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Dan Vickrey has been the lead guitar player and backup vocalist for the Counting Crows since the band’s first tour in the early 90’s. He’s received co-writing credit on many of their songs, including Accidentally in Love, for which he was nominated for an Oscar and a Grammy. He recently released a CD with a side project, called Tender Mercies, on the label Collective Sounds. Vickrey was interviewed by Mitchel Hochberg on Politricks, a political talk show that covers politicians’ tricks with conversation and humor. The interview covered a wind range of topics, including Tender Mercies, Counting Crows, and, of course, politics. Click through to listen to the full interview! Read More »

Tonight Lauren Hodges, host of Public Interview, is headed to the downtown studio of artist Dana Ellyn to tour her collection and talk about her project “31 Days in July”, now in it’s 8th year.

Afterwards, Lauren will broadcast the interview on WGTB at 9 pm, so tune in to catch it. In case you miss it tonight, you can hear the chat tomorrow posted on this website. Read More »

Public Interview, which has been bringing local luminaries (including the founder of Brightest Young Things, the managing editor of Washington City Paper, and Jim Lehrer of PBS’ Jim Lehrer News Hour) to the WGTB studios to chat this summer, will be hosting two more this Monday night at 7:30 pm: Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, and Andrea Weckerle, the founder of CiviliNation. Read More »

Just a reminder that tonight’s episode of Public Interview, hosted by Lauren Hodges, will feature an interview with Jim Lehrer of PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Tune in at 9 pm at www.georgetownradio.com (“Listen Live”) or via iTunes (Radio > College Radio > WGTB) to hear the interview. Lehrer will step down as anchor of NewsHour on June 6, but will continue to moderate segments and stay involved in the production of the show.

The June 6 episode of Public Interview will feature Svetlana Legetic, the editor and founder of Brightest Young Things, in the WGTB studio.

Welcome to WGTB’s Show of the Week column, where we highlight one exceptional segment of our on-air programming and tell you a bit more about the faces behind the voices, and why you should be tuning in.

Show: Attack of the Fanny Pack
On-Air: Wednesdays 8-9 pm
DJs: Hannah Klusendorf,  COL 2012, aka “Hurricane Hannah Klusendorf”
Lauren Mahon, NHS 2012, aka Lauren “is the” Mahon
With WGTB since: Spring 2010
Attack of the Fanny Pack is a high-energy show from two dedicated DJs, Lauren and Hannah, who will light up your Wednesday night with nostalgic hits from the 90s, classics from artists like Tom Waits, and television show theme songs. Check out what they have to say in their own words, and give their playlist a spin below! Read More »