Charles Bursell

Charles Bursell Presents

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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 "Conversations with Charles Bursell" and "Stream of Consciousness Talk Radio Theatre"

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Charles Bursell

Episodes

Phraseology – The Log #282 02.04.2021 29:00

Origins of "let the cat out of the bag," "caught red-handed," "butter up" (that's a weird one) and more. www.charlesbursell.com

Turning: A Memoir, Part II – The Log #294 01.04.2021 29:00

The crib, your house and yard, parents and grandparents, images from old-time television… what are your first memories? www.charlesbursell.com

Raising Hell – The Log #293 31.03.2021 29:00

Satan and Lil Nas X's old soft shoe, atheist inspiration, the joy of sex-positive WAP, and zero tolerance for bigotry. www.charlesbursell.com

Half-Way Left – The Log #292 30.03.2021 29:00

Charity will never solve social ills, but Socialism will. Also: Boycotting Coke, UPS, Home Depot, and Delta over Georgia's Jim Crow. www.charlesbursell.com

Money for Nothin' – The Log #291 29.03.2021 29:00

State Republicans stage election coup, bigot cops revealed (again), and separating money from work. www.charlesbursell.com

Teaching Democracy – The Log #276 26.03.2021 29:00

Why a rebirth of civics education is vital to saving democracy and a new report on how to do it. www.charlesbursell.com

Turning: A Memoir – The Log #290 25.03.2021 29:00

Peter Donalds (aka Charles Bursell) shares personal reflections in this pilot episode of a potential podcast series, part memoir, part history, and part treatise. www.charlesbursell.com

Gun Politics – The Log #289 24.03.2021 29:00

We can't love away or argue away the guns. We have to go hard Left and politically destroy the Patriarchal White Christian Nationalists who breed the shooters and defend the indefensible. www.charlesbursell.com

Are DC Dems for Real? – The Log #288 23.03.2021 29:00

Democrats have Lefties wondering: Is this real? Can it last? Also, conflicting moods over new Covid infections and vaccine politics. www.charlesbursell.com

Spring Inaugural – The Log #287 22.03.2021 29:00

Spring reflections on public spaces, retirement, abandoning the car, and the degenerate nature of television. www.charlesbursell.com

Name Your Poison - The Log #271 19.03.2021 29:00

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

Anarchy, Please – The Log #286 18.03.2021 29:00

Upstart news networks, what's really happening in Portland, rainforest emissions, and rooting for anarchy. www.charlesbursell.com

Can We Not? – The Log #285 17.03.2021 29:00

Topics I've been avoiding: Woody Allen, Andrew Cuomo, and how sand, yes, sand, is killing the planet. Ugh. www.charlesbursell.com

Something From Nothing - The Log #284 16.03.2021 29:00

The brave new world of digital money won't eliminate its oldest and greatest sin: the massive theft of labor. www.charlesbursell.com

No Going Back – The Log #283 15.03.2021 29:00

Lessons from Late Night, Presidents, workers and profiteers. The tragic mistake of seeking a pre-Covid "normal." www.charlesbursell.com

True Confessions – The Log #269 12.03.2021 29:00

Lessons 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

Phrase Origins – The Log #282 11.03.2021 29:00

The origins of phrases like "caught red-handed," "the jig is up," "butter up" (that's a weird one) and more. www.charlesbursell.com

Sage Wisdom – The Log #281 10.03.2021 29:00

Smoking out Stephen Miller's bad White House juju, Harry and Meghan create a new Right/Left divide, and marking one year of Covid. www.charlesbursell.com

Trans-Border Bigots – The Log #280 09.03.2021 29:00

Don't' let Radical Christian Fascists fool you on trans athletes or "strong" border policy – It's pure bigotry. Also: Blunt Senate politics. www.charlesbursell.com

Rocking The House – The Log #279 08.03.2021 29:00

Dems went big on police reform, voting rights, and Covid relief, and now they must bust the filibuster. Also: the notorious eight, RoJo the Dumb, and what would Mitch do? www.charlesbursell.com

The Ghost of Climate Future – The Log #264 05.03.2021 29:00

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

A Hard Left – The Log #278 04.03.2021 29:01

To create economic, health and climate justice, Lefties must push aside the shrinking political middle and then crush the Radical Christian White Right. Ready, go! www.charlesbursell.com

One Party Rule – The Log #277 03.03.2021 29:00

The race between vaccines and state reopenings, Repugs abdicate legitimacy, Dems go alone on Covid and the fight for $15 showdown. www.charlesbursell.com

Teaching Democracy – The Log #276 02.03.2021 29:00

Why a rebirth of civics education is vital to saving democracy and a new report on how to do it. www.charlesbursell.com

Lost Weekend – The Log #275 01.03.2021 29:00

I spent the whole weekend watching CPAC. It was brutal, but the new American Nazis are powerful and we ought to keep a damn close eye on them. www.charlesbursell.com