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Music
Unsayable by Brambles.
Kola - Lighthouse Version by amiina
A Nearer Sun by the Westerlies
Duet, a Steve Reich composition, performed by Daniel Hope.
On this episode, Charles R. Kesler joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent book “Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness.”
With the good news about the vaccine, the question that faces us (and the podcast crew today) is how will the politicians who have exercised such extraordinary powers over the past year behave now that they should no longer be used or necessary? Once they've tasted the sweet ambrosia of control, can they give it up? And hey, notice that Biden now has "kids in cages" too? Give a listen.
Tiger Woods recovering from surgery, but will he play again? Some normalcy for sports fans back in arena. The NEW Texas crisis: housing. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
Ever since humans looked up at the stars they noticed that a few of them were different from the others. They moved.
These moving points of light were planets. One of those points of light was, of course, the planet Mars.
This first observation of Mars by early humans slowly and inexorably lead to landing robots on the surface of the planet.
Learn more about our exploration of Mars on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
Rob explores grunge supergroup Temple of the Dog’s signature single “Hunger Strike” by discussing the rise of Seattle as the center of the alternative rock scene, the band’s fixation with darkness, and the genre’s complex relationship with ’70s nostalgia.
This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music.
