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December Programs

December 29, 2018

Best of the Best: The 2018 Third Coast Festival Broadcast  (Part Two)

The Third Coast Festival is back with our annual Best of the Best broadcast from the Third Coast Audio Festival featuring the winners of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation documentary competition.
This year's program will feature producer interviews, highlights from this year’s unforgettable awards ceremony in Chicago.

December 22, 2018

Best of the Best: The 2018 Third Coast Festival Broadcast  (Part One)

The Third Coast Festival is back with our annual Best of the Best broadcast featuring the winners of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation documentary competition. In this two-part special, host Gwen Macsai presents the top audio stories of the year!
This year's program will feature producer interviews, highlights from this year’s unforgettable awards ceremony in Chicago.

December 15, 2018

Brains On! - The Science of Cooking

In partnership with America’s Test Kitchen Kids, Brains On and America's Test Kitchen Kids break down four elements essential to cooking: Mix, Chop, Heat and Chill. Special guests will include Francis Lam, Molly Birnbaum, Dan Souza, Tucker Shaw, Katie Leaird, Kristin Sargianis and Elle Simone.

December 8, 2018

Some RESPECT for Aretha

Aretha Franklin's over 6 decade career is recalled by music documentarian Paul Ingles and a panel of music writers and commentators in the wake of Aretha's August 2018 passing at the age of 76.

December 1, 2018

Intelligence Squared U.S.
Is Trump Bad for Comedy?

From the opening skit on Saturday Night Live to the pages of The Onion, President Trump has become the face of comedy. According to his critics, he has normalized the absurd and effectively de-fanged political satire. But others disagree; they argue that the president serves up comedy-gold every day, making their jobs – and the laughs they seek to elicit – easier than ever before. Is the president killing comedy? Or is he making the funny business ever more relevant? The debaters are P.J. O'Rourke, Kurt Andersen, Sara Schaefer, and Billy Kimball.


 

Brian is a Spokane native who has been interested in sound technology ever since playing with a reel-to-reel deck as a kid. He learned radio broadcasting on KSFC, before it was part of Spokane Public Radio but still was part of the broadcasting program at Spokane Falls Community College. Brian also studied radio at Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon, where he featured new age and fusion jazz on his own show. He admits that at heart he is a news junkie, which fits in well with his work Saturday mornings as regional host for NPR's Morning Edition.
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