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Interview Archives: Entertainment


Monday, April 30, 2001

1:06 pm

THE SECOND CITY: BACKSTAGE AT THE WORLD’S GREATEST COMEDY THEATER

Sheldon Patinkin, founder and director of Second City and currently the Chair of the Theater Department at Columbia College and Director of Steppenwolf Theater’s summer workshops

Guest Host: Jim Meadows

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Categories: EntertainmentTheatre

Wednesday, May 01, 2002

12:40 pm

THE BOOK OF THE COURTESANS: A CATALOGUE OF THEIR VIRTUES

Susan Griffin, Award-winning writer

Guest Host: Carol Spindel

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Categories: ArchitectureCriminal JusticeProstitutionEntertainmentGender issuesHistoryRelationships

Friday, May 16, 2003

1:06 pm

SERIOUSLY FUNNY: THE REBEL COMEDIANS OF THE 1950S AND 1960S

Gerald Nachman, Journalist

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Categories: BiographyEntertainmentHistoryUnited States history

Thursday, June 12, 2003

2:45 pm

MASTERS OF DOOM: HOW TWO GUYS CREATED AN EMPIRE AND TRANSFORMED POP CULTURE

David Kushner, Digital-music Columnist for Rolling Stone online

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Categories: BiographyEntertainmentTechnologyComputersVirtual World

Friday, July 25, 2003

1:06 pm

MYSELF AMONG OTHERS: A LIFE IN MUSIC

George Weim, Founder and chief executive officer of Festival Productions

Guest Host: Jim Meadows

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Categories: BiographyEntertainmentMusic

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

1:06 pm

DICTIONARY OF TELELITERACY: TELEVISION'S 500 BIGGEST HITS, MISSES, AND EVENTS

David Bianculli, Television critic for The New York Daily News

Guest Host: Bill Hammack

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Categories: EntertainmentHistoryTelevision

Tuesday, December 16, 2003

1:06 pm

THE GAME MAKERS: THE STORY OF PARKER BROTHERS FROM TIDDLEDY WINKS TO TRIVIAL PURSUIT

Philip E. Orbanes, President of Winning Moves Games

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Categories: BiographyBusiness HistoryEntertainment

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

1:06 pm

DEEP COMMUNITY: ADVENTURES IN THE MODERN FOLK UNDERGROUND

Scott Alarik, Singer, songwriter and folk music writer for the Boston Globe since 1986

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Categories: CommunityEntertainmentMusic

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

2:45 pm

SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO: THE STORY OF HARLEM'S WORLD FAMOUS THEATER

Ted Fox, Producer and manager of Buckwheat Zydeco

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Categories: EntertainmentHistoryUnited States historyMusicRace/EthnicityAfrican-AmericanUnited States

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

1:06 pm

Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown

Jennifer Scanlon, Ph.D., Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, Bowdoin College

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Categories: BiographyEntertainmentGender issues

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