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This week on Deep Dive we hear the music and comedy of Tom Lehrer. We do the Masochism tango, find that the wild west is where we want to be, and be prepared.

To listen tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia, or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia. Simply go to one of the rooms where you have a SmartThing and say Play Mushroom FM and you'll be whisked to reminisce with this entertaining comedian. And I'll be there as well.

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.

Ready for another two hours of fun songs and stories? Whether you’re hearing them for the first time or the 100th time, I know you’ll be transported to some interesting places this week.

Hehehehe hee haw! Woody Woodpecker is having some fun with his animal crackers, and Shirley Temple has them in her soup! Yucky!

We have a story about a giant, told by a giant of folk music.

There are a couple of stories about hats this week, one about a silk hat, and another about a boy who has 500 hats. Imagine that! 500!

I know you check the Mushroom FM Schedule page every week, just to make sure you're up to speed with all the latest tasty Mushroom morsels. Yeah, right.

The reality is that we have a pretty stable ship here, which means you can depend on hearing your favourite show when you expect to. But we do have a few changes to tell you about, some of them temporary, some of them not, relating to Sunday nights.

Affter you've enjoyed the Saturday debut of Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me in The Early Years where and when you'll enjoy the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.

Hi there! Sara Hillis here, popping round to tell you all the exciting stuff that I'll have for you on the first ever Saturday episode of Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's premier Folk and Celtic Music show. We'll journey to Galway, Dublin and Belfast, spend some time with Nancy and John, hear some songs about love and others about fair maids, and we'll visit with Joni Mitchell and wander down the road a while. If all this seems as clear as mud, you'll want to tune in live on Saturday at 2:00 PM Eastern to find out what all the fuss is about.

Last weekend, Marion and I took a trip out to a little town called Stanthorpe. While there, we checked out the Truffle Discovery Centre, and learned more about truffles than we'd ever thought to ask, so I'd like to tell you about the trip and share what we learned. We also visited the herritage museum and found lots of cool stuff from days gone by.

Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from 2009 and Swallows and Amazons from 1974.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2005 novel of the same name.

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.

I've got 19 reasons for celebrating Linda Ronstadt this week on Time Tunnel Tunes! Join me, Geno J for another three hours of great music from another specific year tomorrow, Wednesday (July 14th, 2021) at 6 pm Eastern! If you would like to choose a year or learn more about this week's episode, keep reading!