Synopsis
Social critic-at-large Charles Bursell presents podcasts, radio art, and commentary in a variety of formats and genres ranging from one-on-one conversation to full company experimental audio improv. Current podcasts include "Stream of Consciousness Talk Radio Theatre" and "Conversations with Charles Bursell"
Episodes
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Great Performances – The Log 383
15/11/2021 Duration: 29minWatch (or re-watch) “My Dinner with Andre” and Cecily Strong’s “Goober the Clown.” You’ll be a better person for it. www.charlesbursell.com
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Armistice Day – The Log 382
11/11/2021 Duration: 29minReclaiming Armistice Day as a national call for world peace. www.charlesbursell.com
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Coalition of Independents – The Log 381
10/11/2021 Duration: 29minHow a Coalition of Independents can overtake the American two party system and send it to extinction. www.charlesbursell.com
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Lost in Law – The Log 380
09/11/2021 Duration: 29minThe impossible maze of legalese confounding justice, and only pathetic losers still use the word “woke” as an insult. www.charlesbursell.com
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Bag of Hammers – The Log 379
08/11/2021 Duration: 29minCovid rebel Aaron Rodgers is an arrogant idiot. Public School protesters are just as dumb. www.charlesbursell.com
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The Anger Vote – The Log 378
04/11/2021 Duration: 29minDemocrats need to fight for their policies with urgent, righteous anger or lose future elections – either to Republicans or to an Independent Left. www.charlesbursell.com
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Up From Down – The Log 377
03/11/2021 Duration: 29minExistential malaise keeping you down? Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant may offer a workable solution. www.charlesbursell.com
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Creative Responsibility – The Log 376
01/11/2021 Duration: 29minBeing a so-called “creative” doesn’t give you a pass. Many are hired guns for corporate greed, social ills, and environmental degradation. www.charlesbursell.com
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The Yips – The Log 375
04/10/2021 Duration: 29minIs something blocking you from performing the fundamental tasks of your job (or your life)? We’re all susceptible to “the yips.” Also, Ted Lasso isn’t worth it. www.charlesbursell.com
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The Opposite of Art – The Log 374
28/09/2021 Duration: 29minThe high-tech Van Gogh attractions barnstorming the nation are kitschy, exploitive carnival sideshows. Also, what Americans get wrong about housing. www.charlesbursell.com
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It’s All Politics – The Log 373
27/09/2021 Duration: 29minDon’t like politics? Afraid of Socialism? You’ll have to get over both, because they’re our only way out of the mess we’re in. www.charlesbursell.com
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Better Angels – The Log 372
22/09/2021 Duration: 29minClimate and pandemic emergencies are existential crises that require radical changes to how we engage with the world. Can we muster the wisdom and will to save ourselves? www.charlesbursell.com
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We Can’t Handle the Truth – The Log 371
21/09/2021 Duration: 29minSniffing out BS is pretty easy, the case for not getting along, and the truth of what real progress requires. Also: sexy climate solutions? www.charlesbursell.com
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Do You Think? – The Log 370
20/09/2021 Duration: 29minYes, we must think for ourselves, but automatically opposing the crowd is just as much a logical fallacy as going with the crowd. www.charlesbursell.com
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Techno Medicine – The Log 369
17/09/2021 Duration: 29minMajor league play-by-play glass ceiling, rally of The Deplorables, Jeopardy update, moral Milley, and high-tech sound medicine. www.charlesbursell.com
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Media Bias – The Log 368
16/09/2021 Duration: 29minThey provide reliable facts, but the bias of even the best news outlets is subtle and deadly. www.charlesbursell.com
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Run For Your Life – The Log 367
15/09/2021 Duration: 29minUp to 200 million climate refugees are expected in the next few decades. Where will you escape, or have you “escaped” already? www.charlesbursell.com
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White Lie – The Log 366
13/09/2021 Duration: 29min"White" isn't a thing, but white supremacy is. Also, words and phrases that need to be shelved. www.charlesbursell.com
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Then and Now – The Log 365
09/09/2021 Duration: 29minWhat PBS’s doc on post 9/11 America missed, diverting US military funds to international vaccines, and an eye on California's nutty recall. www.charlesbursell.com
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Listen Up! – The Log 364
08/09/2021 Duration: 29minAnother insurrectionist “rally”, vaxxed-up on campus, and you better be boycotting Texas brands right now! www.charlesbursell.com