Tom Kranz

In this episode of Typtoon Tint, Roby Kamalo shares her remarkable journey from performing for school assemblies and touring as a Grammy-nominated artist to reinventing herself after a 2014 multiple sclerosis diagnosis. She discusses her memoir Married to a Rock Star, her All One Tribe

Author Theresa Magistro's book explores her Italian mother's immigration to the US, a journey marked with hope, family and a brief brush with TV success.

Buying immortality but payback's a bitch

The music never stops

A musical launch point for today's artists

The medical musician project

Andy Regal spent 30 years creating television shows while working for some of the worst bullies in America. He stayed with them out of the false belief that he was the problem. While writing his first book, Surviving Bully Culture, he realized workplace bullying is a real phenomenon. Today, he's an ...

Seattle Jazz Hall of Famer Bill Anschell's 30-year career encompassed prog rock, jazz, and electronic music. Now he's added a book to his artistic accomplishments, "Benched: Jazz Stories." Join me for this conversation with Bill, including samples of his music and readings from his book.

Dr. Hankus Netsky has devoted his life to researching, documenting, and performing Klezmer music. It is traditional Jewish music with roots in Eastern Europe, introduced to the United States in the 20th century. Klezmer was a signature element of Yiddish theater in New York and Philadelphia and is a...

Forty years after the city of Philadelphia bombed a home in an eviction that went off the rails and killed all 11 people inside, there is still interest in the story as evidenced by a number of developments in 2025. Tom Kranz, who covered the story at the scene on May 13, 1985 and wrote a book about...