Weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines.
Weekly Program
Songs from Husker Du ("Turn On The News"), The Donner Party ("Sickness"), Tribe Called Quest ("Oh My God"), Paul Simon ("Kodachrome"), and Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
"Turn On The News" is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in "Turn On The News" each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides -- good and evil -- every time you "Turn On The News." It is often a mash-up of the week's news, and sometimes a radio news fantasy.
Clips and excerpts from Trevor Noah; Jimmy Kimmel; Brianna Keilar; Stephanie Ruhle; Stuart Varney; Joe Biden; Anthony Fauci; Elizabeth Cohen; Roy Wood, Jr.; "South Park;" and Peter Hotez.
This week: "Omicron." This week one direction is pointing at fascism. Songs from Husker Du ("Turn On The News"), The Donner Party ("Sickness"), Tribe Called Quest ("Oh My God"), Paul Simon ("Kodachrome"), Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong ("Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"), and Shirley Ellis ("The Name Game"). Clips and excerpts from Trevor Noah; Jimmy Kimmel; Brianna Keilar; Stephanie Ruhle; Stuart Varney; Joe Biden; Anthony Fauci; Elizabeth Cohen; Roy Wood, Jr.; "South Park;" and Peter Hotez. Episode 045.
Omicron
Weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines.
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Dec. 2, 2021
Recorded at Wave Farm in the Hudson Valley in New York.
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