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Breathtaking: a Music + Talk podcast

Breathtaking: a Music + Talk podcast

By Chava Willig Levy

Chava Willig Levy's podcast, celebrating all the things that take her breath away, including (but not limited to) music, lyrics, poetry, humor, children, womanhood, spirituality — and living life with a disability.
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Breathtaking: a Music + Talk podcastJun 15, 2021

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3.12 It Says Here, part 3

3.12 It Says Here, part 3

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But, Mr.Adams, performed by William Daniels, Rex Everhart, David Vosburgh, Henry Le Clair and Ken Howard https://open.spotify.com/track/67OTdsPKNCLaAkZfrqH6Nz?si=5bf986617eea4545

Non-Stop, performed by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda

https://open.spotify.com/track/7qfoq1JFKBUEIvhqOHzuqX?si=373e97f5e6f14d9d

One Last Time, performed by Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda

https://open.spotify.com/track/0Iys022UwQ8xBfxE1g4nWZ?si=a68525fbf52a40e6

The Great Writer from Snoopy, performed by Teddy Kempner

https://open.spotify.com/track/0pERoQZAYZDOnDxKnLKoGs?si=f4949271000e4dcf

You’re Nothing without Me, performed by Gregg Edelman and James Naughton

https://open.spotify.com/track/21U5pbKhFsPVNPXwsjNKGh?si=89d50b104bd747a4

Higiya Michtavech, Your Letter Arrived, performed by Nechama Hendel

https://open.spotify.com/track/1PWuuGOVJ4Sp9BhyIxJ0L1?si=43990d1e049b42ba

Mar 29, 202339:29
3.11 It Says Here, part 2

3.11 It Says Here, part 2

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The Perfect Nanny, performed by Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber 

https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZbzWO1MXU3MiWg3lWwAQG?si=116b21f90bb148d7 

Book Report, performed by the cast of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown 

https://open.spotify.com/track/6Bg4WTv9vbVwjCTJrIxZ4H?si=c342df95ce3b4d21 

T-E-A-M, performed by the cast of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown 

https://open.spotify.com/track/3GKuQGamq6UmU3hV9IwBx2?si=73cd9b9522f148cc 

The Thank You Letter, performed by Danny Kaye 

https://tinyurl.com/yd46f5tm 

Hello, Muddah, Hello Fadduh, performed by Allan Sherman 

https://open.spotify.com/track/1Hil8CFzloVaqVu2HSm7u7?si=cc5d4181c68c48cf 

Letter Song, performed by Daisy Eagan, Mandy Patinkin and Alison Fraser 

https://open.spotify.com/track/6oJXdRfsgtFA7Q1pAgxAje?si=73f8c2b33b2946cf 

Dear Kitty (I Am Thirteen Years Old), performed by Trini Alvarado 

https://open.spotify.com/track/6G2N9kMujVwi0kZ9zLGAMp?si=24c961d8b3824046 

Mar 22, 202332:01
3.10 It Says Here, part 1

3.10 It Says Here, part 1

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Adelaide’s Lament, performed by Barbra Streisand

https://open.spotify.com/track/3l9I1MjTM4cBV9gSnsDZYz?si=d82d39fc658c447a

Library Song, performed by Tom Chapin

https://open.spotify.com/track/3HCq2VxnT6uzsdmuUfdGoC?si=942bd659b6334897

A Trip to the Library, performed by Barbara Baxley

https://open.spotify.com/track/4NJmOAKwacEinGHyzQeCQt?si=788866ef6e6947d2

Things I Didn’t Know, performed by Megan McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan

https://open.spotify.com/track/1JJ3y0alemD8E5lmOKw7Rx?si=ba54b92b0c954b33

The Letter, performed by Chevel Shepherd

https://open.spotify.com/track/4ThXGIb7bFsCs3qPOIvDow?si=5e189b7d3f8d4fc0

My Grandmother’s Love Letters, performed by Christine Ebersole

https://open.spotify.com/track/63WgUbpg7BRdbK25QAFcBt?si=db8d095857f54c08

I Read, performed by Donna Murphy and Jere Shea

https://open.spotify.com/track/6A1sCkPUB5GCWMqvn7HvW6?si=ba465b2e4b0a4de3

Mar 14, 202342:32
3.9 I Don’t Know My Left from My Right, part 3

3.9 I Don’t Know My Left from My Right, part 3

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Mar 06, 202328:55
3.8 I Don’t Know My Left from My Right, part 2

3.8 I Don’t Know My Left from My Right, part 2

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Feb 28, 202327:19
3.7 I Don’t Know My Left from My Right, part 1

3.7 I Don’t Know My Left from My Right, part 1

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Feb 23, 202331:27
3.6 It Feels like Home, part 3

3.6 It Feels like Home, part 3

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Feb 16, 202335:25
3.5 It Feels like Home, part 2

3.5 It Feels like Home, part 2

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Feb 08, 202330:42
3.4 It Feels like Home, part 1

3.4 It Feels like Home, part 1

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Feb 02, 202330:08
3.3 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 10

3.3 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 10

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National Brotherhood Week, performed by Tom Lehrer

https://open.spotify.com/track/68fJgvgivIETQTdRa3BRpX?si=c992d06e329e49d0

The Stately Homes of England, performed by Noel Coward

https://open.spotify.com/track/4K0h3ZL2mwSo0eZ7AehUt3?si=f0c9cb92913a4a0b

The Vatican Rag, performed by Tom Lehrer

https://open.spotify.com/track/2yvQEvSOiB0CNUhZfsaP2X?si=31844dfda2f344d7

Springtime for Hitler/Heil Myself, performed by Eric Gunhus and the cast of The Producers

https://open.spotify.com/track/4AGdVxYL7xi62fAjdvVP0h?si=e98305441f4f4c4c

Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to The Germans, performed by Noel Coward

https://open.spotify.com/track/7nTBJHUKGTPb6ObqfFCOIA?si=796929980e694888

Mad Dogs and Englishmen, performed by Noel Coward

https://open.spotify.com/track/0wrdbrNKJq6CrmnqGmdseJ?si=5ac59615a4e64e07

A Song of Patriotic Prejudice, performed by Flanders & Swann

https://open.spotify.com/track/2oplKl7VF7CtBc3Jxx9YyY?si=784876e3e0ef4562

Finlandia, performed by Indigo Girls

https://open.spotify.com/track/6cs94LYbbKUFEqp6Kckgyt?si=e3f374ee84834943

Jan 24, 202339:14
3.2 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 9

3.2 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 9

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Mamma, Mamma, performed by Robert Weede

https://open.spotify.com/track/7MJod5IxJEEsPHK5mQ55Ay?si=e7703752d9f845af

Mamma, Mamma, performed by Spiro Malas

https://open.spotify.com/track/0sCQEFvIxS4iw0NiD7twHW?si=21b99c6417ce44ac

Mamma, Mamma, performed by Louis Quillico

https://open.spotify.com/track/0r8Q8wfKwdRTMmYBBmm1lI?si=fe3133d673964a85

Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat, performed by Sheridan Smith

https://open.spotify.com/track/02v8oheNLGlrnEYaKee3N3?si=a94764a30ad74fa4

Cohen Owes Me 97 Dollars, performed by Rhoda Bernard

https://open.spotify.com/track/6ddyHALdbSMre4eOTYqHE3?si=1c91563477c247f1

If it Wasn’t for the Irish and the Jews, performed by Billy Murray

https://open.spotify.com/track/721ATN84YPfKxAZ1o39Hpt?si=2e2de306178f4e1d

You Won’t Succeed on Broadway, performed by Tim Curry and David Hyde Pierce

https://open.spotify.com/track/1RZIzBbcM5Te2oZxJ2YlLU?si=7ae03ed0c0924c46

Jan 18, 202330:58
3.1 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 8

3.1 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 8

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Jan 12, 202322:00
2.65 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 7

2.65 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 7

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I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City, performed by Johnny Mercer

https://open.spotify.com/track/3PgHfhXAjDfiYTQgGn49Gb?si=68501ef1e95f41fb

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, performed by James Baskett

https://open.spotify.com/track/1fQ2pN9MLxxi399nlHEth7?si=d43bcb42340741fe

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, performed by Johnny Mercer

https://open.spotify.com/track/6qVVAYxUfdo5gmrUK7cret?si=2c34b613e69d4328

Come to the Supermarket in Old Peking, performed by Barbra Streisand

https://open.spotify.com/track/2ow3kvWNcnOf3DrPppaCzL?si=b067da49eb684fdd

Pass That Peace Pipe, performed by Michael Feinstein

https://open.spotify.com/track/4gBOTMBKsmLN8eFxZC34wW?si=00ea5e29e08541bc

I’m an Indian Too, performed by Ethel Merman

https://open.spotify.com/track/0ow7vzVDRjuyLkl7kXtF3W?si=39bcb42b58e445ff

Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist, performed by the cast of Avenue Q

https://open.spotify.com/track/0xY4mvrWtUjePft8O28Tce?si=115bc029bb6c4e43

Society’s Child, performed by Janis Ian

https://open.spotify.com/track/4ygQFe0kTwEQYUc0SjMr58?si=69478f811ee64729

Dec 28, 202232:26
2.64 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 6

2.64 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 6

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The Very Next Man, performed by Patricia Wilson

https://open.spotify.com/track/44ovESFt9LN5O9GSp9wRW8?si=fac6fde595674a32

The Very Next Man, performed by Barbara Cook

https://open.spotify.com/track/2REl1bu5QYb6EWRiU0omzf?si=a2b7ecfa838c4a4f

Marie’s Law, performed by Patricia Wilson and Nathaniel Frey

https://open.spotify.com/track/6HSIjjsR92DZ1HNzW1rn7a?si=7de6f769ace24bb7

I Love a Cop, performed by Pat Stanley

https://open.spotify.com/track/7nh0jW1Ga5sB2fIRMmx1FV?si=34bca32968164492

You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun, performed by Ethel Merman

https://open.spotify.com/track/3AgRcu6IOUsdPM4aQ7L5T7?si=73397e785c694c39

I Enjoy Being a Girl, performed by Pat Suzuki

https://open.spotify.com/track/3sW0pboE0plPKOIKxOQeQT?si=4315c61da5454dd0

Marry the Man Today, performed by Vivian Blaine and Isabel Bigley

https://open.spotify.com/track/25CZQqt1lEqmKSUwxgvjXp?si=b32dae5714354b87

Dec 20, 202237:07
2.63 Thanks Again: A Post-Thanksgiving Celebration, part 3

2.63 Thanks Again: A Post-Thanksgiving Celebration, part 3

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Dec 13, 202217:36
2.62 Thanks Again: A Post-Thanksgiving Celebration, part 2

2.62 Thanks Again: A Post-Thanksgiving Celebration, part 2

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Dec 07, 202213:18
2.61 Thanks Again: A Post-Thanksgiving Celebration, part 1

2.61 Thanks Again: A Post-Thanksgiving Celebration, part 1

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Dec 01, 202211:28
2.60 I Got: A Thanksgiving Celebration, part 3

2.60 I Got: A Thanksgiving Celebration, part 3

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Nov 27, 202212:12
2.59 I Got: A Thanksgiving Celebration, part 2

2.59 I Got: A Thanksgiving Celebration, part 2

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Nov 24, 202212:23
2.58 I Got: A Thanksgiving Celebration, part 1

2.58 I Got: A Thanksgiving Celebration, part 1

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Nov 23, 202209:57
2.57 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 5

2.57 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 5

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A Hymn to Him, performed by Rex Harrison

https://open.spotify.com/track/6FXOOpy1BZaOfJ4hxujURb?si=f8610dff441645b4

I’m an Ordinary Man, performed by Rex Harrison

https://open.spotify.com/track/7kqujHEtjJr9d3pJWSVgEK?si=e00466fcd5f24cad

Everybody Ought to Have a Maid, performed by David Burns, Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford and John Carradine

https://open.spotify.com/track/60Y2bYtWuGyVRPfQYUw6Jb?si=55dc4ca15a3f499a

A Secretary is Not a Toy, performed by Paul Reed and the cast of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying

https://open.spotify.com/track/0y3Fgzb2kPtEqu58Ejl9rc?si=8590d2f4a0bd4486

Wives and Lovers, performed by Jack Jones

https://open.spotify.com/track/33yeTx321qQCaLyh2nE6BY?si=d282b8fd6e1c4597

If a Girl Isn’t Pretty, performed by Jean Stapleton, Kay Medford and Danny Meehan

https://open.spotify.com/track/6fQDRBS131OnFhfMZM1lbO?si=56092826f9d742ef

If You Want to Be Happy, performed by Jimmy Soul

https://open.spotify.com/track/7D97JnBT73FWUh9KmRvP9M?si=2ea7a539f94d4bb6

Meeskite, performed by Jack Gilford

https://open.spotify.com/track/2petcovtEmziiBKCuoCllL?si=5cdc1637ab1d4370

Nov 16, 202235:49
2.56 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 4

2.56 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 4

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Come up to My Place, performed by Nancy Walker and Cris Alexander

https://open.spotify.com/track/7CkhTIBGxZBUH37j4GmgJf?si=17ce03801aba4239

Always True to You in My Fashion, performed by Ann Miller and Tommy Rall

https://open.spotify.com/track/1gIAq18gZ2ke48gG5JZQwJ?si=21129e86d4be4311

The Love of My Life, performed by Susan Johnson

https://open.spotify.com/track/7pXD9WsS5QvKEoWPU9Mzx5?si=b310dc7d3b3143ca

A Little Brains, a Little Talent, performed byGwen Verdon

https://open.spotify.com/track/7jTtfStRxwP2fZELVR9Ssk?si=6118e98bf86b49c7

Whatever Lola Wants, performed by Gwen Verdon

https://open.spotify.com/track/7mqiqyz0dddDRerw6981wB?si=0c5a58cc534c4254

Dere’s a Café on de Corner, performed by Grace Bumbry

https://open.spotify.com/track/5pdMozkf6RvEitjo81d1Tu?si=9705faf48671496f

Softly Awakes My Heart, performed by Marian Anderson

https://open.spotify.com/track/0SyVjfQJeNnBsperyxFawF?si=42f548f04d034563

Sooner or Later, performed by Bernadette Peters

https://open.spotify.com/track/4Q84f2BRKQbpxIb85IxTMZ?si=b79b9de918d044ae

Nov 09, 202237:33
2.55 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 3

2.55 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 3

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Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man, performed by Carol Bruce, Helen Dowdy and Kenneth Spencer

https://open.spotify.com/track/1iyATIwpkikYkE0Y04kWVf?si=b7b6b14911b846de

What’s the Use of Wond’rin’?, performed by Barbara Cook

https://open.spotify.com/track/1bNDKSmtRiXR4vV9TCXQGb?si=3fde1ec01d9d47f3

Something Wonderful, performed by Taewon Kim

https://open.spotify.com/track/76quWXqNi9K7eBFLa8tOuH?si=89ff25ceb2954be3

As Long as He Needs Me, performed by Georgia Brown

https://open.spotify.com/track/1nnPT3NQnGi7wL1fXuDwKM?si=14e2014b2e9842c6

My Man, performed by Barbra Streisand

https://open.spotify.com/track/46fn5mY4J1NWoE53oiMvL6?si=e0701547d9ec4550

My Lord and Master, performed by Lee Venora

https://open.spotify.com/track/6R3KXD0rtg2jPi66BauEqz?si=dd9339c34cff413c

If You Hadn’t but You Did, performed by Kristin Chenoweth

https://open.spotify.com/track/1OYCN2DSo2EwUMZroEZSPh?si=54885fd97bee4863

Nov 02, 202238:27
2.54 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 2

2.54 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 2

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The Girl that I Marry, performed by Barry Bostwick and Judy Kaye

https://open.spotify.com/track/0uXe6nOe2nsDZhyYMU2QaO?si=b69c30f7bc264018

A Quiet Girl, performed by Richard Muenz

https://open.spotify.com/track/0iIZsl0MLjFECeBeVTye3M?si=27c79e41aed9465c

A Cow and a Plough and a Frau, performed by Georges Guétary

https://open.spotify.com/track/3fqzuRCC2HV5qHhcX3Ptho?si=bddf5952dfb74cc2

Mountain Greenery, performed by Mel Tormé

https://open.spotify.com/track/2oux1p8f8ZlOLxGvvcutrI?si=a518530d250d4f72

There is Nothin’ like a Dame, performed by the original cast of South Pacific

https://open.spotify.com/track/7G9fCl7k4fIFUlwe5Kuo9B?si=cbd3fec4cec94544

Le Repos de la Guerrière, performed by Charles Aznavour

https://open.spotify.com/track/1XrNp8lE3es2fEU0Sn1NUC?si=d3d0e2b9b5fa4ee8

Oct 25, 202225:01
2.53 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 1

2.53 And Now for Something Politically Incorrect, part 1

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside, performed by Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting

https://open.spotify.com/track/6vDCgugIifCevQ0Qhk4ke2?si=d0464e1482074482

Standing on the Corner, performed by Shorty Long, John Henson and Alan Gilbert

https://open.spotify.com/track/3QO8QUuFA9V4CiYL86YOcK?si=716626b0e31e4af5

The Game, performed by Jimmie Komack and Nathaniel Frey

https://open.spotify.com/track/7a7LUdMWKV5ugP33LKgEKk?si=e608a2acc9054a44

La Donna è Mobile, performed by Luciano Pavarotti

https://open.spotify.com/track/00U5Dsg9yDQnkFn2AKWCaW?si=94b80064966b452a

How Could You Believe Me, performed by Mandy Patinkin and Kristin Chenoweth

https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZfG1lJDTvK56woHnXQGui?si=e753846609fb438a

I Cain't Say No, performed by Celeste Holm

https://open.spotify.com/track/3r30GCcsZckOYACYhcFzVs?si=7c3f65d4da534cdb

K’she’at Omeret Lo, performed by the Tarnegolim

https://open.spotify.com/track/2GtFqIADBbhUiwbcYGU4I7?si=8683947c449c4a39

Oct 19, 202234:58
2.52 Geographically Yours, part 15

2.52 Geographically Yours, part 15

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Sep 28, 202225:00
2.51 Geographically Yours, part 14

2.51 Geographically Yours, part 14

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Sep 21, 202228:37
2.50 Geographically Yours, part 13

2.50 Geographically Yours, part 13

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Songs of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma 


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City of New Orleans, performed by Arlo Guthrie

https://open.spotify.com/track/3r5sGRjIDluwoHP9gqW6PE?si=c86a5e8026214d71

And Lovin’ You, performed by Bob Gibson with Anne Hills

https://open.spotify.com/track/77am7OrkzmCUpMibt0iqMe?si=8df60ceccb9640fd

My Cousin in Milwaukee, performed by Frances Gershwin

https://open.spotify.com/track/7qsBhMX9NFcnya4OhX9ri9?si=18f468a4561a46f0

Iowa Stubborn, performed by Bluegrass Student Union

https://open.spotify.com/track/5KUSDT2VBxR4SaVohbDShT?si=a38463f17b7f495f

Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis, performed by Joan Morris and William Bolcom

https://open.spotify.com/track/1XISTy23qTNKvNkM8wM7Hk?si=f9abde12cc5d456c

Kansas City, performed by Jimmy Johnston

https://open.spotify.com/track/4CGtIN3iMVM8zMAPBgIHRZ?si=d3111a4cf6164cc8

Oklahoma, performed by Alfred Drake

https://open.spotify.com/track/1gmK889zKeVBpdmkv0hv4N?si=9d0dfb34a9e04749

Sep 13, 202231:03
2.49 Geographically Yours, part 12

2.49 Geographically Yours, part 12

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Songs of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana


Episode playlist:

Tennessee Waltz, performed by Patti Page

https://open.spotify.com/track/0BHroBUvBAp561BYqC9LRK?si=2a815882abd24882

Stars Fell on Alabama, performed by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

https://open.spotify.com/track/0hGjRgbnFuvOMUKgQK1IGu?si=e4d2021c725a4dc3

Mississippi Squirrel Revival, performed by Ray Stevens

https://open.spotify.com/track/54zSjfZLFDQXSWkZzwlYJE?si=ee0ca67f9e704445

Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, performed by the Yarkon Trio

https://open.spotify.com/track/3I5SzFv4dl1FIrGNhXfWT6?si=4efc5cd69cce4dea

Creole Love Call, performed by the Wynton Marsalis Septet and Audra McDonald

https://open.spotify.com/track/48oFp2W4YSReNZaimp26Cw?si=6fd05fcf886c4918

The Battle of New Orleans, performed by Johnny Horton

https://open.spotify.com/track/0dwpdcQkeZqpuoAPYD49N3?si=7160b0662da54e28

Sep 07, 202228:13
2.48 Geographically Yours, part 11

2.48 Geographically Yours, part 11

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Songs of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky


Episode playlist:

America, performed by Simon & Garfunkel

https://open.spotify.com/track/6dfhF1BDGmhM69fnCb6wSC?si=48d0ce7f8caf482b

Ohio, performed by Rosalind Russell and Edie Adams

https://open.spotify.com/track/2iZWWNj0S0pa7ErWIiKeU8?si=566caa5364304f6e

Banks of the Ohio, performed by Olivia Newton-John

https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZS881EDqCJuLpCPFrAvjK?si=42fa3a0aa88549ef

On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away, performed by Joan Morris

https://open.spotify.com/track/0pvcJqxWM72n0E8puuqOaZ?si=3a58a0c311ae4d0f

Gary, Indiana, performed by Eddie Hodges

https://open.spotify.com/track/1yJ55KkwhcaG6JwFJSKB7E?si=9d887df84a154423

Kentucky Borderline, performed by Rhonda Vincent

https://open.spotify.com/track/3p1T3tocORKMJOulIOh4zc?si=abd1a3a6815d4ba9

Aug 31, 202227:16
2.47 Geographically Yours, part 10

2.47 Geographically Yours, part 10

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Aug 25, 202227:50
2.46 Geographically Yours, part 9

2.46 Geographically Yours, part 9

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Aug 18, 202223:39
2.45 Geographically Yours, part 7

2.45 Geographically Yours, part 7

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Songs of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware


Episode playlist:

I Like Jersey Best, performed by John Pizzarelli

https://open.spotify.com/track/6cdE6MGdig8qv3uidMMT8G?si=8c6f6e71e9de4876

Jersey Bounce, performed by Ella Fitzgerald

https://open.spotify.com/track/4YT0P48b1fgqgk4movzbAd?si=6e973b629e8a4c3f

Garden State Stomp, performed by Dave Van Ronk

https://open.spotify.com/track/4w61DrplaaC3Noeb3JOdtL?si=666a5c1a95934464

My Hometown, performed by Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone

https://open.spotify.com/track/2p2IMEoCb1BJmEVkqdelsU?si=4aaa4a1ea36c4e83

Plenty of Pennsylvania, performed by Nancy Andrews, Douglas Fletcher Rodgers and Elaine Lynn

https://open.spotify.com/track/0DZepQpx0ZCpy0577gwUXX?si=0329b55b20f44bf1

Delaware, performed by Perry Como

https://open.spotify.com/track/7moaXjSX1RHksmk6qanoPY?si=1cb69eceed2040b9

Aug 10, 202230:24
2.44 Stigma — A Disability Rights Celebration

2.44 Stigma — A Disability Rights Celebration

An excerpt from my memoir, “A Life Not with Standing,” in honor of the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Aug 01, 202214:01
2.43 O Jerusalem — Geographically Yours, part 7

2.43 O Jerusalem — Geographically Yours, part 7

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Jul 25, 202229:08
2.42 Geographically Yours, part 6

2.42 Geographically Yours, part 6

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Jul 20, 202224:56
2.41 Geographically Yours, part 5

2.41 Geographically Yours, part 5

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Jul 13, 202233:49
2.40 Geographically Yours, part 4

2.40 Geographically Yours, part 4

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Jul 06, 202232:07
2.39 Geographically Yours, part 3

2.39 Geographically Yours, part 3

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Songs of New York, part 1


Episode playlist:

Hudson River Steamboat, performed by Steve Gillette, Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen

https://open.spotify.com/track/0jNKcOZvvwSFSNDjKZxrHY?si=424fa986e0744702

Erie Canal (The E-RI-E), performed by the Weavers

https://open.spotify.com/track/2W072w4sqtL8TtosqpIgwy?si=a6131640c2b6447e

Erie Canal (Low Bridge), performed by the Gas House Gang

https://open.spotify.com/track/7kZHjDvaLeajvBFaNavTmS?si=00877be3809d47d4

Non-Stop, performed by Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of Hamilton

https://open.spotify.com/track/7qfoq1JFKBUEIvhqOHzuqX?si=8c75d7ba53cf4071

Adelaide's Lament, performed by Barbra Streisand

https://open.spotify.com/track/3l9I1MjTM4cBV9gSnsDZYz?si=1d55888a22fc46fb

I’ll Know, performed by Josie de Guzman and Peter Gallagher

https://open.spotify.com/track/3AArFsX5JLu0CYDvGEpu3I?si=28b17bc099ff4cf2

Put on Your Sunday Clothes, performed by Pearl Bailey, Jack Crowder and the cast of Hello, Dolly

https://open.spotify.com/track/24gL9W9GC4t0IBsSXJXqrb?si=01a54b4c16dc4ef3


The 1976 New Yorker cartoon by Saul Steinberg

https://tinyurl.com/2p8h249b

Dave Ruch’s informative blog about the Erie Canal (Low Bridge) song

https://daveruch.com/erie-canal-song

Jun 28, 202238:10
2.38 Geographically Yours, part 2

2.38 Geographically Yours, part 2

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Songs of New England, part 2


Episode playlist:

Sweet Baby James, performed by James Taylor

https://open.spotify.com/track/55OLjN6t2khbLI1YzbPtN5?si=1f332a8f70d242f3

When Fall Comes to New England, performed by Cheryl Wheeler

https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZEJdJ1naCTobb0tCN2t7t?si=c469abbf9fca45f6

Weekend in New England, performed by Barry Manilow

https://open.spotify.com/track/5XWmnuSMexMy6WRYz5rSfq?si=c68782f2f32e4643

Rhode Island is Famous for You, performed by Mandy Patinkin

https://open.spotify.com/track/1a4NyMVSxLvPxVnIbnwq0E?si=19e80c2fb855467f

Moonlight in Vermont, performed by Mel Tormé

https://open.spotify.com/track/2wcQiDI4XLIzhjnXQ8IUE1?si=a4baae00e2d44fea

I Like the Likes of You, performed by Kate Baldwin

https://open.spotify.com/track/1OLdIh06Vfn5C6xLFGq0aE?si=2171150d687f41cd

Mister Snow, performed by Lindsay Mendez and Jessie Mueller

https://open.spotify.com/track/6PhehL1B9KoHF8OYP8NsIh?si=8f3dc49db43f473c


For reference purposes:

Old New Hampshire, performed by Rick Pickren

https://open.spotify.com/track/0W01RFl6bGtElGaOh4U9gW?si=5680fe2ae6b64bf9

Jun 22, 202236:08
2.37 Geographically Yours, part 1

2.37 Geographically Yours, part 1

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Jun 14, 202228:24
2.36 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 7

2.36 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 7

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Jun 08, 202232:16
2.35 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 6

2.35 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 6

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May 24, 202217:27
2.34 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 5

2.34 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 5

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Una Pastora Yo Ami, performed by Isaac Levy

https://open.spotify.com/track/7I18lb7kJDQMnucOSXRzW6?si=3d47b39c94854171

Una Pastora, performed by Isaac Levy and Yasmin Levy

https://open.spotify.com/track/3FK5pZneZy0bqVG48gIcf1?si=0716481c56674df5

Margaritkelach, performed by Theodore Bikel

https://open.spotify.com/track/78qTkxYjHcJXATaCjcUeRv?si=4908c17f527141f8

Chrysanthemum Tea, performed by Alvin Ing

https://open.spotify.com/track/7H6wTj2U9GlAxGbbzQW9Yk?si=b299b552b2b5462d

The Greek song “Mia Voskopoula Agapisa” by the 19th century composer Georgios Lambiris, adapted with Ladino lyrics as Una Pastora Yo Ami by Jews of the Ottoman Empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1zwiZqJ7o

May 15, 202226:16
2.33 A Mother’s Day Celebration

2.33 A Mother’s Day Celebration

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May 08, 202219:30
2.32 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 4

2.32 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 4

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Lilies and lilacs, part 2


Episode playlist:

Opening of The Secret Garden, performed by Rebecca Luker

https://open.spotify.com/track/3YtH56k2TgTVKlR2iGmt9u?si=dc10e7c876444d5d

Green Grow the Lilacs, performed by Harry Belafonte

https://open.spotify.com/track/2Gbj5M6zlzEE71n251Acag?si=3f71272bcfab4966

Flora (the Lily of the West), performed by Peter, Paul and Mary

https://open.spotify.com/track/4gSFMbb5xSKaSh8msgk9xA?si=8ffdb06878d248d8

I Am the Lily of the Valley (Ani Chavatzelet Hasharon), performed by Ravital Kranzler and Elli Kranzler

https://open.spotify.com/track/1NW5bnCy79nY35uXklR7fQ?si=672c5dbc1e1141bf

Edelweiss, performed by Theodore Bikel

https://open.spotify.com/track/6a9HlJUZAXTGcuD3QlbTsS?si=3a038604a55a48ec

Theodore Bikel discussing "The Sound of Music" "Edelweiss."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDuFuetUsiI

May 03, 202225:28
2.31 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 3

2.31 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 3

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Apr 26, 202221:04
2.30 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 2

2.30 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 2

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Apr 19, 202218:37
2.29 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 1

2.29 The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, part 1

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Apr 10, 202219:10
2.28 The Girl with Colitis Goes by (and other mishearings), part 8

2.28 The Girl with Colitis Goes by (and other mishearings), part 8

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Apr 06, 202213:41