Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz is a best-selling poet and author, she also happens to be the possessor of an infectious laugh. We’ll get to the eccentric physician part in a moment. Cristin has the remarkable ability to share emotive stories about the death of her mother in poetry while being cleverly funny. She uses the same… Read more »
Former Navy Fighter Pilot Captain Tammie Jo Shults was praised for her “Nerve of Steel” during an emergency landing on Southwest Airlines 1380. About 20 minutes after the flight departed from New York, passengers said they heard what sounded like explosions. Debris from an engine failure broke open a plane window and an female passenger… Read more »
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to harbor life. According to radiometric dating and other sources of evidence, it is believed that Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Earth is affectionately known as “Mother Earth”. However, there are some who believe that this name… Read more »
Radioactivity 4 18 18 Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— one of the leading rock journalists in the world— Sylvie Simms has interviewed and written about Leonard Cohen, Mick Jagger, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Johnny Cash and The Clash. Simmons is also a musician and she’ll be performing tomorrow night in Tampa at… Read more »
I read a story that was published in the Huffington Post about a women who took an unexpected work sabbatical which she really needed and here were her reasons for doing so: “In six months, I got married. Moved to a new state. Started working remotely at my job. At the same time my father… Read more »
“With great sadness and a broken heart I have to let know all of Adrian’s friends and acquaintances that he is dead. A bright mind and compassionate soul is gone, he was my beloved son,” Mario Lamo wrote in a post on Facebook. Beyond that brief note, only a few mentions of Lamo’s death have appeared… Read more »
What is the connection between Sidney Poitier and Iggy Pop? Whose first gig fronting A Very Big Band immediately became the most watched TV music event of all time? Who stole Jimmy Page’s girlfriend, then married her and inspired the best and most read groupie bio in history? Who appeared naked on the London stage in… Read more »
Grammy award winning artist Lecrae calls in from the road to Thee Righteous Temple of Hip Hop to talk with Tempest and DJ Spen. This multi-talented artist reflects his Christian faith in his music, though he doesn’t call himself a Christian rapper. His music is super positive, as is the way he approaches life. Lecrae… Read more »
“When the founders wrote, ‘We the People’ they really meant ‘We the White, Wealthy Men.’ Despite much lofty rhetoric, all men were not created equal and women didn’t count at all” You are just four pages in and Elaine Weiss makes clear her superb new book The Woman’s Hour has an unabashed bias, and, deservedly… Read more »
Surface Noise warms up for WMNF’s special International Women’s Day programming on Thursday, March 7th. Join DJ Lounge Laura Taylor Wednesday, March 6th for a (mostly) all female musician edition. We gotta squeeze in your Weekly Todd and Bowie Votive. Let’s celebrate women every day!
“There are piles of fantastic magazines out there just waiting to be discovered,” says Steven Watson, “but finding quality independent magazines can be difficult.” Thankfully, the former magazine editor had a passion for magazines and he really liked discovering them. So, that’s what he did, better still he set about sharing his passion and his… Read more »
“Is that your real name?” Asks Norman B of Logan Farmer. “Or did you make it up”? It’s a fair question because Logan Farmer doesn’t use his real name to record and perform. And, his real name does have a conveniently fictitious air to it. Currently, he works under the moniker of Monarch MTN. Although,… Read more »
