Discourse

MPR Producer James Kohler looks back at one of his favorite childhood heroes, and reflects on what this characters influence had on his life. Music Credit: Darkened Treeline (Blue Dot Sessions) Slow Rollout (Blue Dot Sessions) Tendon (Blue Dot Sessions) Spider-Man 1967 Cartoon Theme Song

MPR Producer Sam Robb O'Hagan explains the contrast between New York and Chicago, and the importance of exposing ourselves to opposing ideas. Music: Stale Case (Blue Dot Sessions) The Big Ten (Blue Dot Sessions) Our Only Lark (Blue Dot Sessions) Felt Lining (Blue Dot Sessions) Come As You Are (Blue Dot Sessions) New York, New York (Frank Sinatra)

MPR Producer Caitlyn Carpenter reviews America's beloved southern restaurant, Cracker Barrel, and what it means to be so reliant on consistency. Music: Delving the Deep, Blue Dot Sessions Hedgeliner, Blue Dot Sessions Again in the Spring Get Back, Lennon and McCartney

MPR Producer Jerry Orans ponders how our interactions in orbit affect politics here on earth. Music Credit: 2001 A Space Odyssey Theme: Richard Strauss Blue Dot Sessions: Greylock Highway 94 Arizona Moon Bivly

MPR Producer Jane McNally reckons with growing up through the lens of a John Mayer song and years worth of Spotify playlists. Music Credit: Stop This Train by John Mayer, Rosie by John Mayer (via GOLDEN KARAOKE), Where the Light Is (Live in LA) by John Mayer

MPR Producer Juliet Zucker questions her love for the Green Bay Packers and what makes her a fan. The things we do for dogs... Music Credit (from Blue Dot Sessions): Silent Flock Lord Weasel

MPR Producer Ella Barnes reflects on her relationship with her father and her father's trumpet. Music Credit: Take the A Train, Duke Ellington; Gymnopedies 1, Blue Dot Sessions; West End Blues, Louis Armstrong; It's Been a Long, Long Time, Harry James; Fast Track, FHS Jazz Band; I Remember Clifford, Lee Morgan

MPR Producer Wilson Moroz speaks upon the progression of his relationship with his younger sister, and the children’s TV show that brought them closer together. Music Credits (all from Blue Dot Sessions): Again in the Spring Diatom Elainne Chapter Fern and Andy Low Coal Camper Remsen These Times

Mamaroneck Public Radio's team of student producers introduce Season 6 of Discourse *Music Credit* Tiny Putty from Blue Dot Sessions

MPR producer Christopher Rivera explains his complex relationship with playing the bow. If we do fail in life, better to do it with a violin. Music Credits: Blue Dot Sessions "Scheherazade: Tale of the Kalendar Prince" by Rimsky-Korsakov and "Amore mio aituami" by Piero Piccioni.

MPR Producer Gent Malushaga takes another look at Holden Caulfield. During a pandemic. Who is the real phony? Music credit: Blue Dot Sessions Hedgliner, Architect Latecomer, Onesuch Village, Cafe Nostro Interludium, Limoncello

MPR producer Sela Breen takes on Snapchat. All of this snapping–what is it doing to/for us? Music Credit: Blue Dot Sessions KeoKeo, Little Rock Bauxite, Little Rock Maldoc, Little Rock

MPR producer Lucija Glavan harkens back to the days of reading "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," and sees it all a little differently. Music credit: Album Bitters Published 12/31/2017 Key C BPM 101 Stem Files 9 ISRC USCGJ1913100 Publisher Blue Dot Studios

MPR producer Greg Gold reflects on a time in his childhood when he didn't follow the rules. Music credit: Firebird Suite (1919 Version) · Chicago Symphony Orchestra

MPR reporter Lulu Tantillo explains how her bike represents much more than riding. Especially in the suburbs. Music credit: Dvorak's American Quartet String Quartet No. 12 in F major, op. 96 - Allegro ma non troppo.

Welcome to Mamaroneck Public Radio, Season 5. Music credit: Artist: Blue Dot Sessions Album:Piano Mover Published: 12/31/2017 ISRC: USHM81825776 Publisher: Blue Dot Studios

With schools in the district about to re-open 100%, we spoke with Dr. Shaps about the expectations, challenges, and small victories of the past few months, and coming days.

MPR reporter Lainie Pearson discusses the impact Covid-19 has had on student athletes. Players, both committed to colleges and hoping to be recruited have been affected differently. Lainie talks with one rising high school senior and one student about to attend college this fall.

MPR reporter Sheily Medina tackles the impact Covid-19 has had on students and their education. Schools have gone online, making it a completely new way students have had to adapt to learn from home. Sheily goes in depth as to how this deadly virus has impacted three college students from Westchester, NY; how their lives, both in class and out, were affected by the the rapid spread of this deadly disease.

With the ongoing Pandemic, even as things begin to return to a familiar sense of normalcy, months have passed in an extreme case of limbo. MPR reporter Emma Sullivan was not satisfied. She started asking: Was everything really so different? Was there nothing the same from before and from after? Were you really alone in how your life changed so quickly, or did so many others feel a similar way? The answers might just surprise you.