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Our Show Today Is Really Five Short, Little Shows

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We live in an "Everything Should Take Twenty Minutes" world. Movies are too long. SundanceTV has a show that airs in 10-minute episodes. Tierra Whack has a 15-minute album made of fifteen 60-second songs. Todd Rundgren's memoir has 183 one-page, three-paragraph chapters.

So today, we turn our hour over to five short, little shows about short, little things.

Here's a Spotify playlist of the albums reviewed on today's short, little episode of The Sam Hadelman Show: Sam Hadelman's short albums.

GUESTS:

  • Carmen Baskauf - Produces Where We Live on WNPR
  • Taneisha Duggan - Producing associate at TheaterWorks
  • Sam Hadelman - Host of The Sam Hadelman Show on WNHH and a journalist for the New Haven Independent
  • Brandy Jensen - An advice columnist and editor at The Outline
  • Jacques Lamarre - A playwright, and director of client services at Buzz Engine
  • Vince Mancini - Senior film and culture writer for Uproxx
  • Chion Wolf - Our announcer and technical producer
  • Bill Yousman - Professor of media studies at Sacred Heart University

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Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, and Matt Farley contributed to this show.

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The independent journalism and non-commercial programming you rely on every day is in danger.

If you’re reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.

Now all of that is at risk.

Federal funding for public media is under threat and if it goes, the impact to our communities will be devastating.

Together, we can defend it. It’s time to protect what matters.

Your voice has protected public media before. Now, it’s needed again. Learn how you can protect the news and programming you depend on.