WNYC's Fishko Files
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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10 Episodes of this Podcast:
From the Archives: Reds (Originally Aired Friday, October 29, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 13 November 2009)
Published: 2009-11-13 00:00:00‘Reds,’ Warren Beatty’s improbable epic saga about the Leftist American journalist John Reed, was released 28 years ago, just as a generation of early 20th Century activists was aging. Beatty’s film captured their stories and combined them with the star-studded drama. In this archival episode of The Fishko Files -- produced on the 25th anniversary of the film’s release, and its first appearance on DVD -- Sara Fishko talks with three of its editors about the film’s curious construction.
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From the Archives: Chayefsky (Originally Aired Friday, October 20, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 06 November 2009)
Published: 2009-11-06 11:17:00Film is a visual medium, but the words that inspire the pictures are critical. The screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky died 28 years ago, but people still remember his films, vividly; and what they tend to remember...are the words.
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From the Archives: Scary Music (Originally Aired Friday, October 31, 2008) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 30 October 2009)
Published: 2009-10-30 09:01:00Tomorrow is Halloween -- the spooky time of year when thoughts of spine-tingling horror and suspense are the order of the day. WNYC's Sara Fishko is thinking about scary music in this archival episode of The Fishko Files. Continue reading
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From the Archives: Tania Leon (Originally Aired October 27, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 23 October 2009)
Published: 2009-10-23 01:00:00Leon’s music sounds contemporary, but draws on her Afro-Cuban roots. To her, there’s nothing really new in anyone’s music; there are only new ways of using old musical ingredients. WNYC’s Sara Fishko spoke with her... for this edition of the Fishko Files.
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From the Archives: William Bolcom (Originally aired November 17, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 16 October 2009)
Published: 2009-10-16 01:00:00American Composer William Bolcom's compositions are widely performed and recorded; he's written music of every type, comfortably mixing styles and genres. As WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us, Bolcom was, and is, a careful, passionate music-listener as well, and what he listens to tells us a lot about the history of music, both high and low.”
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From the Archives: Heart and Soul (Originally Aired: 11/22/06) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 09 October 2009)
Published: 2009-10-09 01:00:00There are plenty of memorable melodies beloved by singers, but there’s one song that has a special place in the hearts all piano players. Why? Sara Fishko meditates on the mysterious of a popular tune.
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From the Archives: Etudes (Originally Aired 12/8/2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 02 October 2009)
Published: 2009-10-02 01:00:00Listening to a musician working on technique might not be your idea of fun; but as WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, there is music that can make that sort of thing a real experience – for the player and the audience.
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From the Archives: Party Scenes (Originally Aired: 12/29/06) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 25 September 2009)
Published: 2009-09-25 01:00:00Originally broadcast near New Years Eve, when people circulate and celebrate at social gatherings. They’re called parties, and as WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, nobody does parties better than the movies.
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From the Archives: Sleepwalkers (Originall Aired: 1/19/07) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 18 September 2009)
Published: 2009-09-18 01:00:00This episode of The Fishko Files originally aired just as Doug Aitken's Sleepwalkers opened at the Museum of Modern Art. The multi-screen, outdoor movie could be seen from various spots in midtown Manhattan -- and it had WNYC's Sara Fishko considering the role of 'accident' in our appreciation of artworks.
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From the Archives: Portraits (Originally Aired 2/2/07) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 11 September 2009)
Published: 2009-09-11 01:00:00In this archival episode from 2007, Sara Fishko is thinking about portraits, both visual and musical, and what they reveal.
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