Traversing time, space and genre, Argentinian filmmaker Lisandro Alonso's EUREKA is an elliptical meditation on the experiences of indigenous communities across the Americas. Opening in a dusty town of the Old West, reality soon transitions to contemporary South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation before finally landing in the jungles of 1970s Brazil. As the triptych unfolds, each temporal and spatial shift provokes metaphysical questions about colonial influence on native peoples and the ever-present tensions between indigeneity and the Western world. The film features three-time Academy Award nominee, Viggo Mortensen.

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The program airs Thursday, September 19 at 6:00 PM.

Join us for a journey through the foundations of progressive rock as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of King Crimson’s legendary 1974 live performances. Featuring tracks from their 1992 release The Great Deceiver, this show dives deep into the band's signature improvisational style.

The night continues with a powerful mix of instrumental and experimental sounds, including:

• Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s epic “Karn Evil 9”
• A reimagined take on Peter Gabriel by Security Project
• Live recordings from Jethro Tull’s 1977 tour
• And a special appearance from Spock’s Beard

Melting World: A Musical Continuum
Tune in Sunday, 12:00 AM – 2:00 AM on WUSB 90.1 FM.

Don’t miss out on this sonic adventure!

"All Happy Families,” written and directed by Haroula Rose, is a compelling portrait of family dysfunction, starring Josh Radnor, Becky Ann Baker, Rob Huebel, Chandra Russell, John Ashton, Ivy O’Brien, Antoine McKay, David Pasquesi, Colleen Camp, and Rodney Crowell. The film follows two competitive brothers and their parents as they reunite in their childhood home for a weekend filled with secrets and unresolved tensions. Produced by Michael Shannon, it will be in theaters on September 20th and available on demand and digital on October 18th.

Maximina Juson is founder of HUMovies, a film and video production company in Los Angeles. In addition to directing and producing “One Person, One Vote?,” Juson was a Consulting Producer for “Mama Bears” which premiered at SXSW 2022 and was nominated for the Grand Jury prize for Best Documentary Feature. She was producer for 2020 doc feature “Harlem Rising” and a 2021 National Endowment for the Humanities grant recipient.

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This program airs September 12, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. 

From Howard Margolin:

This week, Destinies continues its memorial for Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer and songwriter Richard M. Sherman.

Tune in Friday night, and travel back to August 30th, 2013, when Richard joined Perseverance Records producer Robin Esterhammer for a telephone interview to discuss and introduce selections from the 45th anniversary re-release of the soundtrack of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

In this re-mastered and expanded edition, you'll hear songs from not only the film soundtrack but also the London Cast Recording of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, starring Michael Ball.

You'll learn about the new songs written for the stage production, which also ran on Broadway, as well as how certain lyrics were updated.

Plus, you'll be treated to a specially created version of the title song, sung in multiple languages, compiled from recordings made around the world.

Friday, September 6th, at 11:30 PM.

As autumn approaches and a new semester begins, we invite you to another extended edition of "Melting World" this Saturday from 10 PM to 3 AM Sunday, featuring a diverse mix of cosmic sounds.

Tune in for Euro psych from Magic Brother*Mystic Sister (Spain), Our Solar System, My Brother The Wind (Sweden), Hypnodrone Ensemble (Germany), The Obscure River Experiment, and Pilot Voyager (Hungary). We'll also feature Kosmische from Manuel Göttsching & Michael Hoenig (Germany) and Tarotplane (USA), 4th World sounds from Jon Hassell (USA), Michael Brook (Canada), Nodens Ictus (UK), and an Alice Coltrane live recording at Carnegie Hall (2/21/71). Ambient tracks from Robert Davies (USA) and Space Colours (Germany) round out the night.

All of it takes place this Saturday night at 10:00 PM on WUSB!