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- Joseph Dougherty
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- "HEAT -- The Contenders"
- Summary: Singer/Songwriter Billy Bragg rewrites "The Internationale", Joyce Carol Oates spars with George Foreman, and Spalding Gray turns the tables on John Hockenberry.
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Review of HEAT -- The Contenders
Joseph Dougherty
Posted on April 02, 2007 at 06:47 PM
"Radio is strange." Deft interviewer and journalist John Hockenberry effortless updates material from his series "Heat" produced way back in the 90's. The effect is that of someone carefully re-editing a vintage magazine and finding that the really relevant stuff doesn?t change. Calm, confident, patient, intimate, this is radio conversation at its best and its most unexpected.
Listening to Spalding Gray and Hockenberry switch host/guest roles is a rare gift to the audience.
Programable anywhere, but deserving of careful placement. Weekends and overnights would permit the pieces the space they need to breathe.