Radio Parallax Shows

Show 386

Apr 1, 2010
  1. WNYC Producer, Steven Valentino, reminisces about his radio work at KZFR & KDVS
  2. history, politics and whatever we please...
  3. Obits: Charlie Wilson, Alexander Haig and test pilot, Gen. Robert White

Show 385

Mar 25, 2010
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on 'making sausage'
  2. Science topics
  3. Author Attorney Charlotte Dennett talks about her efforts with Vincent Bugliosi to prosecute George W. Bush for Murder.

Show 384

Mar 18, 2010
  1. Current Events
  2. Journalist, Jefferson Morley, talks about his newly discovered information about Lee Harvey Oswald's interaction with the CIA and his book, Our Man in Mexico.
  3. Adventure Cyclist, Willie Weir, again talks about bike travel around the world and at home.

Show 383

Mar 11, 2010
  1. Current Events
  2. Radio host, Dr. Dave Schneider, talks about a pesticide that turns male frogs into females.
  3. Obits; Composer of My Sharona, Doug Feiger

Show 382

Mar 4, 2010
  1. Current Events, Adventure Cyclist, Willie Weir discusses his book, Travels With Willie.
  2. An analysis of the current water grab going on in California
  3. Local Radio Legend Phil Cowan talks about some of his radio and television experiences

Show 381

Feb 25, 2010
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on Dick Cheney's heart
  2. Douglas Everett does a retrospective of Radio Parallax with sound clips of many notable moments inspired by the recent article on the SN&R by Rachel Lebrock
  3. Current Events; Science

Show 380

Feb 18, 2010
  1. Current Events, Will Durst offers President Obama his 2 cents.
  2. LCDR Ted Robinson USNR talks about his autobiography, Water In My Veins, in which he recounts his part in the rescue of Lt John F. Kennedy and the crew of PT 109.
  3. France Kassing, host of, It's About You, discusses her many interviews with the late historian Howard Zinn

Show 379

Feb 11, 2010
  1. Current Events, Will Durst offers Obama 'Help"
  2. Nick Brunner talks about his web based radio program "Off Air" and his work at Capitol Public Radio.
  3. Dr. Andy Jones helps discuss the Obit of Eric Segal

Show 378

Feb 4, 2010
  1. Current Events, Will Durst gives Obama a report card after a year in office
  2. William Poundstone discusses his book, Priceless, The Myth of Fair Value (and how to take advantage of it).
  3. Dr. Andy Jones, talks about the recently deceased, J.D. Salinger. Mat Kaplan of Planetary Radio, gives updates on Mars and space exploration.

Show 377

Jan 28, 2010
  1. Current Events
  2. Author Jay Rankin talks about his book, Under the Neon Sky, a colorful and entertaining recounting of his life as a doorman at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  3. Science topics, current events

Show 376

Jan 21, 2010
  1. Current Events
  2. Author Gerald Nachman, discusses his book on the inimitable Ed Sullivan titled, Right Here on our Stage Tonight.
  3. Current Events; Science

Show 375

Jan 14, 2010
  1. Current Events
  2. Legendary UC Davis physician and educator, Dr. Faith Fitzgerald, talks medicine, health and history
  3. Science topics, current events

Show 374

Jan 7, 2010
  1. Current Events
  2. Science topics
  3. Chris Thielen, host of KDVS's American Athiest talks about his program

Show 373

Dec 31, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Will Durst comments on the top 10 comedic news stories of 2009, science topics
  3. Obits: William Pond of the American River Bike Trail, economist Paul Samuelson

Show 372

Dec 24, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on Christmas shopping
  2. Gordon 'Uncle John' Javna talks about, Plunges Into Music, his latest Bathroom Reader (encore)
  3. William Poundstone reveals, Big Secrets, like the formula for Coke and how the Empire State Building was made to 'vanish' (encore).

Show 371

Dec 17, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Sac News & Review's Kel Munger talks about anti-gay legislation in Africa
  3. Obit: TV evangelist Oral Roberts, now burning in hell

Show 370

Dec 10, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Sacramento writer & fisheries activist Dan Bacher talks about water issues in the Sacramento Delta.
  3. Science topics, current events

Show 369

Dec 3, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Science, history, politics and whatever we damn well please...
  3. Potpurri, current events, science round up

Show 368

Nov 26, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on Black Friday
  2. Shaun Minton talks sports
  3. National Lampoon Radio Hour classic "Perry Shriner Court Appointed Lawyer" located after 35 years of search by the host, who heard original airing as a UCD undergrad only to see it mysteriously disappear

Show 367

Nov 19, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on Turkey Day
  2. Science, history, politics and whatever we damn well please...
  3. Current Events; Science, 'Joe Lieberman'

Show 366

Nov 12, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Jeff Russell of the Dolphin Club and SF Bay Keepers talks about swimming in the SF Bay without a wetsuit and their team swim from Sacramento to the Baymore.
  3. Science topics

Show 365

Nov 5, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Science, history, politics and whatever we damn well please...
  3. Science topics

Show 364

Oct 29, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Rancher John Wood talks about the health and environmental benefits of his grass fed livestock
  3. Science topics

Show 363

Oct 22, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Science, history, politics and whatever we damn well please...
  3. Obits: Joseph Wiseman, Elizabeth Prophet

Show 362

Oct 15, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on Obama's recent Nobel Prize
  2. Astronomy Professor Alan Hirshfeld talks about his new book on Archimedes, titled; Eureka Man.
  3. Current Events; Science

Show 361

Oct 8, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Dr. Richard Muller, discusses his book, Physics for Future Presidents.
  3. Cool As Folk host, Michael Leahy comments on his recent award from SN&R and other topics related to Folk and Americana music

Show 360

Oct 1, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on, How not to contract the Swine Flu
  2. Radio Parallax music correspondent David Watts Barton talks about the recently released and remastered Beatles catalog.
  3. Obits: Mary Travers, William Saffire

Show 359

Sep 24, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on, It's the stupid, stupid.
  2. Science, history, politics and whatever we damn well please...
  3. Science topics

Show 358

Sep 17, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Colin Powell in Sacto, gun rights expansion, goofball file, vampire nonsense
  3. SNR awards - sad radio award, comedy bit from Nat Lamp radio hour - "Mr Rogers", Bob & Ray Komodo dragon bit, science - the dark flow of galaxies

Show 357

Sep 10, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on, King of the dim
  2. Political round up
  3. Science topics

Show 356

Sep 3, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Film Documentarian, Michael Bhana, talks about, Planet Shark, his upcoming exhibit at the world's largest aquarium in Atlanta.
  3. Science topics

Show 355

Aug 27, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Dr. Seth Shostak talks about SETI, and two National Geographic specials on Space
  3. Science topics, Obit: Ted Kennedy

Show 354

Aug 20, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Pope Brock talks about his book, Charlatan, America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, And The Age Of Flimflam. The story of the infamous J.R. Brinkley.
  3. Science topics

Show 353

Aug 13, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on Astroturfing
  2. Environmental engineer, Dr. Whitney Leeman talks about the movie, Food Inc (part 2).
  3. Bicycling correspondent Paul Dorn rails the government's much flawed "Cash 4 Clunkers" program.

Show 352

Aug 6, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Science, history, politics and whatever we damn well please...
  3. Current Events; Science

Show 351

Jul 30, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Radio Parallax film correspondent Matthew Perry talks about, Public Enemies. And environmental engineer, Dr. Whitney Leeman weighs in on the film, Food Inc.
  3. Science topics, Obit: Dr. Casey Daggett

Show 350

Jul 23, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. A tribute and replay of our interview with news legend Walter Cronkite.
  3. 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing

Show 349

Jul 16, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Science, history, politics and whatever we damn well please...
  3. Obits: Bob Bogle, Kodachrome

Show 348

Jul 9, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Author Bryan Burrough on Public Enemies, the FBI's War on Crime 1933-34 (encore), and Film Instructor, Matthew Perry, talks about gangster films .
  3. Obit: Robert McNamera

Show 347

Jul 2, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Benjamin Jonas-Keeling of the Voice of America talks about their efforts to get accurate news to the people of Iran
  3. Obit: Michael Jackson, Science topics

Show 346

Jun 25, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Investigative jounalist, Dan Bacher, talks about the drawbacks of diverting ever more water out of the Sacramento delta.
  3. Science topics, current events

Show 345

Jun 18, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Author Larry Tye talks about his book, Satchel, a biography of the colorful Leroy Satchel Paige, regarded by many as the greatest pitcher ever
  3. Will Durst weighs in on the Iranian election, comedy excerpts from the inimitable, Bill Cosby

Show 344

Jun 11, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on The Health Tax
  2. Radio Parallax's bicycling correspondent Paul Dorn talks about the benefits of pedal power.
  3. Science, current events

Show 343

Jun 4, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Science potpourri, current events
  3. Science topics

Show 342

May 28, 2009
  1. Current Events
  2. Author Kurt Ebesmeyer talks about his book, Flotsametrics, on how things float around on ocean currents.
  3. Misc topics

Show 341

May 21, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst comments on, The Cheney Doctrine
  2. Phil Proctor of the legendary Firesign Theatre chats with Dr. Everett
  3. Obit: Venetia Phair, science

Show 340

May 14, 2009
  1. Current Events; catch up
  2. Current events, Science, Politics, and whatever we damn well please.
  3. Current Events; Science

Show 339

May 7, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on the first 110 days of the Obama Presidency.
  2. Author Alex Hutchinson talks about his book The 100 Most Important Inventions Since WW ll.
  3. Obit: Jack Kemp

Show 338

Apr 30, 2009
  1. Current Events, Will Durst explains why he 'hates' Earth Day.
  2. NYT Best selling author Mary Roach talks about her latest book; Bonk, the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.
  3. Science writer/Shakespeare researcher, Mark Anderson weighs in on a recently discovered portrait alleged to be of the bard.

Show 337

Apr 23, 2009
  1. Pledge Drive
  2. Pledge Drive
  3. Pledge Drive

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