How do we celebrate July 4th this year? The Declaration of Independence, The Stars and Stripes Forever, and then Randy Newman with a response to it all. Then we go through the first half of Dylan’s album Oh Mercy – songs fitting for this political world where everything is broken, where teardrops fall, where we summon up the strength to ring them bells for all of us who are left, as we try to continue clear focused all around – most of the time. You are invited to attend.
(First broadcast on Cambridge 105 Radio, the commercially funded community broadcaster for the city and South Cambridgeshire.)
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Bartolomeus Spranger, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
“She was inflamed by the sight of his beautiful body … he knew nothing about love … she prayed that they would always stay together … and she got her prayer – but not in the way she’d expected.” Come with us as we attend to the myth of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, with an all-Motown musical accompaniment (including probably the only song ever written about wallpaper!). You are invited to attend.
(First broadcast on Cambridge 105 Radio, the commercially funded community broadcaster for the city and South Cambridgeshire.)
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Arethusa pursued by Alpheus
We attend to the myth of Arethusa, the water nymph who transformed into a river goddess, a story of male aggression, escape from male aggression, and the passage from adolescence into serene, self-possessed maturity. See what you think. Some good music too. You’re invited to attend.
(First broadcast on Cambridge 105 Radio, the commercially-funded community broadcaster for the city and South Cambridgeshire.)
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Ehud, his dagger in his left hand, blowing the trumpet to call his troops (not quite the way it happens in the story)
Two stories to attend to in this episode, first the story of Ehud, the left-handed trickster, and second Jan, a selfish man who thinks he can trick the natural forces of the world for his own worldly benefit. I think you’ll find both stories worth attending to – and you are invited to attend.
(First broadcast on Cambridge 105 Radio, the commercially-funded community broadcaster for the city and South Cambridgeshire.)
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A succession of songs from the archives – songs you might know, and songs you might not know – but all songs you are invited to attend to, plus a little fable by George Ade (Who? – you’ll see.)
Look What They’ve Done to My Song // I’m Back in Town
(First broadcast on Cambridge 105 Radio, the commercially-funded community broadcaster for the city and South Cambridgeshire.)
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We attend to the story of Little Red Riding Hood, with a short version of the story in Scots, and some outrageous songs, and some paradoxical insights into this story about leaving home, moving through beauty to healing and new life. See what it’s all about. You’re invited to attend. 
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Do you need help? How do you ask for it? Am I the best one to help you? And if so, how should I help you? All this and more, with lots of music and a wonderful passage from Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, and you are invited to attend!
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We attend to the myth of Narcissus, who never knew how beautiful he was until he saw that image, from deep within him, via the sacred pool, and was able finally to allow his beauty to blossom. A different take on an old myth. You are invited to attend.
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We attend to the topic of Games: the rules we play by, the sport of play for its own sake. We look at the game of Chivalry (and its decay), and, as we proceed, we include a series of jokes, and several good stories. You’ll want to attend; in fact, you’re invited to attend. 
(First broadcast on Cambridge 105 Radio, the commercially-funded community broadcaster for the city and South Cambridgeshire.)
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“People carry roses / Make promises by the hours / My love she laughs like flowers / Valentines can’t buy her.”
Valentine’s Day special edition, featuring song after song, from Dylan to the Beatles to Dr Hook, to Motown and country and jazz and the Sound of Philadelphia, ending with the Reverend Solomon Burke (“Watch him work!”), connecting the love songs with a more universal theme of repentance and fresh starts. You are invited to attend.
(First broadcast on Cambridge 105 Radio, the commercially-funded community broadcaster for the city and South Cambridgeshire.)
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