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Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

Airs at: Fri, 11/30/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
As we’ve said many times, radio is Mr. Jones’s favorite medium. And it’s called a medium because, to paraphrase Ernie Kovacs, it’s neither rare nor well-done. Ernie was actually talking about the early days of television. But he could have easily been describing this show. ... Read more

The Underground: BACKSTORIES

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
The story BEHIND the story Elizabeth - how to writ a good back story for your characters Luna - Chelsea Piece Olivia interviewed her Dad, Brian Michael Bendis, an award winning comic book writer Nyrten did the monthly PUNishment Colin - planned obsolecence "juggling" b... Read more

Music Makes the Movement: Craig Irby Jr and Michalangela

Airs at: Thu, 11/29/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
John Slaughter hosts this special focusing on the Sunday Dec 2nd event featuring live performances by Michalangela and Craig Irby Jr Interviews with Neo Soul and the Black United Fund Neo-Soul Sunday Presents KBOO and Black United Fund Present Music Makes The Movement 8:... Read more

Appropriation or Cultivation: White Artists w/Black Souls, and African American Melodies

Airs at: Sat, 12/01/2018 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
A slow burning controversy is reignited with a generational, conflated debate: White musician morphs, masquerade, or transgressions into Black music forms. From pop dual The Righteous Brothers and their 'blue eyed soul', to Jeff Lorber's jazz fusion, and Bruno Mars and Just... Read more

The Myth of the Hero: A Conversation with Bernie Taylor

Airs at: Wed, 11/21/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  The myth of the hero is as contemporary as Hollywood films and as ancient as 40,000 year-old cave paintings. Bernie Taylor, naturalist and author discusses this myth and how it shapes religion and science. Bernie Taylor is a naturalist, thought leader and author whose re... Read more

Buscando America on 11/27/18

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  Carmelo Ramos miembro de Guardianes de la tierra México habla sobre los  migrantes que se encuentran en Tijuana y sobre lo que le tocó ver de la caravana en su paso por CDMX.  Javier Sierra habla sobre la situación en la frontera,  los incendios forestales en California ... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/27/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
On tonight's Holy Crowley Hour, we totally ignore Thanksgiving and celebrate a great local podcast, The Diarist, a multi-episode, serialized podcast set in 1950s New York City. The lead character, Andrea Davies, is a young secretary described in the first episode as “a fish... Read more

Get Trekked Episode 1 (parts 1 and 2)

Airs at: Wed, 10/31/2018 at 8:15pm - 9:00pm
Produced for:  Get Trekked
Josette and Godiva Lee introduce their humble selves, talk cons and read thru a Star Trek: The Animated Series with the Trek in the Park gang. We chat with Adam Rosko, Ryan Castro and Nate Ayling of Trek in the Park to discuss Alaskin Tribbles, Britney Spears, and Garrett W... Read more

Episode 1 Part 2 - A Read Thru with Trek in the Park

Airs at: Wed, 10/31/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Get Trekked
Join us as we try to keep a straight face drudging thru a reading of  How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth, an episode with an IMDB rating that's probably more generous than fair Read more

Episode 1 Part 1 - Talking Trek in the Park

Airs at: Wed, 10/31/2018 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Get Trekked
We discuss Alaskin Tribbles, Britney Spears, and Garrett Wang, who's just a dude. Read more