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Big news, big ideas, big experiences:  starting on Thursday, January 24th, WRBH is collaborating with Xavier University and the New Orleans Public Library to present something called The Big Read, an innovative concept and a perfect fit for a station like us.  The idea is that the whole city, as a collective, reads a single book and then shares the experience; sort of like a giant Oprah's book club, but […]

"Oh, just so you know-- I googled the pronunciation of Nabokov today, and it isn't NAB-uh-koff, it's actually pronounced Na-BOE-koff."What?Tim was making the audio open and close to the new fiction book, Cleaning Nabokov's House written by Leslie Daniels, read by Morgan Miller.  It began airing today, January 10th, at 11 am with a replay at 10 pm.  I was looking forward to hearing it until he broke this embarrassing […]

"Maybe it's much too early in the game, oh, but I thought I'd ask you just the same,What are you doing New Year's, New Year's Eve?"I was humming this song to myself today (the Rufus Wainwright version) and I started thinking about how New Year's Eve is supposed to be the night where we all put on our most glamorous outfits, drink champagne out of crystal flutes (or ladies' shoes, […]

There's something about January that gives everyone a subtle push in the "fresh start" category--maybe it's the fact that we all feel a bit tired and restless after the holidays and we want to shake things up a bit, or maybe we've gotten a little complacent about exercising, eating right or changing our routines, or maybe we just love the promise of a brand new year and that makes us […]