WNYC's Fishko Files Podcast
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From WNYC, New York Public Radio, join WNYC's cultural attaché Sara Fishko for her personal radio essays on music, art, culture and media.
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From the Archives: Discovering Michael Rabin (Originally Aired 8/27/99) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 16 May 2008)
listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)Author: WNYC, New York Public Radio Fri, May 16, 2008
Back in 1999, Sara Fishko rediscovered a great violinist with a tragic story attached. She and Itzhak Perlman examine the Michael Rabin legacy in this archival edition of The Fishko Files.
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Charles Boyer (The Fishko Files: Friday, 09 May 2008)
listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)Author: WNYC, New York Public Radio Thu, May 15, 2008
Actor Charles Boyer had a continental flavor that went over big in the U.S. Ten of his most engaging films will be screened in New York this month. Sara Fishko asks why...in this edition of the Fishko Files...
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Check out details on the Lincoln Center film series "Charles Boyer and the Art of Seduction", running May 23-27 at Walter Reade Theater. 
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From the Archives: Remembering Chopin (Originally Aired 10/99) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 02 May 2008)
listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)Author: WNYC, New York Public Radio Fri, May 02, 2008
Frederic Chopin died October 17, 1849. In October 1999, musicians remembered the great Polish composer and his immeasurable contribution to Romantic music. Sara Fishko has more, on this archival edition of The Fishko Files.
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From the Archives: Lenya (Originally Aired 3/2/00) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 25 April 2008)
listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)Author: WNYC, New York Public Radio Fri, Apr 25, 2008
This Fishko Files was produced in 2000 for the 100th anniversary of the birth of composer Kurt Weill. Over the years Weill's music, as Sara Fishko tells us, has lent itself to a variety of interpretations, despite the imprint of one spectacular performer.
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From the Archives: Play-Along (Originally Aired 1/28/00) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 18 April 2008)
listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)Author: WNYC, New York Public Radio Fri, Apr 18, 2008
Being a musician, even a good amateur musician, requires hours of practice alone with one's instrument. But many players prefer company, and still rely on a system that's now half-a-century old.
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Jazz Soundtrack (The Fishko Files: Friday, 11 April 2008)
listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)Author: WNYC, New York Public Radio Fri, Apr 11, 2008
Jazz has become so treasured as a part of film-scoring that it's the subject of a new Museum of Modern Art exhibit, opening next week. As WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us in this edition of the Fishko Files, the connection between jazz and American film was especially vibrant during one mid-century moment.
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From the Archives: Miklos Rozsa, Cross-Composer (Originally Aired 4/21/00) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 04 April 2008)
listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)Author: WNYC, New York Public Radio Fri, Apr 04, 2008
Miklos Rozsa was one of Hollywood's most celebrated composers. His work on film noir classics in the 40's and epic films in the 50's was, and still is, well known. But it turns out Rozsa had another composing life.
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From the Archives: Strange Fruit (Originally Aired 5/19/00) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 28 March 2008)
listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)Author: WNYC, New York Public Radio Fri, Mar 28, 2008
In the late 1930's, a short, simple song both horrified and fascinated those who heard it. David Margolick's book shows there is still a controversy and painful history surrounding 'Strange Fruit' and it's story.
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The Other Juno (The Fishko Files: Friday, 21 March 2008)
listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)Author: WNYC, New York Public Radio Fri, Mar 21, 2008
A short-lived Broadway musical called ‘Juno’ is coming back for a brief run. It’s not to be confused with the current hit movie about a pregnant teen. As WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, the 1950’s 'Juno' was not exactly a hit. Here’s the next Fishko Files.
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From the Archives: Practice (Originally Aired 6/16/00) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 14 March 2008)
listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)Author: WNYC, New York Public Radio Fri, Mar 14, 2008
Nearly everyone has either practiced a musical instrument, or lived next door to someone practicing. Sara Fishko visited practice rooms from upper Manhattan to Fort Worth, Texas, to ask the question, 'How do you practice?' Here's the next Fishko Files.
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2002
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