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  • Slain Priest: 'Bury His Heart, But Not His Love'
    September 9, 2011

    Father Mychal Judge was a Franciscan friar and a chaplain to the New York City Fire Department. He was also a true New York character. Born in Brooklyn, Mychal Judge seemed to know everyone in the city, from the homeless to the mayor.

    On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Father Mychal arrived at the World Trade Center shortly after the first plane hit. And as firefighters and other rescue personnel ran into the North Tower, he went with them.
A deep dive into a relatively frivolous facet of The Great American Songbook.
  • Browse the playlist from this week's game
  • Royal Conservatoire of Brussels
    Convents, were among Early Modern Europe’s most musical spaces, and one of the few in which women could pursue higher education in a variety of fields. This week on Harmonia, we’re celebrating these under-sung cultural powerhouses with music written by and for nuns and other religious repertory performed by women over the centuries, featuring the latest by Musica Secreta.
  • In 1957 tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins was at the peak of his first great period, playing with a confident, swinging, and radical abandon both as a leader and with Max Roach and Miles Davis.
A look at the things that over time have come to be seen as disposable, and the things that have proven durable.
  • An epic tale by a Civil War general spawned a marketing frenzy that set a precedent for the commercial campaigns accompanying every blockbuster movie today.
  • Danny William
    We’re saying goodbye to Nice Work this week. For our last show, hosts Tyler Lake and Alex Chambers talk about some of their favorite moments, look back at stories and interviews and reflect on what they hoped the show would accomplish.

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