Episodes
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.
Monday Dec 12, 2022
James Baldwin and MAGA
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
The recorded version of my last blog post.
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Rob Garza, World Music, and the State of the Union
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Thievery Corporation's Rob Garza is my guest on Our Social Landscape, where we discuss cultural expression through music.
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Jason Williamson of the Sleaford Mods is my guest on this episode of Our Social Landscape. Originally from Grantham and currently of Nottingham, England, Williamson and his musical partner Andrew Fearn make bass-driven punk rock with cutting and insightful social commentary.
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Noam Chomsky
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
I’m joined by Noam Chomsky, the Father of Modern Linguistics, world-renowned political dissident and activist, and one of the world’s most respected intellectuals. With appointments at M.I.T. and the University of Arizona, Professor Chomsky remains academically and politically active, well into his 94th trip around the sun.
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Dismantle Patriarchy = Save Our Planet
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
I’m joined by Robyn James, Gender and Equity Advisor with the Nature Conservancy, to discuss environmental issues, broadly speaking, and gender issues more specifically. With over 25 years’ experience working in the Asia Pacific region at the community and national level to address conservation and equity issues, she is at the forefront in the convergence of localized environmental concerns with international environmental politics.
Topics of discussion center around the role of women as not just stewards, but knowledge-based experts, in the race to find balance and sustainability in our natural resource utilization. We conclude with a short discussion of the current Russian-Ukrainian war and its potential impacts on the environment and the humans that inhabit it.
The podcast features the following songs: “I am woman”, “Wrangled”, and “Milkman of Human Kindness”.
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Friday Jun 17, 2022
Karl Denson’s (not so tiny) Universe
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Karl Denson, composer, band leader, and Rolling Stones saxophonist, joins me on Our Social Landscape to discuss the current state of the union.
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Sports and Economics, Part II: Neil deMause
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Author and journalist Neil deMause joins me on Our Social Landscape to discuss a few current topics in the world of sports. deMause is a Brooklyn-based journalist and author who has written for Baseball Prospectus, Slate, CNN Money, and the Village Voice and is the co-author, along with Joanna Cagan, of the award-winning expose into the public financing of sports stadiums, Field of Schemes. He has also presented his work in Congressional hearings, journalism courses at Columbia, ESPN and Democracy Now!
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Sports and Economics, Part I: Andrew Zibmalist
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
A discussion with renowned sports economist Andrew Zimbalist on the NCAA, MLB, and pro stadiums.
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Malcolm X & George Washington
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
A discussion of Malcolm X on President's Day...