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NPR Playback: May 1988
We've resurfaced from the brand new NPR archives, with some timeless stories from May 1988. Richard Nixon gives political advice to the '88 Republican Presidential nominees, filmmaker Robert Altman shares insights on the creative process, Leo Kottke goes New age and Dr. John joins Terry Gross in the studio to do the thing only he can do.
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NPR Playback: February 1988
This month's Playback features a treasure trove of funny stuff from February 1988. Terry Gross interviews comedian Jackie Mason, cartoonist Lynda Barry talks to Renee Montagne about love, and "the monosexual" comes to town.
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NPR Playback: January 1988
It's January and a great time to take a fresh look at all that is 1988! This month we feature an interview with Matt Groening, the creator of "The Simpsons," who reveals what's really underneath Marge's bouffant. We also hear from singer songwriter T-Bone Burnett, writer Vertamae Grovosnor, and Harry Shearer moonlighting as a Banana Association spokesman.
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NPR Playback: December 1987
It's a special year-ender episode of Playback! We relive memorable news headlines of 1987, visit with comedian Jonathan Winters, and hear "The Blue Moose," an original holiday radio comedy featuring star turns from Nina Totenburg, Susan Stamberg, and Daniel Schorr as "The Moose."
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NPR Playback: November 1987
This month we celebrate radio in all its glory with a nod to the 9th anniversary of Morning Edition, a story about underground radio stations during the Vietnam war and Scott Simon takes a trip to the Kinsey Institute for a profile of Alfred Kinsey, the biologist who became famous for his research on human sexuality.
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NPR Playback: October 1987
In this October episode of Playback, we time travel 50 years ago to the Cuban Missile Crisis, fast forward twenty five years to experience the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987, celebrate the edgy humor of Comedian Jackie Mason, and listen to a creepy Halloween story by cartoonist Gary Larson.
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NPR Playback: August 1987
This month on Playback Elvis is back in the building and summer 1987 is on its way out. Author Nora Ephron reads her short story "Insider Trading," actress Carrie Fisher talks about growing up in Hollywood and we have an astonishing report on a rise in alien abductions. 0 0 1 33 189 NPR 1 1 221 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table...
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