On Wednesday The AIR brings you great new episodes of Curtain Call and Beatles Blast  and The Comedy Valut that are seasonally appropriate and downright cute.  You can tune in at the website, or just stay right here and  listen to the convenient embedded radio player lurking elsewhere on this page.

At 2 PM (EDT) Beatles Blast is inspired by this week’s “Fruit Salad” 100th episode of Nigel Pye’s Psychedelic Shack, and is something I’ve been threatening to do for some time.

It’s an entire hour-long mixtape devoted to one song, “Strawberry Fields Forever.” You will hear multiple takes of the song by The Beatles, as well as covers by Greg Hawkes, Andy Timmons, Peter Gabriel and even one Paul McCartney. You’ll here the song transformed into Jazz, Bluegrass, Salsa and arena rock, and by the end of the show, you will have the tune stuck in your head for days.

Beatles Blast can be heard every Wednesday at 2 PM, with replays Saturday afternoon.

At 3 PM (EDT) on Curtain Call, Mel Larch presents a mixtape collection of new musicals that have opened this year on Broadway, off-Broadway and in London’s West End. This has become an annual tradition on Curtain Call as Mel awaits the Tony Award nominations that will be the basis for her next episode.

Some of these shows are certain to be nominated. Others, not so much.  This show will let you sample the latest from the world of Musical Theatre. Just check out the playlist…

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New Shows 2025

“Let’s Do Lunch” from Sunset Boulevard
“Making A Man” from Operation Mincemeat
“The Call” from Floyd Collins
“You’ll Never Get Away From Me” from Gypsy
“Daydream” from Real Women Have Curves
“Why Look Around The Corner” from BOOP! The Musical
“For The Gaze” from Death Becomes Her
“The Assassin and the Martyr” from Legends of Arahma
“I’m A Disney Whore” from Waiting In The Wings The Musical
“Where’s My Superhero” from Your Lie In April
“Don’t Forget Me” from Smash
“Just In Time” from Just In Time

Curtain Call can be heard on The AIR Wednesday at 3 PM, with replays Thursday at 8 AM,  Saturday at 8 PM, Monday at 9 AM and Tuesday at 1 PM. A marathon of classic episodes can be heard Sunday morning and afternoon starting at 9 AM, and an all-night marathon of Curtain Call episodes can be heard Wednesday nights, beginning at Midnight.

Also on The AIR, Wednesday at 11 PM,  The Comedy Vault brings you a brand-new episode featuring the third of multiple installments of Viv Stanshall’s “Rawlinson’s End.”