Movies
On ‘Radio Times:’ Smuggling the ‘Titanic’ in North Korea
North Korea has isolated its nearly 25 million citizens from much of the world. There are no civil rights, the economy is barely function ...
8 years ago
Guest: Joshua Green White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is perhaps the most enigmatic figure in the Trump a ...
Air Date: August 8, 2017
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‘2001’ came and went, but the movie’s ideas still resonate
The 1968 movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” painted a grand vision of the future — but for lots of us, the real 21st Century has ...
8 years ago
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‘Moonlight’ illuminates a new vision of the black community
“Moonlight” is more than just an LGBT story. It subtly redefines who and what the black community is. Yes, there is violence, ...
8 years ago
The pinelands pipeline, exoplanets, and the Oscars
Guests: Joe Hernandez, Eric Jensen, Hillary Busis First up on today’s show: New Jersey green-lit a natural gas ...
Air Date: February 27, 2017
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Radio Times in Review: Mohsin Hamid, “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” Trayvon Martin’s parents
Guests: Sibryna Fulton, Tracy Martin, Diane Ackerman, Mohsin Hamid Coming up on this week’s edition of Radio Ti ...
Air Date: February 10, 2017
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Hollywood vs. Trump; first, Chelsea Manning
Guests: Dan Ozzi, Joe Concha, David James Jackson Presidential inaugurations have a long tradition of bringing so ...
Air Date: January 19, 2017
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Guests: Sonia Saraiya, Steven Hyden We continue our “Best of 2016” series by talking about the year-in-televi ...
Air Date: December 28, 2016
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Actor Dev Patel on his new film “Lion”
Guest: Dev Patel The new film Lion is based on the heart-wrenching true story of a young Indian boy, Sar ...
Air Date: December 23, 2016
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“Hidden Figures” and supporting women of color in STEM fields
Guests: Margot Lee Shetterly, Yvonne Darlene Cagle During World War II, NASA hired black female mathematicians to ...
Air Date: December 22, 2016
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Actor Dev Patel: from “Slumdog” to “Lion”
Guest: Dev Patel The new film Lion is based on the heart-wrenching true story of a young Indian boy, Saroo Brierl ...
Air Date: November 18, 2016
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Radio Times in Review: memoirist edition
Guests: William Giraldi, Richard Blanco, Bobby Rydell Coming up on today’s edition of Radio Times in Review, we ...
Air Date: November 18, 2016
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Now for our feature presentation: we’re going to explore the science of movie magic as seen on the big screen and behind the scenes ...
Air Date: October 14, 2016
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Fact or cartoon fiction: Can the ‘double conk’ cure amnesia?
Mary Spiers runs the website neuropsyfi.com, which is devoted to how brain science is depicted i ...
9 years ago
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‘The Birth of a Nation’ & Nat Turner
The film “The Birth of a Nation” directed, written and produced by Nate Parker tells the story of Nat Turner—a Virginia-bor ...
Air Date: October 12, 2016
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