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Forget Shakedown Street — San Francisco now has a Jerry Garcia street

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, IncJerry Garcia would have turned 83 on Friday, and in recognition, his native San Francisco gave the late Grateful Dead founder a big honor.The San Francisco Chronicle reports that on Friday, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie led a dedication ceremony as a stretch of Harrington Street, where Garcia spent part of childhood, was renamed Jerry Garcia Street in his honor. The ceremony took place just a few steps away […]

August 3, 2025

Health

Increasing Patient Access To Experimental Drugs

There are many experimental drugs being tested for various conditions, but many of them never get to real patients due to obstacles like low rates of clinical trial participation. Our expert this week explains a growing research method that brings the trials directly to patients and gives them the opportunity to access a wider range of medications. Guest Information: Dr. Casey Chapman, Gastroenterologist, Chief Medical Officer, GI Alliance Links for […]

August 3, 2025

Viewpoints

Strings Attached: The Inequities Still Shaping Classical Music Today

Despite big efforts in recent years to boost diversity in classical music, the genre is still exceedingly difficult to break into. According to an industry wide study conducted last year by the League of American Orchestras, African Americans made up just 2 percent of professional orchestras nationwide. Violinist and educator Brendan Slocumb and activist Afa Dworkin discuss what’s holding the industry back and how improved early access music programs in […]

August 3, 2025

Health

The New Drug That Shrinks Tumors For Patients With NF1-PN

Born with NF1-PN, a rare genetic disorder, Austin Fields spent his childhood learning how to live in a body riddled with benign tumors. Though removal surgery is the main treatment for this painful condition, a new medication has recently been approved for adults with NF1-PN. Our experts explain what it’s like to live with this condition and how this novel drug is enhancing patients’ quality of life. Guest Information: Dr. […]

August 3, 2025

Viewpoints

The Living Night: Uncovering Nature’s Hidden Third Shift

While towns and cities sleep, a bustling animal world emerges. This week – we explore the hidden nighttime lives of urban wildlife – from foxes in Berlin to possums in American backyards – and cover why it’s essential to appreciate and protect these often-unseen creatures that we share our world with. Guest Information: Sophia Kimmig, researcher, Leibniz Institute, author, Living Night: On the Secret Wonders of Wildlife After Dark. Links […]

August 3, 2025

Music

John Lennon confidant says he was jealous of ‘attention’ Paul McCartney got in the ’70s

Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesJohn Lennon took himself out of the spotlight for five years in the 1970s to raise his son Sean Lennon, but during that time he was "insanely jealous" of his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney's musical success. That's according to longtime Lennon friend and confidant Elliot Mintz.While appearing on Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan's podcast, The Magnificent Others, Mintz said that Lennon would speak "so lovingly" […]

August 1, 2025

Entertainment

Michael Jai White says he wanted his new film, ‘Trouble Man,’ ‘to be an experience’

Samuel Goldwyn FilmsMichael Jai White wrote, produced, directed and stars in his new film, Trouble Man, out in theaters Friday. Though it's being associated with the Blaxploitation genre, he tells ABC Audio the film is generally influenced by action comedies."I have certain issues with [the Blaxploitation era] because there were just a lot of movies that were just action movies and dramas that got swept up into that title," he explains.While he […]

August 1, 2025

Music

Jimmy Page settles writing credits dispute with ‘Dazed and Confused’ composer

Led Zeppelin in 1969; Chris Walter/WireImageBack in 2011, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Jake Holmes, who wrote the song "Dazed and Confused" in 1967, settled a copyright infringement lawsuit that would lead to Zeppelin's rendition of the song being credited as "written Jimmy Page, inspired by Jake Holmes." However, due to events including the release of the film Becoming Led Zeppelin, Holmes sued Page again earlier this year -- and that […]

August 1, 2025

Entertainment

New series based on ‘The Holiday’ is in the works

David Lodge/FilmMagic via Getty ImagesA new series based on the beloved 2006 romantic comedy The Holiday is in the works at Apple TV+.The Holiday, directed by Nancy Meyers, starred Cameron Diaz as Amanda, a single American woman, and Kate Winslet as Iris, a single British woman.The two women swap homes during the Christmas season and unexpectedly find love after heartbreak with Amanda meeting Graham, played by Jude Law, and Iris […]

August 1, 2025

Music

Def Leppard prepping first new album since 2022’s ‘Diamond Star Halos’

Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty ImagesA new Las Vegas residency isn't the only thing that Def Leppard has planned for 2026.The band tells USA Today that they're working on a new album for release next year. It'll be their first new studio album since 2022's Diamond Star Halos. And like that record, they're working on the new album remotely, rather than all the members together in a studio. “We’re blessed that technology […]

August 1, 2025