Episodes
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Episode 434: Home Depot Millionaires
Okay. We get it. It's not just the sexy new businesses that can make you rich... Looking back at a busy couple of weeks. (Not so) Grand Old Opera Houses in Maine. AI and legal drudgery, a surprising result. Tragic murder in Central Park. Thoughts from Wynton Marsalis. The delights of a Firewood...
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Episode 433: Good Bye Vivian
Remembering Vivian, Tamsen's mom. Seeing Hadestown on Broadway. Ordinary people, ordinary businesses, big successes. Cape Cod Shark Tourism. US Open. It's expensive. Bayeux Tapestry. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 432: Classics Are Having a Moment
Jeepers! Haven't thought about Homer this much since 10th grade! Odyssey (film), Hadestown (film), Pompeii: Out Of Time (series). Don't forget Heinrich Schliemann. US Open. Andrea Bajani and Italian Family Dynamics. (The Anniversary). Inflammation. Cast Iron Pans and the Lodge Family. Abbe Lane....
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Episode 431: How About Those Mets?
Woe is Dan. Block Island Adventures. Jasi sleepover. Decline of Wine. Picturesque Tuscan Dinners. Tarot Cards at the Morgan Library, NYC. DIY Solar Panels - are they worth it? Umpires vs Technology. The adorable mice at the Kennedy Center. Hiking with a pole in his side. That's gotta hurt.…
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Episode 430: An Enchanted Evening
Local Summer Theater at its Best! South Pacific at the Bucks County Playhouse. More World Cup. Dan looks at Cold Plunge. Hand crafted knives from Australia. Fixing Penn Station. Trash Collector. Lifeguard Janet Fash. Bayeux Tapestry comes to UK. (it's been a while...) Why they keep watching…
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Episode 429: Eat Your Sauerkraut!
Walt Disney, business genius. Margaret Kerry as Tinkerbell. The end of Aqueduct. Next steps for residential solar. Big Beautiful (Longaberger) Basket Building. Richard Glanton and the Barnes Foundation. NYT versus Readers: Top Music Writers. Sauerkraut is not just for W Talent: Tamsen Granger and...
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Episode 428: Birthday Weekend
Happy Birthday Hazel! Happy Birthday Vivian! Our adventures in Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York as summer heats up. Fallen Angels, Basura, Moana Jr! Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 427: The Velellas Are Back
Mysterious Blue Creatures on the Beach in California. Going to the Circus Vazquez. Tuner. Mrs. Christie. Playoffs. (Basketball & Hockey). More AI. It's everywhere. BYOFood to the Ballpark. Beautiful Beach Ride. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz
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Episode 426: Uno Dos Uno
Kids say the darndest things... Translating Shakespeare. It Helps. How to make a Decision. Pigeons and People. They go way back. Hawk Romance. Neanderthal Root Canal. Joshua Henry stops the show. Every Night. Just in Time makes $$. New Yorkers won't wear the free tee shirt. Five Minutes All to...
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Episode 425: Bruce the Parrot
Find a Way or Make One in the parrot world. Quick Trip to NYC. Death Becomes Her. Gotta Dance. Hello Mike Stoller. Wandering Around the Met. The Christophers with Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen. The Frank Obit. Sumo Wrestlers and Bodybuilders as Caretakers (in Japan). Mahjong. Affordable Cars....
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Episode 424: Tennis Anyone?
Dan reminisces about the glories of raking Hard Tru. Where's the chocolate? The price of tickets. Green Wood Cemetery welcomes Visitors. How to afford a house in California (you'll need an ADU). Prehistoric Dice. Icelandic Hot Dogs. Eleanor Abbott and Candy Land. Gainsborough at the Frick.…
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Episode 423: Zoubi!
Tamsen's new favorite basketball player/story. Also Hatshepsut: Tamsen's favorite female pharaoh. Plus Max Scherzer: Tamsen's new favorite MLB rehab story. And Bojangle's: Tamsen's favorite fast food biscuit sandwich. Not to mention Raphael...well, you get the picture... Credits: Talent: Tamsen...
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Episode 422: Wake Up Sleepy Owl
The many contributions of Bell Labs. Coders wrangle their AI Agents. Artists, their estates, and their estranged families. Hyrox. Angelika Saleh. Alan Trustman. An Owl wakes up in a Gift Shop... Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 421: Stained Glass And Friendly Taverns
Beautiful window to see at the Met! Hanging out at the local tavern. Puttin' on the Shvitz! Updating the American Girl Doll. Bloomies is Back. How about Jordan Stolz on a bike? Say good bye to Mr. Clean. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke...
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Episode 420: Olympic Fever
Watching the Winter Olympics. The end of Mass Market Paperbacks. House Burping. Rough Times for Female Tortoises in Macedonia. Jo Ann Bass and Joe's Stone Crab. Freedom House Ambulance Service. Football by Chuck Klosterman. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth…
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Episode 419: One Meal After Another
Hunkered down but getting out anyway. High Spirits in NYC. The Testament of Ann Lee at the movie theater. One Battle After Another on the small screen. More Inspiration from Kpop Demon Hunters. Mourning the demise of the Department Store. Metrocard Artists losing their supply. Ellen Hughes: more...
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Episode 418: A Very Snowy Day
We're having a REAL WINTER. Hunkered down watching movies and reading the newspaper. Lots to think about: Kpop Demon Hunters bringing Korean culture to the world. A World in the Making: The Shakers (exhibition) and The Testament of Ann Lee (movie). A big book about Bennett Cerf by Gayle Feldman....
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Episode 417: Beans and More
Rancho Gordo. Yum. Fun in NYC. The Plague. Discovering Ted Chapin's Everything Was Possible. Making Oboes. The New Princeton University Art Museum. Give Well. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 416: Welcome 2026!
Summing up the Holidays. Merchants of Joy, Xmas tree sellers documentary. Marty Supreme. World's Largest Apron Museum. Phyllis Lee Levin. Redwing Boots. Remembering Annette, the last of the Dionne Quintuplets. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art…
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Episode 415: Where are the Snails?
Another shocking French Heist. Remembering Mel Leipzig. Colds at night. Mary Ann Patten: first female captain of a merchant clipper ship. Pizza business ups and downs. Stewart Brand and The Maintenance of Everything. The Family Bond of the NY Giants. Self Driving Cars. Credits: Talent: Tamsen...
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Episode 414: Thanksgiving 2025
Looking back over a tasty time. Musing on Broadway favorites, Tom Stoppard, Mary Poppins. Pride and Pleasure by Amanda Vaille (Schuyler sisters). Bob Trumpy. David Lerner (Tekserve). Terry Martin Hekker (Disregard First Book). Repair Cafés. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff…
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Episode 413: Once in a Blue Moon
Looking at Lorenz Hart through Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater. The Dodgers do it again. A Stuff Lending Library. The Louvre Heist. Paying your legal bills with your museum collection. Playbill edges toward URL. Wasp Nest decor. Shelly Fireman. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff...
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Episode 412: Where's the Whitefish?
More kvetching than kvelling at Saul Zabar's shiva. Swedish tribute to Philly Skatepark. Michael McRoberts: football strategist/debt collector. Coca Leaves. Blow your kitchen clean. Rijksmuseum Dollhouse. Milton Esterow. Renato Casaro. Toby Talbot. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff...
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Episode 411: Dinosaurs for Sale
And they move... Harvard - attending class is optional. James Grashow, cardboard sculptor. Sad farewell to Georgia Brown's. Saul Zabar. Lake Burping. Jonathan Clements. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 410: Looking for Fall
Happy Birthday Pepper. Keeping the Deer Out. Block Island Wind Farm. Bjorn Borg tells his story. Museum Update: Fra Angelico/Rembrandt's Dog. Broadway Musicals lose money. Dome Headed Dinosaur. Cynthia Ozick. Marian Burros and the Plum Torte. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff...
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Episode 409: No Bobs in Baseball?
Summer winds down: Labor Day Weekend, US Open, quick trip to Mohonk. Listening to Austen. Self Publishing to Seven Figure Contract in 90 Days. The fun of the Shakespeare Backstory. Spitting in Sports. Colors and the Brain. Fishtales. Where are the Bobs? Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan...
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Episode 408: Blind Tennis
Somehow it works. Highest 2 Lowest. Marathon Running and Colon Cancer (a surprising connection). Who's the Best Baseball Player (all time)? New Life for a Wyeth mural. Laptops in the classroom. David Brooks finds help from the Mets. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer:...
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Episode 407: Re-entry 2025
Back from Vacation Fun with Sadie. Ed Sullivan documentary: Sunday Night Best. Nonnas. Glimmerglass Opera Fans versus Baseball Camp Parents. How to manage a baseball team. Is Euro-bread better for you? Ozempic is changing menus... Versailles and talking sculpture. Bridge to Italy? Remembering Tom...
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Episode 406: Block Island 2025
Enjoying the sea breezes. Digging in the sand with the grandchildren. Walking, biking, swimming. Talking about Cosco Pants, French Holidays, Family Bed, Breweries. Also Pianist Nicholas McCarthy. NJ Micro Forests. Columbia University negotiates, disciplines. Alan Bergman, songwriter. Credits:...
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Episode 405: Just in Time
Bobby Darin and Jonathan Groff - great show on Broadway. Great meal at Via Carota. Not dressing up for La Scala. Richard Moylan's history at Greenwood Cemetery. Passports pronto. Feed me Phil (Rosenthal). Bayeux Tapestry will travel. Hydrofoil commuting? Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan...
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Episode 404: Bring A Raincoat
Big Birthday trip with Jasi to see his Great Grandmother and Miscellaneous Cousins. All in all, a Great Adventure. Yaroslav Breus cooking at the front line. Stephen Fry and what he reads. Stephen Sondheim's papers head to the Library of Congress. The Pope returns to Castel Gandolfo. Students sue...
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Episode 403: Happy 100 to Vivian!
It's hot in Pennsylvania! Visiting with the cousins. Remembering Michael Abuhoff. Good Bye Muppets Show at Disney World. Boys and Kindergarten. Strike at the Louvre! The amazing Zack Wheeler. Syracuse wooing students with discounts. Barbara Holdridge. Ron Taylor. John Lie-Nielsen. Credits…
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Episode 402: Strawberry Moon
Sing to your Baby. Skip the new Four Seasons series and go back to the 1981 film. It's more up to date. Princeton Record Exchange. Films chefs love. Back to Blue Books. A great sports photo. Veggie Dinos. No chewing necessary. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth...
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Episode 401: Burgers and Sinkholes
New Jersey is sinking. Baby-led weaning. Levittown. The problem with burgers. WWII - a hot topic for Children's Books? Remembering Marcel Ophuls. The Best Years of Our Lives. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Elizabeth Easton Aziz Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 400: Not Quite 36 Questions
Tamsen and Dan Reveal All! (well, not quite all...) We're celebrating 400 Episodes using the 36 Questions guaranteed to make you fall in love. Join us for our close-up. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 399: Airplane Movies
Some interesting choices. A Complete Unknown, The Last Dance, Marching Band. Big Box Craft Beer. Museum Update. Ball Players and their Swag. Sears saves the School Day. Phoebe Gates starts a business. Tiffany Lamp Tattoo, anyone? Out in Cali to cheer for Zeke and Noel. Credits: Talent: Tamsen...
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Episode 398: The Physics of Coffee
Tamsen can't handle it. The Pope's favorite painting. NFL Draft chatter. Moot Court at Princeton. (Daniel as Judge). British Magicians come around (acknowledging the women). Dancing in the subway. Hidden Frescoes at the Villa Farnesina. Remembering Marshall Rausch. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger...
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Episode 397: Ham and Butter
'Tis the season! Celebrating Easter and Passover. Thoughts about AI. Basketball players in the NHL. Museum update: Cairo and Chicago. Second-tier phones. Remembering Junior Bridgeman. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 396: Tune Out The Noise
Errol Morris movie about investing. Dan liked it. Also A Real Pain. Saving the Metro Theater (NYC). Kelvin Sampson. Remembering William Finn. Richard Bernstein. Linda Williams, professor, and how her porno-film theories intersected with Dan's legal career. Clive Revill. Credits: Talent: Tamsen...
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Episode 395: Torpedo Bats and Cake Picnics
Love Life in NYC. Dan Neil buys a Tesla. Will Shortz on the mend. Howie Rose nostalgia. AI comes to the Art History rescue. Big applications for Gorilla Glass. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 394: George and His Grill
Thinking about George Foreman. Dan rejoices at the return of baseball and marvels at the Japanese Obsession. Tamsen contemplates Beef Tallow and Gougeres. How about a Sound Room? March Madness. Sesame Street, still going strong? Thomas Moser and the Continuous Arm Chair. Credits: Talent: Tamsen...
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Episode 393: Penguin Retirement
Renovations! Before and after: the Hoboken Transit Terminal and the Frick Collection. Mad Madness - no upsets? Covid revelations. Ping Pong and Parkinson's Disease. Getting ahead with Katharine Gibbs. The Allure of the Boring Business. Penguin Retirement. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan...
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Episode 392: Eat Food
Remembering Joan Dye Gussow. Spending Time in Raleigh. London restaurant controversy. Living over the Library. Caravaggio 2025 in Rome. College for All? Maybe not. Roberta Flack. Buster Poindexter. Rebel with a Clause. Vinyl Wizard Chase Kassem. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff...
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Episode 391: Richmond 2025
Back to Richmond. Heart Shaped Tubs. Meat Raffles! Ken Rosenthal and the History of Panera. Hal Sperlich / Mustang / Mini-Van. The new Honda Civic. City Bank. Earl Weaver and Analytics before there were Analytics. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Special Guest: Cindy Gompert...
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Episode 390: Tulip Mania
Final Knee Report. Thoughts on Exercise. Tulips vs Roses. Animated Shorts. The Return (movie, as in, the Odyssey). Homegrown Ice Hockey on Long Island. Basketball á la Arsenault (Jr and Sr). Monica Getz. Ken Wydro. Paddington 2! Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie...
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Episode 389: Dan Got It Right
( Super Bowl) It Happens. TV Ratings. Gambling Adverts. Super Dome history. Happy Valentine's Day. White House Decor Stories. The Learning Pit. Educational Micromanagement in Texas. Shirley Temple critic Leo Kelly. Goodbye Book Blurbs. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer…
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Episode 388: Dad Bods and Ferraris
Marching Bands! Athletic Prowess - it's not all about the looks. Low Cal Wine? Britt Allcroft. Fay Vincent. Dick Button. Wolfgang Zwiener. Book recs from Scott Turow. How to Sell a Ferrari. Dan reveals his Super Bowl pick. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier...
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Episode 387: Niagara and More
Fun story to warm your heart on a chilly winter day. Finishing A French Village. Dan explains Parlays. LA story - fireproof but not trauma proof. Bringing back the Jack Rose. On the spectrum with Bill Gates. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 386: January Freeze
It's cold. Deluxe Editions - People love Books. Fore-edge painting. Radio Taiso. Gerd Heidemann and the Fake Hitler Diaries. Van Gogh All-nighter in London. Rickey Henderson. Claire van Kampen. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
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Episode 385: Welcome 2025
Broadway: Our Town. Tamsen's New Knee. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - the back story. Ira Gershwin - being George's brother. Armia Khalil and Daniel Harding: Side Jobs. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff