Bob Dylan turns 80 years old on May 24. His first album, 1962's Bob Dylan, is in its 60th year on record store shelves.

We're at a point where, for most of us, there has simply never been a popular culture in which Dylan wasn't a towering figure whose influence seems to touch, well, everything.

This hour, a look at Bob Dylan at 80.

GUESTS:

• Noah Baerman - A pianist, composer, and educator
• Fred Bals - Hosted the dreamtime.blogspot.com/2010/03/about-dreamtime.html">Dreamtime podcast, covering Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host, Bob Dylan
• Sean Latham - Director of the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies, editor of The World of Bob Dylan, and the writer and narrator of It Ain't Me You're Looking For: Bob Dylan at 80
• Gayle Wald - Professor of American studies at George Washington University; her most recent book is It's Been Beautiful: Soul! and Black Power Television

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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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