This section includes NY Rep. George Santos over the music of Geoff Muldaur - Livin' in the Sunshine. And a Henry Kissinger comment followed by Monty Python's song "Henry Kissinger."
A Shortcut Through 2023 examines another unsettling year with so many serious issues unresolved, multiple wars raging on, plus strikes, lockdowns, and Congress and the nation still deeply divided, while unchecked climate change brings extreme weather conditions and multiple disasters throughout the world.
Mixing in music, films, politics, sounds and the voices that shaped the year while celebrating those who've left us. A Shortcut Trough 2023 features Alan Arkin, Alexi Murdoch, Ambrose Akinmusire, Burt Bacharach, Andre Braugher, Margo Robbie, Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Richard Belzer, Donald Trump, Barbara Walters, David Lynch, De La Soul, Joe Biden, Jimmy Carter, Fran Drescher, Tindersticks, John Oliver, Howard Zinn, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Kraftwerk, AOC, Michio Kaku, Jenny Lewis, Ian & Sylvia, George Santos, Harry Dean Stanton, Jim Gaffingan, Ben Stiller, Denny Laine, MLK, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Dionne Warwick, Herb Alpert, Johnny Carson, Sean Hannity, David Crosby, The Shirelles, The Drifters, Matthew Perry, Norman Lear, Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton, Nick Offerrman, Sufjan Stevens, Pee Wee Herman, David Letterman, Robbie Robertson & The Band, Jeff Beck, Ryan & Tatum O'Neal, Michael Douglas, Monty Norman, David McCallum, Robert Vaughan, The Yardbirds. Huey "Piano" Smith, Mark Margolis, Richard Roundtree, Burt Young, Issac Hayes, Wang Chung, Frannie Lee, Seth Meyers, The Association, The Stormy Weather Orchestra, M. Ward, William Eggleston, Carl Garguilo, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, Jane Birkin, Dick Cavett & Raquel Welch, Pink Floyd, Newton Minow, Hank Williams, Pete Davidson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bruce Springsteen, and Tina Turner
