Off The Beat

On tonight’s show, Boaz Munro reports on two teams of engineers who barreled down Waterman Street last weekend in homemade soapbox racecars along with over 50 other teams in the Red Bull Soapbox Derby. John McGarry reports on a different kind of danger in Providence: the loss of historic buildings.

This week’s show was hosted by Victoria Chao, and was produced by John McGarry.

Music on this week’s show: “Stuck Between Stations” by the Hold Steady, “Great Salt Lake” by Band of Horses, and “Collarbone” by Fujiya & Miyagi.
Music in Boaz’s story: “If My Heart Was a Car” by the Old 97’s, “Hot Rod Lincoln” by Junior Brown, and “Fun, Fun, Fun” by the Beach Boys

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On today’s show, Off The Beat’s John McGarry discusses very large choreographed dances. Eli Halpern interviews the editors of an up-and-coming popular culture literary magazine. From WBRU’s George Mesthos, a report on the Providence VA Medical Center. This week’s news wrap by Boaz Munro, with reporting by Will Bowling and Chris Gang. And as always, listen carefully for Sounds of the City, our weekly audio exploration of Providence.

Music on this week’s show: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart, Final Fantasy - The Chronicles of Sarnia, Dungen - Festival, and Yo La Tengo - The Weakest Part.

This week’s show was produced and hosted by Chris Gang.

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This week, Tanya Somanader reports on the future of Barrington Zion Bible College; and Laura Brion and Chris Mastrangelo bring part 2 in a special report on HPV vaccine legislation in Rhode Island. News round-up produced by Boaz Munro and Peter McElroy. And you have two chances to get creative and guess the latest installation of Sounds of the City (if you need some more hints, click “Read the rest of this entry” to see more photos).

This week’s show is hosted and produced by Chris Gang.
Music by Beirut, Mirah and Shearwater.

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Charlie Hunter serves up the latest on Taqueria Pacifica, now parked for good at a revised AS220; Kate Jovin reports on the classical music program MusicWorks; Ike Sriskandarajah seeks out the Providence Freemasons as they try to revitalize a famously secret society; and Boaz Munro wraps up the week’s other headlines. Plus, what’s all that hammering and scraping? It’s this week’s Sounds of the City.  

Masumi Hayashi-Smith asks what you think about Question 1, Boaz Munro visits WRNI, Shawn Wen explores the closure of Nathan Bishop Middle School, and Peter McElroy gives us the skinny on the grilled cheese man. Hosted by Will Bostwick.