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 402: Strawberry Moon
16/06/2025 Duration: 41minSing to your Baby. Skip the new Four Seasons series and go back to the 1981 film. It's more up to date. Princeton Record Exchange. Films chefs love. Back to Blue Books. A great sports photo. Veggie Dinos. No chewing necessary. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 401: Burgers and Sinkholes
04/06/2025 Duration: 48minNew Jersey is sinking. Baby-led weaning. Levittown. The problem with burgers. WWII - a hot topic for Children's Books? Remembering Marcel Ophuls. The Best Years of Our Lives. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 400: Not Quite 36 Questions
21/05/2025 Duration: 47minTamsen and Dan Reveal All! (well, not quite all...) We're celebrating 400 Episodes using the 36 Questions guaranteed to make you fall in love. Join us for our close-up. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 399: Airplane Movies
15/05/2025 Duration: 46minSome interesting choices. A Complete Unknown, The Last Dance, Marching Band. Big Box Craft Beer. Museum Update. Ball Players and their Swag. Sears saves the School Day. Phoebe Gates starts a business. Tiffany Lamp Tattoo, anyone? Out in Cali to cheer for Zeke and Noel. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 398: The Physics of Coffee
01/05/2025 Duration: 51minTamsen can't handle it. The Pope's favorite painting. NFL Draft chatter. Moot Court at Princeton. (Daniel as Judge). British Magicians come around (acknowledging the women). Dancing in the subway. Hidden Frescoes at the Villa Farnesina. Remembering Marshall Rausch. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 397: Ham and Butter
24/04/2025 Duration: 51min'Tis the season! Celebrating Easter and Passover. Thoughts about AI. Basketball players in the NHL. Museum update: Cairo and Chicago. Second-tier phones. Remembering Junior Bridgeman. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 396: Tune Out The Noise
16/04/2025 Duration: 44minErrol Morris movie about investing. Dan liked it. Also A Real Pain. Saving the Metro Theater (NYC). Kelvin Sampson. Remembering William Finn. Richard Bernstein. Linda Williams, professor, and how her porno-film theories intersected with Dan's legal career. Clive Revill. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 395: Torpedo Bats and Cake Picnics
02/04/2025 Duration: 46minLove Life in NYC. Dan Neil buys a Tesla. Will Shortz on the mend. Howie Rose nostalgia. AI comes to the Art History rescue. Big applications for Gorilla Glass. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 394: George and His Grill
29/03/2025 Duration: 50minThinking about George Foreman. Dan rejoices at the return of baseball and marvels at the Japanese Obsession. Tamsen contemplates Beef Tallow and Gougeres. How about a Sound Room? March Madness. Sesame Street, still going strong? Thomas Moser and the Continuous Arm Chair. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 393: Penguin Retirement
21/03/2025 Duration: 44minRenovations! Before and after: the Hoboken Transit Terminal and the Frick Collection. Mad Madness - no upsets? Covid revelations. Ping Pong and Parkinson's Disease. Getting ahead with Katharine Gibbs. The Allure of the Boring Business. Penguin Retirement. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 392: Eat Food
13/03/2025 Duration: 41minRemembering Joan Dye Gussow. Spending Time in Raleigh. London restaurant controversy. Living over the Library. Caravaggio 2025 in Rome. College for All? Maybe not. Roberta Flack. Buster Poindexter. Rebel with a Clause. Vinyl Wizard Chase Kassem. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 391: Richmond 2025
07/03/2025 Duration: 37minBack to Richmond. Heart Shaped Tubs. Meat Raffles! Ken Rosenthal and the History of Panera. Hal Sperlich / Mustang / Mini-Van. The new Honda Civic. City Bank. Earl Weaver and Analytics before there were Analytics. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Special Guest: Cindy Gompert Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 390: Tulip Mania
23/02/2025 Duration: 43minFinal Knee Report. Thoughts on Exercise. Tulips vs Roses. Animated Shorts. The Return (movie, as in, the Odyssey). Homegrown Ice Hockey on Long Island. Basketball á la Arsenault (Jr and Sr). Monica Getz. Ken Wydro. Paddington 2! Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 389: Dan Got It Right
17/02/2025 Duration: 46min( Super Bowl) It Happens. TV Ratings. Gambling Adverts. Super Dome history. Happy Valentine's Day. White House Decor Stories. The Learning Pit. Educational Micromanagement in Texas. Shirley Temple critic Leo Kelly. Goodbye Book Blurbs.
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Episode 388: Dad Bods and Ferraris
09/02/2025 Duration: 42minMarching Bands! Athletic Prowess - it's not all about the looks. Low Cal Wine? Britt Allcroft. Fay Vincent. Dick Button. Wolfgang Zwiener. Book recs from Scott Turow. How to Sell a Ferrari. Dan reveals his Super Bowl pick. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 387: Niagara and More
04/02/2025 Duration: 48minFun story to warm your heart on a chilly winter day. Finishing A French Village. Dan explains Parlays. LA story - fireproof but not trauma proof. Bringing back the Jack Rose. On the spectrum with Bill Gates. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 386: January Freeze
25/01/2025 Duration: 38minIt's cold. Deluxe Editions - People love Books. Fore-edge painting. Radio Taiso. Gerd Heidemann and the Fake Hitler Diaries. Van Gogh All-nighter in London. Rickey Henderson. Claire van Kampen. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 385: Welcome 2025
18/01/2025 Duration: 43minBroadway: Our Town. Tamsen's New Knee. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - the back story. Ira Gershwin - being George's brother. Armia Khalil and Daniel Harding: Side Jobs. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 384: Seasonal Fun
18/12/2024 Duration: 42minJasi's Holiday Sing-Along. Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School performance at the Met (Sing-Along included). Siena (at the Met). Back Scratching. (It's a Thing). Stephen King bows out of the Radio Business. The Eisenhower Highway. Heidi. Really? Yes. Bernie Marcus. Richard Cash. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 383: And We're Back
12/12/2024 Duration: 44minMuch to discuss: Notre Dame, Lindsey Vonn, Broadway Volume, Martha Stewart, Performance Enhanced Olympics, Plants Crying, and Laying an Egg at 74! Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff