Tamsen and Dan Read the Paper

Tamsen and Dan Read the Paper

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Tamsen and Dan Read the Paper episodes

  • Episode 234: Mascots and Robots

    Pondering The Green Knight.  Philly Phanatic's bestie, Dave Raymond, makes being a wiseacre into a career. Flippy: White Castle's new employee of the month.  A few more Olympic tales.  Bill Nunn and recruiting  at HBCUs for the Steelers.  Alan Cumming opines about James Lapine's book, Putting It Together.

    Credits:

    Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff

    Engineer:  Ellie Suttmeier

    Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

    45 min
  • Episode 233: Watching the Olympics

    And folding laundry - back from vacation!  Hosting the Olympics - a tough ask. Some new ideas. American weightlifters - hiding out in Honolulu? High Jump / Long Jump - challenging combo.  MLB trade deadlines.  Emily Oster: Family decision making.  Not forgetting Ron Popeil. 

    Credits:

    Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff

    Engineer:  Ellie Suttmeier

    Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

    40 min
  • Episode 232: Shavasana

    Watching the Olympics, Relaxing on Block Island.  Passport crisis. Summer Camp crisis.  Space wars.  Pig with Nicholas Cage. Foie Gras from the lab.  Remembering Jackie Mason. 

    Credits:

    Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff

    Engineer:  Ellie Suttmeier

    Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

    47 min
  • Episode 231: Away From It All

    Time to Reboot!  Getting reacquainted with Pre-Covid pleasures (fingers crossed).  Suez Snafu Fallout.  Hurricane names.  The Economics of small theater in LA. Robot sculptors.  Remembering Dicky Moegle and Richard Donner.

    Credits:

    Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff

    Engineer:  Ellie Suttmeier

    Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

    33 min
  • Episode 230: Summer of Soul

    Harlem Cultural Festival 1969, documentary/concert.  Thank you, Questlove.  Dwarf Elephants of Sicily.  Technology in the service  of fine art conservation/research. (Reflectance imaging spectroscopy!)  Run on Maryland Crab.  Happy 50th, Blue by Joni Mitchell. College Player endorsements.  Spider Tack is gone.  Spinrate is down?  Interesting.  Note to IRS (signed, Donald Rumsfeld).

     

    Credits:

    Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff

    Special Guest:  Sadie Abuhoff

    Engineer:  Ellie Suttmeier

    Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

    49 min
  • Episode 229: That's A Moray

    Eels - that extra jaw comes in handy.  Emily Oster (Cribsheet) comes under fire. Andy Warhol impersonator: Alan Midgett.  Moths - they're everywhere and munching up a storm.  Measuring happiness?  Ed Diener.  Stealing nuts.  Richard Stolley and the Zapruder film.

    Credits:

    Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff

    Engineer:  Ellie Suttmeier

    Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

    50 min
  • Episode 228: Summer is Here

    Happy Father's Day!  Connecting to Juneteenth.  Fun watching the Playoffs (NBA/NHL).  Streaming Data.  How Men's Bodies & Brains react to Fatherhood.  Laurie Colwin - Home Cooking.  Frank Bruni, Janet Malcomb ethical writing.  Shaker Business.  Hating the in-person Car Buying Experience.

    Credits:

    Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff

    Engineer:  Ellie Suttmeier

    Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

    47 min
  • Episode 227: Vending Machine Pizza

    In Italy!  Loki, In The Heights! Summer fun.  What you didn't know about confetti (Jordan Almonds) - Italian wedding staple.  Museum Update:  Anna Russell Jones at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.  Jayne Wrightsman's Books from the Ancien Regime at the Morgan Library.  Oh those headlights.  Remembering Charlene Cosman, and Robert and Jean Hollander. Somewhat past the middle of the journey of my life. 

    Credits:

    Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff

    Engineer:  Ellie Suttmeier

    Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

    52 min
  • Episode 226: How Does a Moose Cross the Highway?

    They use the Overpass!  Now we know.  Mike Marshall, the greatest ballplayer Tamsen never heard of.  Clues to Van Gogh from an antiques shop in Maine.  Seeing Berthe Morisot.  Back in Time with Stephen Fry and Mary Beard.  The magic of Marv Albert.  Ted Chapin, keeper of the keys to Sound of Music. Turtle talk from the Zirlin Bros. 

    Credits:

    Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff

    Engineer:  Ellie Suttmeier

    Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

    51 min
  • Episode 225: Welcome Jasbon!

    Baby Jasbon has arrived - Congratulations Granger and Nico! Aunt Sadie sits in to give us the inside scoop on the NHL playoffs.  Zirlin Brothers (Harry and Larry) put in their 2 cents on Birder Bob deCandido. Bacteria saves the day for Renaissance Sculpture.  Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's studios.  New Boss at the Louvre.  Getting rid of stuff.

    Credits:

    Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff

    Special Guest:  Sadie Abuhoff

    Engineer:  Ellie Suttmeier

    Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

    42 min

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