A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast

Am probing the past to make sense of the present with NY Times Opinion Writer and MS NOW Political Analyst, Mara Gay.

Out of Chaos, Catastrophe and Chance came today's descendant dinosaurs, Birds.       https://bit.ly/43TgFM4

Taking a deep dive into deep time with Harvard Paleontologist Andrew Knoll exploring the 4 billion year conversation between Earth and Life.    https://bit.ly/4nEDrjH Get 21-30% OFF Cozy Earth's - Luxurious bamboo bedding   P Code: REBEL https://cozyearth.com/discount/REBEL

Award Winning Journalist and Historian Eric Alterman separates Fact from Fiction, Anti Semitism from Zionism and America's uneasy alliance with Israel.   https://bit.ly/4tbJEoL  

Best Selling author James Kaplan and myself dive deep into the life and turbulent times of three jazz giants and the iconic album they created, "Kind of Blue."   https://bit.ly/47tZCCA Get 21% OFF Luxurious Cozy Earth bamboo bedding & more   Use   Promo Code: REBEL   htttps://cozyearth.com/discount/REBEL    

With her new book Mona celebrates the classic teen rom com that launched her and ignited a firestorm in fashion.     https://bit.ly/4765ema Cozy Earth - Luxurious bamboo sheets, pajamas, & more                                                                  Get 21%OFF | Promo Code: REBEL   https://cozyearth.com/discount/REBEL

Inspired by their ancestor and American Icon, Chief Red Cloud, current Oglala Chief Henry Red Cloud and son John Red Cloud chart a fresh path forward for the Lakota Sioux.                             https://bit.ly/4cxEm1R   🛒 Cozy Earth - Luxurious bamboo sheets, pajamas, & more                                                            💰 Get 21%OFF | Promo Code: REBEL    https://cozyearth.com/...

Editor in Chief and founder of "The Wrap," Sharon Waxman and yours truly weigh in on the Seismic Shiftiness rocking LaLa Land.     https://bit.ly/3Yfs6ea 🛒 Cozy Earth - Luxurious bamboo sheets, pajamas, & more 💰 Get 41% OFF | Promo Code: REBEL https://cozyearth.com/discount/REBEL  

Could our political past be prologue?   Yale Historian Samuel Moyn offers a progressive prescription for the future.    https://bit.ly/4ra5rgs

Pop Culture Historian Chris Yogerst and yours truly probe the myth making machinations of the Hollywood Western     https://youtu.be/XRgYrCXDWic

Ace saxophonist, composer and band leader Fuasi Abdul Khaliq shares his musical and spiritual odyssey.  https://youtu.be/VAnqMpJMmaw

Egyptian Diplomat turned prize winning Novelist, Ezzedine Fishere offers his path out of the "Israel-estine" nightmare. https://youtu.be/vJDDmZ7j4xA

My super cool convo with ace show biz biographer Shawn Levy about the myth, the movies and the man, Clint Eastwood.   https://youtu.be/Lf4MJ0CMeJw

In the name of ancestors and for the love of descendants, Journalist Sara Kehaulani Goo claims the Land and the Culture that is her Legacy.   https://youtu.be/77uqxy4YfpU

Deep diving w/ Author, Activist and Truth Seeker, Peter Beinart https://youtu.be/kD374kraVUs

Pulitzer Prize winning biographer Jonathan Eig puts back the flesh on Two Black Lives that Really, Really Mattered. https://youtu.be/YSkMJBgptCU

My chat with award winning Historian and Political Scientist Lucan Way about the rise and fall of modern Democracies and our own perilous Political Moment. https://youtu.be/X2jH7VsC2KE

Matthew reflects on his moving self portrait of an artist and the city he loves, "The Golden Hour, A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood." https://youtu.be/KCIJ7UVPFms

Former Mayor, Councilman, Speaker, Assemblyman and "Proven Problem Solver" Antonio V. makes his case to become the next CA Governor. https://youtu.be/WTsgT6z9xwQ?si=Z73fqVGXN9COwXBn

Arrested 85 times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, Fr. John reflects on the life  of Pope Francis who he calls "the most radical, most progressive Pope in history, and therefore, the greatest Pope in history, hands down."

Former State Controller and current CA Dem Party Vice Chair, Betty Yee makes her case for the statehouse.

He's a man to match the moment.  My super cool convo w/ big time braniac, political columnist, screenwriter and director, Noah Millman

Vocal Artist and Artistic Director of the iconic World Stage, Dwight reflects on his life and creative times in his beloved South Central "Stomping Grounds,"   Dig it Daddyo! https://youtu.be/x71NEBDE-bk

Charting the hopeful way forward with Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Author and Conservationist William deBuys    https://youtu.be/JrR0vPlBB24

Veteran Colorado River Guide and ace raconteur Kevin Greif reflects on the turbulent life and distant times that make the Canyon Grand.     https://youtu.be/yiIIZwIQlY0