Bootsy Collins
Word maven Patricia T. O’Conner helps us make sense of some of the convoluted aspects of the English language. Then, funkmaster Bootsy Collins tells us about working with James Brown and George Clinton. Next, documentary filmmaker Keith Beauchamp investigates the life and death of Emmett Till. And we finish the show with a discussion about what a lack of cheap and abundant oil means for the world with James Howard Kunstler.
Words Fail Me
Wordmaster Patricia T. (Words Fail Me) O'Conner answers your grammar and usage questions. Call 212-433-9692.
Music:
“Three Little Words” by Mel Torme, Carmen Mc Rae and Bud Freeman
Music:
“Three Little Words” by Mel Torme, Carmen Mc Rae and Bud Freeman
This Boot Is Made For Fonkin'
Bootsy Collins helped shaped James Brown’s sound as a bassist in the 1970s. And he was an instrumental part of George Clinton’s P-Funk—he composed, arranged, and played for the band. He’ll tell us about his long and influential career.
Events: Bootsy Collins is the curator of the ...
Events: Bootsy Collins is the curator of the ...
The Emmett Till Story
In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was killed in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Media coverage of his gruesome death brought momentum to the coming Civil Rights Movement in the South. Filmmaker Keith A. Beauchamp revisits Emmett Till’s life and death in a new investigative documentary: “The Emmett ...
The Long Emergency
James Howard Kunstler warns that the world is unprepared for a post-oil future in The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of the Oil Age, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century.
Music:
“Pole Tricks” by Japancakes and “(Nothing But) Flowers” by Talking Heads
Music:
“Pole Tricks” by Japancakes and “(Nothing But) Flowers” by Talking Heads
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