Julian Booker
@booker-julian.bsky.social
Likes kindness, music, travel and Philadelphia. Current 📻🙋🏻♂️ at WRTI, WNCW & Culture Caravan / proudly FKA Rising Sun Presents & WXPN person.
This 1973 gem + feat. albums from 1983 and 1998 (any guesses as to which ones?) on today’s 🦃 Holiday Platters edition of The Get Down tonight 6-9pm on WRTI
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This 1973 gem + feat. albums from 1983 and 1998 (any guesses as to which ones?) on today’s 🦃 Holiday Platters edition of The Get Down tonight 6-9pm on WRTI
Get a sneak peek of our upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday Platters Weekend on WRTI + tune in starting tomorrow (Wednesday 11/26) night at 6pm to hear some great jazz records. Happy Thanksgiving!
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WRTI's Holiday Platters Weekend: tune in for a feast of classic jazz
This Thanksgiving, the WRTI jazz team is starting a new tradition: our first annual Thanksgiving Holiday Platters Weekend. From 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26 through 6 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, we’ll fea...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Get a sneak peek of our upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday Platters Weekend on WRTI + tune in starting tomorrow (Wednesday 11/26) night at 6pm to hear some great jazz records. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Getting Down and doing so seriously. Tonight on WRTI 6-9pm
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Getting Down and doing so seriously. Tonight on WRTI 6-9pm
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Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Thanks John Oliver for defending public media www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Opening my show tonight with the venerable Marco Benevento who slayed as usual last night at The Met w/ Joe Russo’s Almost Dead . I’ll also have a bunch of Idris Muhammad, spiritual sounds by Levitation Orchestra , Roy Haynes + lots more. Let’s get down 6-9pm tonight on WRTI
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Opening my show tonight with the venerable Marco Benevento who slayed as usual last night at The Met w/ Joe Russo’s Almost Dead . I’ll also have a bunch of Idris Muhammad, spiritual sounds by Levitation Orchestra , Roy Haynes + lots more. Let’s get down 6-9pm tonight on WRTI
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Hey, heads-up: Kassa Overall played an absolute knockout of an album-release show at Solar Myth two months ago. Tonight at 8pm, WRTI will play selections from that show on Sunday Rotation, hosted by @booker-julian.bsky.social. Tune in locally, or stream it worldwide. More info (+ video!) right here.
Kassa Overall at Solar Myth: hear it only on Sunday Rotation at WRTI
Tune in to Sunday Rotation on Nov. 9 to hear a world-exclusive broadcast of Kassa Overall's album-release show for CREAM, recorded at Solar Myth.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey, heads-up: Kassa Overall played an absolute knockout of an album-release show at Solar Myth two months ago. Tonight at 8pm, WRTI will play selections from that show on Sunday Rotation, hosted by @booker-julian.bsky.social. Tune in locally, or stream it worldwide. More info (+ video!) right here.
Be like Neko, live your best life and tune-in to The Get Down tonight 6-9pm on WRTI . I promise there’ll be bangers aplenty.
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Be like Neko, live your best life and tune-in to The Get Down tonight 6-9pm on WRTI . I promise there’ll be bangers aplenty.
Taking a road trip to Detroit, Chicago, LA, NOLA, NYC and Philly today on The Get Down. 6-9pm on WRTI . Please note, no S*ientologists were injured in the making of this radio program.
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Taking a road trip to Detroit, Chicago, LA, NOLA, NYC and Philly today on The Get Down. 6-9pm on WRTI . Please note, no S*ientologists were injured in the making of this radio program.
🎃 👻 🎺 🎷 ☔️ 🎹 Tune in to hear Halloween tracks all night on WRTI !
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🎃 👻 🎺 🎷 ☔️ 🎹 Tune in to hear Halloween tracks all night on WRTI !
RIP to the great Pierre Robert. Few, if any, have left such a mark on the radio and music communities in Philadelphia. May you be partying at a Beru Revue concert every night of your after life ✌️ 🖤
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
RIP to the great Pierre Robert. Few, if any, have left such a mark on the radio and music communities in Philadelphia. May you be partying at a Beru Revue concert every night of your after life ✌️ 🖤
Get your 🎃 👻 jazz, funk and soul on The Get Down tonight! 6-9 pm WRTI
October 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Get your 🎃 👻 jazz, funk and soul on The Get Down tonight! 6-9 pm WRTI
Grooves deeper than this sink hole in south Philly tonight on The Get Down incl. a tribute to D’Angelo 6-9pm om WRTI
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Grooves deeper than this sink hole in south Philly tonight on The Get Down incl. a tribute to D’Angelo 6-9pm om WRTI
There is a 0% chance the Phillies will ever get to the World Series again with Kevin Long on the coaching staff. Please save this to prove me wrong (you will not).
October 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
There is a 0% chance the Phillies will ever get to the World Series again with Kevin Long on the coaching staff. Please save this to prove me wrong (you will not).
So sorry to hear about the loss of one of the true modern musical geniuses. D’Angelo was truly one of a kind. We will be playing his music tonight on WRTI and I’ll be featuring a bunch of his tracks this Saturday on The Get Down. RIP to the legend.
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D’Angelo, Acclaimed and Reclusive R&B Innovator, Dies at 51
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October 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
So sorry to hear about the loss of one of the true modern musical geniuses. D’Angelo was truly one of a kind. We will be playing his music tonight on WRTI and I’ll be featuring a bunch of his tracks this Saturday on The Get Down. RIP to the legend.
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NPR's veteran Pentagon reporter warns new media policy stifles journalism
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Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
NPR's veteran Pentagon reporter warns new media policy stifles journalism
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On WRTI 6-9 tonight for The Get Down. It’ll be the bomb.
October 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
On WRTI 6-9 tonight for The Get Down. It’ll be the bomb.
THIS MAN 🙌 ⚾️ 🎷 @phillies.com SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL JAZZ STATION x.com/JDumasReport...
Jason Dumas on X: "This video took a ton of turns 😂 I started filming to show all the Dodger fans hitting the exits in the 7th inning. Then Schwarber hit his second homer while filming. Then I caught a Phillies fan going nuts 😂 https://t.co/1edhgbMJoK" / X
This video took a ton of turns 😂 I started filming to show all the Dodger fans hitting the exits in the 7th inning. Then Schwarber hit his second homer while filming. Then I caught a Phillies fan going nuts 😂 https://t.co/1edhgbMJoK
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October 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
THIS MAN 🙌 ⚾️ 🎷 @phillies.com SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL JAZZ STATION x.com/JDumasReport...
Debut of Sunday Rotation on WRTI tonight. Tune in at 8pm to go back 60 years for an hour of jazz from 1965 🎺 ✌️
October 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Debut of Sunday Rotation on WRTI tonight. Tune in at 8pm to go back 60 years for an hour of jazz from 1965 🎺 ✌️
Exploring the music of 1973 on Transmissions from the Time Machine tonight. And don’t forget if you miss any episodes, you can listen to past ones here: www.wncw.org/show/transmi...
Transmissions From The Time Machine
Each week, host Julian Booker takes listeners on a trip back in time featuring music from a different year for one hour. Selections include worldwide hits and album deep cuts that span across genres i...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Exploring the music of 1973 on Transmissions from the Time Machine tonight. And don’t forget if you miss any episodes, you can listen to past ones here: www.wncw.org/show/transmi...
New Cate Le Bon , Babon, Carlos Dafe + more on Culture Caravan. Tonight at 8pm on WNCW and all the time at culturecaravanradio.org
September 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New Cate Le Bon , Babon, Carlos Dafe + more on Culture Caravan. Tonight at 8pm on WNCW and all the time at culturecaravanradio.org
Get down tonight at 6pm on WRTI ✌️
September 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Get down tonight at 6pm on WRTI ✌️
Thanks to Brad Mehldau for taking some time to talk to me about his new album inspired by Elliott Smith. Check out our discussion here:
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Brad Mehldau channels the spirit of Elliott Smith on his new album
Pianist Brad Mehldau's newest album, Ride into the Sun, is a loving tribute to the music of Elliott Smith. Mehldau sat down with WRTI's Julian Booker to discuss the new album, his history with the lat...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Thanks to Brad Mehldau for taking some time to talk to me about his new album inspired by Elliott Smith. Check out our discussion here:
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Wednesday Sep 24th 5:30-7:30pm at the Free Library Parkway Central branch. Come listen to Sonny Rollins records!
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Wednesday Sep 24th 5:30-7:30pm at the Free Library Parkway Central branch. Come listen to Sonny Rollins records!
Zen times for crazy times. Solace in the music tonight on The Get Down. 6-9pm on WRTI.
September 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Zen times for crazy times. Solace in the music tonight on The Get Down. 6-9pm on WRTI.
Jumping in for Nicole Sweeney tonight on WRTI. Paying tribute to the late Akiko Tsuruga and much more. 6-9pm 🎹
September 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Jumping in for Nicole Sweeney tonight on WRTI. Paying tribute to the late Akiko Tsuruga and much more. 6-9pm 🎹