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Leon Fleisher, renowned Baltimore concert pianist, dies at 92
Leon Fleisher on The Bob Edwards Show. Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Friday, October 8th, 2004: Download
The Bob Edwards Show for Friday, October 8th, 2004 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude on The Bob Edwards Show
Christo and Jeanne-Claude on The Bob Edwards Show Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Friday, November 14th, 2008: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Friday, November 14th, 2008 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Al Gini and Eugene B. Bergmann on The Bob Edwards Show
Al Gini on leadership and Eugene B. Bergmann on Jean Shephard Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Monday, September 16th, 2013: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Monday, September 16th, 2013 [59:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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John Prine dies at 73 of coronavirus
John Prine on The Bob Edwards Show. God. Damn. This. Thing. Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Tuesday, April 26th, 2005: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Max von Sydow, Swedish star of Bergman films, ‘The Exorcist,’ dies at 90
Max von Sydow, Swedish star of Bergman films, on The Bob Edwards Show. Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Thursday, February 16th, 2012: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Thursday, February 16th, 2012 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadJim Lehrer, Longtime PBS News Anchor, Is Dead at 85
From the New York Times: Jim Lehrer, Longtime PBS News Anchor, Is Dead at 85 Yes, I know, I am terribly late at posting this; I have a lot of reasons, but no excuses. The first time Jim Lehrer visited … Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Tuesday, April 14th, 2009: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download The Bob Edwards Show Script for Friday, November 22nd, 2013: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Friday, November 22nd, 2013 [59:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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October Fourth, Two Thousand and Four.
October 4th, 1957. Forty-seven years ago today, the Soviet Union successfully launched the world’s first artificial satellite. Sputnik was only about the size of a basketball, weighed just 183 pounds, took 98 minutes to orbit the earth, and only stayed … Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Monday, October 4th, 2004: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Monday, October 4th, 2004 [59:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Norton Juster and Rain Perry on The Bob Edwards Show
One of the things I love about The Bob Edwards Show is the frequent odd yet pleasing juxtapositions the shows could have. Take this one…first up is renown children’s author Norton Juster, followed by singer-songwriter-filmmaker-playwright Rain Perry. From Bob’s introduction: … Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Wednesday, January 26th, 2011: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Toni Morrison, Nobel laureate who transfigured American literature, dies at 88
From the Washington Post: Toni Morrison, Nobel laureate who transfigured American literature, dies at 88 In December of 2008, Bob Edwards spent an entire program with Toni Morrison, discussing her career and her then-new book A Mercy. The program’s introduction: … Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Tuesday, December 9, 2008: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Tuesday, December 9, 2008 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Dr. John, flamboyant soul of New Orleans music, dies at 77
From The Washington Post: Dr. John, flamboyant soul of New Orleans music, dies at 77 In April of 2010, The Bob Edwards Show took a trip to The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to collect interviews that ran that … Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Wednesday, May 26th, 2010: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Peter Bogdanovich on The Bob Edwards Show
Peter Bogdanovich is the director of The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, Daisy Miller,” and “Mask;” but is also known for his vast knowledge of filmmaking, and the amazing friends he made along the way. From the program’s introduction: He … Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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An “Occupational Hazard”: Rape in the Military
In conjunction with BobEdwardsRadio.com and our own BobEdwards.Info, over the next few weeks (ok, ok, that might have been painfully optimistic, but hey…) we’re going to post “the documentaries,” the special programs built to perform a deep-dive into a specific … Continue reading
A Bob Edwards Show Special, An "Occupational Hazard": Rape in the Military [175:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Ken Nordine, 98, dies.
Geoffrey Redick, Ken Nordine, and Bob EdwardsPhoto shamelessly stolen from BobEdwardsRadio.com From the Chicago Tribune: Ken Nordine, 98, dies. Chicago creator of word jazz, with a ‘voice that could give you the chills’ I have no words. You can listen … Continue reading
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SummersTime for the week of 10/29/2018
Join Kate and her father Charlie for another trip into the NostalgiaLand cemetery! Continue reading
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Fourteen Years Ago Today…
Fourteen years ago, the first Bob Edwards Show was aired on XM Satellite Radio. Here’s what the beginning looked like from the control room! Continue reading
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The First Bob Edwards Show, from inside the Control Room: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Marc Fisher on The Bob Edwards Show
Marc Fisher, author of Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation talks to Bob Edwards. Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Tuesday, January 9th, 2007: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Somedays are Arts and Crafts…and the Edwards Show
Sometimes I get WAY too involved with the Bob Edwards Show stuff. Here I explain how I just had to create some microphone flags… Continue reading
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Anthony Bourdain has died at 61
Anthony Bourdain has died; appearances on The Bob Edwards Show posted. Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Monday, August 8th, 2005: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Monday, August 8th, 2005 [59:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download The Bob Edwards Show Script for Tuesday, July 25th, 2006: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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The Mirage of War Documentary
The Bob Edwards Show documentary, The Mirage of War: A Day in the Life of the Army’s National Training Center Continue reading
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Wednesday, November 11th, 2009: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Philip Roth Dies at 85
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The Bob Edwards Show Script for Wednesday, September 17, 2008: Download The Bob Edwards Show for Wednesday, September 17, 2008 [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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