Sunday, November 30, 2008

TGATS: Thanksgiving Special

In honor of the holidays, host Alex Doubet and cohorts Alasdair Wilkins and Kevin Burrows dedicated this sixth episode of the Great American Talk Show to everything Thanksgiving! Take a listen here: TGATS 11.30.08.

Tune in two Sundays from now, December 14, at 12:30 pm for the last episode of the year. As always, we'll be bringing an absurdist look to news you don't care about and enlightening discussion you do, so don't miss out!

From all of us at WHRB News, Happy Thanksgiving!

Inside This Week's Political Arena...

Host Alexander Heffner sat down with Mike Allen, chief political correspondent for Politico.com, and Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. If you missed this week's episode, be sure to check it out here: TPA 11.23.08.

A week from today, December 7, at 12:30pm WHRB's news magazine From Across the Yard will return to the airwaves. Be sure to tune in!

As always, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to e-mail us at news[at]whrb.org.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

TGATS: The Quinary Episode

The Great American Talk Show aired its fifth show this afternoon (can you believe it?), and like a fine wine, it just gets better with age. Host Alex Doubet and cohorts Alasdair Wilkins and Kevin Burrows discussed everything from Japanese warrioresses to Spam. And where does Suri Cruise stand in her quest for world domination? Take a listen here: TGATS 11.16.08.

Tune in two Sundays from now, November 30, at 12:30 pm for a special Thanksgiving Day episode of the Great American Talk Show. As always, we'll be bringing an absurdist look to news you don't care about and enlightening discussion you do, so don't miss out!

Thanks for listening!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

The Political Arena: Post Election

Inside this week's Political Arena, host Alexander Heffner sat down with Washington bureau chief for the Boston Globe Peter Canellos and historian Douglas Brinkley to discuss the results of last Tuesday's historic election. If you couldn't catch the show live, you can listen to it in its entirety here: TPA 11.09.08.

WHRB News' live election coverage last Tuesday was a huge success! Thanks to hosts Alexander Heffner and Markus Kolic, executive producer Alyce de Carteret, and everyone else who helped to make it happen. Audio of the entire five-and-a-half hours of coverage will soon be available right here on our blog, so be sure to check back!

As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, you can contact us at news[at]whrb.org. The Political Arena will be back with its web-only edition next week, and will return live two weekends from now on November 23.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Happy No More Daylight Saving Time!

Another fun, enlightening, and utterly absurd episode of the Great American Talk Show aired last Sunday! If you weren't able to join host Alex Doubet and cohorts Alasdair Wilkins and Kevin Burrows on this 30-minute adventure, you can check out the full episode here: TGATS 11.02.08.

Topics in today's episode include:
  • James Bond: real American hero?
  • Suri Cruise: when will the reign of terror end?
  • Cockney listeners: will we have any left after these 30 minutes?

We also aired an EXCLUSIVE interview with Harvard Professor Michael Sandel. Take a listen below!

Tune in two Sundays from now, November 16, at 12:30 pm for more news you don't care about and enlightening discussion you do. You can only get it here, on the Great American Talk Show.