A Tribute To The Nerdiest Of Instruments

Published: July 7, 2020, 8 a.m.

In this chock-full-of-bassoons episode, we talk about the history of the orchestra's largest woodwind with bassoonist and culture writer Eileen Reynolds, we jam with a principal bassoonist from the Chicago Philharmonic, and we even call up the self-proclaimed \u201cBassoon King,\u201d The Office's Rainn Wilson.

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Join Johnsen, Nerdette co-host emeritus Tricia Bobeda and this bevy of bassoon buffs for more bassoon than you knew you needed.

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This episode originally aired on August 11, 2017.