Modern Times With Larry Josephson; Excerpts

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Series
Modern Times With Larry Josephson
Episode
Excerpts
Producing Organization
Radio Foundation, Inc.
KCRW (Radio station : Santa Monica, Calif.)
American Public Radio
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-2f7jq0ts6h
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Description
Series Description
"MODERN TIMES, public radio's first live, national talk show, is an artful blend of interviews, essays, listener phone calls, and music -- all filtered through the sensibility and personality of its host, Larry Josephson. The two-hour weekly program is both fact and feeling based; it aims to move its listeners emotionally as well as intellectually, with taste, fairness and humor. MODERN TIMES is as concerned with eternal issues (love and family), as with breaking news (Berlin, terrorism). Fundamentally, the program is about basic moral and philosophical questions. "Live listener call-ins are an integral part of MODERN TIMES: the intelligence and sensitivity of the public radio audience are tapped for knowledge and experience that add a unique quality to the program. "The tape consists of excerpts from four programs broadcast in 1989. The first excerpt is from an interview with Steven Soderberg, writer-director of 'Sex, Lies and Videotape.' Next Susan Brownmiller talks about her novel based on the Joel Steinberg/Hedda Nussbaum tragedy. She is attacked by a listener for exploiting the tragedy. Then a put-on interview with 'Boris Yeltsin', the Soviet gadfly, impersonated by actor Philip Proctor. Finally, a portion of a discussion of the moral, theological and cinematic issues raised by Woody Allen's dark, disturbing film 'Crimes and Misdemeanors,' in which the guilty not only seem to go unpunished, but are rewarded. Guests included a rabbi (Arthur Hertzberg), a film critic (Andrew Sarris) and a psychoanalyst (Dr. Martin Bergman) who played the philosopher-suicide, 'Dr. Louis Levy,' in the film."--1989 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1989
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:36:31.224
Credits
Producing Organization: Radio Foundation, Inc.
Producing Organization: KCRW (Radio station : Santa Monica, Calif.)
Producing Organization: American Public Radio
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-c2a35855817 (Filename)
Format: 1/4 inch audio cassette
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Citations
Chicago: “Modern Times With Larry Josephson; Excerpts,” 1989, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 3, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-2f7jq0ts6h.
MLA: “Modern Times With Larry Josephson; Excerpts.” 1989. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 3, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-2f7jq0ts6h>.
APA: Modern Times With Larry Josephson; Excerpts. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-2f7jq0ts6h