Host Mary Wesley takes you behind the caller's mic to explore perspectives from the people who choose to stand in that curious place between the band and a roomful of dancers. Featuring conversations with callers of American social dance forms (contras, community dances, trad squares). Why do they do it? How did they learn? What is their role, on stage and off, in shaping our dance communities?
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Host Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country's most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present. Benghazi unpacks the 2012 attack in Libya that left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens—and the ensuing political storm, which raised questions about America’s role in the world, established a playbook to weaponize attention in the social media age, and ultimatel ...
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Healing Wisdom explores the healing aspects of the arts, mind-body-soul connections and the spiritual aspects of every day living. Healing Wisdom speaks with authors, filmmakers, comedians, scientists, historians, activists, actors, musicians, doctors, artists, and holistic health care providers, discussing their passions and the issues of the day. Since 2013, Pandora Peoples has hosted and produced Healing Wisdom on Outermost Radio, airing on WOMR 92.1 FM in Provincetown and WFMR 91.3 FM in ...
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Django New Orleans Hors Serie with Guitarist Stephane Wremble
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Click to view a full transcript of the episode Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Bill calling his contra dance Weeks on the Road at the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend in Durham, NH in 2020 Bill calling the singing square dance On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine at the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend in Durham, NH in 202…
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Eleanor and Dario on Their New Album Just the Three of Us
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29:59Send us a text Eleanor Dubinsky and Dario Acosta Teich talk about their new forthcoming album, Just the Three of Us. They'll be performing a holiday concert at Wellfleet Preservation Hall at 6pm on Saturday December 20th. Get your tickets now at wellfleetpreservationhall.org ! Here Dario talks about his indigenous Argentine roots, the folk music of…
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Send us a text Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts began in 1950, located in a pine forest in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California. The school was started by Bee and Max Crone, artists who believed everyone should grow up exploring all the arts. They thought nature was the best environment for that exploration. So, they brought their…
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Artist Andrea Pluhar on Outermost Contra Dance
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14:10Send us a text Meet Wellfleetian artist designer Andrea Pluhar who spent her summers on Cape with her family. In this show we learn about contra dance and how it came to Wellfleet.By Pandora Peoples
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Reading Frederick Douglass Together and Come Here King Lear at Prez Hall
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29:55Send us a text We speak with actress Sallie Tighe + jazz violinist David Eure on Frederick Douglass and actor Rod Owens on William Shakespeare.By Pandora Peoples
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Click here for the episode transcript Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Lindsey calling the dance “Susie's Send-Off" by Scott Higgs with music by Audrey Jaber and Alex Cumming at the Lake City Contra Dance in Seattle on April 17, 2025. Lindsey calling the dance "Labor of Love" by Kathy Anderson with music by Pachelbel's…
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Americana with Claudia Nygaard and Samhain with Village Witch Byron Ballard
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Actor Director John Shuman on His One Man Show
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29:07Send us a text Actor, Director and Improv Teacher John Shuman explores his life in a staged reading of his new one man show directed by Dan Lombardo. The show features music and images to accompany his comedic memoir on his acting career. The show takes place 1-2pm at Parish Park on Saturday November 1st as part of the Pop Up Practices series from …
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Send us a text Vocalist Natalia Talentso talks with me about how Murmurosi's new album “Svitanok” (Dawn) features contemporary songs with traditional melodies, folktales, and lullabies. It features Greek and Middle Eastern influences as well as traditional sounds from the Carpathian Mountains. One of their songs “Yak Pryikhav” addresses how familie…
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The Tea Party takes over the search for the truth about Benghazi, while the FBI pursues a Libyan militia leader suspected of planning the attack. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Thunderchild with Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor
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29:47Send us a text Here's my conversation with musician and storyteller Mwalim Daphunkee Professor talking about his upcoming show at Wellfleet Preservation Hall called Thunderchild happening October 10th at 7pm! Mwalim is the co-founder of the multi-Grammy-nominated band The GroovaLottos, a multi-award-winning playwright, author, composer and educator…
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As the political world looks toward the 2016 Presidential election, Benghazi becomes a Clinton scandal. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Benghazi, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show page in Apple…
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Broadway Cabaret and Life with Oscar at Prez Hall
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27:46Send us a text Carolyn Rogers and Kevin McMahon are co-chairs of the Wellfleet Cultural Council, they are also gifted singers. Together they created The Stephens Sondheim & Schwartz Broadway Cabaret with producer Andy Lantz and fellow singer Frankie Campofelice. The performance is sold out, but it's a lovely conversation and the podcast features th…
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How the attack in Benghazi collided with an American election, and how the seeds of a scandal were planted. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Benghazi, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show page in A…
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The Clements Brothers, Lou Antonucci Does Harry Chapin, and Familiar Faces Art Show
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30:01Send us a text First, we speak with Folk duo George and Charles Clements about their show happening at Wellfleet Preservation Hall on Thursday September 18th. The twin brothers talk about their blood harmonies, being twins and growing up in a musical family. Lou Antonucci talks about his show featuring all Harry Chapin music. Portrait painter Taylo…
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An anti-Islamic video sparks protests in the Middle East, and the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi comes under attack. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Benghazi, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fi…
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Guitarist, Composer and Music Teacher Aaron Larget-Caplan
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29:00Send us a text Composer, international recording and touring artist Aaron Larget-Caplan discusses John Cage, the music inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher, the history of guitar, harmonics and timber. He shares his love of baroque and contemporary music. Fascinating!By Pandora Peoples
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Libya is swept up in a wave of revolution, and an American diplomat makes his mark on Benghazi. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Benghazi, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show page in Apple Podcast…
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How a prison massacre carried out under Libya’s long-time dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, set the stage for the Benghazi attack. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Benghazi, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasc…
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Fiasco: Benghazi unpacks the 2012 attack in Libya that left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens—and the ensuing political storm, which raised questions about America’s role in the world, established a playbook to weaponize attention in the social media age, and ultimately changed the course of U.S. history. For a list of books, …
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Teenage Wasteland & A Crash Course in Filmmaking Workshop
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30:00Send us a text 13, 14, 15. Were some of the most awkward times of our lives. Veteran TV actor and screenwriter David Dean Bottrell is coming to Wellfleet Preservation Hall Saturday August 2nd to share with you his most awkward, embarrassing and hilarious takes on the Teenage Wasteland of adolescence. You've seen him on Boston Legal, Mad About You, …
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FREE Youth Filmmaking Workshop Series August 5-8
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29:59Send us a text These workshops are for young film-lovers and young filmmakers interested in filmmaking. Learn every aspect of filmmaking with professional filmmakers. These workshops will help you to develop and create a short, narrative or documentary which you are welcome to submit to our Wellfleet Youth Film Festival by August 22nd. This year th…
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Woof Woof Meow and Righteous Babes in Wellfleet
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29:58Send us a text Musicians Ken Field and Michael Holt talk about their band's new album, Dancy Pants. You're invited to their album release party on July 20th at Prez Hall. Two rockers from Ani Difranco's Righteous Babe Records Jocelyn Mackenzie and Kristin Ford are performing with Rachel Sage in Wellfleet at a house concert. Check out their awesome …
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Filmmaker Novelist Mo Ogrodnick and Mosquito Story Slam's Vanessa Vartabedian
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Marichka with Daughters of Donbas and Elena with Tango in Wellfleet
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30:05Send us a text Ukrainian-born singer Marichka Marczyk reports on her interviews with families who were in Russian camps. Just back from being embedded with a battalion in Kiev and Donbas, she shares her recent experience there, as well as her new single from her music project educating people about the abduction of 20,000 Ukrainian children. Medica…
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All Our Relations: Art of the Wampanoag Nation
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29:52Send us a text In this podcast visual artists Penny Gamble-Williams and Jennifer Staples of Bowen's Arrow and storyteller/musician Mwalim Daphunkee Professor talk about the landmark gallery exhibition, All Our Relations: Art of the Wampanoag Nation happening now through June 29th at the Cotuit Center for the Arts. The exhibition is co-curated by Ma…
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5 Films at the Provincetown Film Festival
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28:45Send us a text Director Kahane Corn Cooperman and producer Innbo Shim talk about their film, Creede USA, about the impact of a theater on a small conversative mountain town that saw its boom when it was established for mining in the late 1800s. Filmmaker Kim A. Snyder tells the story of book banning and witch hunt of librarians in Texas and Florida…
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Theater and History Converge with Teacher Emerald Walker at Undesirable Elements
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24:53Send us a text Emerald Trinket Walker discusses teaching history through music, movement and performance. Her program Undesirable Elements at Global Kids has performed at many locations including Columbia University, Council on Foreign Relations, Lincoln Center Institute, Apollo Theater, Sarah Lawrence College, Schomburg Center for Research in Blac…
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How George H.W. Bush ended Iran-Contra. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries
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How Hollywood tried to capitalize on Iran-Contra -- and why the story didn’t take. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries
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The Neuroscience of Fear, Empathy and Altruism with Dr. Abigail Marsh
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41:08Send us a text This episode focuses on fear and empathy in humans and other animals. Dr. Abigail Marsh also talks about our biological predisposition toward empathy and care, how adolescent brains evolved to rebel and take risks, why teens are more anxious than in previous generations, and psychopathy as a spectrum. Find out why fearful expressions…
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How the Iran-Contra hearings made Oliver North an icon, and got Ronald Reagan off the hook. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries
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Cape Wellness Collaborative and Retired Rev. Jaime Faile on Her Gender Transition
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29:53Send us a text We speak with Carol Bosco Baumann, chief executive officer of Cape Wellness Collaborative. She shares what brought her to the Cape, her personal connection with the mission of CWC, and what's happening this year at the annual Cape Cod Women’s Music Festival. We also speak with retired reverend Jamie Faile who served for 35 years as a…
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Click here for the episode transcript Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Ang calls the dance The Magpie and the Seal by David Zinkin with music from Sycamore (Cedar Stanistreet, Samuel Foucher, Michael Sokolovsky) at the Mt. Airy Contra Dance Ang calls their dance Golden Girl with music by Gus La Casse on fiddle, and Pep…
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How the Reagan administration tried to prevent the Iran scandal from becoming a second Watergate. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries
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Get Out of Your Comfort Zone and Venture With Travel Guide Jenny Wood
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28:33Send us a text Jenny Wood is a travel guide and retreat facilitator, taking groups on "authentic, immersive, transformational travel experiences to support personal and global healing and peacemaking". With a background in acupuncture and 5 elements coaching, Jenny Wood is a unique travel guide who customizes your oversees adventures. We talk about…
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Iran Contra: Bonus - Bombs, Drugs, and the Contra War
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34:00A bonus interview with journalists Martha Honey and Tony Avirgan. Honey and Avirgan tell Leon about their time reporting on the Contra war from the southern front in Costa Rica. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this season visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Ira…
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How Oliver North decided to do a little multitasking -- and ended up on a plane to Tehran. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Iran Contra, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show page in Apple Podcasts …
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How the United States got involved in a not-so-secret secret war in Nicaragua. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Iran Contra, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show page in Apple Podcasts or at Pushki…
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The Healing Power of Music with Professor Dr. Ed Pias
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30:00Send us a text Multi-instrumentalist Ed Pias earned his degrees in music from the University of Washington in Seattle, Cal Arts, and Berklee, he studied the pakhawaj drum in Bangladesh and India, but it wasn't until he was asked to help a man transition from his hospice bed, that he discovered the healing power of music and connected with the heali…
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Part II of History Professor Michael Schoeppner on Free Black Mariners in Antebellum South
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23:05Send us a text Here history professor Michael Schoeppner talks laws that were made to hinder slave rebellions and resistance to slavery in the Antebellum South. He talks about laws meant to keep free people from moving between states and crossing state boarders and why the history of those laws is relevant today.…
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How the Reagan administration landed in a hostage crisis…and extended a hand to one of America’s sworn enemies. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Iran Contra, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show pa…
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Iran Contra: Episode 1 - Get Me Kevin Kattke
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41:45How a crew of amateur spies from Long Island helped the Reagan administration set the stage for Iran-Contra. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Iran Contra, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show page …
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Iran Contra: A New Introduction from Leon Neyfakh
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6:03Host Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country’s most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present. Fiasco: Iran-Contra tells the story of a secret war, a secret deal, and a foreign policy scandal that threatened to destroy Ronald Reagan…
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Host Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country’s most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present. Fiasco: Iran-Contra exposes a secret war, a secret deal, and a scandal that threatened to destroy Ronald Reagan’s presidency—until it did…
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Free Black Mariners and Southern Antebellum Laws with Historian Dr. Michael Schoeppner
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29:38Send us a text Historian professor Dr. Michael Schoeppner talks about his research on early immigration, state-to-state migration and his book Moral Contagion: Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship and Diplomacy in Antebellum South.By Dr. Michael A. Schoeppner
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Musicians Rikki Bates and Dana Butterfly McCoy
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29:53Send us a text Transgender Drummer Rikki Bates and actress Musician Dana Butterfly McCoy on their new music project, Blush. They share their first two songs together and talk about transgender issues.By Rikki Bates and Dana Butterfly McCoy
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West African Kora Player Salieu Suso Talks About The Jali Tradition
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29:55Send us a text Descended from a long line of Court Griots, musician singer Salieu Suso shares his kora music, and perspective on his spiritual linage.By Salieu Suso
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