Culture War Radio

Talking with Kent, Vartus, search_social and Hyolobrika about the the Great Replacement theory and World War II. Some libremusic. Next episode will be July 17 and full of news.

160: Precedent

June 26, 2022

Talking with Tony again about evolving healthier social media, local school funding referendums, SCOTUS, conspiracies and more. Then news and libremusic.

158: Restoring Trust

June 12, 2022

News, libremusic and a discussion of Ukraine, guns, and the January 6th Commission with Jonathan.

157: Upgrade in Process

June 5, 2022

News, libremusic and a discussion of Ukraine and guns with search_social.

156: Pyrovolophilia

May 29, 2022

Gun control, news and libremusic.

155: Dysphoria

May 22, 2022

A conversation with TDC about Rob Hoogland and transgenderism. Then news and libremusic.

154: Kazoo Club

May 15, 2022

Nathan and I discuss the shooting in Buffalo NY, inflation, Ukraine and more. Then news and libremusic.

153: Yo Momma

May 8, 2022

The SCOTUS leak, the disinfo board, news and libremusic.

151: Don't Say Groomer

April 24, 2022

News, libremusic and another conversation with Kent.

150: Bunnies and Eggs

April 17, 2022

Two weeks of news and libremusic.

149: Struggling

April 10, 2022

Two weeks of news and libremusic.

148: Liberal World Order

March 20, 2022

News, libremusic and more commentary about Russia and Ukraine.

147: The Silent Treatment

March 13, 2022

News, libremusic and another discussion about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

146: Becoming the Villain

March 6, 2022

News, libremusic and a discussion of Ukraine with Trevor Lewis.

145: War and Peace

February 27, 2022

Thoughts about Ukraine, two weeks of news and lots of libremusic.

144: Pattern Recognition

February 20, 2022

A conversation with the Twerk Supremacist and a little libremusic. News next week.

142: Golems

February 6, 2022

News and libre music and catching up with search_social.

141: Blago

January 30, 2022

Another conversation with Jonathan and two weeks of news and lots of libre music.

140: Kinds of Diversity

January 23, 2022

A conversation with Brett (amerika.org) and a little libre music. Ran out of time for news…

139: Curved With A Bump

January 16, 2022

A conversation with Nathan and two weeks of news and libre music.

138: January Sixth

January 9, 2022

A review about what we think we know about the events around January 6th 2021 at the US Capitol, with libre musical interludes.

137: Dirty Words

January 2, 2022

News, music and quite a bit more.

136: Holiday Special 2021

December 26, 2021

My daughter Anna returns for this annual holiday week episode. We discussed 2021 but mostly just reviewed the week’s news and played “Christmas music” from The King of Jingaling.

135: Better Sharing Brighter Future

December 19, 2021

A conversation with Ryno the Bearded about creative commons music. Then news and music.

133: Hit the Road Jack

December 5, 2021

Another conversation with Tony, then news and music.

132: Too Open To Manipulation

November 28, 2021

Another conversation with Kent, then news and music.

131: Rittenhouse

November 21, 2021

The Rittenhouse case, vaccine math, news and music.

130: Go Farther In Lightness

November 14, 2021

Two weeks of news and music.

129: Ethnonationalism

November 7, 2021

A conversation with Kent, Varus and search_social. Some music but no news this week.

128: Halloween

October 31, 2021

A week of news and music.

127: Peru Central Time

October 24, 2021

A caller from Peru. Then news and music.

126: Deep Six

October 17, 2021

Two weeks of news and music.

125: Cruel World

October 10, 2021

A very long conversation with the “Office Of Existential Management” (twitter). And a little music.

124: Germ Theory

October 3, 2021

A conversation with “germtheory debunked” (twitter). Then news and music.

123: Alienation of Labor

September 26, 2021

A conversation with codedancer, 091 and search_social. Then news and music.

122: Socio Psychotic State of Bliss

September 19, 2021

Two weeks of news and music.

121: Nucleation

September 5, 2021

A conversation with Flannery’s Notebook. Then news and music.

120: Word of Mouth

August 29, 2021

News, music and conversation.

119: Solar Power

August 22, 2021

Two weeks of news and music.

118: War Rots Democracy

August 15, 2021

Music and a discussion of the latest IPCC report, the infrastructure bill and the Afghanistan Papers.

117: Back from Wisconsin

August 11, 2021

Two weeks of news and music.

116: Back from Greece

July 29, 2021

Two weeks of news and music. Next episode will be August 8th.

115: Pretty Hate Machine

July 11, 2021

Complaining about anti vaxxers and trying to be more reasonable with search_social. Then going long with news and music. Last show for a couple of weeks. Sorry.

114: Mile Markers

July 4, 2021

Music, news and another conversation with Tony mostly about the need for healthy conversations.

112: Tornado Trouble

June 20, 2021

Another discussion with Jonathan Edelman, then news and music. (Sorry for the technical and tornado caused disjointedness)

111: lowercase critical theory

June 13, 2021

Critical theory (with a guest appearance by search_social, music and news.

109: Fourteen Days of News and Music

May 30, 2021

Two weeks of news and music.

108: What Do We Know

May 23, 2021

Mostly a discussion of the 2020 election and fear over how we’ll ever agree again, with search_social fediverse. No news review, little music.

107: Colonies

May 16, 2021

A discussion of Israel, the Colonial Pipeline and immigration, then news and music.

106: Neurodemocracy

May 9, 2021

A discussion of advocacy for the disadvantaged during the age of the woke left, then news and music.

105: Mic Check Mic Check

May 2, 2021

An open conversation with news and music.

104: An Ongoing Experiment

April 25, 2021

An open conversation with Joshua and others about the cultural/political moment. Plus news and a little music. (sorry for the audio trouble)

103: Packed and Substack

April 18, 2021

Conversations with search_social (fediverse) [be prepared for the heat] and Burton Fisher (twitter). Plus a little news and music.

102: Missing Minutes

April 11, 2021

A focus on Georgia’s voting law changes and 60 Minutes misreporting on DeSantis. Plus news and music.

101: Community First

April 4, 2021

Late start and no guest but maybe a good exploration of how the need for community trumps our desire to know what’s true. And news and music.

100: A Ship In A Bottle(neck)

March 28, 2021

Nathan and I discussed the Suez Canal obstruction, HR1, gun violence, the filibuster, NY Times standards and more this week. Then music and two weeks of news.

99: Protect and Serve

March 21, 2021

My anonymous guest and I discussed Illinois HB 3653 and related law enforcement issues. Some m usic but no news review this week.

98: Chirping Hosers

March 14, 2021

Trevor Lewis (twitter) was my guest and we discussed Canada, COVID19, crypto and more. Then the week’s news and music.

97: Transitioning

March 7, 2021

Guest ghosted again this week. The weekly news, music and more.

96: Nailed the Landing

February 28, 2021

No guest again this week. The weekly news, music and more.

95: Alternatives

February 21, 2021

No guest this week. Deregulation and a winter storm in Texas. Then news and music.

94: Valentine's Day

February 14, 2021

No guest this week. Biden’s cabinet, executive orders and foreign policy. Then news and music.

93: ZAPPA!

February 7, 2021

No guest this week. Two weeks of news and music from Frank Zappa.

92: GameStonk

January 31, 2021

This week, my guest was Jim Havidic. We focused on the stock market chaos and then discussed his perspectives on government. Some music but no news (wikipedia was being uncooperative).

91: Fainting Goats and Limousine Cattle

January 24, 2021

This week, my guest was Martin (fediverse, twitter). We discussed his life and perspectives on education, health care policy and much more. Then news and music produced by Phil Spector.

90: In Traction

January 17, 2021

No guest this week. Two weeks of news and music.

89: Say Anything

January 3, 2021

No guest this week. Lots of frustration with conspiracy thinking and news and music.

My guest for this holiday week episode was my daughter Anna. We discussed her interests and what 2020 has been like. And we reviewed the week’s news and played “Christmas music”. Sorry about the audio problems (the worst part is 6m35s-18m20s) due to a different technical setup.

87: Liquid Democracy

December 20, 2020

My guest this week was @gekkido (fediverse) from Portugal & Algeria. We discussed a lot including drug policy, life in Europe vs the United States, Islam, climate change, electronic democracy, COVID19, voting systems, and immigration. Then news and music.

86: Monarchy and Death Metal

December 13, 2020

My guest this week was Brett Stevens (fediverse). We discussed liberalism, conservatism, realism, democracy, monarchy, moral foundations theory and much more. Then news and death metal.

85: Neutral Milk Hotel

December 6, 2020

William discussed the last two weeks of news, played music and talked a little more about the election challenges. (Sorry about the glitches, I think they end about 6 minutes in.)

84: Taking Down the Globalists

November 29, 2020

This week, we had a return visit (#64) from “Boris D Python” (twitter, parler). We discussed many issues including the Great Reset, election challenges and COVID19. Some music but no news this week.

83: What Biden Might Bring

November 22, 2020

This week, we had a return visit from my neighbor Nathan. We discussed many issues including COVID19, election results, Illinois government, Biden’s plans, and how to better balance minority and majority concerns within our government. Then, an extra week of news (had to catch up) and lots of music.

82: Unexpected Agreements

November 15, 2020

This week’s guest was Erik (twitter, fediverse). We discussed his background, SCOTUS, abortion, drug policy, No Agenda and much more. No news this week.

81: Smart Talk

November 8, 2020

This week’s guest was Hannah Smart (twitter), a huge David Foster Wallace and Christopher Hitchens fan. We discussed her background, Wallace a lot, Hitchens a little, human centered capitalism, left libertarianism, drug policy, atheism, selling out, Trump, the election and more. Then news and music.

80: Seed of Fire

November 1, 2020

My guest was Dana Wefer (twitter, bitchute), who went from Democratic party activist to breaking down over Trump’s win to Republican elected official. We had a great conversation about her experiences with activists and challenging the party/media establishments. Then news and music.

79: A Walk Through the Mind of Billy Bon3s

October 25, 2020

William had a great conversation with Billy Bon3s (fediverse, twitter), then news and music.

78: Shy No More

October 18, 2020

William covered the news and played some music, and then an hour in had a conversation with Jonathan Edelman (twitter) about Hunter Biden’s hard drive, social media, SCOTUS, shy Trump voters, COVID, abortion, possible election chaos and more.

77: The Battle Penguin

October 11, 2020

William had a conversation with Sumit Khanna (website, fediverse) about his background, our political culture and technology. Then news and some of the best guitar solos from Eddie Van Halen.

76: Clips and Conspiracies

October 4, 2020

William had a conversation with Chris (Twitter, fediverse) about conspiracies and much more. Then news and music.

75: Jagged Little Pill

September 27, 2020

William discussed the report Our Common Purpose - Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century, played music and reviewed the week’s news.

74: A Baptism by Canoe

September 20, 2020

William had a conversation with Eric Heineman (@e_heineman) about RBG, her replacement, politics and what made him such an environmental advocate. Then news and music.

73: Operation Ivy

September 13, 2020

William covered the last two weeks of news and played music.

72: Hard to Believe

August 30, 2020

William covered the events in Kenosha WI and the other news of the week and played music.

71: Yacht Rock

August 23, 2020

William complained about social media discourse, covered the news and played music.

70: Going Postal

August 16, 2020

William tried to understand what’s real about concerns over President Trump & the upcoming election & the mail. Then news and music.

69: QAnon and Beyond

August 9, 2020

William spoke with Curtis Rock (fediverse, twitter) about many things but especially how QAnon is a step on the path to a worldwide awakening. Then news and music.

68: Casey and the Fediverse

August 2, 2020

William discussed the fediverse, rap, popular culture, the Christian lifestyle and much more with “Casey Rollins” (@[email protected] and @[email protected]). Then news and music.

67: Appetite for Discursion

July 26, 2020

William discussed politics, cancel culture and post-modernism with “Burton Fisher” (@FisherBurton). Then news and music.

66: Outlaw Country

July 19, 2020

William covered the last three weeks of news and played some “outlaw country” music. Sorry for the length.

65: The Harper's Letter

July 12, 2020

William discussed the Harpers Letter, a public statement pushing back against “cancel culture” with 153 signatories. “Boris D Python” (@borisDpython) also joined the conversation again at the end too. Then there were more technical problems and the live stream was a very fucked up experience for a few extra minutes. For the recording, I cut off that part and will re-do the news I covered and more, and play music next week. Probably no guest. Ugh.

64: A Chat With Boris

July 5, 2020

William had a conversation with “Boris D Python” (@borisDpython) about many things, but especially social media and the value of libertarian thought. Only one song and no news. My computer was running extremely slow and appeared ready to crash, so I ended the recording after the interview in order to make sure it wasn’t lost. Plans changed. There will be a show next week (July 12th), perhaps without any guests in order to have time to catch up on the news.

63: Bushido Brown and Black Lives

June 28, 2020

William spoke with “Bushido Brown” (@ImMeWhoUdoe) about politics and culture, with a more honest and nuanced focus on how it relates to black lives than we’re getting in the media. And two weeks of news and music.

62: Communitarianism

June 21, 2020

William spoke with Dean Reiner for an extra long time about just about everything, leaving no time for music or news, again.

61: A Cultural Conversation with Mr Frank

June 14, 2020

William spoke with Dennis Frank (@Frame438) about growing up and being a dad, David Foster Wallace, the great books, movies and music. And then afterwards as almost always, news and music.

60: Dennis Has One Hell of a Life Story To Tell

June 7, 2020

William spoke with Dennis (@[email protected] & @DaDenMan) about his unusual life story and his perspective on current events. Then two weeks of news and new music.

59: PhoneBoy Speaks

May 31, 2020

William had a long conversation with PhoneBoy (@[email protected] & @PhoneBoy) about so much…including his background, health, technology, COVID-19 and No Agenda. I need to learn how to end even great conversations so that I always have time for music and the news, which I didn’t this time. Ugh.

58: A Dude Named Monk From Delaware

May 24, 2020

William spoke with Ben (@TheFurtiveMonk) about his background, the educational system, balancing the good and bad of tribalism, and much more.

57: Is Ron Still A Republican?

May 17, 2020

William spoke with Ron, a friend of over 20 years.

56: Alex Is Working To Make Us More Free

May 10, 2020

William spoke with Alex Gleason about his work to make the fediverse a better place for everybody, and why it’s so important.

55: Donald Got the COVID

May 3, 2020

William took a deep dive into the life of his friend Donald Jones and his experience with COVID-19.

54: Jen Does Real Journalism

April 26, 2020

William spoke with Jen Briney (@JenBriney), host of the fantastic Congressional Dish.

53: Fetch The Cave Dwellers

April 19, 2020

William played music and covered the last week of news.

52: Songwriting and Trusting Each Other

April 12, 2020

William covered the last two weeks of news, played a lot of music, and spoke about what a healthy information environment looks like.

51: Making the Rounds

April 5, 2020

William spoke with his daughter and eleven past guests, mostly about the COVID-19 situation.

50: Navigating the Gigaton of COVID19 News

March 29, 2020

William held the lines open but had no guests, while covering the last two weeks of mostly non-COVID19 news.

49: Australian Adam's Perspective on America

March 22, 2020

William spoke with Adam Karkowski (@[email protected]) about his outsider perspective on American politics, and then gave a quick “liberal values” summary on the pandemic. No music or weekly news review this episode.

48: Tom Checking In from NYC

March 15, 2020

William spoke with Tom Starkweather (@onestarkweather) at the beginning of our “social distancing” moment in the United States. Please find his photography at tomstarkweather.com and music at blazinggalaxies.bandcamp.com.

47: Biden vs Bernie

March 8, 2020

William spoke with Tony about the Democratic primary.

46: David's Story Gives Us Hope

March 1, 2020

William spoke with David Olsen (@dsolsen2), former Illinois State Representative, about how his upbringing gave him a political perspective most people say they want but rarely demonstrate.

45: The Fifth Estate

February 23, 2020

William covered the news, played some music and then gave an update on Assange.

44: Talking with Michael

February 16, 2020

William spoke with Michael (@jagerm76) about politics and growing up in Chicago.

43: Undoctrinated

February 9, 2020

William spoke with Justin (@undoctrinated) about growing out of a fundamentalist Christian upbringing and what’s possible in our current political moment.

42: Iowa Caucus Clusterfuck

February 3, 2020

William tried and failed to have a live call-in show during the returns of the Iowa Caucus. Also played the live NPR stream and interspersed the news.

41: The Battles You Don't See

January 26, 2020

William spoke with Christine Cegelis (@CACC) about growing up in Florida in the 1960s and her perspective on working and being involved in politics since then, including running for Congress.

40: The Professor Is In

January 19, 2020

William spoke with @[email protected] about epistemology, but mostly lots of other stuff. First of many, to be sure.

39: Illiberalism

January 12, 2020

William covered the week’s news and responded to the illiberal right, kinda.

38: Living in Clip

January 5, 2020

William recapped the last two weeks of news.

37: Community Without Religion

December 22, 2019

William and Tony discussed how hard it is to get people to have good conversations with people they disagree with.

36: Back from Florida

December 15, 2019

William reviewed the news of the last two weeks.

35: Power Politics

December 1, 2019

William reviewed the news and then discussed with his friend their differing opinions on power politics and what makes a liberal.

34: A River in Egypt

November 24, 2019

William discussed the importance of liberal values, the problem with the intelligence community in this impeachment process, and this week’s news.

33: Pride and Prejudice

November 17, 2019

William discussed what he means by liberal values and reviewed this week’s news.

32: Projects for Liberation

November 10, 2019

William discussed the Free State Project, free software and other efforts at liberation with Dan from the fediverse. Then he reviewed this week’s news.

31: Government Issue

November 3, 2019

William discussed current events and the ongoing tech dystopia with his buddy Ames, and then reviewed this week’s news.

30: A Purpose Driven Strife

October 27, 2019

William reviewed this week’s news and then had a great first conversation with another local No Agenda fan about the situation we find ourselves in and what it’s like living with an outsider perspective.

29: All Caught Up

October 20, 2019

William covered the last two weeks of news.

28: Playing Catch Up

October 13, 2019

William tried to cover three weeks of news…

27: Is the Wolf Real This Time?

October 6, 2019

William hosted another conversation with a friend about impeachment and recent news.

26: Similar Goals But Let's Be Realistic

September 29, 2019

William hosted a conversation with Sir Johnny the Swamp Knight about impeachment and the moment we’re in and righteous goals and realistic expectations.

25: Growing Up in Don's America

September 22, 2019

William hosted a conversation with Don about his experience growing up in post-60s America, and the cultural/economic changes. And as always, a summary of the week’s news.

24: Same Old Situation

September 15, 2019

William hosted a conversation with a “Dude Named Ben” about the political news, but mostly gun rights. And as always, a summary of the week’s news.

23: How Many Troops Would It Take

September 8, 2019

A live summary of the last two weeks’ worth of news, and an album we’ve been awaiting for 13 years.

22: Marcus Is Correct About Socialism

August 25, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William, with his friend Marcus, talking socialism and a lot more before doing a summary of the week’s news.

21: Why So Serious

August 18, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William doing a summary of the week’s news.

20: Fear Inoculum

August 11, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William doing a summary of the week’s news.

19: How Do We Know What We Know

August 4, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William doing a summary of the week’s news, and then a discussion of epistemology.

18: Steve Disagrees

July 28, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William, with his friend Steve. After doing a summary of the week’s news, they discussed a lot of shit. But most importantly they disagreed about the value of what this whole project is really about, which was kinda great.

17: Catching Up on the News

July 21, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William, covering the last two weeks’ news, mostly.

16: Liberal World Order

July 7, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William, covering the week’s news and other relevant topics.

15: Democratic Party Realism and Much More with Nathan

June 30, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William, with his friend and neighbor Nathan. They discussed a lot including social media, the Democratic party primary, universal health care, trade, economics, college loans, reparations, modern monetary theory. Then he did a recap of the week’s news.

14: Monitoring the News

June 23, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William, just recapping the week’s news.

13: Blame Austin

June 16, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William, with a guest who he met via the No Agenda Show and the fediverse Dude named Ben. They discussed a lot including media funding, healthy conversation and the lack of it on the Left, Moral Foundations Theory, libertarians, Alex Jones and deplatforming/demonetization. Then he did a recap of the week’s news.

12: Unsatisfied

June 9, 2019

This was a live recording. William discussed last week’s news and what it means to be a liberal.

11: Better Than They Deserve

June 2, 2019

This was a live recording. William discussed the week’s news and fighting over free expression.

10: Memorial Day and Unjust Wars

May 26, 2019

This was a live recording. William discussed the week’s news and US foreign policy, in honor of Memorial Day.

9: Discussing Abortion with John

May 19, 2019

This was a live recording. First, William discussed the week’s news. Then his long-time friend John joined the show and they discussed abortion.

8: Mother's Day Eventually

May 12, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William. He discussed the week’s news and the pain of living a modern life.

7: Venezuela, Mueller and the Purge

May 5, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William. He discussed the crisis in Venezuela, the Mueller report and social media de-platforming.

6: Immigration and Mr Wegerson

April 28, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William. He discussed current concerns over immigration in a personal context and environmentalism as religion. Then he spoke with Jeff Wegerson @JWegerson, a lefty community blogging buddy from over 10 years ago. They discussed a lot including electoral politics, political blogging, global warming, a system that works and money.

5: Easter and Thoughts on Religion

April 21, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William with no guests. He discussed religion etc on Easter 2019.

4: Star Wars Celebration and Mr Biewer

April 14, 2019

This was a live recording hosted by William. He discussed attending Star Wars Celebration with his daughter, and then spoke with Christopher Biewer @chrisbiewer, a friend of over 20 years. They discussed his experience/perspective of the entertainment industry, @chancetherapper and advertising, difficult subjects in school, critical thinking in education and media, personal politics and WikiLeaks. Apologies to Ms Chapman.