Open Source with Christopher Lydon

A Radical American Life

Lydia Moland is reminding us that when present company in American public life comes up short, the ancestors of American democracy and spirit are lurking...

Thank You, Patrick Lydon

This is family talk in rural Ireland toward the end of an extraordinary life.

Moonshot Economics

This show first aired on September 16, 2021.

It’s hard not to notice that we’re flunking tests, right and left, and running out...

Mann the Magician

This show originally aired on September 23, 2021.

Thomas Mann was one of those cultural giants the world doesn’t seem to make anymore—artists...

Liner Notes for the Revolution

This show was originally broadcast on July 15, 2021.

We know their songs, not so much what they were going through, those Black women...