Author Diane Ravitch, director Lauren Greenfield, and filmmaker Lizzie Borden are Tom Needham’s special guests this Thursday on WUSB’s THE SOUNDS OF FILM.

For more information, visit https://www.broadwayworld.com/long-island/article/Diane-Ravitch-Question...

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Why is there so much inequality in America? Yale Law School Professor/Writer, Daniel Markovits, and Tom Needham explore this question and more on the next SOUNDS OF FILM. The show will also feature interviews with the directors of the films ‘Narrowsburg’ and ‘Jane Fonda in 5 Acts.’

Daniel Markovits is the author of the explosive new book, ‘The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite’

Worldwide listeners can tune into the internet livestream on Thursday at 6 pm EST at wusb.fm.

For more information, visit https://www.broadwayworld.com/long-island/article/Daniel-Markovitz-Talks...

Legendary Hip-Hop Star, Kurtis Blow, and director David Hambridge are Tom Needham’s exclusive guests on this Thursday’s SOUNDS OF FILM.

Kurtis Blow is known for his starring-role in the classic film, ‘Krush Groove,’ and has also appeared in ‘Crank the Series,’ ‘Hip-Hop Evolution,’ ‘Breaking the Rules,’ ‘VH1 Presents the 80’s,’ and ‘Rhyme & Reason’

Kurtis Blow is set to debut his brand new covid-19 themed song on the Long Island Music Hall of Fame’s Concert Supporting Health Care Heroes airing on News 12 Plus affiliated channels throughout the Tristate area on May 31st.

David Hambridge's KIFARU is a feature-length documentary that follows the lives of two young, Kenyan recruits who join Ol Pejeta Conservancy's rhino caretaker unit - a small group of rangers that protect and care for Sudan, the last male northern white rhino in the world.

Worldwide listeners can tune into the SOUNDS OF FILM’s internet livestream this Thursday at 6 pm EST at wusb.fm.

For more information, visit https://www.broadwayworld.com/long-island/article/Music-Legend-Kurtis-Bl...

Captain Phil is Filling in for Habanero on Sustain It! This Friday Morning on WUSB 90.1fm Stony Brook from 6am to 8am. In this show we'll have some great music plus the fascinating Stony Brook press podcast The Utopian featuring Dr. Christopher Jones, a lead developer at the Cool Climate Network and an environmental policy expert, to discuss our role in stopping this inevitable crisis once and for all.

Also music by Genesis, Kansas, Jethro Tull, Jeff Lynne and Phideaux !

Legendary bluegrass musician and WUSB DJ BUDDY MERRIAM will be hosting a special program on FACEBOOK LIVE to help raise money for WUSB!

Follow Buddy on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/buddy.merriam.

Alana DeJoseph, the director of 'A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps,' Elliott Murphy, the star of 'Broken Poet,' and Dr. Larry Brilliant are Tom Needham's special guests on this Thursday's SOUNDS OF FILM.

'A Towering Task' is the first documentary to chronicle the remarkable history of the agency. Directed by Alana DeJoseph and narrated by Annette Bening, the documentary features thoughtful interviews of current and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers

BROKEN POET stars Elliott Murphy and is based on his original short story, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." It features significant cameos from Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa.

Dr. Larry Brilliant will be discussing the film 'Open Your Eyes,' a heartfelt and uplifting documentary about doctors restoring sight to villagers who have been blind for decades in Himalayan mountains of Nepal.

Worldwide listeners can tune into the internet livestream at 6 pm EST at wusb.fm.

For more information, visit https://www.broadwayworld.com/long-island/article/Music-Legend-Elliott-M...

Although we had to cancel our live Bob Dylan 79th Birthday Celebration in WUSB's Sunday Street Series at The Long Island Museum on May 24th due to COVIN-19, we couldn't let the event go by without some sort of celebration.

Therefore, we're planning a virtual Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration on The Long Island Museum's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/LImuseum/ from 6 PM until 8 PM. on Sunday, May 24th.

We'll be sharing video highlights from Dylan Birthday Celebrations in WUSB's Sunday Street Series from 2012 (when the Series took place at The University Cafe on the Stony Brook campus) to 2019, at its current location at The Long Island Museum. Look for our regular Dylan band, featuring The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, and Tom Ryan (all in the photo below from our 2017 show celebrating Dylan's 76th birthday) along with several surprise guests.

In addition to these archived performances, we'll also share some newly-recorded (at home) Dylan songs by Bill Scorzari, Emily Duff, Pete Mancini, Bob Westcott and Mary Lamont with Jim Marchese.

Please join us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/LImuseum/ ) on Sunday, May 24th at 6 P.M.

Dan Piepenbring, the co-author of the books ‘Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties’ & ‘Prince: The Beautiful Ones,’ is Tom Needham’s special guest this Thursday on The SOUNDS OF FILM.

The show will also feature interviews with John Potash, the director of ‘Drugs As Weapons Against Us,’ and legendary film composer Rolfe Kent, known for his soundtracks for ‘Sideways,’ ‘Dexter,’ & ‘Wedding Crashers.’

For more information, visit https://www.broadwayworld.com/long-island/article/Dan-Piepenbring-Rolfe-...

Worldwide listeners can tune in to the internet livestream on Thursday at 6 pm EST at wusb.fm

This Thursday’s SOUNDS OF FILM will be featuring interviews with Cartoonist/Author Scott Adams, Filmmaker Cassie Jaye & TV Host/Author Dave Rubin.

Tom Needham will be discussing Dave Rubin’s “Don’t Burn This Book,” Scott Adam’s “Loserspeak,” & Cassie Jaye’s film “The Red Pill.”

Worldwide fans can listen to the internet livestream on Thursday at 6 pm EST at wusb.fm.

For more information, visit https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Dave-Rubin-Scott-Adams-Cassi...