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MIXED TAPE TRILOGY Director Up Next on Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM

Director Kathleen Ermitage Talks MIXTAPE TRILOGY on Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM

Mixtape Trilogy: Stories of the Power of Music explores one of the most intense and unique relationships between people who rarely meet: music artists and their fans. Folk-rock icons The Indigo Girls openly share their journey, which has powerfully influenced the life of their biggest fan. Composer and pianist Vijay Iyer examines issues of immigration and race through his music; his work touches the heart of Garnette, a “man of the streets” from Kingston, Jamaica. Rapper and activist Talib Kweli inspires and transforms the life of Mike, a “Hip Hop” architect from Detroit. The director unpacks the music, inviting the audience to fall into it. The art of listening unfolds and inspires us to listen to music and, perhaps, each other in new ways.

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Airs Thursday, February 16, 6-8 PM.

Destinies Promo, 2/17/23

 
This week, Destinies visits the Marvel Cinematic Universe, explores the cosmos, and seeks advice from an elder god.
 
Tune in Friday night, and salute the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania by learning why Scott Lang went to prison in chapter two of Marvel's Ant-Man, read by McCloud Andrews, on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler, as well as a Soundtrack Spotlight on Christophe Beck's score for Ant-Man and the Wasp
 
Christina M. Rau reads her poem "An Intense Event of Galactic Proportions."
 
And, Patrick Thomas' "Dear Cthulhu" answers a letter from a Peeping Thomasina.
 
Friday, February 17th, at 11:30 PM.
 
Hosted by Howard Margolin, with Patrick Thomas and Christina M. Rau.

Dane Wigington Talks THE DIMMING on SOUNDS OF FILM

Filmmaker Dane Wigington Talks THE DIMMING on Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM

Dane Wigington is the executive producer for the ground breaking climate engineering documentary, THE DIMMING. He has a background in solar energy and was a former employee of Bechtel Power Corporation.

 
The program airs Thursday, February 9, 6-8 PM. 

Friday, February 10 on Destinies-The Voice of Science Fiction

Later this year, Doctor Who will celebrate its 60th anniversary.

Tune in Friday night, as Destinies starts the festivities early with the first of several Doctor Who-related specials scheduled for 2023. In a live telephone interview, editor David Bushman will discuss the essay anthology A World of Demons: The Villains of Doctor Who. "From Daleks and Cybermen to Weeping Angels and The Silence, the greatest villains of the Who-niverse have achieved an iconic status all their own, haunting the nightmares of millions."

For the first time, a collection of essays by 17 different Doctor Who experts, deconstructs this gallery of the Doctor's enemies, and editor David Bushman will provide an overview of the articles.

You'll learn which of the many monsters the Doctor has faced made the cut for this book. You'll hear how the foes of the Doctor have evolved over the past sixty years, especially between the classic and the new series. And, you'll hear one expert's opinion about why the Doctor's greatest enemy is himself.

Friday, January 27 on Destinies-The Voice of Science Fiction

This week, Destinies travels from the old west to Texas in the 1990s to Stony Brook in 2011.

Tune in Friday night, and celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Lone Ranger with the story of his origin in "Ambush at Bryant's Gap" on the Destinies Radio Theater.

As Destinies' 38th annual tribute to the crews of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, Evelyn Husband relates the story of Rick's training for his 1999 flight as pilot of the shuttle Discovery in part 13 of High Calling: The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband.

And, return to I-Con 30 to learn who won the coveted t-shirt and plastic trophy in "I-Con's Got Talent-The Results!" Friday, January 27th, at 11:30 PM. Hosted by Howard Margolin (who is also one of the five I-Con's Got Talent finalists). Destinies-The Voice of Science Fiction

Director Cyrus Neshvad Talks RED SUITCASE on THE SOUNDS OF FILM

Cyrus Neshvad, whose RED SUITCASE has been shortlisted for the 95th Academy® Awards, up next on Tom Needham' SOUNDS OF FILM

Director Cyrus Neshvad’s THE RED SUITCASE is a heartbreaking story of a 16-year-old Iranian girl who is visibly terrified after picking up her red suitcase at the airport. She is seen to be lost in thought and taking her time to leave the departure lounge. What awaits her on the other side of the automatic doors is even more daunting than we thought. THE RED SUITCASE is shortlisted for the 95th Academy® Awards after qualifying by winning the Oscar®-qualifying award at the Tirana International Film Festival.

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Airs Thursday, January 26, 6-8 PM.

Winter Reggae Marathon 2023

The 31st Annual 3 Day Winter Reggae Marathon, celebrating Bob Marley's birthday and Black History Month, will kick off at 12:01 AM on Friday, February 4th, following the end of “No Sound Test”, and conclude on Sunday, February 5th at 11:59 PM.

David Arquette Up Next on Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM

ON SACRED GROUND is based on the true events during the 2016 construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The film follows DANIEL (William Mapother), a journalist and military veteran, and ELLIOT (David Arquette), an oil company executive, who find themselves on opposite sides of the fight during the construction of the contentious pipeline. As the story unfolds, the two characters go down separate paths during one of the most heated protests and confrontations with Native American tribes in modern US history.

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Airs Thursday, January 19 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Joe Jencks and Rod MacDonald, Sunday, February 19th 3 P.M. in the Sunday Street Series

 

Come see Joe Jencks and Rod McDonald on Sunday, February 19th at 3:00 PM, live at The Long Island Museum, Route 25A, Stony Brook

In February, 2019, Joe and Rod played a memorable concert for us in WUSB's Sunday Street Series in the Gillespie Room at The Long Island Museum. We are pleased to welcome them back.