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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Journalism Prof Robert Jensen is ‘Arguing for Our Lives’
Rag Radio podcast: Journalism professor and activist Robert Jensen is ‘Arguing for Our Lives‘ “I feel what I’m often doing is kind of a remedial course in how to see the world.” — Robert Jensen on Rag Radio By Thorne … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Critical Thinking, Interview, Journalism, Podcast, Rag Radio, Rhetoric, Robert Jensen, Social Activism, Thorne Dreyer, UT-Austin
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Robert Jensen : The Universe Is an Undifferentiated Whole
In his new “primer on critical thinking,” Arguing for Our Lives, Robert Jensen “connects abstract ideas with the everyday political and spiritual struggles of ordinary people.” Arguing for our lives: The universe is an undifferentiated whole The knowledge we humans … Continue reading
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Tagged Arguing for our Lives, Authors, Knowledge, Natural Science, Political Philosophy, Rhetoric, Robert Jensen
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : ‘Bronx Butch’ Memoirist & Performance Artist Annie Rachele Lanzillotto
Annie Rachele Lanzillotto. Rag Radio podcast:‘Bronx Butch’ memoirist & performance artist, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto “Annie Lanzillotto, the bard of Bronx Italian butch, is an American original, a performance artist and cultural anthropologist whose work is unique… an astonishing writer possessed … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, Authors, Cancer Survivors, Interview, Lesbians, Memoirists, Performance Art, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Progressive Sportswriter Dave Zirin Takes Off the Gloves
Dave Zirin: “Politics have always been a part of sports.” Rag Radio podcast:Progressive sportswriter Dave Zirinon the intersection of sports and politics “Sports has become such a big business that the line between journalism and being a broadcast partner for … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Arian Foster, Authors, Dave Zirin, Interview, Podcast, Rag Radio, Royce White, Sports, Sports Culture, Sportswriters, Thorne Dreyer
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David Macaray : Twelve Questions for Satirical Icon Paul Krassner
Paul Krassner in the day. Photo by Robert Altman. Twelve Questions forsatirical icon Paul Krassner “I think [audiences are] more aware now of the contradictions in mainstream culture, the phony piety that permeates society, the inhumane hypocrisy.” — Paul Krassner … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Comics, David Macaray, Paul Krassner, Radical Activists, Satirists, Sixties, The Realist, Yippies
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Civil Liberties Lawyer and Author Marjorie Heins
‘First Amendment Hero’ Marjorie Heins. Rag Radio podcast:Civil liberties lawyer Marjorie Heins,author of ‘Priests of Our Democracy‘ By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | February 14, 2013 Coming next week: Jonah Raskin reviews Priests of Our Democracy. Marjorie Heins, … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : ‘Austin Noir’ with Musician and Author Jesse Sublett
Musician and author Jesse Sublett, on right, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer, in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, February 1, 2013. Photo by Charlie Martin / KOOP.Rag Radio podcast:‘Austin Noir‘ with musician and writer Jesse Sublett, author … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Musicians, Authors, eBooks, Grave Digger Blues, Interview, Jesse Sublett, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Black Feminist Author Beth E. Richie on Gender Violence and ‘Arrested Justice’
Rag Radio podcast:Black feminist academic and activist Beth E. Richie, author of ‘Arrested Justice‘ By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January 16, 2013 Black feminist academic and author Beth E. Richie was Thorne Dreyer’s guest Friday, January 11, … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Authors, Beth E. Richie, Criminal Justice, Gender Violence, Interview, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Historian Martin Duberman on ‘Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left’
Martin Duberman. Image from Lambda Literary.Rag Radio podcast:Historian Martin Duberman discusseshis new biography of Howard Zinn By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | November 1, 2012 Historian Martin Duberman discussed his new book, Howard Zinn: A Life on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Howard Zinn, Interview, Leftists, Martin Duberman, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Webb Dreyer : ‘Texas Jewboy’ Kinky Friedman Mulls Second Run for Governor’s Mansion
Rag Radio podcast: The Kinkster talks music and politics and second run for Texas governor Kinky Friedman in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, October 19, 2012. Photo by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog. By Thorne … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Country Music, Humorists, Interview, Kinky Friedman, Podcast, Rag Radio, Singer-Songwriters, Texas Musicians, Texas Politics, Thorne Dreyer
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Jonah Raskin : Jack Kerouac’s ‘Mishmash’ Life
Jack Kerouac. Photo by Tom Polumbo, circa 1956. Image from Wikimedia Commons.Jack Kerouac’s ‘mishmash’ lifeand his biographers None of Kerouac’s biographers are as concise as he was, none of them as poetical as he, and none of them as unapologetic … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Beat Generation, Biography, Books, Jack Kerouac, Jonah Raskin, Literature
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The Rag Blog : Peace and Justice Activist Tom Hayden in Austin
Progressive activist and New Left pioneer:Tom Hayden in Austin Saturday The Rag Blog and Rag Radio are presenting progressive activist and New Left icon Tom Hayden at the 5604 Manor Community Center, 5604 Manor Rd. in Austin, on Saturday, August … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Caravan for Peace, Drug War, Javier Sicilia, New Left, Port Huron Statement, Progressive Activists, SDS, Sixties, The Rag Blog, Tom Hayden
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