmas Carol at the McCarter Theater in Princeton. They discuss acting and stuffed animals.2019-12-0707 min
WPRB News and CultureThe Rule of LawJulia has three brothers -- all older than her -- and growing up she relied on strangely formalized rules to survive. Here she is with a toy study of an improvised society.2019-12-0708 min
WPRB News and CultureThe Baby LabOliver Whang and Anna Hiltner caught up with Professor Casey Lew-Williams, one of the directors of Princeton University's Baby Lab. Casey and his fellow researchers study development in children whose ages range from a couple months to 7 years old. We talked to Casey because his work gets right to the question we've been asking for a while. Do the things that are important to us when we're young remain important as we get older?2019-12-0714 min
WPRB News and CultureDuct TapeRemy Reya talks to a man who makes art out of junk. Or maybe he just sees junk for what it really is.2019-10-2613 min
WPRB News and CultureJunkingOliver follows Bill Freeman as he takes apart broken things and sells the parts to the junkyard.2019-10-2612 min
WPRB News and CultureJunk PrologueWhat exactly is junk? How should we treat it?2019-10-2604 min
WPRB News and CultureMrs. YuLast year, Jimin Kang got an email from her Spanish professor with a somewhat strange question. Would she be open to conducting an oral history of a Korean woman she had never met before?2019-09-3008 min
Policy PunchlineWhy Don't People Care About Science?! – Science Journalism, Pop Culture, and Policy in the Trump EraBringing up the Superbowl at a Sunday BBQ is cool, but bringing up science is much less “socially acceptable”… Likewise, people read about politics and celebrity gossips, but why not the science section in newspapers and magazines? Is it just because science journalism is fundamentally less interesting? Or is it because our society lacks appreciation for science and intellectual discourse?
Mr. Mike Lemonick is here to answer those questions and provide his insights on Trump’s latest science policies. Mike is Opinion Editor at Scientific American. He has written more than 50 Time magazine cover stories on science, and has written for Nationa...2019-04-2748 min
Policy PunchlineWhy Don't People Care About Science?! – Science Journalism, Pop Culture, and Policy in the Trump EraBringing up the Superbowl at a Sunday BBQ is cool, but bringing up science is much less “socially acceptable”… Likewise, people read about politics and celebrity gossips, but why not the science section in newspapers and magazines? Is it just because science journalism is fundamentally less interesting? Or is it because our society lacks appreciation for science and intellectual discourse? Mr. Mike Lemonick is here to answer those questions and provide his insights on Trump’s latest science policies. Mike is Opinion Editor at Scientific American. He has written more than 50 Time magazine cover stories on science, and...2019-04-2748 minRadio Survivor PodcastPodcast #188 – Hip-Hop Radio Archive (rebroadcast)
The Hip-Hop Radio Archive aims to digitize, preserve, share, and contextualize recordings of hip-hop radio from the 1980s and 1990s from commercial, college, community, and pirate stations of all sizes, telling the stories of the shows and the people that made them. Our guest is founder of the archive, Ryan MacMichael.
This is a rebroadcast from last year of one of our favorite episodes.
This episode lead directly to a follow up episode on the longest running hip-hop radio show in Boulder Colorado: Podcast #152 – The Longest Running Hip-Hop Radio Show in The World?2019-04-1058 min
A Little Something From Jason SimsEp. 19 - My New Year Christmas SpecialIt's STILL CHRISTMAS, so to celebrate here's a couple of pieces which originally appeared on Jon Solomon's annual Holiday Special on WPRB in Princeton, NJ: "An Open Letter to the Person or Persons Mailing Me Boxes of Wasps" & "Happy Christmas, Dr. Rachel Spivy."2019-01-0208 min
Fun 2 Know PodcastF2K Ep. 47 Bassist Jamaaladeen TacumaToday, bassist extraordinaire, Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Jamaaladeen was our guest back in Episode 11 of the podcast, where we talked about growing up in Philly, his discovering the bass in his teen years, his joining Ornette Coleman's electric Prime Time band while still a young man, as well as his world travels and his love of fashion. A few months back I had him back as a guest on my show on WPRB-Princeton, at the time promoting his annual Outsiders Festival, where he's brought a number of improvised music line-ups for some incredible shows in Philadelphia. The 2018 edition brought back Ornette's Prime...2018-11-1248 minRadio Survivor PodcastHip-Hop Radio Archive
The Hip-Hop Radio Archive aims to digitize, preserve, share, and contextualize recordings of hip-hop radio from the 1980s and 1990s from commercial, college, community, and pirate stations of all sizes, telling the stories of the shows and the people that made them. Our guest is founder of the archive, Ryan MacMichael.
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Show Notes2018-06-061h 09Fun 2 Know PodcastF2K Ep. 33 - Saxophonist Rudresh MahanthappaOn today's show, composer, alto saxophonist and the new Director of Jazz at Princeton University, Rudresh Mahanthappa. Rudresh Mahanthappa came out of Boulder Colorado, was educated by Berklee College of Music and DePaul, and received national attention not long after moving to New York in 1998 where he soon beginning collaborating with the then up-and-coming, now major jazz force, pianist Vijay Iyer. Besides making a series of major statements with Iyer, Mahanthappa has collaborated with guitarist Rez Abbasi and trumpeter Amir ElSaffar for some of the freshest and most-ground-breaking jazz releases of the last decade. He's won the yearly Downbeat Poll...2016-12-1945 min
Princeton Alumni Weekly: Goin' BackstoryRally 'Round The Cannon - 11.6.15In this episode, Gregg Lange ’70 and Brett Tomlinson talk about WPRB, the men’s basketball team’s one-night-only return to Dillon Gym, and memorable gifts from the University to students serving in World War II.2015-11-0521 min
Princeton Alumni Weekly PodcastsPAW Tracks: Holder Hall Memories (WPRB)As WPRB celebrates 75 years on the air, PAW Tracks looks back at the student experience at the radio station in interviews with two alumni: Sally Jacob’88, a former DJ and music director; and John Shyer ’78, who covered news for the station and eventually became station manager.2015-11-0410 min
These Things Matter PodcastEp. 175 - The Sure Thing w/ Jon SolomonOur pal Jon Solomon is a DJ who can be heard every Wednesday evening across the Delaware Valley from 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET on 103.3 fm WPRB out of Princeton, NJ. We talk to him about the seminal Cusackian film, THE SURE THING. A silly romantic comedy with actual heart! Actual teenagers doing actual teenage things! WHOD'AH THUNK IT?! Ron Reiner, that's who. Join just, won't you?
2015-11-0300 minPrinceton Alumni Weekly: Goin' BackstoryRally 'Round The Cannon - 9.11.15In the first episode in our new format, history columnist Gregg Lange ’70 and digital editor Brett Tomlinson talk about the Billington brothers, David ’50 and James ’50, the famous cannon hoax of 1969, other notable campus pranks, the selflessness of Princeton’s Medal of Honor recipients, a new Mudd Library exhibit celebrating the 75th anniversary of WPRB, and more.2015-09-1015 min
Educational Hip Hop - Rapper LAKJoin The Gist of Freedom as we talk with Lak, Hip Hop at it's best!
Larry “LAK” Henderson is the founder of Smart Music Entertainment, and the creator of a new sound of hip-hop music that is used as a tool to educate and awaken the consciousness of youth and people in our communities. His album, Lesson One: Hip-Hop & Education, has hit Amazon bestseller lists (#1 in Hot New Releases and #8 in Educational Music), and has received airplay on major radio stations around the world, due to his combination of deep, historical insights and authentic hip-hop sound.
The album features songs abou...2014-08-0450 min
Jersey Arts PodcastMarvin Rosen from WPRBVolunteer DJ Marvin Rosen, host of two shows on Princeton's university station WPRB, joins interviewer Susan Wallner for a podcast about the reinvention of new, accessible music from classically inspired traditions. His show "Classical Discoveries" aims to show people "the beauty of contemporary music" and to "illustrate that music brings us close." The show runs on Wednesdays.Thanks for listening! Subscribe to The Jersey Arts Podcast in your favorite podcast player. The Jersey Arts Podcast is one medium of Feature Stories on Discover Jersey Arts (jerseyarts.com), where articles and videos also cover New Jersey’s vibrant ar...2010-04-0113 min
Jean Shepherd RevisitedShep on WPRB PrincetonShep visits with the crew of WPRB radio at Princeton University after doing his annual live show.2009-08-2400 min