In this episode we explore two live recording by Lena Horne one recorded at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas the other at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The musical life of one of the greatest live performers of her generation. Please join me for Lena Horne Live.

Lena Horne Live

Often the story of natural disasters and their aftermath lump everyone's experience into one narrative but what about communities of color who survived the 1906 earthquake, what about their children, their education? In this episode, I share my love for the Newton J. Tharp School in San Francisco. Built in 1910 it survived a turbulent history only to be left frozen in time by an attempt to save it. The episode also explores San Francisco's separate but equal policy when it came to educating the city's children of color and how that same discriminatory policy caused an international incident that nearly disrupted President Roosevelt's attempts to negotiate the Japan-Russo war. If you enjoy hidden history you'll enjoy this episode. Please join me for earthquakes and consequences!

Earthquakes and Consequences

This the first episode of The Dip. More of a snack than a full Deep Dive meal. In the first episode 3 works by Tennessee Williams&nbsp; book of one act, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, a group of short stories One Arm, and Clothes for a Summer Hotel the last new play Williams had produced on Broadway.&nbsp; Three works by one of the greatest playwright in the world writing about nearly every aspect of the human condition with humanity, humor and poetry.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

27 Wagons of Tennessee Williams

In this episode two Japanese films who use lust and desire to examines the human need for belonging and order even as it all vanishes right before our eyes.&nbsp; Male/male love among the samurai is the facade for much larger themes. A muted beautiful film of a closed society destroyed from the inside out.&nbsp; A Beautiful Mystery is an erotic comedy biting as it is drenched in the sweaty of muscled young men looking for something to believe in.&nbsp; Join me for Gohatto, A Beautiful Mystery.&nbsp;

Gohatto A Beautiful Mystery

In this episode, what happens when the things that used to give you joy and inspiration stop delivering. As I turn the page on what used to inspire me and wait for something new I look back at some of the moments of dance that have given me enormous pleasure and over the years including the work of the Japanese Butoh dance company Sankai Juku, the world premiere of Mikhail Baryshnikov's Don Quixote, the world premiere of Rudolf Nureyev's The Afternoon of a Faun, and the world premiere of the Dance Theater of Harlem and Geoffrey Holder's Dougla. Never seen any live dance? It doesn't matter, we all need a little inspiration and that what this episode is about. Join me for Dougla. &nbsp; &nbsp;

Dougla, Dance and Inspiration

A Deep Dive is a podcast about us. How we got here and where we might be going. Using cultural and historical events A Deep Dive will surprise you, amuse you, and sometimes make you cry a little. Please join me. Reggie

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