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Fred Bals on Bob Dylan's holiday Theme Time Radio Hour

Theme Time Radio Hour: The Annotated Christmas & New Year Episode

Episode 34 — First aired December 20, 2006. A 2 hour special

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December 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM

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The annotated (and lavishly illustrated) compleat TTRH Xmas extravaganza!

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Theme Time Radio Hour: The Annotated Christmas & New Year Episode

Episode 34 — First aired December 20, 2006. A 2 hour special

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December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM

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What common threads connect a Chicago mobster, a master of the macabre, a minstrel composer, a so-called populist president, and a Missouri ex-outlaw? And what does the “Voices from the Grave” project tell us about Dylan himself?

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Voices from the Grave: Bob Dylan’s Digital Séances, Achilles’ Choice, and the Art of Living

At his age legends are expected to retreat into quiet retirement, but Bob Dylan, at 84, instead launches a series of Instagram reels, digital séances of sorts, featuring historical figures such as…

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July 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM

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The audio of Dylan’s Instagram post of Robeson’s performance of “My Kentucky Home” is no longer available, although the post and its comments remain on his account.

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