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Globe Poster, “Freedom is a Hammer”, and “So Say the Waiters”

Allison Fisher

The bold type and fluorescent images of Baltimore's Globe Poster Company were great advertising for touring bands back in the heyday of R & B. Now, to the creators’ surprise, they're considered works of art. 

The Globe Poster collection has been purchased by MICA, and we drop in there to talk with longtime Globe shop operators Bob & Frank Cicero.

We learn about the right-wing troubadours who pioneered an obscure genre of music known as conservative folk in the 1960s. They saw their music and lyrics as a way to fight the influence of communists and hippies on the youth of America.

Justin Sirois discusses his novel, So Say the Waiters, the story of a mobile phone app that lets users arrange for their own kidnappings.

Aaron creates and produces original radio programs and podcasts for WYPR. His current project is The Maryland Curiosity Bureau. Aaron's neighborhood documentary series, Out of the Blocks, earned the 2018 national Edward R Murrow Award. His past work includes the long-running weekly cultural program, The Signal, and the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings series, Tapestry of the Times. Aaron's stories have aired nationally on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.