It’s the first thing I look for in you, and the last thing I’m going to show you.
Brené Brown on vulnerability
One of the things that my father wrote in his speeches was how happy he was that this man who had never been able to hold down a job came to him and asked him for a raise.
Debra Solomon on her father, Aaron Solomon, who was one of the first advocates of disability rights in the United States. Listen to the interview.
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said on our show yesterday that “Most of the people that were hit in Gaza deserved it, as they were just armed terrorists.”
Hey guys, it’s been great hanging out on Tumblr, but we’re heading home for a bit. From now on, go to our blog to find our extra interviews, audio clips, videos, book excerpts, quizes, and track lists from our show. And thanks.
Happy Friday!
Tortoise – Eros
Fink – In The Air
Shearwater – Whipping Boy
Dungen – Fredag
Bob Mould – Miniature Parade
Conversion Party – Let Us All
Arcade Fire – Naïve Melody
Bonobo – Sleepy Seven
M.O.P. – Back at It
Pinback – Loro
Henry Mancini – Pink Panther
Bernie Worrell – New Boss
Chad Smith – For Your Country
Cloud Cult – We Made Up Your Mind For You
Polar Bear – Bap Bap Bap
David Holmes – Boobytrapping
Earl Scruggs, the man who reinvented the banjo as a solo virtuoso instrument, has died at the age of 88. Scruggs invented a style, the three finger picking style of banjo playing distinct from the ancient Clawhammer technique. Scruggs style is precise, rhythmic, dizzyingly fast and took the banjo from the back of the band and brought it down front.
The Takeaway pays tribute to Scruggs, who played his instrument like no one had ever before played it and changed music forever.
Today’s bumper music features music from music legend Earl Scruggs, who died yesterday at the age of 88 – check out the video of Scruggs playing with Steve Martin on Letterman.
Tommy Guerrero - Spider and the Monkey
Cut Copy - Hanging Onto Every Heartbeat
Immaculate Machines - Small Talk
New Order - Regret
Temple of the Dog - Pushin’ Forward Back
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant - Thank You
Umphrey’s Magee - Anchor Drops
Brothers Past - Red Rover
Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Earl Scruggs - Dear Old Dixie
Earl Scruggs - The Ballad of Jed Clampett
Folk Implosion - Insinuation
Cave - High, I Am
Pickwick - Blackout
DJ Shadow - Dark Days
Caribou - Great Canadian Weekend
The Jamie Saft Trio - Baal-Peor
From Monuments to Masses - The First Five
The Samual Jackson 5 – Eye Eat Lotus
I Am The World Trade Center – Pretty Baby
Janes Addiction – Three Days
The Philadelphia Experiment – Ain’t it the Truth
Ben Folds Five – Regrets
The Chameleons – Things I Wish I’d Said
J. Dilla – So Far To Go
Weezer – Only in Dreams
The Majestics – Hey Joe
Cinematic Orchestra – Every day
Camper van Beethoven – Payed Vacation
John Scofield – A Go Go
Cut Copy – Hanging Onto Every Heartbeat
Manual – Lunate
From from the WGBH studios, John Hockenberry reacts to his conversation with filmmaker Jon Shenk and former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed.
The first track below was put together by our talented director and remixologist Jay Cowit. It features President Obama and Phil Collins not caring anymore. Have a listen.
Phil Collins/Barack Obama – ObamaCare Anymore
Conversion Party – Let Us All
David Bowie – Bring Me the Disco King
Phenomenal Handclap Band – All of the Above
Karl Denson – Flute Down
El Ten Eleven – The 49th Day
Aphex Twin – Hexagons
Patrick O’Hearn – So Flows the Current
Frank Zappa – Sleep Dirt
Garaj Majal – Of a Simple Mind
Papercuts – White Are the Waves
Lusine – Operating Costs
Talkdemonic – Starry Dynamo
Tristeza - Bromas
During the show today Leah Warshaw wrote on our Facebook page: “Nice touch playing the score to Life Aquatic after the story about James Cameron descending into the Mariana Trench!” Thanks for noticing, Leah. That track is below. Above is “The Happening” by The Supremes. Diana Ross, the group’s lead singer, turns 68 today.
John Brion – Theme from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Quantic – Time is the Enemy
Bob Mould – Again and Again
Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling into Place
Konk – Baby Dee
Mark Mothersbaugh – Let Me Tell You About My Boat
The Brutalist School – Like Powder
The Slip – Even Rats
The Supremes – The Happening
Pinback – XIY
Booka Shade – Vertigo
Arcade Fire – Suburban War
Our co-host John Hockenberry shares his thoughts on the power of one person and one gun in an audio essay for The Takeaway. Listen below.
Image by Geoffrey Fairchild
John Boehner the transportation bill has a lot in common with Mitt Romney, according to our Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich. They’re ready to close their respective deals (the transportation bill for Boehner and the nomination for Romney), but the party isn’t dealing.
The long-awaited ‘The Hunger Games’ is finally here! If you wanted to like the Twilight movies but thought Bella was kind of a wimp, this movie is for you. Protagonist Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) leads a cast of young adults through a fictional reality TV show in which children battle to the death. It’s an awesome take on the teen movie genre, but is this sci-fi flick about homicidal adolescents a good date movie?
Here’s how our bumper music works: our director (Jay Cowit) picks this great music to fit between the segments on our show, and then he emails me (web editor Alex Johnson) the list and I put it on Tumblr. Pretty simple. The only reason I point this out is that credit for finding all of this great stuff goes to Jay. Favorite today goes to the Budos Band and their track Monkey See Monkey Do. The video above is of Jimi Hendrix singing Hey Joe.
Tortoise – Eros
Shearwater – Whipping Boy
Budos Band – Monkey See Monkey Do
Dungen – Fredag
Conversation Party – Let Us All
Flight of the Conchords – Business Time
Pinback – Soaked
Pet Shop Boys – Shopping
TriBeCaStan – Mopti
The Sometime Boys – Bluegrassy
Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
Bernie Worrell – New Boss
Bonobo – Days to Come
Mozart - Molto Allegro in C minor
Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone
