Sinopsis
Social critic-at-large Charles Bursell presents podcasts, radio art, and commentary in a variety of formats and genres ranging from one-on-one conversation to full company experimental audio improv. Current podcasts include "Stream of Consciousness Talk Radio Theatre" and "Conversations with Charles Bursell"
Episodios
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Numbers Game – The Log #308
27/04/2021 Duración: 29minRedistricting, gerrymandering, and shifting demographics set the stage for a wild pre-election season. Also, Tyler Perry and Bill Gates can suck it. www.charlesbursell.com
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The Noncommittal Middle – The Log #307
26/04/2021 Duración: 29minAs Repugs criminalize protests and spin the Chauvin verdict into their “Replacement Theory” big lie, are you an unwitting ally? www.charlesbursell.com
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A Memoir – The Log #290
23/04/2021 Duración: 29minPeter Donalds (aka Charles Bursell) shares personal reflections in this pilot episode of a potential podcast series. www.charlesbursell.com
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Earth Day Summit – The Log #306
22/04/2021 Duración: 29minJoe Biden hosts dozens of world leaders and corporate mucky mucks at today’s World Climate Summit. Here’s hoping they remember we are all animals sharing a fragile planet. www.charlesbursell.com
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Hearts, Minds, Law – the Log #305
21/04/2021 Duración: 29minHistoric, somber accounting for a murder that should never have been. It took an unblinking video and worldwide protests to achieve base-line justice. www.charlesbursell.com
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The Common Good – The Log #304
20/04/2021 Duración: 29minThe US is NOT “already Socialist.” Also: how to shut down gun nuts with three words. www.charlesbursell.com
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Contrasting Parties – The Log #303
19/04/2021 Duración: 29minProgressives push court reform and DC statehood to fight minority rule while The Repugs advance bigoted anti-trans bills. www.charlesbursell.com
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Can We Not? – The Log #285
16/04/2021 Duración: 29minTopics I’ve been avoiding: Woody Allen, Andrew Cuomo, and how sand, yes, sand, is killing the planet. Ugh. www.charlesbursell.com
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For Damages – The Log #302
15/04/2021 Duración: 29minA damning report on Insurrection Security, reparations legislation, GOP divestment, and ending a tragic chapter in Afghanistan. Also: popcorn salad is not a thing. www.charlesbursell.com
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No Balance – The Log #301
14/04/2021 Duración: 29minWell-intentioned voters are unwittingly propping up the hard right. To solve the nation’s most pressing problems good people must abandon the center and go Left. www.charlesbursell.com
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Disarm the Police! – The Log #300
13/04/2021 Duración: 29minWe can’t train away the hate, it’s time to confiscate every cop’s gun and the power it provides. Demands: traffic enforcement, mental health, and all other non-violent calls should be handled by unarmed professionals, all beat cops should live in the neighborhood they patrol, abolish police unions. Until such laws are enacted, it’s time for private citizens to monitor, witness, record, and when necessary, intervene against police violence. www.charlesbursell.com
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Not Funny – The Log #299
12/04/2021 Duración: 29minAre you seeing sexist “jokes” from your Liberal friends on social media? Also: Aaron Rodgers hosts Jeopardy, going big with the 117th Congress, and pushing for Capitol Attack investigations. www.charlesbursell.com
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Something From Nothing - The Log #284
09/04/2021 Duración: 29minThe brave new world of digital money won’t eliminate its oldest and greatest sin: the massive theft of labor. www.charlesbursell.com
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Right-Wing Fail – The Log #298
08/04/2021 Duración: 29minFrom state races to reconciliation, Gaetz-gate to cringey comedy, Conservatives are faceplanting and it’s damned entertaining. www.charlesbursell.com
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Realignment? – The Log #297
07/04/2021 Duración: 29minReaction to voter suppression has unleashed a flurry of new alliances among Dems, Repugs, and Corporations that could permanently alter the political spectrum. www.charlesbursell.com
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People of No Color – The Log #296
06/04/2021 Duración: 29min“White?” “European-American?” Whatever we call ourselves (please LOSE “Caucasian”), we’ve got to stop f#&%ing up! Also: more space for non-commercial relationships. www.charlesbursell.com
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Social Infrastructure – The Log #295
05/04/2021 Duración: 29minJoe is leaning Left but his “big and bold” plans fall short of ultimate transformation. Also: Legal weed on the march. www.charlesbursell.com
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Phraseology – The Log #282
02/04/2021 Duración: 29minOrigins of "let the cat out of the bag," “caught red-handed,” “butter up” (that’s a weird one) and more. www.charlesbursell.com
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Turning: A Memoir, Part II – The Log #294
01/04/2021 Duración: 29minThe crib, your house and yard, parents and grandparents, images from old-time television… what are your first memories? www.charlesbursell.com
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Raising Hell – The Log #293
31/03/2021 Duración: 29minSatan and Lil Nas X’s old soft shoe, atheist inspiration, the joy of sex-positive WAP, and zero tolerance for bigotry. www.charlesbursell.com