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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: Entertainment • Theatre
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: Architecture • Criminal Justice • Prostitution • Entertainment • Gender issues • History • Relationships
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: Biography • Entertainment • History • United 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: Biography • Entertainment • Technology • Computers • Virtual 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: Biography • Entertainment • Music
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: Entertainment • History • Television
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: Biography • Business History • Entertainment
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: Community • Entertainment • Music
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: Entertainment • History • United States history • Music • Race/Ethnicity • African-American • United 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: Biography • Entertainment • Gender issues
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