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E-mail: c-lipson@uchicago.edu

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Charles Lipson

Professor of Political Science

University of Chicago

5828 S. University Ave.

Chicago, IL 60637

 

 

Lagniappe: Some Little Treats, Just for Fun

 

Here are some websites I really like.  Enjoy!

Old Time Radio: Comedy, Detectives, Drama, & a little Music
Old Time Radio: streaming on-demand  Old Time Radio: podcasts, mp3's & downloadable shows
Real OTR.com formerly Cyber49er; excellent; requires registration iTunes offers the easiest way to subscribe to free OTR podcasts. Go to the iTunes store & search for "old time radio" or "OTR". You'll find dozens of free podcasts.
Same Time, Same Station archive  superb
Radio Spirits on demand; click on "Listen now" or check archives
Old Time Radio Show free downloads wonderful site
Heritage Radio click here for current broadcast OTR Fan | Recent Shows on OTR Fan downloadable shows each week
The Big Broadcast on demand: whole evenings from the Golden Age  Old Time Radio Fan free MP3's
Jerry Haendiges' Olde Tyme Radio Network on demand Radio Lovers downloadable MP3s
Goon Show | Goon's Fabcat on demand Radio Nostalgia Network: podcasts
BBC's Listen Again Jaweb | Jezner downloadable shows each week
EY's Audio Links | Old Time Radio Links City of Roses Radio
OTR Net on demand | Radio Jukebox Dean Bagley OTRpod.com
Old Time Radio: internet broadcasts Music
WNAR  |  Yesterday USA streaming broadcasts Radio Dismuke streaming jazz from 1925-35
WRVO evenings  |  Chuck Schaden Saturday afternoons French Quarter Radio classic New Orleans jazz, streaming
Old Time Radio streaming broadcasts click on indiv stations | OTR.com Blues: Classic | Contemporary streaming
Live365 list of Old Time Radio Stations pick a station and play  

Humor
The Onion satire | Onion Video Private Eye London's insider political humor


Click on Harry Caray's picture for my favorite radio blooper. Harry notices Marla Collins, the Cubs' ball girl, is dressed for cold weather. Without thinking, he utters the glorious phrase, "Hey, we see Marla Collins without shorts for the first time." As soon as he says it, the radio crew disintegrates and won't let Harry recover. (45 seconds).

Scrappleface "we report, you decipher"; brilliant Harry Shearer's Le Show audio satire plus music
Borowitz Report superb satire Dullest Blog in the World
Comments from Late Night TV Comedy College audio; Steve Martin, Garrison Keillor
Bulwer-Lytton Contest for Bad Fiction2007 Parody of President's Weekly Radio Address
A Mighty Wind | Guffman | Best in Show Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Colbert Report inspired


Groucho Marx:
An ear for the strangeness of language


Dr. Julius Hibbert, my personal physican
Click on his picture for a prognosis



Leslie Nielsen:
Truly exquisite timing

Click on these pictures for great (brief) audio clips

Movie Reviews
Movies.Com compares many reviews Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
These go to eleven!
Internet Movie Database Stephen Hunter Wash Post
Rotten Tomatoes movie reviews David Denby New Yorker
  NYT Movie Reviews multiple
Click on these pictures for great quotes

     
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Reading, Writing, Plagiarism 15th-18th c. World Politics
How to Write a Thesis 19th c World Politics
Succeeding as an International Student in the U.S. and Canada      (customized for students, faculty, or advisers)
Politics and Culture 20th c World Politics to 1945
Fun 20th c World Politics 1945-91
Talks on Global Issues
News Pages
Social Science Core
What's New about the New Economy?
World News Power, Identity, Resistance The World America Made
Middle East News   Political Threats to Global Prosperity
Headline News   Turning Points of the 20th Century
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Advice for students
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  Why We Fought WW2
 
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