Marcos Sueiro Bal appears in the following:
Sidney Farber, Chemo Crusader
Friday, March 27, 2015
In Early Therapy, Equal Doses of Caution & Optimism.
How Irish Tape Saved Civilization
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
60 Years Ago, Audiotape Coming from Opelika, Ala., was among the World’s Finest. But who was Molly, the Irish Nurse?
Pete Seeger in Conversation with Steve Post
Monday, March 16, 2015
Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger reminisces about life, politics and narrow escapes.
Forget Freebies: Fiorello Forks Over $15 for First Fair Ticket
Monday, February 23, 2015
76 years ago today, a resolute Mayor La Guardia spoke against the practice of free passes to city events.
Glamour Girls, Murder, and the Mayor
Monday, November 24, 2014
What lurked behind William O'Dwyer's charmed life?
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, "The Most Princely"
Monday, November 17, 2014
Three NYC officials profess their love for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
How to Deflect a Wrecking Ball with a Violin
Thursday, November 06, 2014
50 years ago, a mayor (and frustrated violinist) was persuaded to buy the world's most famous concert hall.
1964: China Joins Nuclear Club
Friday, October 31, 2014
This month marks the 50th anniversary of China’s first nuclear test.
At the Forefront of Death: Cancer in Midcentury
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
D.I.Y. pap smears and other 1950s anti-cancer tools.
Norbert Wiener: The Conscientious Gadgeteer
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Are we mindless gadget idolators?
Are Comics Bad for Children?
Saturday, October 11, 2014
In the 1940s and '50s comics were considered pernicious by many. This Brooklyn mom spoke her moderate mind on WNYC.
Lyndon Johnson reacts to the Walter Jenkins incident, 1964
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
50 years ago, Lyndon Johnson's presidential aide Walter Jenkins was arrested for having sex with a man in a YMCA bathroom, just weeks before the 1964 presidential election.
Siri Meets Her Grandpa
Friday, October 03, 2014
Tomorrow is Siri's birthday, and to test her skills, we played her a 1962 recording of an IBM 704 computer singing "Daisy Bell." Will Siri recognize her own voice-sythesized forebears?
The Origins of the "Star Spangled Banner," in Six Minutes
Friday, September 26, 2014
The Star Spangled Banner turns 200 this month. To commemorate, the inimitable Oscar Brand explains in words and music its origins from a sheep-shearing song to the national anthem.
A Musical Tribute to Edgar Varèse, April 17, 1981
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
How a Frank Zappa-hosted concert of music by Varèse was resurrected
Frank Zappa Referees Tribute to Edgard Varèse
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Q2 Music is thrilled to present an archival recording of the famous Frank Zappa-hosted concert of the music of Edgard Varèse, recorded April 17, 1981 at the now-defunct Palladium in NYC.
Edwin Fancher: Change and Continuity in Greenwich Village
Friday, September 05, 2014
Homosexuality. Mixed-race couples. Narcotics on MacDougal Street. This archived conversation from a WNYC broadcast gives an incredible sense of what's changed--and what hasn't.
Listen to what Nelson Rockefeller said about Belgium in 1965
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
Back in happier, non-World-Cup-matches-between-Belgium-and-USA times, this is what the New York state governor said. Listen to the whole, happy broadcast here.
Two Moving Statements about the Civil Rights Workers Killed 50 years Ago Today
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Two Moving Statements about the Civil Rights Workers Killed 50 years Ago Today
