A weekly conversation about the arts, sports, life, and literature, inspired by what we read in the Sunday Paper.
Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff
Tamsen can't handle it. The Pope's favorite painting. NFL Draft chatter. Moot Court at Princeton. (Daniel as Judge). British Magicians come around (acknowledging the women). Dancing in the subway. Hidden Frescoes at the Villa Farnesina. Remembering Marshall Rausch. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
'Tis the season! Celebrating Easter and Passover. Thoughts about AI. Basketball players in the NHL. Museum update: Cairo and Chicago. Second-tier phones. Remembering Junior Bridgeman. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Errol Morris movie about investing. Dan liked it. Also A Real Pain. Saving the Metro Theater (NYC). Kelvin Sampson. Remembering William Finn. Richard Bernstein. Linda Williams, professor, and how her porno-film theories intersected with Dan's legal career. Clive Revill. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Love Life in NYC. Dan Neil buys a Tesla. Will Shortz on the mend. Howie Rose nostalgia. AI comes to the Art History rescue. Big applications for Gorilla Glass. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Thinking about George Foreman. Dan rejoices at the return of baseball and marvels at the Japanese Obsession. Tamsen contemplates Beef Tallow and Gougeres. How about a Sound Room? March Madness. Sesame Street, still going strong? Thomas Moser and the Continuous Arm Chair. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Renovations! Before and after: the Hoboken Transit Terminal and the Frick Collection. Mad Madness - no upsets? Covid revelations. Ping Pong and Parkinson's Disease. Getting ahead with Katharine Gibbs. The Allure of the Boring Business. Penguin Retirement. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Remembering Joan Dye Gussow. Spending Time in Raleigh. London restaurant controversy. Living over the Library. Caravaggio 2025 in Rome. College for All? Maybe not. Roberta Flack. Buster Poindexter. Rebel with a Clause. Vinyl Wizard Chase Kassem. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Back to Richmond. Heart Shaped Tubs. Meat Raffles! Ken Rosenthal and the History of Panera. Hal Sperlich / Mustang / Mini-Van. The new Honda Civic. City Bank. Earl Weaver and Analytics before there were Analytics. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Special Guest: Cindy Gompert Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Final Knee Report. Thoughts on Exercise. Tulips vs Roses. Animated Shorts. The Return (movie, as in, the Odyssey). Homegrown Ice Hockey on Long Island. Basketball á la Arsenault (Jr and Sr). Monica Getz. Ken Wydro. Paddington 2! Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
( Super Bowl) It Happens. TV Ratings. Gambling Adverts. Super Dome history. Happy Valentine's Day. White House Decor Stories. The Learning Pit. Educational Micromanagement in Texas. Shirley Temple critic Leo Kelly. Goodbye Book Blurbs.
Marching Bands! Athletic Prowess - it's not all about the looks. Low Cal Wine? Britt Allcroft. Fay Vincent. Dick Button. Wolfgang Zwiener. Book recs from Scott Turow. How to Sell a Ferrari. Dan reveals his Super Bowl pick. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Fun story to warm your heart on a chilly winter day. Finishing A French Village. Dan explains Parlays. LA story - fireproof but not trauma proof. Bringing back the Jack Rose. On the spectrum with Bill Gates. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
It's cold. Deluxe Editions - People love Books. Fore-edge painting. Radio Taiso. Gerd Heidemann and the Fake Hitler Diaries. Van Gogh All-nighter in London. Rickey Henderson. Claire van Kampen. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Broadway: Our Town. Tamsen's New Knee. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - the back story. Ira Gershwin - being George's brother. Armia Khalil and Daniel Harding: Side Jobs. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Jasi's Holiday Sing-Along. Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School performance at the Met (Sing-Along included). Siena (at the Met). Back Scratching. (It's a Thing). Stephen King bows out of the Radio Business. The Eisenhower Highway. Heidi. Really? Yes. Bernie Marcus. Richard Cash. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Much to discuss: Notre Dame, Lindsey Vonn, Broadway Volume, Martha Stewart, Performance Enhanced Olympics, Plants Crying, and Laying an Egg at 74! Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Movies (Conclave), Dinner Parties, Broadway (Ragtime). Celebrating David C. Gompert. The Rest is History (podcast). Racing Pigeons. Park Improvements. The joys of Pescado a la Talla. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Al Jolson. A new biography. Milk Chamberlan (Robbie Avila). The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (the story of Mats Steen). Why Students don't Read. Riding the Rails - looks like fun. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Mets plow on. Restaurant chatter. Matty Matheson loves Costco knives. Chicago challenges NY art police. Is the Minivan coming back? Luis Tiant. Ina Garten, her memoir. Dorothy Parker. Alphabears, an ABC book by Kathleen and Michael Hague. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Some Tips. Baseball Helmet Ads. Playoffs. Apple hearing aids. Cemetery Tourism. Bye-bye Touchscreen? Swimming Pool Mastermind, Vance Gillette. Knight Owl by Christopher Denise. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Words to live by. But also fun picture book by Einat Tsarfati. Rough time in LAX. How long is the ideal vacation? Music Mountain Theater and Lambertville Music Circus (Saint John Terrell). Jobs versus Internships. The Manning Cast. WWI Memorial, old school tribute. Creating a widespread peanut allergy. Wienermobile is coming to town. Liverwurst! Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Remembering Ed Kranepool. College Grades? Diva Suprema Angela Gheorghiu, not a fan of encores. Restaurant Sounds. Museum Update. Mick Herron. The key to underwater listening. Custard Man Ted Drewes. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Sure - Dead Butt Syndrome. Ultra Processed Foods; turns out some might be good for you. Gen Z can't Type. Nvidia Investors. Impressionism at the National Gallery. Edward C. Moore Collection (Tiffany's) at the Met. Plug-in Hybrids are having a moment. It Zwibble. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
As read by Dan. Amtrak equipment woes. 7 Eleven and Costco. Why are frames so expensive? Al Attles. We remember our dear friend and annual guest star, David Gompert. For those who want to revisit our chats with David and Cindy, go to Episodes 8, 59, 111, 163, 264, 313, and 358. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Catching up with the football players. The Onion goes old school. Dan talks about the meaning of the Olympics and expresses dismay about not being invited to any mathematics competitions. Mark Schneider loves his job (and horses, and Napoleon, and Lafayette).Tapestries have another moment. Neil Gorsuch and over regulation. Richard Kind. Frank Selvy/Furman/Greenville. And Runaway Bunny. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Oy. Perhaps another sign of the Apocalypse. Anyway: Crockett Johnson and the Purple Crayon. Summer of Snow in Buffalo. Nintendo Strategies. Another Career Idea for Dan. Olympics wrap up. Youngster swims big. Living the life in Hunterdon County, NJ. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Jasi and Rafa move on. Sadie arrives! Time for the Great Salt Pond Swim! Moth Night. Enjoying the Beach and the Olympics. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Special Guest: Sadie Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Catching up with Nico and Granger on the Block. Romantasy Bookstores. The Elsa Dress phenomenon. David Liederman (cookies). The Randoseru tradition. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Special Guests: Nicolle Jasbon and Granger Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Seriously old school. As in George Washington and King Tut. Thinking about Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and their movies. George Mikan. Anthony O'Reilly. Russell Morash. Bird Baths. Swimming Pretty. The Friedman Sisters. Advice from Roger Federer and Conan O'Brien. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Dan remembers. Titanic the musical. The Smell of Disease. What makes a lion swim? NBA millions. DNA and Mayan sacrifice. Jerry West. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
The Harry Potter Effect. The Mets in London. D-Day Remembered. Windpower is waning? 401K misbehavior. Costco - out of the book business? Janis Paige. Bob Kelley. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Minor League name boost. Crappy Cookware. Guilt (the series, PBS). Mr Bates Vs The Post Office (also PBS). Germans and Non-alcoholic. Bye bye Barkley? Hockey phenom. Art school demise. Dan votes for philosophy. Weird Fish Sex. Gardening is good for you. Dan finds some books to read. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Latest ruminations about the state of Broadway. Stereophonic! Yondr. Museum Gifts with Strings Attached. Richard Sherman. Sanford Smith. Michael Sugrue. Jim Otto. Bill Walton. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Yes - 365 Episodes. A fresh Tamsen and Dan Experience for every day of the year. (Oy) This week: watching The Old Oak. Bronx Zoo '90. Jonathan Haidt and Anxious Kids. Follow your Opportunities with Bonnie Hammer. Elder Mediation. John Rawls! David Shapiro, poet and Columbia poster boy for student protesting in the '60's. Excluding Aaron Gordon from dinner. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Fun watching the Derby in Cali - Dan blows the call, but Tamsen is happy with the results. Nice time in Ventura. Velellas! Airplane movies: Anatomy of a Fall, Inside Man, and A Haunting in Venice. Titanic! Stereophonic! Kids Mental Health Disappointments. Robert Indiana: a complicated legacy. Museum Food: Neue Galerie and high end at the Met. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Tamsen and Sadie in Stockholm and Copenhagen. NFL Draft strategy. Dan has thoughts. Gaelic Football - Big Kickers. Museum Update. Streaming Service Cancelling. It's a thing. Whitey Herzog, Carl Erskine, and Ken Holzman. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Water for Elephants on Broadway. Wicked Little Letters on the Silver Screen. Wildlife challenges Down Under. Biking in Bogota has gotten dangerous. Fire in Copenhagen. Free Admission. Happy Birthday Simon and Schuster. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Big Butts and the NFL. Natural Phenomena. John Barth. X-Men. The Last Repair Shop. Ayoung An - Cremona Violin Maker. Pocono Museum Thieves. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Family Fun in NYC and PA. Gold beating in Venice. Isaac Mizrahi in New Hope. Fantastic Birds and Birders. Catching Snakes in Queensland. Who's Happy? Women? Men? Anyone? The Cabbage moment . Laurent de Brunhoff, Akira Toriyama, Malachy McCourt, Steve Lawrence. John Gruden and the Milano Seamen. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Special Guests: Sadie Abuhoff, Zeke Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Theater everywhere - Sondheim in Basking Ridge, Fun Home in Lambertville. Finding an ancient Purple factory in Tel Shiqmona. Stained Glass secrets revealed in Woodlawn Cemetery (the Bronx). College sports: Basketball Unions, Cornhole Scholarships, Irregular Betting Patterns. Restaurant Pay. Teen age Tax Consultants. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Back in Virginia! Talking with friends Cindy, David and Ellie about eating out, Maine, greeting cards, women in sports, the demise of Chocolate Chip ice cream and remembering Richard Lewis. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Special Guests: Ellie Burke, Cindy and David Gompert Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Jelly's Last Jam at City Center. Taste of Things. (Yay for the Norwegian Omelette!) Harlem Renaissance at the Met. Congrats to Jill Rafson and Zach Miller. Korean Food excitement in NYC. Soufflé love. Dan loves a sauna. Carson McCullers. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
There's a new baby in town! Raphaela has joined Jasbon, Nico and Granger. Spurred on by a snowstorm, of course! Also some local restaurant talk. Bob Moore and the Red Mill. William Post and Pop Tarts. The Master of QVC: David Venable. Big Things: Constantine, Costco... David Kahn and the development of Cryptology. Walter Shawlee, Latter Day Slide Rule Geek. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Athletic Brewing explodes onto the (nonalcoholic) beer scene (the backstory). Using Flip phones to increase productivity. Driving Madeleine. City of Angels. I Know Where I'm Going. The Rubin prepares to close its doors. Cleveland Guardians prepare for an eclipse. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Excellent nostalgia food. Encores' Once Upon A Mattress. Good Bye Sports Illustrated. Power of Hallmark Movies. Hockey Polyglots. The Rage of NJ Transit riders. Ed Cooley and the Rage of Providence fans. Harry Connick Sr. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Back to Mohonk Mountain House for more beautiful music. Jazz Weekend curated by Pete Malinverni, featuring Will Friedwald, Anaïs Reno, Sage Myers, Gabrielle Stravelli, Helen Sung, Martin Wind, Scott Robinson, Bruce Harris... The wide ranging work of Norman Jewison. Non-fiction comics. Beatrix Potter. Days of Wine and Roses. Menu trends. Last One Laughing. A Sydney Crosby story. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Yes, according to Dan and 93 year old Richard Morgan, it's the exercise that can't be beat. An Einstein Book that sounds fun (Einstein in Time and Space by Samuel Graydon). American Fiction (the movie). Opera Superfan Lois Kirschenbaum gives big. British TV show comes to rescue of Post Office. The trouble with finding a hitman when you need one. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Shockingly fun time in NYC despite miserable weather (or due to?). Port Sa'id, Via Carota, Purlie Victorious, MOMA, Mezzrow, and Central Park. Quirky German New Year's Tradition (Dinner for One). Check Fraud! Floating Pool. Paul Giamatti. Happy 50th to Goldbug! Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Wow. Three Hundred and Fifty Episodes. Almost one for every day of the year! Anyway, movie talk: Maestro, Boys in the Band, American Symphony, Feast of the Seven Fishes, Cinepanettone... Prime Rib. The Octopus Book. The Elfstedentocht. Maureen Flavin Sweeney. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
Feast of the Seven Fishes (film) and other Christmas Eve Traditions. Charlie Brown Christmas, a Hanukkah Story? Buena Vista Social Club (the stage musical). Wordle Revelations. Whole Milk (is good for you). Cookie Cutters. Dan Greenburg. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff
nd Large Cookies. Fake Christmas Trees. Now More Than Ever. Grade Inflation. Now More Than Ever. Off Broadway Struggles. Now More...(you get the idea). Owl Surprise. The Holdovers. Ann Patchett loves Sidelines. Credits: Talent: Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Ellie Suttmeier Art: Zeke Abuhoff