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  • 290: Fuck That Fascist Nonsense

    May 4, 2025

    News and music.

  • 289: Social Doctrine

    April 27, 2025

    News and music.

  • 288: Illusions

    April 20, 2025

    News and music.

  • 287: Not Who We Are

    April 13, 2025

    Three weeks of news and music.

  • 286: College Prep

    March 23, 2025

    News and music.

  • 285: Mahmoud Khalil

    March 16, 2025

    News and music.

  • 284: Back and Rebuilding

    March 9, 2025

    Two weeks of news and more music.

  • 283: Revisiting Ukraine

    February 23, 2025

    News and music.

  • 282: Up His Butt

    February 16, 2025

    News and music.

  • 281: Blatantly Unconstitutional

    February 9, 2025

    News and music.

  • 280: How Forked Are We?

    February 2, 2025

    News, music and a federal employee.

  • 279: A Golden Dawn

    January 26, 2025

    News and music.

  • 278: Focus On the Process

    January 19, 2025

    News, music and Dan from NH.

  • 277: Firestorms of Misinfo

    January 12, 2025

    News and music.

  • 276: Looking Back and Forward

    January 5, 2025

    News and music.

  • 275: H-1B Bullshit

    December 29, 2024

    News and music.

  • 274: Outside Influence

    December 22, 2024

    News and music.

  • 273: Syrian Name Game

    December 15, 2024

    News and music.

  • 272: Sympathy for the Devil

    December 8, 2024

    News and music.

  • 271: Pardon Me?

    December 1, 2024

    News and music.

  • 270: Eating Your Vegetables

    November 24, 2024

    News and music.

  • 269: The Waiting Game

    November 17, 2024

    News and music.

  • 268: Deluge

    November 10, 2024

    News and music.

  • 267: Here We Go

    November 3, 2024

    News and music.

  • 266: Friday Pilots Fun

    October 27, 2024

    News and music.

  • 265: Burned Out

    October 20, 2024

    News and music.

  • 264: The End of the Experiment

    October 13, 2024

    News and music.

  • 263: Profit Sharing

    October 6, 2024

    News and music.

  • 262: Creating Stories

    September 29, 2024

    News and music.

  • 261: Booby Trap Terrorism

    September 22, 2024

    News and music.

  • 260: Halftime

    September 15, 2024

    News and music.

  • 259: Dividing for Profit

    September 8, 2024

    News and music.

  • 258: Selfish Compliance

    September 1, 2024

    News and music.

  • 257: Kicked Out of Colbert

    August 25, 2024

    News and music.

  • 256: Detail Oriented

    August 18, 2024

    News and music.

  • 255: Clear Eyes Full Hearts

    August 11, 2024

    News and music.

  • 254: Weird Is Wonderful

    August 4, 2024

    News and music.

  • 253: Two Wolves Inside You

    July 28, 2024

    News and music.

  • 252: Acadia

    July 21, 2024

    News and music.

  • 251: SCOTUS Roundup

    July 7, 2024

    News and music.

  • 250: Assange Free

    June 30, 2024

    News and music.

  • 249: Expectationflation

    June 23, 2024

    News and music.

  • 248: US Disinfo Kills

    June 16, 2024

    News and music.

  • 247: The Realities of Immigration

    June 9, 2024

    News and music.

  • 246: The Wrong Case

    June 2, 2024

    News and music.

  • 245: The MAGA Creed

    May 26, 2024

    News and music.

  • 244: Odds and Ends

    May 19, 2024

    News and music.

  • 243: Hypocrisy In Georgia

    May 12, 2024

    News and music.

  • 242: Antisemitism Awareness Act

    May 5, 2024

    News and music.

  • 241: Campus Protests for Gaza

    April 28, 2024

    News and music.

  • 240: Continuing Conflicts

    April 21, 2024

    News and music.

  • 239: Article 51

    April 14, 2024

    News and music.

  • 238: Eclipse Eve

    April 7, 2024

    Lots of news and music.

  • 237: Upset About Justin

    March 17, 2024

    News and music.

  • 236: Truckloads By Sea

    March 10, 2024

    News and music.

  • 235: RIP Aaron

    March 3, 2024

    News and music.

  • 234: Hackable For Your Own Good

    February 25, 2024

    News and music.

  • 233: Bad Faith

    February 18, 2024

    A discussion with Nathan, then two weeks of news and music.

  • 232: Half The Story

    February 4, 2024

    This week’s news and music.

  • 231: Justice Beyond Borders

    January 28, 2024

    This week’s news and music.

  • 230: Loud and Clear

    January 21, 2024

    This week’s news and music.

  • 229: Been A Minute

    January 14, 2024

    Music, four weeks of news and the end of NAS.

  • 228: Threaderation

    December 17, 2023

    This week’s news, music and much more. Off till the New Year (probably).

  • 227: Overrated

    December 10, 2023

    This week’s news, music and the rest of Kissinger’s record.

  • 226: Kiss Off

    December 3, 2023

    This week’s news, music and the start of a look at the life and record of Henry Kissinger (more next week).

  • 225: An Austrian from Argentina

    November 26, 2023

    This week’s news, ccmusic and a look at the new president of Argentina and his economic philosophy (the Austrian school).

  • 224: Podcast from America

    November 19, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 223: Changing Assumptions

    November 12, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 222: Too Much Wine

    November 5, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 221: Cancelling the UN

    October 29, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 220: Good Reasons to Lie

    October 22, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 219: Ominous Booming

    October 15, 2023

    A discussion with Jonathan and news and libremusic.

  • 218: It Was Capitalism All Along

    October 8, 2023

    News, libremusic and a discussion with Kent.

  • 217: Little Victories

    October 1, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 216: Big Media

    September 24, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 215: Dead Air

    September 17, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 214: Montreal

    September 10, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 213: Punitive Excess

    September 3, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 212: Foreign Interference

    August 27, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 211: Blocked

    August 20, 2023

    News, libremusic and talking with DCC. Sorry about the technical issues.

  • 210: Cave Dwellers

    August 13, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 209: Intent Not Belief

    August 6, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 208: Unacceptable

    July 30, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 207: Prometheus and Demeter

    July 23, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 206: Texas and Ohio

    July 16, 2023

    Two weeks of news and lots of libremusic.

  • 205: What Does the Law Say

    July 2, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 204: The Hunted Biden

    June 25, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 203: Skordalia

    June 18, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 202: Boxed In

    June 11, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 201: Cognitive Empathy

    June 4, 2023

    Two weeks of news and lots of libremusic.

  • 200: Four More Years

    May 28, 2023

    Nathan, Jonathan and a little libremusic.

  • 199: Great Expectations

    May 21, 2023

    News, libremusic and the Durham Report.

  • 198: Nasty Person

    May 14, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 197: Robots In Disguise

    May 7, 2023

    Two weeks of news and extra libremusic.

  • 196: They Believe It

    April 23, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 195: Principia Discordia

    April 16, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 194: Just In Time

    April 9, 2023

    Three weeks of news and lots of libremusic.

  • 193: Chicago Chooses

    March 19, 2023

    Another conversation with Jonathan Edelman, some libremusic and two weeks of news.

  • 192: Acceptable Alliances

    March 5, 2023

    A conversation with We Are Many, They Are Few, then a week of news and some libremusic.

  • 191: its ok to be evil

    February 26, 2023

    News, libremusic and lots of talking with Kent.

  • 190: Balloons Gone Wild

    February 19, 2023

    News, libremusic and talking with Tony.

  • 189: Hospitable To All

    February 12, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 188: The Struggle

    February 5, 2023

    News, libremusic and DC.

  • 187: Escalation and Reconsideration

    January 29, 2023

    News, libremusic and a bit with Kent and search_social.

  • 186: Good Information

    January 22, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 185: Web Development

    January 15, 2023

    News and libremusic.

  • 184: Fentanyl and the House Vote

    January 8, 2023

    News, libremusic and search_social.

  • 183: Holiday Show

    January 1, 2023

    Two weeks of news and libremusic.

  • 182: Whole Lotta Linguistics

    December 18, 2022

    Mostly just a conversation with search_social, num, Torchkas and Zero Contradiction.

  • 181: Electoral Votes and Twitter

    December 11, 2022

    News and libremusic.

  • 180: Choo Choo

    December 4, 2022

    News and libremusic.

  • 179: Mastodon Matters

    November 27, 2022

    News and libremusic.

  • 178: Trump's Triple Threats

    November 20, 2022

    News, libremusic and more with Kent and search_social.

  • 177: Crypto Ballots

    November 13, 2022

    News, libremusic and more with Varus and search_social.

  • 176: Fingers Crossed for the Fediverse

    November 6, 2022

    News and extra libremusic.

  • 175: Halloween Eve

    October 30, 2022

    A conversation with Gabriel and search_social, then news and libremusic.

  • 174: Livin La Vida NOLA

    October 23, 2022

    A conversation with Pete, then news and libremusic.

  • 173: Three Week Sprint

    October 16, 2022

    Three weeks of news and libremusic.

  • 172: Kremlin Talking Points

    September 25, 2022

    News and libremusic.

  • 171: Changing the Subject

    September 18, 2022

    News and libremusic.

  • 170: Trouble With Clouds

    September 11, 2022

    News and libremusic and then a conversation with Gabriel and Kent.

  • 169: The JQ Never Ends

    September 4, 2022

    News and libremusic and then a very long conversation with Vartus about his favorite subject.

  • 168: Inflation Management

    August 28, 2022

    News and libremusic and then a conversation with a room full of “troublemakers”.

  • 167: Saturday Night Special

    August 20, 2022

    Talking with Gabriel and search_social. Then news and libremusic.

  • 166: Defamation

    August 14, 2022

    News and libremusic.

  • 165: Supermajority

    August 7, 2022

    News and libremusic.

  • 164: Medium Over Message

    July 31, 2022

    News and libremusic.

  • 163: My Bullshit Artist

    July 24, 2022

    News and libremusic.

  • 162: Three Weeks

    July 17, 2022

    News and libremusic.

  • 161: A Replacement Episode

    July 6, 2022

    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.

  • 159: Juneteenth

    June 19, 2022

    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.

  • 152: Wrong Number

    May 1, 2022

    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.

  • 143: The End is Nigh

    February 13, 2022

    News and libre music.

  • 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.

  • 134: Consistency

    December 12, 2021

    Just 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.

  • 113: Dionysus

    June 28, 2021

    Just news and music.

  • 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.

  • 110: sour

    June 6, 2021

    News and music.

  • 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.

  • 88: Holiday Special 2020

    December 27, 2020

    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.

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