So many books, so little time! Jim McKeown hosts this weekly review of fiction, poetry, non-fiction and biographies. Jim is a lifelong voracious reader who learned to read by the “rule of 50" - if he’s not engaged in the characters, the prose, or the plot by page 50, he puts in a book mark and returns it to the shelf. Likely Stories is a production of KWBU in Waco, Texas.
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Author and Baylor University professor Robert Darden tells stories - and plays recordings - from the Baylor University Libraries' Black Gospel Music Restoration Project in an on-going weekly series of two-minute segments. Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments explores the distinctly African-American sound of the "Golden Age of Gospel" (1945-1975). The series celebrates this fertile musical period in American history, presenting cultural snapshots that reveal the depth of a people, their communit ...
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Downtown Depot is a new show from KWBU. Featuring host Austin Meek, the 30-minute show will look at the ins and outs of development in Waco. Each week you can hear interviews with local entrepreneurs, city officials, and people with a stake in developing our city on the Brazos. During the show you'll also hear updates about new businesses, closures and development rumblings around town. But we also want to hear from you. Is there a building or an update on development that you want to know a ...
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Gerald Sisters
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The pride of South Carolina, the Gerald Sisters have released passionate, high quality traditional gospel music for more than 40 years.بقلم Robert Darden
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Likely Stories - Picnic: Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Tradition
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A big Willie Nelson fan has written a book about the iconic 4th of July picnics.بقلم Kevin Tankersley
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Jimmy Jones and the Sensationals
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Deep-voiced Jimmy Jones was one of the few lead bass singers to lead his own group – the Sensationals – in the history of gospel music.بقلم Robert Darden
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Hi, and welcome to Likely Stories. I’m Paige Connell, and I teach English at Midway High School, and today I want to talk about everyone’s favorite science fiction construct: time travel.بقلم Paige Connell
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Victory Travelers
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The Victory Travelers are one of the last remaining examples of the hard-driving gospel quartet sound of the 1960s.بقلم Robert Darden
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Shackleford Singers
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Detroit’s The Shackleford Singers bring the gospel funk with their explosive record, “Been to the Water.”بقلم Robert Darden
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Hello, and welcome to this week’s episode of Likely Stories. I’m Malcolm Foster, operations assistant at KWBU and aspiring habitual reader. Today I want to talk about Haruki Marakumi’s best known body of work, ‘Norwegian Wood.’بقلم Malcolm Foster
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Anthony Butler and His Singers
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Anthony Butler and His Singers recreate the classic sound of the beloved Golden Gate Quartet with their song, “Judgement’s Coming.”بقلم Robert Darden
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Hey there, my name is Lauren Hooker. I'm a student at Baylor as well as a bookseller at Fabled and I'm also the Public Relations intern this semester here at KWBU.بقلم Lauren Hooker
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In this week's episode of Likley Stories, art historian and educator, Heather White, is discussing 'North Woods' by Daniel Mason.بقلم Heather White
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Sister Barbara Jones
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While unknown today, Sister Barbara Jones’ razor-sharp soprano gives the stompin’ “Be Ready” a timeless quality.بقلم Robert Darden
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Hello, my name is Douglas Henry, dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. With this week's edition of Likely Stories.بقلم Douglas Henry
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Drinkard Singers
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The Drinkard Singers were one of the first families of gospel music, and whose members included Cissy Houston and Dionne Warwick.بقلم Robert Darden
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Hi, and welcome to another edition of Likely Stories. I’m Paige Connell, and I teach English at Midway High School. When this year comes to a close, if The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon isn’t my top 1-2 best books of the year, I will be shocked.بقلم Paige Connell
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Mighty Inspirations
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The Mighty Inspirations of Nashville mix the sounds of the Winans with soulful R&B on “Miracle Man.”بقلم Robert Darden
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Likely Stories - A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous
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This is the Reverend Dr. Andrew Armand. I'm an Episcopal priest here in town at St. Alban's Episcopal Church. Welcome to this next edition of Likely Stories.بقلم Rev. Dr. Andrew Armond
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Highway QCs
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The Spence Taylor-led Highway QCs transform the old classic “I’ll Fly Away” into a Temptations styled psychedelic soul romp!بقلم Robert Darden
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Likely Stories - Shut Up, This Is Serious
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Ah, high school. The sounds. The smells. The drama.بقلم Gia Chevis
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Sammy Lewis
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The Rev. “Singing” Sammy Lewis was dubbed the Crown Prince of Gospel for recordings like “Jesus Paid It” for Vee-Jay Records.بقلم Robert Darden
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Spooky season is approaching. The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer, and the flavors are getting pumpkiny-er.بقلم Heather White
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Likely Stories - Upstairs at the White House
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If you have ever wanted a glimpse behind the curtain at the White House, "Upstairs at the White House" by Chief Usher JB West is the book for you.بقلم Diane Kemper
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Columbus Mann
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Columbus Mann and the Gospel Outreach Choir of the Pentecostal COGIC of Inkster, Michigan, Jesus Never Fails LP features the blistering seven-minute vamp, “Blind Old Satan.”بقلم Robert Darden
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Hi, my name is Shenequa Williams, and I am an Instructional Specialist at Cedar Ridge Elementary. Today, I'm reviewing The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.بقلم Shenequa Williams
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Sterling Glass and the Metropolitan Singers of Waterbury
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Sterling Glass and the Metropolitan Singers are best known for their dramatic, 5 ½ minute version of the old spiritual, “Mary, Don’t You Weep.”بقلم Robert Darden
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Hi, and welcome back to Likely Stories. I'm Paige Connell, an English teacher at Midway High School, with a review of the most precious book about finding your purpose, caring for others, and the beauty of life-even among the smallest of creatures. Sipsworth by Simon van Booy moved me to tears and filled my cup.…
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Golden Trumpets
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Check out the Golden Trumpets’ array of superb soloists on this winsome mid-tempo jubilee number, “Jesus My Doctor.”بقلم Robert Darden
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Likely Stories - The Librarian of Burned Books
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I love books about books. Really, who wouldn't want to be a librarian holding the multiverse together, as in The Invisible Library series? And so many give great us reading lists as a bonus.بقلم Gia Chevis
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Capitolaires of Dayton, Ohio
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This version of “Jesus Made it Possible” by The Capitolaires of Dayton, Ohio, tells you all you need to know about this powerful quartet.بقلم Robert Darden
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Hello. My name is Douglas Henry, Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University.Last year, Barbara Kingsolver won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel, Demon Copperhead. Inspired by Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, Kingsolver lays bare the woeful lives of orphans in drug-addicted America.…
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - DeLois Barrett Campbell
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The legendary DeLois Barrett Campbell and the Barrett Sisters were at their peak on this live version of “I’ll Fly Away.”بقلم Robert Darden
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During the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine, some people learned to make sourdough, and some learned to paint. Me? I read books. I'm Emma Weidmann, the Arts and Life Editor at the Baylor Lariat, with this week's edition of Likely Stories on KWBU.بقلم Emma Weidmann
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Likely Stories - The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the nineteen thirty-six Berlin Olympics.
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Harrison Otis says of The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the nineteen thirty-six Berlin Olympics, "...this is more than a sports story. It’s a window into American life during the Great Depression. It’s a story about Hitler’s rise to power. It’s a story of the men and women from Washington whose friendships and co…
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Charles Hayes
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The Charles G. Hayes and the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir released 30 LPs during Hayes’ more than 50 years with the church, including up tempo rave-up, “Everything is Alright.”
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