January 13, 2025 // Interviews, News
Thursday night January 16, get Hip with your Rockin’ Attorney Eric Jackson Lurie when he is joined on air by Tragically Hip original drummer, Johnny Fay!
The Tragically Hip are one of the most popular bands to ever come from Canada. They are the fourth best selling band in Canadian history with nine #1 albums on the Canadian charts over their 33 year tenure. The Hip are currently being featured on Amazon Prime in a documentary about their final days as a band and the devastating passing of their lead singer, Gord Downey. Johnny Fay will be talking about the band’s history, the new deluxe re-issue of their album Up To Here and their latest single pulled from their archives.
Love the Tragically Hip? Well, make sure you tune in Thursday January 16 at 8 p.m., or for the replay Sunday January 19 at 10 p.m., right here on WRCT 88.3 FM Pittsburgh or streaming at wrct.org.
January 7, 2025 // Forbes Avenue
We sat down with David Shumway, a Professor of English here at CMU, and talked all about movies!
Professor Shumway discussed current trends, what makes American film unique, and the role of music in movies among many other topics. Tune in if you need recommendations of what to watch or want to hear why you should watch movies multiple times! It was an interesting interview about a fun topic.
Listen to the interview: David Shumway
Archan Das, host, researcher, audio engineer
Riona Duncan, audio editor
Recorded November 18, 2024; WRCT debut January 7, 2025
December 24, 2024 // Forbes Avenue, Interviews
In early December, we journeyed a few blocks south of Forbes Avenue to visit with Laura M. Schoch, Senior Plant Procurement, Recording and Design Associate at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Listen to this episode to join our tour of the Phipps collection!
It was a treat to explore the Botanical Gardens all set up for the holidays. Laura talked about the Phipps Holiday Magic Light Show, and she showed us the fall & winter train layout, special holiday exhibitions, and some highlights from Phipps’ permanent collection. Laura also told us about what goes into creating exhibits, maintaining and developing new plants, and how different botanical gardens work together.
Tune in to hear why the Phipps Conservatory is a place you should take visitors to Pittsburgh!
Listen to the interview: Laura M. Schoch
Credits:
Kate Smigie, host, researcher
Richard Gordon, co-host, audio engineer, audio editor
Recorded December 2, 2024; WRCT debut December 24, 2024
