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Charles Bursell Presents

Current podcasts: "The Log," news & culture commentary (M, T, W), and "Charles Bursell Presents," radio theatre, spoken word, and audio collage (drops every Friday). Several archived podcast series including "NeoRadio," and "Stream of Consciousness Talk Radio Theatre."
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Now displaying: February, 2021
Feb 26, 2021

Psychologists say focusing on the needs of others will improve your mood. That’s good advice for the whole nation. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 25, 2021

With Cabinet nominees, Covid, and the $15 minimum wage, Joe Manchin is becoming a one-man Congressional wrecking crew. Also: grading Biden, saving elections, and weird love for Tiger. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 24, 2021

Caught online mocking parents, school board members are forced to resign en masse. Also, Equality v Equity and goodbye Lawrence Ferlinghetti. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 23, 2021

The only way to avoid climate dystopia is for workers of the world to finally win their centuries-old struggle for power. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 22, 2021

If money poisons politics does it poison everything else? Of course, it does. Also: Humanities vs trade school, no more traffic cops, and preparing for the next emergency. www.charlesbursell.com

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Feb 19, 2021

We all have that friend, the self-proclaimed expert, the spiritual narcissist, and always with an itchy social media trigger finger. Enough already with the pithy disrespect for big ideas. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 18, 2021

The architect of hate is dead, his loathsome legacy lives. Also: boycott chocolate, President Joe dances, re-booting lockdown, and there’s nothing natural about “natural” disasters. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 17, 2021

Lessons and revelations spring from an obligatory phone call to an elderly aunt. Woody Allen, Charlie Brown, David Brooks, Bob Newhart and The Pope find their way into this very odd episode of The Log. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 16, 2021

Okay, here’s the deal: MAGA is dangerous, BLM is nonviolent, Global Warming really does cause record cold, “cancel culture” is played, and Van der Veen’s spoonerisms were hilarious. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 15, 2021

The Impeachment acquittal puts us all back to work: Dems, do good government. Legal entities, put the him in jail. And voters! The Republican Party is now officially a Fascist party. Kill it. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 12, 2021

The defining characteristics of Republican complicity and white supremacy in the Capitol attack are ignored because they serve neither side in an adversarial impeachment trial. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 11, 2021

Democratic Impeachment managers bring new light and weight to a story that’s even worse than we knew. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 10, 2021

While pollution kills millions annually, right-wing Fossils cling to whale oil and spittoons. But climate revolution in both policy and narrative ARE possible.  www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 9, 2021

Racism, violence, corporate schmaltz, radical centrism, cancel culture, and the Big Lie. From the Super Bowl to an Impeachment trial, this is the most American week ever. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 7, 2021

School should be a place to learn, not a catch-all social service, and definitely not a child warehouse freeing up worker parents to produce profits for Wall Street. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 5, 2021

Psychologists say focusing on the needs of others will improve your mood. That’s good advice for the whole nation. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 4, 2021

How should Lefties feel about Joe's first two weeks? MSNBC opinion columnist Mehdi Hasan says pretty good – so far. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 3, 2021

Warmonger Tom Brokaw retires, advice for too polite Judy Woodruff, and Rachel Maddow’s unique ability to cram 12 minutes of content into a 60-minute show. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 2, 2021

“Financial Industry” and “Unearned Income” are oxymoronic and profit is theft. Also, the case FOR Capital Letters and punctuation. www.charlesbursell.com

Feb 1, 2021

Confessions of a cable junkie, Generation Jones, and some uncomfortable reflections on Larry King. www.charlesbursell.com

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