Open Source with Christopher Lydon

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An American conversation with global attitude - on the arts, humanities, and global affairs, hosted by Christopher Lydon.

An American conversation with global attitude - on the arts, humanities, and global affairs, hosted by Christopher Lydon

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477 Pieces

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Bear-Baiting Debating
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Fintan O'Toole.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2024
  • Length: 42:03
The Harris Machine
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Tressie McMillan Cottom about Kamala Harris and the 2024 presidential race.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 35:14
  • Purchases: 3
In It to the Finish
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Cornel West about the 2024 race for president.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 39:34
  • Purchases: 3
American Believer
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Marilynne Robinson about politics and American culture.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 38:07
  • Purchases: 3
Political Football
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Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Joseph O'Neill about sports and politics.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 19, 2024
  • Length: 50:28
  • Purchases: 3
The Zionism Riddle
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Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation about Zionism with Shaul Magid, Mishy Harman, and Hussein Ibish.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Chasing Beauty
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Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Natalie Dykstra about Isabella Stewart Gardner.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 08, 2024
  • Length: 44:55
  • Purchases: 2
Nicholson Baker Finds a Likeness
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation about drawing with Nicholson Baker.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 26, 2024
  • Length: 46:16
  • Purchases: 1
Campus Uproar
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Zach Samalin and Sophia Azeb about the U.S. college campus movement in solidarity with Gaza.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 55:26
  • Purchases: 3
American Disorder
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Richard Slotkin about culture war in the U.S.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KICI Iowa City, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 42:50
  • Purchases: 3
Lessons from Hannah Arendt
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Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Lyndsey Stonebridge about Hannah Arendt.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 14, 2024
  • Length: 47:48
  • Purchases: 2
Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets
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Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Stephanie Burt and M.J. Cunniff about teaching Taylor Swift at Harvard.

Bought by WLPR , WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KICI Iowa City, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 50:57
  • Purchases: 4
Of Melville and Marriage
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Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel discuss Herman Melville and literary marriage.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 16, 2024
  • Length: 36:49
  • Purchases: 3
Against Despair
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Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with poets Christian Wiman and Danielle Chapman about despair.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KICI Iowa City, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 02, 2024
  • Length: 56:45
  • Purchases: 4
The Rebel's Clinic
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Adam Shatz about Frantz Fanon.

Bought by WMUU-LP and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 44:10
  • Purchases: 2
Algorithmic Anxiety
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Kyle Chayka about algorithmic culture.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KICI Iowa City, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 42:41
  • Purchases: 3
The Humbling of Harvard
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Randall Kennedy and Diana Eck about Harvard's Claudine Gay saga.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 39:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Most Secret Memory of Men
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Mohamed Mbougar Sarr about his Goncourt-winning novel.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KICI Iowa City, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 48:17
  • Purchases: 3
The Revolutionary
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation about Samuel Adams with the biographer Stacy Schiff.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 33:42
  • Purchases: 3
Israel and Palestine across History
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with John Judis about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 44:53
  • Purchases: 2

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