Episodes
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Vincent Valdez: Confronting America Through Art
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
The contemporary American artist Vincent Valdez joins me to talk about the power of paint, brush, and canvas to hold a mirror up to America.
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
The End of Affirmative Action
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
The recorded version of my lastest blog post, including the song Sachi, by Matthew Halsall.
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Bits and Pieces, Sport, Part 1
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
The recorded version of my last blog post, including the song Exuberant Burning, by Earthen Sea.
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
There Are No Accidents: Jessie Singer on Unequal Risk Exposure
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
I'm joined by investigative journalist Jessie Singer to talk about their book There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster- Who Profits and Who Pays the Price.
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
Elisabeth Anker is a professor of American Studies and Political Science at George Washington University. Her first book, Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom lays a groundwork for analyzing freedom-based narratives in popular culture. The theme is extended in her 2022 book Ugly Freedoms, which is the basis for our conversation.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Karen Washington: Food apartheid, food activism, food justice
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
A conversation with Karen Washington, a food justice activist who coined the term "food apartheid" to both describe our current food system in America, as well as to provoke a reckoning in our political consciousness.
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Scott Carrier and ”the Equinoxium”
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Peabody award winning radio producer and writer Scott Carrier is my guest on this episode of Our Social Landscape. His podcast Home of the Brave helped get me through the pandemic and gave me inspiration to expand my blog into a podcast. His stories are outstanding, filled with insight as well as compassion. Enjoy.
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Bill Laswell on ’Getting out of the Darkness’
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Please enjoy a conversation about our social world with legendary musician and producer Bill Laswell!
Monday Jan 23, 2023
’Pulling Back Into Narrative’ with Kathryn Bond Stockton
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
A conversation with Professor Kathryn Bond Stockton on gender, sex, race, and "confusing the clarity of the system".
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Jeb Loy Nichols and ”Skinny Jack”
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
A talk with Jeb Loy Nichols, songwriter, visual artist and writer from the deep woods in Wales.