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Prince at Madison Square Garden in New York in 1996
Prince at Madison Square Garden in New York in 1996STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images
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by Jake Rudh

June 17, 2022

Last week would have been Prince's 64th birthday, and even though Jake Rudh is a week off, he's not going to miss celebrating a man who inspired Transmission just as much as Bowie and the Beatles. That's why this week on the program, we'll hear nothing but the Musical Genius and some of his best creations, all in the order they were released ... or at least until we run out of time in the 90s.

Program playlist

Exterior view of Paisley Park
The "love" symbol outside of Paisley Park, Prince's home and studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, on June 30, 2021. Situated just off the highway leading southwest out of the Twin Cities in the municipality of Chanhassen, Paisley Park served as the virtuoso international pop star's creative and literal home, a sanctum where he spent nearly three decades.
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