In Yiddish, would you rather be a mensch or a schmuck? Also in this Almost a Radio Show podcast, Roy Orbison in his first band, The Wink Westerners… Luke Combs covering Tracy Chapman… Electric Avenue is the one-hit-wonder… we dig up the terrifi...

Clever but unscrupulous – that’s a ‘snollygoster’… Also in this Almost a Radio Show podcast, Mama Cass in a band before she became famous… Eva Cassidy covering a Fleetwood Mac song… Nicolette Larson with a Lotta Love for the one-hit-wonder… Leo...

Almost a Radio Show is brought to you by deipnosophists. Where would we be without them?! There is Olivia Newton John in a band before she became famous… but, if you are in Sweden you can’t dance to it in public without a permit… Soft Cell does...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is brought to you by dunderheads and other old-time fools. Eric Carmen started out in a band called The Raspberries. How many paper straws can you stick and hold in a beard? (Hint: More than 100, less tha...

In this Almost a Radio Show, the recent Russian fad of defenestration... Carole King is in a band before becoming a solo sensation... Sting covers Elton John... Jonathan Edwards has his one-hit-wonder... We remember the late George Michael... T...