Christmas Time Is Here (Take1) and we're beginning our celebratio with music from Babon, The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Dex Romweber Duo, The Four Lads feat. Keanu Reeves & Peter Falk, Jack Savoretti & Miles Kane, The Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band, John Fahey, Les Négresses Vertes, John McCutcheon, Mavis Staples, Pierpont & Helgeson, The Pinkerton Raid, Roger Eno & Cecily Eno, Rufus Wainwright and the Pacific Jazz Orchestra and the Vince Guaraldi Trio

Plus we look back to A Shortcut Through 2015 as we get ready for the latest year end program:--from Donald Trump to Don Draper this audio time capsule contains all the elements of the past twelve months, with echos of the past century blended into the mix--including clips from some of the best films, broadcasts, documentaries, viral videos, streams and music of 2015. Featuring  Adele , Pope Francis, Yogi Berra, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Leonard Nimoy, Phil Austin, BB King, Stan Freberg, Ben E. King, Danny Schechter (The News Dissector), Thomas A. Edison, Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Christopher Lee, Ornette Coleman, John Trudell, Burt Shavitz, Leslie Gore, Caitlyn Jenner, Ben Carson, Catherine Colson, Jamie xx, Diana Krall, Ozark Henry , Eric Carmen , Kendrick Lamar, Frankie Ford, Allen Toussaint, Percy Sledge, Gary Owens, Kim Fowley, David Carr, Oliver Sacks, E. L. Doctorow, Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Ted Cruz, Jon Hamm, Scott Weiland, Marlon Brando, Conan O'Brien,The Avener, FDR, JFK, Muhummad Ali, Beirut, The Stories (Michael Brown ), Harry Truman, Mayor Richard Daley, Kanye West, Carrie Fisher, Chris Rock, Mike Meyers, Riley & Farley , Rudolph Hess, Charlie Chaplin, French President Hollande, Jimmy Kimmel, Anne Meara, Billy Joe Royal, Norman C. Pickering, Paul Prudomme, William Shatner, Sufjan Stevens , Rodney King, Humphrey Bogart, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, G.W.Bush, Hillary Clinton, Rod Taylor, Adolph Hitler and Donald J. Trump ...