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Join Koko and Jeff Lam on 'Heavily Buzzed,' a spirited podcast where they explore the world of whisky and spirits while delving into lively discussions about your favorite movies and TV shows. Each episode brings a unique blend of entertainment, laughter, and special guests, making every sip and conversation unforgettable. Cheers to a podcast that's as smooth as the finest spirits and as entertaining as your favorite on-screen moments!
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The Mash-Up Americans is your guide to the hyphen-America world we all live in. Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer talk culture, identity, race and what makes us who we are. Get to know yourself, America. At The Mash-Up Americans we are celebrating and challenging the raucous, colorful, complicated country we live in by asking all the important, awkward questions: What does it mean to be an immigrant in America? What cultural baggage do we bring to sex and relationships? Why is Korean skincare s ...
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The inaugural Carolina Youth Orchestra Summer Festival will take place at Davidson College in early August 2024. The three-day clinic is designed to help young musicians develop their musical skills under the tutelage of professional musicians and broaden their connections to our music community. The festival culminates in a free public concert at …
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Ask us a question? Send us a Message! In this captivating episode of "Heavily Buzzed," hosts Koko and Jeff Lam are joined by the multifaceted Iain Forteat, Master Blender of Glencadam Whisky. Dive into Iain's unique journey from the high stakes world of avalanche expertise to his refined palate as a wine connoisseur, and his deep-seated passion for…
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Juneteenth marks the date on June 19, 1865, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the last remaining enslaved people in Texas. We talk with Davidson College historian Hilary Green about how Texas commemorations in the 19th century led to the declaration of a national holiday in 2021. We also get an overview of the Juneteenth ev…
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Bach Akademie Charlotte’s 2024 Bach Festival returns to various locations around Charlotte and this year’s festival is called “Bach Akademie Charlotte Goes to Italy.” While it is indeed a Bach festival, it’s bookended by opening and closing concerts that focus on music from Italy, namely Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 . We …
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Trumpeter Rodney Marsalis is a member of the famous New Orleans musical family and the leader of the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass. We talk to Marsalis about his career and the group's upcoming concert at Gardner-Webb University. Learn more about the Summer in the Springs with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass Concert Pictured: Th…
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The Salisbury Symphony has been looking for a new music director this season, and they will audition their final candidate at their concert called "Hope and Lifting." Daniel Wiley will conduct the orchestra in music of Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and Omar Thomas. Wiley is currently assistant conductor with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Pops. …
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The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is producing an immersive event called "Merge" that combines modern symphonic music with electronic dance music and synchronized visual projections. Resident Conductor Christopher James Lees talks about the symphony's foray into new territory and the collaboration that brought it to life. Learn more about the MERGE:…
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Ask us a question? Send us a Message! Join your hosts Koko and Jeff Lam on a brand new episode of "Heavily Buzzed," where we dive into the world of film, whiskey, and unexpected connections. This week, we're thrilled to welcome Jan Forsberg, the Maker’s Mark Diplomat, to the show for a spirited discussion. In this episode, we dissect Michael Mann's…
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Charlotteans Lorne Lassiter and Gary Ferraro helped found the former Mint Museum of Craft and Design in uptown. They've also donated dozens of pieces from their own collection. The exhibit "Craft Across Continents" features many of those works in glass, wood, ceramics, and textiles. On this edition of the Piedmont Arts podcast, we tour the exhibit …
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Mises Institute Senior Fellow Per Bylund joins Aaron to talk about his recent book, How to Think About the Economy: A Primer, as well as the connection between social media and democracy and the economics of AI. TakeHumanAction.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/misescaucus/message…
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Kalena Bovell, a candidate for Salisbury Symphony Music Director, will lead the orchestra in a program called "Musical Inspirations." Bovell made her professional debut as the Chicago Sinfonietta's Assistant Conductor in 2015 and has led performances at the BBC Proms and the Kennedy Center. She also recently had her opera debut at Volcano Theatre w…
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The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (CSO) shared news that the organization has raised more than $40 million toward a goal of $50 million for its endowment. CSO President and CEO David Fisk discusses why having a significant endowment makes the orchestra stronger, and he provides details about the vital programs the endowment campaign will enable in t…
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Charlotte's nonprofit Blumenthal Arts hosts touring Broadway shows, symphony concerts and the ballet, among other things. But it's also branching out to other kinds of events, like the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit a couple of years ago. David Boraks talks with Blumenthal Arts CEO Tom Gabbard about another big immersive exhibit coming to Charlotte and…
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The Charlotte Shout! festival is produced by Charlotte Center City Partners and showcases Charlotte's creativity, innovation, diversity, and resilience. It includes music acts, art installations, community conversations, culinary events, and more. We talk to Rick Thurmond from Charlotte Center City Partners about the festival's importance to our cu…
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Ask us a question? Send us a Message! Welcome to "Heavily Buzzed," where the spirits flow as freely as the conversation! Hosted by Koko and Jeff Lam, this episode features a special guest: Matt Witzig, COO of Phenomenal Spirits and the mastermind behind Ry3 whiskey and Ron Izalco Rum. Join us as we uncover the secrets of Light whiskey and explore t…
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Traditionally, composers have written music with a group of musicians in mind, painstakingly transcribing or notating their ideas as sheet music. But these days, many work on a computer loaded with a digital library of instruments and sounds. That’s the case for the next generation of composers in training at Davidson College. We visit with music p…
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The Marriage of Figaro considered one of the greatest operas of all time, is billed as a comic opera but addresses serious themes such as tension between the social classes. Find out more about this masterpiece, and its important place in history by listening to a conversation with Dr. Scott MacLeod, associate professor of music and director of Hig…
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One Voice Chorus was founded in Charlotte in 1990 to bring together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and LGBTQIA+ affirming people to celebrate their lives through song. Since that time the chorus has grown in membership from 25 to more than 90 singers. Executive Director Micah Deer fills us in on the organization's history, purpose, and progra…
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Thorgy Thor, a classically trained musician who first came to national prominence on the television series RuPaul’s Drag Race , is the guest on this episode of Piedmont Arts. After a recent appearance at Davidson College, she spoke to us about how she developed the concert program Thorgy and the Thorchestra which has been performed with orchestras …
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Ask us a question? Send us a Message! Welcome to "Heavily Buzzed," the podcast where hosts Koko and Jeff Lam invite you to join them on a journey of laughter, whiskey, and unexpected twists. In this episode, they're joined by the whiskey aficionado and Instagram sensation, Will Ly, also known as @whisky_whiskey_chronicles. Together, they sip on Blu…
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The Salisbury Symphony is auditioning candidates for music director. Michelle Di Russo, a candidate for the position, will conduct their "Enchanting Sounds" concert in Keppel Auditorium. She'll lead a program of music by Piazzola, Saint-Saens, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Di Russo is from Argentina, and currently the Associate Conductor in her second seaso…
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Each year, Charlotte Master Chorale presents a "Unity Concert" with the goal of building bridges in the community through the shared experience of choral music. This year's concert is called "Unity: Earth" and is Saturday, March 9 at 4pm at First United Methodist Church in Charlotte. The ensemble will perform the North Carolina premiere of Jake Run…
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One of the most extraordinary figures in American classical music is someone you may never have heard of. Mary Cardwell Dawson, born in 1894 in Madison, NC, was a musician, teacher, and founding director of the National Negro Opera Company, the longest-running, all-Black opera company which helped launch the careers of many singers. Now her story i…
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Research suggests there are significant neurological and academic benefits to children who learn to play a musical instrument. However, most school systems wait until 6th grade to offer band or orchestra programs, and many kids simply do not have access to instrumental instruction until it's offered at school. Cornelius Youth Orchestras wants to ch…
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In January 2023, Saadia Khan sat down with Amy Choi and Rebecca Lehrer for her weekly podcast Immigrantly. The conversation centered on their series on grief. The interview focused on grief, how we can understand it without over-pathologizing the sentiment, and why it’s both universal and personal. What is most remarkable about the conversation is …
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Burnt Reeds is a reed quintet of local professional instrumentalists. Their concert called "Homegrown Melodies" features newly commissioned works by local composers. It's a project that brings together not only composers but also music producers, local independent mixed media artists, and of course musicians -- from a variety of backgrounds. Three …
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The Charlotte Master Chorale's Chamber Singers will present concerts called "Art & Science" at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlotte and Davidson College Presbyterian Church in Davidson. The centerpiece of the concerts is a multi-media symphony, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci , by composer Jocelyn Hagen. The work uses the latest video syncing te…
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The inaugural Black Notes Project Music Festival makes it debut at Charlotte's Knight Theater. The two-day festival celebrates and amplifies Black music and artistry and will honor the classical orchestral tradition while situating it alongside contemporary musical innovation. Nationally known artists such as harpist Brandee Younger and opera singe…
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North Carolina Baroque Orchestra will perform concerts called "Splendid Music from the Time of King George III and Queen Charlotte" in locations across the Charlotte region. The program includes works by Chevalier de Saint Georges, Handel, Mozart, Avison, and others. Frances Blaker, the ensemble's artistic director and conductor, explains how the c…
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Jake and Damon, editors of The CrimeWire, talk about breaking news cases and vintage true crime mysteries. In this episode, we discuss Lindsay Buziak, the Canadian real estate agent who was murdered at a property showing in 2008. The case remains unsolved, and her father Jeff Buziak has been fighting for 16 years, seeking justice for his daughter. …
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Ask us a question? Send us a Message! Dive into 2024 with the dynamic hosts Koko and Jeff Lam on the kickoff episode of "Heavily Buzzed" Season 2! Joined by special guest Seth Berhaim from Broken Barrel Whiskey in Los Angeles, the trio takes a sip down memory lane, discussing the new biopic "Blackberry" and the golden era of cell phones – BlackBerr…
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Chris "Bootleg" Darnell (vice chair of LPTN and host of Not a Real Podcast) updates Aaron on how the LP and other activists in Tennessee are fighting for 2A rights, Defend the Guard legislation, and ballot access. TakeHumanAction.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/misescaucus/message…
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The Metropolitan Opera's Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition has auditions across the country. The competition is designed to discover promising young opera singers and assist the development of their careers. The North Carolina District holds auditions and approximately 25 singers will compete to move on to Regionals in Atlanta. The event is op…
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On a very special Christmas episode of Decentralized Revolution, Bob Murphy (host of The Bob Murphy Show, author of Choice Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action) joins Aaron Harris to discuss his views on the morality and practicality of pacifism. TakeHumanAction.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/misescauc…
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Ask us a question? Send us a Message! Welcome to the uproarious world of "Heavily Buzzed" with hosts Koko and Jeff, where laughter flows as freely as the spirits they indulge in. In this third episode, They're joined by the social media sensation and comedy maestro, @tonyx4. Brace yourselves for a sidesplitting session as Tony's madness takes cente…
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Jake and Damon, editors of The CrimeWire, talk about breaking news cases and vintage true crime mysteries. In this episode, we discuss the two-decade investigation of the West Mesa serial killer known as the "Bone Collector" and Jake offers insights from his time researching the case in the high desert near Albuquerque, New Mexico, including the pr…
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After a search that has lasted more than two years, the Charlotte Symphony has announced their next Music Director: Kwamé Ryan. Originally from Trinidad, Ryan has an impressive resume and has worked around the globe. He was General Music Director of the Freiburg Opera from 1999 to 2003 and Musical and Artistic Director of the National Orchestra of …
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Caritas a Cappella ensemble presents a concert of Christmas and holiday music in Charlotte. The set will include settings of familiar carols as well as beautiful motets written by modern and Renaissance composers. And this time, the ensemble will be led by their new artistic director, Dr. Jeremy Mims. By day, Jeremy is Associate Professor and Direc…
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It’s our last episode of the season(!) and we’re talking hospitality — what it looks like, what it means, what it does for our souls — and we can think of no better expert to turn to than Pierre Thiam, the trailblazing chef, author, and activist. He talks about how sharing food is a literal blessing, how it can transcend borders, and he also reveal…
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As people who care deeply about many things in this world (inequity, climate change, diversity, you get the idea), we could definitely learn to give less of a sh*t about other stuff — like whether or not people get offended by what we say and do. Enter: Liza Treyger. The hilarious comedian, unapologetic straight talker, and abider of many a bubbe m…
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Never meet your heroes? Fie, we say. The magnificent author, editor, and queen of Queens Min Jin Lee joined Rebecca and Amy on stage at The Greene Space to kick off The Mash-Up Americans residency, and lucky for us she’s even more generous and staggeringly brilliant than we imagined. From discussing the power of authorship to sharing how being plea…
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To know us at The Mash-Up Americans is to know we love to be told how to do things well — how to be less racist, how to make a killer apple strudel, and so on. So it’s fitting that this week, our pal Zak Rosen invited both Rebecca and Amy on his show, The Best Advice Show, to share a few words of wisdom about small, delightful, maybe unusual ways t…
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Jake and Damon, editors of The CrimeWire, talk about breaking news cases and vintage true crime mysteries. In this episode, we discuss details surrounding the tragic case of Elisa Lam and her strange death at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles in 2013, a topic that Jake extensively researched and wrote about in his book Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious…
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If San Giving, aka Thanksgiving, isn’t the mashiest American holiday of all, we’d be pressed to think of anything else that even comes close. It’s when American culinary traditions (turkey, stuffing) combine with those of our families (kimchi, tortillas) to be that rare holiday that seems to belong to everyone. So as a nod to Thanksgiving and all t…
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The Charlotte Civic Orchestra presents its annual Christmas Extravaganza at the Halton Theater at CPCC’s Uptown Campus. The program features a sixty-piece orchestra, performances by the Charlotte Youth Ballet and Diamond Elite Dancers, the Holiday Singers, and soloists, plus the combined choirs of the Marvin Ridge and Porter Ridge High Schools. Dr.…
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Ask us a question? Send us a Message! (Due to technical difficulties. We apologize for the sound quality in advance. Due to mic issues, there are some parts that might be effected. Enjoy!) Welcome to "Heavily Buzzed" with your hosts Koko and Jeff Lam! Joining them is Scott Morrison from Douglas Laing & Co., and together they're sipping on the exqui…
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Millennials will never know a world without hip hop, and frankly, we’re all better for it. Author, journalist, scholar, and all-around visionary Jeff Chang joins Amy and Rebecca to share about his first introduction to hip hop, how it serves as a guide to liberation and how it’s just a part of who we all are now. He also weighs in on which album is…
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