{"id":19451,"date":"2025-12-02T01:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=19451"},"modified":"2025-12-03T00:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:47:08","slug":"episode-416-larry-kert-world-aids-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/episode-416-larry-kert-world-aids-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 416. Larry Kert (World AIDS Day 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 416. Larry Kert (World AIDS Day 2025)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1773-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-Sings-TRIMMED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-Sings-TRIMMED.png 614w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-Sings-TRIMMED-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>December 1st is World AIDS Day, if anyone needed to be reminded. Though I considered doing a compendium episode of broad scope commemorating a handful of the thousands upon thousands of musicians that succumbed to AIDS, I decided instead to focus on one, Broadway icon Larry Kert, who created the role of Tony in <em>West Side Story<\/em> and was subsequently an early Robert in Sondheim\u2019s <em>Company<\/em>, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. On December 5, we observe his 95th birthday. In between these career highs, he was involved in a number of notorious Broadway flops (<em>Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s<\/em>, <em>La Strada<\/em>, and <em>Rags<\/em>) from each of which we hear rare recordings. And yet during his life, superstardom eluded him. It\u2019s quite likely that some of this had to do with him having lived his life openly and unapologetically as a gay man in a time when most comparable figures were deeply in the closet. But Larry was also a familiar figure on television of that era, appearing as a guest star on popular series, on game shows, on commercials, and as a particular favorite of Johnny Carson on <em>The Tonight Show<\/em>, in which he made 29 guest appearances. He also was often seen as a replacement in and on tours of popular musicals such as <em>Cabaret<\/em>, <em>Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/em>, <em>I Can Get It for You Wholesale<\/em>, and, finally, <em>La Cage aux Folles<\/em>, to name just a few. In that last show, his frail health meant that he had to miss significant numbers of performances, though he continued to make important appearances on stage and on recordings until just shortly before his death on June 5, 1991 at the age of 60. On the episode, we hear him with such legendary co-stars as Teresa Stratas, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Madeline Kahn, Maureen McGovern, Mimi Hines, and Harvey Evans, as well as his <em>WSS <\/em>co-star Carol Lawrence. We also trace the support and influence he received over the course of his career from his trusted friend Martin Charnin, who played a sometimes surprising role in Kert\u2019s career. Though Larry Kert felt that he never received the recognition he deserved, this episode demonstrates how he stood at the forefront of all Broadway tenors of his generation, as well as past and future ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Lawrence-Bridal-Shop-Scene.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Lawrence-Bridal-Shop-Scene.png 585w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Lawrence-Bridal-Shop-Scene-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim: Tonight (<em>West Side Story<\/em>). Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence [unknown date or provenance]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WSS-Bedroom-Scene.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WSS-Bedroom-Scene.jpg 691w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WSS-Bedroom-Scene-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-as-Tony-and-Leila-Martin-as-Maria-808x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-as-Tony-and-Leila-Martin-as-Maria-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-as-Tony-and-Leila-Martin-as-Maria-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-as-Tony-and-Leila-Martin-as-Maria-768x973.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-as-Tony-and-Leila-Martin-as-Maria-1212x1536.jpg 1212w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-as-Tony-and-Leila-Martin-as-Maria-1616x2048.jpg 1616w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-as-Tony-and-Leila-Martin-as-Maria-1600x2027.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-as-Tony-and-Leila-Martin-as-Maria.jpg 1734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kert with Leila Martin as Maria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim: Maria (<em>West Side Story<\/em>). Larry Kert, Orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani [live Kennedy Center, 1982 TV special <em>Broadway Plays Washington<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anita-Ellis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19660\" style=\"width:571px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anita-Ellis.jpg 416w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anita-Ellis-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anita Ellis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer: I Wonder What Became of Me (<em>St. Louis Woman<\/em>). Anita Ellis, orchestra arranged and conducted by Luther Henderson [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chita-and-Larry-El-Morocco-1024x810.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chita-and-Larry-El-Morocco-1024x810.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chita-and-Larry-El-Morocco-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chita-and-Larry-El-Morocco-768x607.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chita-and-Larry-El-Morocco.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chita and Larry at the El Morocco: a very grainy screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim: Something\u2019s Coming (<em>West Side Story<\/em>). Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, musical direction by Luther Henderson [live, El Morocco, New York, ca. 1966]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Luther-Henderson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Luther-Henderson.jpg 799w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Luther-Henderson-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Luther-Henderson-768x984.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Luther Henderson (1919 &#8211; 2003)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"847\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Young-Headshot-847x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Young-Headshot-847x1024.png 847w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Young-Headshot-248x300.png 248w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Young-Headshot-768x929.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Young-Headshot.png 893w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur: It Must Be So (<em>Candide<\/em>). Larry Kert, Orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Wess [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-and-MTM-in-Tiffanys.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-and-MTM-in-Tiffanys.png 818w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-and-MTM-in-Tiffanys-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-and-MTM-in-Tiffanys-768x714.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mary Tyler Moore and Larry Kert in <em>Breakfast at Tiffany&#8217;s<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bob Merrill [book by Edward Albee after Truman Capote]: Stay with Me (<em>Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s<\/em>). Larry Kert, Orchestra conducted by Stanley Lebowsky [live XII.1966]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/La-Strada-Cast-Larry-Kert-Bernadette-Peters-Vincent-Beck-Donna-Theodore-1024x824.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/La-Strada-Cast-Larry-Kert-Bernadette-Peters-Vincent-Beck-Donna-Theodore-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/La-Strada-Cast-Larry-Kert-Bernadette-Peters-Vincent-Beck-Donna-Theodore-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/La-Strada-Cast-Larry-Kert-Bernadette-Peters-Vincent-Beck-Donna-Theodore-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/La-Strada-Cast-Larry-Kert-Bernadette-Peters-Vincent-Beck-Donna-Theodore.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One iteration of the cast of <em>La Strada<\/em>: Larry Kert, Bernadette Peters, Donna Theodore (her part was eventually cut) and Vincent Beck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elliott Lawrence, Martin Charnin: Sooner or Later (<em>La Strada<\/em>). Larry Kert, Jeff Leyton, David Lewis, Luther Rix, John Trivers, Robert Urbanowicz [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Martin-Charnin.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Martin-Charnin.png 513w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Martin-Charnin-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martin Charnin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Charnin-EP-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Charnin-EP-Cover.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Charnin-EP-Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Charnin-EP-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Charnin-EP-Cover-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martin Charnin&#8217;s 1977 EP. Pictured (L to R): Larry Kert, Martin Charnin, Robert Guillaume, Laurie Beechman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse: Once in a Lifetime (<em>Stop the World \u2013 I Want to Get Off<\/em>). Larry Kert, musical direction by Luther Henderson, narration written by Martin Charnin [live, El Morocco, New York, ca. 1966]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-and-Susan-Browning.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-and-Susan-Browning.jpg 549w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-and-Susan-Browning-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Larry Kert and Susan Browning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stephen Sondheim: Barcelona (<em>Company<\/em>). Larry Kert, Susan Browning, Orchestra conducted by Harold Hastings [London Cast 1972]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tonight-Show-Screenshot-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tonight-Show-Screenshot-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tonight-Show-Screenshot-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tonight-Show-Screenshot-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tonight-Show-Screenshot.png 1395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Martin Charnin: Just Go. Larry Kert, Doc Severinsen, The Tonight Show Orchestra [live 1972]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kurt-Allez-Allez-2-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kurt-Allez-Allez-2-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kurt-Allez-Allez-2-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kurt-Allez-Allez-2-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kurt-Allez-Allez-2.png 1412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Singing &#8220;Just Go&#8221; on <em>The Tonight Show<\/em>, 1972<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Schaefer-Jingle-1972-1024x741.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Schaefer-Jingle-1972-1024x741.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Schaefer-Jingle-1972-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Schaefer-Jingle-1972-768x555.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Schaefer-Jingle-1972.png 1362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert E. Swanson: The Schaefer Jingle. Larry Kert [1972 ad]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Elliot-Lawrence.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19672\" style=\"width:484px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Elliot-Lawrence.jpg 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Elliot-Lawrence-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elliott Lawrence (1925 &#8211; 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin: Love Is Here to Stay (<em>The Goldwyn Follies<\/em>). Larry Kert, Orchestra conducted by Elliot Lawrence [1972 television special]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-and-Liza-NYNY.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-and-Liza-NYNY.png 659w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-and-Liza-NYNY-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John Kander, Fred Ebb: Happy Ending (<em>New York, New York<\/em>). Larry Kert, Liza Minnelli, Orchestra conducted by arranged by Ralph Burns [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-and-Arthur-Bell-1024x785.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-and-Arthur-Bell-1024x785.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-and-Arthur-Bell-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-and-Arthur-Bell-768x589.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-and-Arthur-Bell.png 1361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Larry and Arthur Bell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Interview with Arthur Bell. Larry Kert, Arthur Bell [Emerald City TV 1978]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-as-Jolson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-as-Jolson.jpg 718w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-as-Jolson-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harry Woods: When the Red, Red, Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin\u2019 Along). Larry Kert as Al Jolson, introduced by James Whitmore as Will Rogers [live New York, <em>Parade of Stars<\/em> 02.V.1983]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Hines-Johnny-One-Note-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Hines-Johnny-One-Note-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Hines-Johnny-One-Note-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Hines-Johnny-One-Note-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Hines-Johnny-One-Note.png 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Johnny One Note (<em>Babes in Arms<\/em>); With a Song in My Heart (<em>Spring Is Here<\/em>). Larry Kert, Mimi Hines [live 1981]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Stratas-Kert-Rags.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Stratas-Kert-Rags.png 594w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Stratas-Kert-Rags-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stratas and Kert in <em>Rags<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz: Uptown (<em>Rags<\/em>). Larry Kert, Teresa Stratas, Orchestra conducted by Eric Stern [live New York VIII.1986]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-Kert-s-Wonderful-1024x842.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-Kert-s-Wonderful-1024x842.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-Kert-s-Wonderful-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-Kert-s-Wonderful-768x631.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kahn-Kert-s-Wonderful.png 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Madeline Kahn and Larry Kert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin: Let\u2019s Call the Whole Thing Off (<em>Shall We Dance<\/em>). Larry Kert, Madeline Kahn, Michael Tilson Thomas, Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s [PBS, <em>\u2018s Wonderful<\/em> Gershwin Gala; first telecast 04.XII.1987]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/McGovern-Morning-After-1024x664.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/McGovern-Morning-After-1024x664.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/McGovern-Morning-After-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/McGovern-Morning-After-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/McGovern-Morning-After.png 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maureen McGovern in 1973<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin: Mine (<em>Let \u2018Em Eat Cake<\/em>). Larry Kert, Maureen McGovern, Michael Tilson Thomas, Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s, New York Choral Artists [1987]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilson-Thomas-and-Bernstein-1024x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilson-Thomas-and-Bernstein-1024x810.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilson-Thomas-and-Bernstein-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilson-Thomas-and-Bernstein-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilson-Thomas-and-Bernstein.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Tilson Thomas and friend, 1985<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Morse-in-Drag-in-Sugar.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19681\" style=\"width:632px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Morse-in-Drag-in-Sugar.png 559w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Morse-in-Drag-in-Sugar-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Larry Kert and Robert Morse in Jule Styne&#8217;s <em>Sugar<\/em>, based on <em>Some Like It Hot<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jerry Herman: With You on My Arm (<em>La Cage aux Folles<\/em>). Larry Kert, Harvey Evans [live 1987 national tour]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Harvey-Evans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19682\" style=\"width:522px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Harvey-Evans.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Harvey-Evans-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harvey Evans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ron-Pullen-Larry-K2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ron-Pullen-Larry-K2.png 601w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ron-Pullen-Larry-K2-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ron Pullen and Larry Kert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: You\u2019re Too Far Away (<em>Nymph Errant<\/em>). Larry Kert, Orchestra conducted by Donald Pippin [live London 21.V.1989]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-at-the-El-Morocco.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-at-the-El-Morocco.png 886w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-at-the-El-Morocco-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-at-the-El-Morocco-768x881.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Larry Kert at the El Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner: On a Clear Day (<em>On a Clear Day You Can See Forever<\/em>). Larry Kert, musical direction by Luther Henderson [live, El Morocco, New York, ca. 1966]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-Sings-TRIMMED-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-Sings-TRIMMED-1.png 614w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Kert-Sings-TRIMMED-1-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Stritch.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Stritch.png 717w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kert-Stritch-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Larry Kert and Elaine Stritch in <em>Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stephen Sondheim: Happily Ever After \/ Being Alive (<em>Company<\/em>). Larry Kert, Orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani [live New York 11.III.1973]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ken-LeRoy-Chita-Larry-Carol.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ken-LeRoy-Chita-Larry-Carol.png 959w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ken-LeRoy-Chita-Larry-Carol-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ken-LeRoy-Chita-Larry-Carol-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ken LeRoy, Chita Rivera, Larry Kert, and Carol Lawrence in the <em>West Side Story<\/em> recording session<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ron-Pullen-Larry-Kert.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ron-Pullen-Larry-Kert.png 635w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ron-Pullen-Larry-Kert-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 416. Larry Kert (World AIDS Day 2025) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM December 1st is World AIDS Day, if 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