The young Billy Bragg enchanting an audience. Protest Songs for the Current Crisis, Part 2 I feel like I grew up and old, politically and...

This Thursday (May 8, 4-5 PM, wesufm.org ) two novelists talk about their latest books, and the music that may thread through their...

Peggy Seeger Protest Songs for the Current Crisis Resistance needs to be strong and constant. I was wondering what I could do to lend...

In case you weren't aware, I post the latest Hoot and Holler show in the archives the day after it's broadcast. Which means, that my...

Griffin Hansbury is a gifted storyteller, and this author's grasp of use of language and culture to sketch a background for a...

How often should be using the word "aspidistra" on the radio, especially when it's a code word for "radio." This week on Hoot and Holler,...

It's not everyday you get to yell at a Senator. And two Congressional representatives. But yesterday I did. I got notification...

One might not be able to think of any fiction that could be more horrible than some of what we are witnessing today, but, indeed, Clay...

Those of a certain age will understand the headline. I thought I was going to be able to retire from my filmmaking career and spend...

My interview with music archivist and preservationist Alan Bershaw is now available in the Hoot and Holler archive (bonus: it's the full...

Brendan Flaherty , who has been a guest on Hoot and Holler (his interview is in the Hoot and Holler archives) recently had his playlist...

On Thursday March 27, at 4pm, ( wesufm.org ) Hoot and Holler welcomes Wes Browne to talk about his novel They All Fall the Same, and Alan...

The Leatherman at one of his regular stops. Two weeks ago, I was sitting at the bar in the Time Out Market in Lisbon when I got a call...

Arthur Miller said that "maybe all we can hope to do is end up with the right regrets." That's a profound reflection on the choices we...

After a some weeks away because of international travel, and illness acquired as a result of international travel, I'm back in the studio...

In case you missed Hoot and Holler on Thursday, Feb 27, the interviews with Max Wareham and Stephen Ronson are now archived on the Hoot...

According to Max Wareham, that's what you say in certain parts of the country when you stub your toe, and it's the only way to get the...

What does it feel like for a country to be threatened from within? This is the question at the core of Stephen Ronson's latest, The...

I know Wesleyan University's Michael Roth, though not well. He lives a few blocks from me in his campus home. He's president of the...

We have a new hero. Govenor Janet Mills of Maine was singled out for a reprimand by the president at a meeting with US Governors for...