Capital Radio 7-2-23: Arkin, Almost the 4th
Almost Independence Day, so we played many of the usual selections for the Fourth of July, as well as celebrating so many facets of the U.S.A. — Parties! Dancing! Surfing!…
Monday TV: ‘A Story of Bones’ on ‘POV’
After deciding to build the first commercial airport on the south Atlantic Ocean island St. Helena (which attracts tourists for being the burial place of Napoleon), they discovered the remains…
Sunday TV: SharkFest on Nat Geo
Seems like this year should be the year for shows on Orcas, but here’s SharkFest 2023, starting with “Bull Shark Bandits” (National Geographic, 8 p.m.), “Shark Eat Shark” (National Geographic,…
Saturday TV: Brandi Carlile Plays Canyon
The current holder of the rock ’n’ roll Grammy stars in the music special “Brandi Carlile: In the Canyon Haze - Live from Laurel Canyon” (HBO, 8 p.m.), performed from…
‘Simulant’: When Robots Self-Actualize
Tales of creating humanoids in labs goes back more than 200 years to Mary Shelley or to her inspiration for “Frankenstein” in Greek mythology, Prometheus. The notion of man-made robots…
Friday TV: The Last Ride for Jack Ryan
“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” (Prime Video, streaming) begins its fourth and final season, starring John Krasinski in the title role. It’s probably too late to consider whether we really buy…
Thursday TV: ‘The Witcher’ Back for More
The first half of the third season of “The Witcher” (Netflix, streaming) becomes available, with Henry Cavill’s Geralt trying to protect Freya Allan’s Ciri. And everybody’s in bad wigs. The…
Wednesday TV: Idris Elba in a ‘Hijack’
The new drama “Hijack” (Apple TV+, streaming) stars Idris Elba as a negotiator who relies on his skills while on a hijacked plane en route to London. Archie Panjabi, Christine…
Tuesday TV: The History of Music in Drag
“Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music” (HBO, 9 p.m.) was first performed in 2016 at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn as a one-time event, a 24-hour presentation of 246…
Capital Radio 6-26-23: Summertime Rain
You don’t need 32 songs to tell you it’s summer — the near 90 degree weather has already left no doubt. Such extremes also lead to thunderstorms, so there was…