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Sundays with Shep

"George Antheil" (April 30, 2017)

By Ryan Priest
Published April 30, 2023 at 2:04 PM CDT
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Shep meets a famous 20th Century composer.

In its heyday, everyone dined at the automat. In this program from April 30, 1976; Shep tells us how he met 20th Century composer George Antheil at the Horn & Hardart.

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