Salmagundy
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"Salmagundy, the Show for Working People" Simon Pontin is the host of this light-hearted and humorous magazine-style program of folk, jazz, show tunes and novelty pieces. Locally-produced features include a movie review, a couple of historians, a bit of science, two storytellers, several musical commentaries and a book review. Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac" is heard at nine. Simon Pontin, host of "The Sunshine Show" and "Salmagundy" retires Streamed live: wxxi.org/listen See also: Weekdays, Simon produces another program. If you'd like to know more, click on "The Sunshine Show with Simon Pontin
* Please note: Simon doesn't maintain a list of what was played during the program due to time constraints, but he is happy to answer individuals' questions at simon@wxxi.org. |
This Week:
8:00 News & Weather
8:12 "A Tale in Two Minutes" with local storyteller, Jay Stetzer.
8:24 Joe Baker presents band music on "Gazebo - a Concert in the Park."
8:36 "Inventor of the Week." - Simon Pontin introduces another "Invention Dimension"
8:48 'City' Newspaper critic George Grella reviews current movies.
9:00 Garrison Keillor's nationally broadcast " Writer's Almanac."
9:12 David Minor, "The Timemaster," with stories from history.
9:24 Ellen Koskoff of the Eastman School asks, "What In the World Is Music?
9:36 Richard Howland-Bolton (An Englishman’s Perspective on US Life)
9:48 Features of local interest from Brenda Tremblay or David Perlman.
10:00 News and Weather
10:15 Features of local interest from Brenda Tremblay or David Perlman.
10:30 Peter Doyle delves into his huge music collection to take us back "Between the Wars"
10:45 "Bob on Books," a book review by local author and historian Bob Koch.
