Synopsis
A weekly conversation about the arts, sports, life, and literature, inspired by what we read in the Sunday Paper.
Episodes
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Episode 423: Zoubi!
29/03/2026 Duration: 45minTamsen's new favorite basketball player/story. Also Hatshepsut: Tamsen's favorite female pharaoh. Plus Max Scherzer: Tamsen's new favorite MLB rehab story. And Bojangle's: Tamsen's favorite fast food biscuit sandwich. Not to mention Raphael...well, you get the picture... Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 422: Wake Up Sleepy Owl
19/03/2026 Duration: 44minThe many contributions of Bell Labs. Coders wrangle their AI Agents. Artists, their estates, and their estranged families. Hyrox. Angelika Saleh. Alan Trustman. An Owl wakes up in a Gift Shop... Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 421: Stained Glass And Friendly Taverns
10/03/2026 Duration: 48minBeautiful window to see at the Met! Hanging out at the local tavern. Putin' on the Shvitz! Updating the American Girl Doll. Bloomies is Back. How about Jordan Stolz on a bike? Say good bye to Mr. Clean. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 420: Olympic Fever
26/02/2026 Duration: 45minWatching the Winter Olympics. The end of Mass Market Paperbacks. House Burping. Rough Times for Female Tortoises in Macedonia. Jo Ann Bass and Joe's Stone Crab. Freedom House Ambulance Service. Football by Chuck Klosterman. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 419: One Meal After Another
18/02/2026 Duration: 54minHunkered down but getting out anyway. High Spirits in NYC. The Testament of Ann Lee at the movie theater. One Battle After Another on the small screen. More Inspiration from Kpop Demon Hunters. Mourning the demise of the Department Store. Metrocard Artists losing their supply. Ellen Hughes: more than your average hockey mom. New Restaurant models - loving The Dutchess (Ojai!). Amor Towles - stepping into the Jazz Age via Cole Porter and Ella (Fitzgerald). Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 418: A Very Snowy Day
04/02/2026 Duration: 44minWe're having a REAL WINTER. Hunkered down watching movies and reading the newspaper. Lots to think about: Kpop Demon Hunters bringing Korean culture to the world. A World in the Making: The Shakers (exhibition) and The Testament of Ann Lee (movie). A big book about Bennett Cerf by Gayle Feldman. Wilbur Wood. John Brody. How Green Was My Valley. Songs by Sondheim. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 417: Beans and More
28/01/2026 Duration: 42minRancho Gordo. Yum. Fun in NYC. The Plague. Discovering Ted Chapin's Everything Was Possible. Making Oboes. The New Princeton University Art Museum. Give Well. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 416: Welcome 2026!
07/01/2026 Duration: 47minSumming up the Holidays. Merchants of Joy, Xmas tree sellers documentary. Marty Supreme. World's Largest Apron Museum. Phyllis Lee Levin. Redwing Boots. Remembering Annette, the last of the Dionne Quintuplets. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 415: Where are the Snails?
14/12/2025 Duration: 45minAnother shocking French Heist. Remembering Mel Leipzig. Colds at night. Mary Ann Patten: first female captain of a merchant clipper ship. Pizza business ups and downs. Stewart Brand and The Maintenance of Everything. The Family Bond of the NY Giants. Self Driving Cars. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 414: Thanksgiving 2025
05/12/2025 Duration: 48minLooking back over a tasty time. Musing on Broadway favorites, Tom Stoppard, Mary Poppins. Pride and Pleasure by Amanda Vaille (Schuyler sisters). Bob Trumpy. David Lerner (Tekserve). Terry Martin Hekker (Disregard First Book). Repair Cafés. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 413: Once in a Blue Moon
09/11/2025 Duration: 41minLooking at Lorenz Hart through Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater. The Dodgers do it again. A Stuff Lending Library. The Louvre Heist. Paying your legal bills with your museum collection. Playbill edges toward URL. Wasp Nest decor. Shelly Fireman. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 412: Where's the Whitefish?
23/10/2025 Duration: 53minMore kvetching than kvelling at Saul Zabar's shiva. Swedish tribute to Philly Skatepark. Michael McRoberts: football strategist/debt collector. Coca Leaves. Blow your kitchen clean. Rijksmuseum Dollhouse. Milton Esterow. Renato Casaro. Toby Talbot. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 411: Dinosaurs for Sale
14/10/2025 Duration: 45minAnd they move... Harvard - attending class is optional. James Grashow, cardboard sculptor. Sad farewell to Georgia Brown's. Saul Zabar. Lake Burping. Jonathan Clements. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 410: Looking for Fall
29/09/2025 Duration: 35minHappy Birthday Pepper. Keeping the Deer Out. Block Island Wind Farm. Bjorn Borg tells his story. Museum Update: Fra Angelico/Rembrandt's Dog. Broadway Musicals lose money. Dome Headed Dinosaur. Cynthia Ozick. Marian Burros and the Plum Torte. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 409: No Bobs in Baseball?
17/09/2025 Duration: 45minSummer winds down: Labor Day Weekend, US Open, quick trip to Mohonk. Listening to Austen. Self Publishing to Seven Figure Contract in 90 Days. The fun of the Shakespeare Backstory. Spitting in Sports. Colors and the Brain. Fishtales. Where are the Bobs? Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 408: Blind Tennis
28/08/2025 Duration: 48minSomehow it works. Highest 2 Lowest. Marathon Running and Colon Cancer (a surprising connection). Who's the Best Baseball Player (all time)? New Life for a Wyeth mural. Laptops in the classroom. David Brooks finds help from the Mets. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 407: Re-entry 2025
14/08/2025 Duration: 40minBack from Vacation Fun with Sadie. Ed Sullivan documentary: Sunday Night Best. Nonnas. Glimmerglass Opera Fans versus Baseball Camp Parents. How to manage a baseball team. Is Euro-bread better for you? Ozempic is changing menus... Versailles and talking sculpture. Bridge to Italy? Remembering Tom Lehrer. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 406: Block Island 2025
31/07/2025 Duration: 41minEnjoying the sea breezes. Digging in the sand with the grandchildren. Walking, biking, swimming. Talking about Cosco Pants, French Holidays, Family Bed, Breweries. Also Pianist Nicholas McCarthy. NJ Micro Forests. Columbia University negotiates, disciplines. Alan Bergman, songwriter. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 405: Just in Time
24/07/2025 Duration: 39minBobby Darin and Jonathan Groff - great show on Broadway. Great meal at Via Carota. Not dressing up for La Scala. Richard Moylan's history at Greenwood Cemetery. Passports pronto. Feed me Phil (Rosenthal). Bayeux Tapestry will travel. Hydrofoil commuting? Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 404: Bring A Raincoat
07/07/2025 Duration: 34minBig Birthday trip with Jasi to see his Great Grandmother and Miscellaneous Cousins. All in all, a Great Adventure. Yaroslav Breus cooking at the front line. Stephen Fry and what he reads. Stephen Sondheim's papers head to the Library of Congress. The Pope returns to Castel Gandolfo. Students sue Columbia. Jack Kleinsinger: lawyer/jazz impresario. Mortimer Matz and Nathan's Hot Dogs. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff