Off The Beat

For this week’s show, Monica Garcia meets with the staff of the new Spanish language local paper El Planeta Providence. John McGarry has a report on a new construction apprenticeship program called Building Futures. And Will Bowling brings us a very timely Sounds of the City.

This week’s show was hosted by Zak Leonard and was produced by John McGarry.

Music on this week’s show: “What We Had” by the Handsome Furs, “Sleepwalking Ballad” by Apostle of Hustle, “Swisha” by Ratatat, “Back & Forth” by the Dismemberment Plan, “Shut Up I am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings” by Sunset Rubdown

In this week’s episode, Jen Vafidis looks into the controversy surrounding an artist’s work on trash cans and David Walker takes you to Mars, the Red Planet. And Sounds of the City, our audio quiz, is back for the first time this season! See if you can make sense of the sounds.

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

Music on this week’s show: “Miracle Drug” by A.C. Newman, “Pictures of Success” by Rilo Kiley, “Safety Bricks” by Kevin Drew, and “Mr. November” by the National.

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 tonight’s show, David Walker reports on a new activist movement against Western Union. Will Bowling visits the Hamilton Senior Center’s exhibit on the past lives of its members. Wrapping up the show is a report by John McGarry on how global warming relates to Rhode Island.

This week’s show was hosted by David Paesani and was produced by John McGarry.

Music on this week’s show: “Chicken Pox” by I’m From Barcelona, “All I Need” by Radiohead, “Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!” by Do Make Say Think, and “Knife” by Grizzly Bear.

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Off the Beat kicks off the new season tonight! First, Fran Harlow tells us about giant pumpkins growing in Rhode Island, followed by a report by John McGarry on winter preparations by the Department of Public Works.
Hosted and produced by John McGarry.
Music on this week’s show: “Use It” by the New Pornographers, “I Feel It All” by Feist, and “Étienne d’Août” by Malajube.

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