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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Now We’re Talking! – The Log #237
18/12/2020 Duration: 29minHaaland pick is Biden's best, Bootlicker Bill’s obituary, and Spanish Anarchists showed it CAN be done. www.charlesbursell.com
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200 Days – The Log #236
17/12/2020 Duration: 29minRacial justice protests continue as white folks turn the page. Also: Making Facebook a public utility, AOC on Pelosi and Biden. www.charlesbursell.com
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Why Aren’t You a Socialist, Yet? – The Log #235
16/12/2020 Duration: 29minGiannis signs for millions, MacKenzie Scott donates billions, Congress spends trillions, and Steve Schmidt is… a Democrat? Just another day in Capitalist America. www.charlesbursell.com
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Baby, It's Bad Out There – The Log #234
15/12/2020 Duration: 29minFrom cringy Holiday songs to dangerous right-wing politics, let’s not accept bad art and dumb opinion over informed, considered discernment. www.charlesbursell.com
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Suck it, Centrists – The Log #233
14/12/2020 Duration: 29minJoe Biden and his Centrist supporters can kiss my Lefty ass. As long as they hold power, we are at the mercy of climate deniers, billionaires, white supremacists, and the pandemic. www.charlesbursell.com
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Christmas Movies Critiqued – The Log #232
11/12/2020 Duration: 29minAre you more of a “It’s a Wonderful Life” person or a “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” person? Also: Bernie and Greta are still fighting for us, and it takes two for TIME’s 2020 Person of the Year. www.charlesbursell.com
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Crossing a Threshold – The Log #231
10/12/2020 Duration: 29minTalk of violence, sedition, and the overturning of democratic elections by Deplorables at every level have us in brand new territory. www.charlesbursell.com
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Dystopia USA – The Log #230
09/12/2020 Duration: 29minWhite House tennis pavilion celebrated at the height of a pandemic, armed testosterone cases considered public safety, and money decides which human lives are “essential.” Would any sane society devise this system? www.charlesbursell.com
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Storming the Castle – The Log #229
08/12/2020 Duration: 29minAll Joe needs is a little Anarchy in his game. Also: taking over red states one U-Haul at a time, and invading Da Yoopers! www.charlesbursell.com
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They Said What? – The Log #228
07/12/2020 Duration: 29minHow history will judge us as Covid deaths approach historic wartime comparisons. Plus: 2020's notable quotes and yes, Progressives have the numbers to rule. www.charlesbursell.com
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We Can’t Have Nice Things – The Log #227
04/12/2020 Duration: 29minWhile Joe caves and Covid rages, some good news: Congress, DOJ stand up to The Orange Menace and Monoliths keep coming. Also, advice to Dems: go big now then run on it in ’22. www.charlesbursell.com
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Worry and Hope – The Log #226
03/12/2020 Duration: 29minDisquieting sense memories, counting death, an 800-year night-sky event, and resisting for 48 more days. www.charlesbursell.com
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Power and Mystery – The Log #225
02/12/2020 Duration: 29minMysterious monoliths, a test for political fitness, and: this existential global emergency is not a particularly good time for psychopaths to hold the reins of power. www.charlesbursell.com
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Supreme Hacks – The Log #224
01/12/2020 Duration: 29minSlow slog to inauguration as Joe’s polls rise, SCOTUS stinks on religion/census, and a Rosa Parks anniversary. Who would you be? www.charlesbursell.com
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How to Be Seven – The Log #223
30/11/2020 Duration: 29minThe word of the year, nobody wants my politics, and big choices for 7 year-olds. www.charlesbursell.com
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Black Friday - The Log #222
27/11/2020 Duration: 29minA Pulp Fiction reunion, inseminating space, testing UBI, unionizing Amazon, and the untold origin of “Black Friday” www.charlesbursell.com
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The Log's Thanksgivingest Holiday
25/11/2020 Duration: 29minA motley collection of dinner guests perform a First Thanksgiving pageant and battle Black Friday. www.charlesbursell.com
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Making History – The Log #220
25/11/2020 Duration: 29minBernie’s “Roots” revelation. Pumping the breaks on Fascism. Also: supporting a family on one income. www.charlesbursell.com
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Game Over – The Log #219
24/11/2020 Duration: 29minThe tackiness of 70s Game Shows was quaint compared to the wild exit of Reality TV’s most vulgar villain. www.charlesbursell.com
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Detrumpification – The Log #212
23/11/2020 Duration: 29minThis is the Dems last and final chance to get it right by embracing the Left. www.charlesbursell.com