The Organist Holiday Special 2016

Hosted by Andrew Leland Dec. 27, 2016 Arts

A special holiday presentation of The Organist, featuring some of the show’s best stories.

From this Episode:

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Toni Morrison once said that good writing shouldn't be "harangue passing off as art"—but she hadn’t heard Free Black Press Radio. Find the original episode here ....

17 min

The Metaphysics of Dub

The Nigerian-Jamaican-American writer Louis Chude-Sokei on black cyborgs, black blackface, and the intersections of race, technology, and robotics. Find the original...

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Wish You Were Here

An interview with a thoughtful android who lives with her caretaker in a cabin in rural Vermont. Find the original episode here . Produced by Jenny Ament with Lois...

12 min

A New Career in a New Town

David J, the bassist from Bauhaus and Love and Rockets, recounts an uncanny encounter with David Bowie, where a single harmonica line spans the ages, from a jukebox in 1971...

6 min

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Host:

Andrew Leland

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