Road Trip with WNYC

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A show that samples WNYC’s best podcasts, curated to fit all your travel needs.

  1. 07/31/2015

    Beach Day Edition: The Charles Mingus Method for Toilet Training Your Cat

    The jazz musician Charles Mingus was a celebrated band leader and one of the most important composers of his generation. But at the same time he was recording The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, he was working on another masterpiece of sorts. He figured out how to get his cat, Nightlife, to poop in a toilet — and he decided he’d share his method with the world. Subscribe to Studio 360. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

    9 min

  2. 07/31/2015

    Beach Day Edition: Amy Schumer is No Train Wreck

    Amy Schumer, who stars as a romantic train wreck in the new Judd Apatow film Trainwreck, is at the top of her game in real life. The third season of Inside Amy Schumer premieres April 21st on Comedy Central. The show just won a Peabody Award. And a screening of the new season's first episode at the Tribeca Film Festival showed there's nothing Schumer won't tackle. Visit the Tribeca Film Festival podcast archives. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

    50 min

  3. 07/31/2015

    Beach Day Edition: The Man Who Made 5 Million Burritos

    The Sporkful debates burrito construction and the LA/SF rivalry with MaxFun's Jesse Thorn and Good Food's Evan Kleiman. Plus Matt Yglesias compares Chipotle burritos to iPhones. Subscribe to The Sporkful. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

    27 min

  4. 07/31/2015

    Beach Day Edition: Eugene Mirman's Funniest Songs Of All Time

    Comedian Eugene Mirman offers Soundcheck a list of his favorite funny songs—whether they were intended to be funny or not. Subscribe to Soundcheck. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

    19 min

  5. 07/31/2015

    Beach Day Edition: Bliss

    Radiolab tells stories of striving, grasping, tripping, and falling for happiness, perfection, and Bliss. Subscribe to Radiolab. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

    1h 12m

  6. 07/31/2015

    Beach Day Edition: Comedians Deon Cole, Billy Eichner, and Reza Farahan

    Joan Rivers guest-hosts the Leonard Lopate Show and talks to Deon Cole, Billy Eichner, and Reza Farahan about comedy and life. Subscribe to The Leonard Lopate Show.  Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

    20 min

  7. 07/31/2015

    Beach Day Edition: Paula Pell on an SNL Career

    Alec Baldwin talks to Paula Pell, who was singing and dancing at a Florida theme park when she got a call from SNL.  Subscribe to Here's The Thing. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

    43 min

  8. 07/31/2015

    Beach Day Edition: The Wizard of Oz

    It's been over eighty years since audiences first watched The Wizard of Oz. Meet the original man behind the curtain, L Frank Baum, and trace the history of his greatest creation.  Subscribe to Studio 360. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

    52 min
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