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Jason Heilman

@jsheilman.bsky.social
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Musicology PhD turned classical radio host in Wisconsin.

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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I had the pleasure to talk to @sarahfritz.bsky.social about her new biography of Clara Wieck Schumann for Wisconsin Public Radio; you can see our entire deep-dive interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQyv...
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WPR Music interview with Sarah Fritz
YouTube video by Wisconsin Public Radio
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 16h
we have invented Jules Pierre Mao, from famous 21st century sci-fi novel and beloved TV show "don't be Jules Pierre Mao"
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I had the pleasure to talk to @sarahfritz.bsky.social about her new biography of Clara Wieck Schumann for Wisconsin Public Radio; you can see our entire deep-dive interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQyv...
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WPR Music interview with Sarah Fritz
YouTube video by Wisconsin Public Radio
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My Amazon About Me is ... pretty on target, actually.
An Amazon About Me that only says:

Interests & Hobbies
Collects classical music extensively

Departments
Classical Music Collection

Product Preferences
Gradually building classical music collection

Product Preferences
Prioritizes comprehensive classical music collections
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It took the Germans centuries to figure this out.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
First he shutters the Kennedy Center, now he's trying to rewrite Bernstein's Mass.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I told you people that if we shot this guy into space he'd come back with the Loc-Nar. But did you listen to me? No. And now look where we are.
Tesla's roadster in space with a spacesuit inside, looking suspiciously like the opening of Heavy Metal.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Me, going outdoors in Milwaukee today.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Of course Samantha Ege is the real star of this one, but she doesn't seem to be On Here.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I'm following it up a few minutes later with Avril Coleridge-Taylor from @jkaconductor.bsky.social, because what's the point of having a radio show if you don't play your mutuals.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I'm playing this amazing recording again today at 5:45pm cdt, streaming on wpr.org
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
You're right, computer, that's on me. I'll try to do better.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
For the past few weeks, whenever I click on one of Norman L's links, I get an error message saying "Bad Request" and you know what? Fair.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Leela, Fry, and Bender from Futurama holding Leonard Nimoy's head in a jar, who solemnly intones, "Dip, indeed."
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Leela, Fry, and Bender, from Futurama, holding Leonard Nimoy's head in a jar, who solemnly intones, "Dip, indeed."
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I didn't realize until today that rabbits had any sort of command structure, let alone an executive officer.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It's like he's on the refrigerator for all of Milwaukee.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A sign in a storefront that says "Presidents are temporary, Wu-Tang is forever"
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This picture seems appropriate tonight.
A political sign in a Tulsa storefront that reads "Presidents are temporary Wu-Tang is forever"
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Like there were a few years there where I was convinced I had woken up in an alternate timeline. That's how confusing this thing's sudden popularity was to me.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
When I grew up in Tulsa in the 1980s and 90s, I never heard a word about the Blue Whale on Route 66. But when I moved back in the 00s it was suddenly a beloved local icon. And it's just a trashed-out waterslide from a decrepit amusement park.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Come work with me at Wisconsin Public Radio! We're looking for a new, full-time classical radio host: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/classic...
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Classical Music Host - Madison, Wisconsin, United States - Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States - La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment Type...
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The Watertown, WI, school board voted 7-1 to pull Omar Thomas's A Mother of A Revolution from their band's 5/18 concert. If the band is looking for a replacement piece, might I suggest 4'33"? Story from @corrihess.bsky.social here: www.wpr.org/news/waterto...
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Watertown school board pulls song tied to LGBTQ+ history from spring concert
Watertown High School band students won’t be allowed to perform an instrumental piece of music tied to LGBTQ+ history at their spring concert.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Marco Rubio turned into Mark Wahlberg so gradually I barely even noticed.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Google AI answers the tough questions everyone is asking.
A Google search result claiming "People also ask: How do you pronounce 'ooooooooooooooooooooo'?"
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If you use copilot to write an email and the recipient uses copilot to summarize your email, why does that email even need to exist?
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
If you're not into Jodl If you have half a brain
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A Star Trek graphic showing a bar graph and the word "nominal" in the old Atari font that apparently makes a comeback in the 2280s. It somehow means the mains are back online.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Tchaikovsky's music is actually pretty good.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Johannes Brahms had hoes.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
That's why he's missing from a good part of TOS season 2.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The United States was riding high, but then it all came crashing down.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Firing the music director who won half of your Grammys for you is certainly a choice.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Things American society has totally melted down over: - "reefer" - Dungeons & Dragons - the song Suicide Solution - Grand Theft Auto Vice City - imaginary razor blades in Halloween candy Things we're apparently fine with: - a computer that tells you to kill yourself
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
People need to know her Montgomery Variations. They're pretty amazing: youtu.be/ereaXUDie-A?...
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Margaret Bonds' Montgomery Variations (1964) | Minnesota Orchestra | Scott Yoo
YouTube video by Minnesota Orchestra
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
As a tribute to Team Canada and their efforts on the ice, I'm going to go ahead and eat this entire bag of chips today.
A freshly opened bag of Old Dutch All Dressed Ripples potato chips.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I can't imagine what it feels like to be a Winnipeg fan right now.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Thinking about all the guys about to have their minds blown at halftime when their wives/girlfriends/moms say "oh, hey, we dance to this at zumba! I love this song!"
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Reefer Madness
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
His other compositions include the opera scene in The Fifth Element, and I hope his Mahler 10 completion sounds like that.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I think it's this guy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A...
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Frédéric Chaslin - Wikipedia
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
When we played Louie, Louie in high school marching band it was marked Tempo di Louie and it's hard to argue with that.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Whiskey Tango Fridays
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
No taxation with aerial defecation.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
So do you endorse Lucile Vaughan Payne's jihad against the word itself?
Lucille Vaughan Payne's Two Commandments, from The Lively Art of Writing: 1. Do not use the first person; and 2. Do not use the word "there" -- ever.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I'm pretty sure the Rapture already happened, and the only person taken was Prince.
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Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Playing the Dover Quartet's new album with works by Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate and Pura Fé as our New Classical Album of the Week on WPR Music.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say
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GBH @wgbh.org · 18/07/2025
Federal funding is gone. But we're not going anywhere.
"Local. Trusted. Defunded." is featured on the GBH Mural in Boston, Mass., on July 18, 2025.
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