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Tune in Thursday March 19 shortly after 8:00 p.m. when Billy Sheehan, the legendary bass guitarist joins your Rocking Attorney, Eric Jackson Lurie, on WRCT’s Court’s in Session.

As the five time winner of Guitar Magazine’s Readers’ Poll for best rock bass guitarist, Billy has played and recorded with legendary artists including  David Lee Roth, Steve Vai, Mr. Big, The Winery Dogs, and now his new band, The Fell. 

Billy will rap with Eric about The Fell, the debut of their new single “Footprints,” and his appearance in Pittsburgh next week.  At the end of Thursday’s interview, Eric will be giving away a pair of tickets to see Billy and The Fell when they appear at The Crafthouse on April 26. 

Tune in to hear one of rock ‘n’ roll’s premier bass players Thursday, March 19 at 8:00 p.m. Right here on 88.3 FM or streaming at wrct.org.  Note: The episode will be replayed Sunday, March 22 at 10:00 p.m. 

The WRCT Forbes Avenue team recently visited the main gallery of the Hunt Institute For Botanical Documentation on the CMU campus to preview the current exhibition, To Make A Prairie: Pollination and Human Understanding. Senior Curator of Art Carrie Roy and Curator of Art Lydia Rosenberg explained that the artworks and specimens in the exhibition demonstrate an unusual intersection of science and art.

The exhibition includes artworks and specimens from the 18th to the 21st century, allowing a viewer to see how people’s understanding of pollination — of both plants and pollinators — has increased over time. Unusual flora and fauna are represented: the exhibition includes a specimen of a bat that pollinates cacti, a pressed plant from 1829, a Darwin Orchid preserved in alcohol, and over 40 artworks that demonstrate how early observation of the relationship between plants, pollen, and the world has transformed into scientific understanding.

Besides, many of the artworks are gorgeous or intriguing!

The Hunt Institute For Botanical Documentation is located on the fifth floor of the Hunt Library on the CMU campus. The exhibition is free and open to the public Tuesdays – Fridays 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. through June 30.

Listen to this episode: Carrie Roy & Lydia Rosenberg

Kate Smigie, interviewer, researcher
Richard Gordon, interviewer, recording engineer, audio editor
Recorded: March 11, 2026
WRCT debut: March 17, 2026

This morning, Mandorichard hosted Joe Troop of Larry & Joe on WRCT’s Whiskey Before Breakfast. Joe was very engaging as he described how he, from North Carolina, and Larry Bellorín, of Monagas, Venezuela, have collaborated on joyous new music that combines the instruments, the music, and the traditions of many countries in the Americas! Mando reports that it was one of the most fun conversations he’s had on WRCT!

Larry & Joe will be in Pittsburgh at UU SongSpace on Saturday March 14 — right up Morewood Avenue from the CMU Campus!

If you missed the conversation this morning, you can hear it at about 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, on the encore broadcast of Whiskey Before Breakfast. Or you can go to Mandorichard’s MixCloud page to play it, and many other WBB interviews, on demand!