Radio Parallax Shows

Show 286

May 1, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. John Dean, talks about his new book, Pure Goldwater, a compilation of the journals of the late Barry Goldwater.
  3. RP Intern Lery Chavez discusses Carlos Slim, the second richest man in the world and how so he became.

Show 285

Apr 17, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. David Lamb, 34 year veteran of the LA Times, talks about the progress of Vietnam since the American War, and his new book Vietnam Now
  3. Science topics, current events

Show 284

Apr 10, 2008
  1. Progressive talk show host, Peter B. Collins, talks about the demise of Air America in Sacramento. Blogger/Activist Brad Friedman discusses voting machine fraud.
  2. KDVS Public affairs hosts, Richard Estes & France Kassing talk about filling the void left from the Air America departure from Sacramento.
  3. Julie Kredens, host of Kentucky Public Radio's, State of Affairs, comments on the largest White Castle recently built in Louisville, KY.

Show 283

Apr 3, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. William Poundstone talks about his book, Big Secrets, revealing the secret formula for Coke, and how the Empire State Building was made to 'vanish'.
  3. Doug talks about his recent expedition to the Big Apple and our nation's capitol.

Show 282

Mar 27, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. Bob Newman, CEO of Newman Communications, gives an analysis of the Presidential race
  3. Obit: Senator Howard Metzenbaum, Science topics

Show 281

Mar 20, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. Author Donald Prothero talks about his article, What Missing Links?, in the current New Scientist Magazine
  3. Obit: Arthur C. Clark, science topics

Show 280

Mar 13, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. Stephen Braun, co-author of, Merchant of Death, discusses the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout
  3. Will Durst comments on the new 7 Deadly Sins

Show 279

Mar 6, 2008
  1. Current Events, SN&R writer and award winning author Jennifer Davidson talks about the environmental harm of sport fishing. Will Durst comments on the 'undead' Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
  2. Dr. Jack Weatherford talks about his book, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.
  3. Tim Cope recounts his incredible 3 year journey on horseback across the Eurasian Steppe, On the Trail of Genghis Khan.

Show 278

Feb 28, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. KDVS's Program Director, Jen Kao, talks about the start of the UCD Radio Network. Dan Tsang, radio host of UCI's Subversity, speaks about CIA whistle blower Phillip Agee.
  3. Obits: W.F. Buckley, Robert Jastrow

Show 277

Feb 21, 2008
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on Huckabee
  2. Author William Poundstone talks about his new book, Gaming The Vote.
  3. The People's Court Judge Joseph Wapner speaks about his new "how to" e-book on going to small claims court

Show 276

Feb 14, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. Willie Brown, Former Mayor of San Francisco and Speaker of the CA Assembly talks about his memoir, Basic Brown
  3. Peter B. Collins, Bay Area Progressive talk show host discusses various topics

Show 275

Feb 7, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. David Cay Johnston talks about his new book, Free Lunch, How The Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves At Government Expense (And Stick You With The Bill)
  3. Meteorologist Elyssa Lynn talks about the recent bout of strange weather

Show 274

Jan 31, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. Mick Mucus of KDVS's Chicken Years program talks about going to Peru to assist in the post earthquake humanitarian efforts. KDVS public affairs host, Dr. Andy Jones talks about the local poetry scene
  3. R V Scheide of SN&R gives his thoughts on the upcoming primary election

Show 273

Jan 24, 2008
  1. Current Events
  2. Gwyneth Cravens author of, Power To Save The World, The Truth About Nuclear Energy, pt 1
  3. Gwyneth Cravens pt 2

Show 272

Jan 17, 2008
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on Republican candidates
  2. Author Seth Shulman discusses his new book on the controversy regarding who actually invented the telephone titled The Telephone Gambit.
  3. Joanne Fuller talks about the watch dog group, Common Cause, of which she is part.

Show 271

Jan 10, 2008
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on New Hampshire primary
  2. Ginger Rutland of the Sac Bee sounds off on the new parking meters
  3. Obit: Ike Turner, current events

Show 270

Jan 3, 2008
  1. Douglas Everett recaps 2007's notable events (pt 1)
  2. Douglas Everett recaps 2007's notable events (pt 2)
  3. Radio Parallax's Sports Correspondent Shaun Minton give a summary of 2007's sports stories.

Show 269

Dec 27, 2007
  1. Dr. Peter Donahue instructs Douglas Everett on how to speak Australian (pt 1)
  2. Dr. Peter Donahue how to speak Australian (pt 2)
  3. Dr. John Savino discusses his new book, Super Volcano

Show 268

Dec 20, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Radar magazine senior editor Dale Hraby talks about his article "Help, I Can't Move My Face", which exposes plastic surgery mishaps in Hollywood and elsewhere.
  3. Doug's neighbor and educator Leno Carolo talks about meeting the rocket scientist who designed Evel Knievel's famous Skycycle.

Show 267

Dec 13, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Sac News & Review writer, Jennifer Davidson, reports on the grisly processing of salmon at the Nimbus hatchery. And Bob Roper talks about the Golden Gate bridge swim event in which Doug participated
  3. Science topics and current events

Show 266

Dec 6, 2007
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on 'the dollar'
  2. Gordon 'Uncle John' Javna talks about the Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader
  3. Bruce Braunstein talks about his recent LA Times editorial on California water politics, and Vincent Rincon gives a first hand account of the Van Halen reunion tour.

Show 265

Nov 29, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Michael Krasny, author, and award winning host of NPR's, Forum, talks about his new book, Off Mike (pt 1)
  3. Michael Krasny, host of Forum (pt 2)

Show 264

Nov 22, 2007
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on Thanksgiving
  2. Investigative jounalist Lisa Pease discusses the lawsuit against some voting machine companies in California.
  3. Encore presentation of Ira Glass', Fiasco, from his show, This American Life

Show 263

Nov 15, 2007
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on countries with nukes
  2. Dr. Peter Dale Scott concludes the discussion of his new book, The Road to 911 (pt 3), Mat Kaplan host of the Planetary Report radio program talks about his show and his start in radio at UCI
  3. Obits: Norman Mailer, Joey Bishop, Robert Goulet

Show 262

Nov 8, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Dr. Peter Dale Scott resumes the discussion of his new book, The Road to 911 (pt 2)
  3. Science topics, current events

Show 261

Nov 1, 2007
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on not voting
  2. Dr. Peter Dale Scott discusses his new book, The Road to 911 (pt 1)
  3. Dr. Andy Jones gives a report of the Seymour Hersh lecture at the Mondavi Center.

Show 260

Oct 25, 2007
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on smoking
  2. Science potpourri, current events
  3. Obits: Enrico Banducci, Mark Goodson, Bob Denard

Show 259

Oct 18, 2007
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary on Al Gore's Nobel Prize
  2. Author Michael Pollan talks about his fascinating book , The Omnivore's Dilemma.
  3. KDVS's Heather Klinger talks about, The Midtown Monthly, a new magazine for which she writes articles on local music happenings.

Show 258

Oct 11, 2007
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary
  2. SN&R's Jennifer Davidson talks about the cruelty to which circus elephants are subjected
  3. Former KDVS GM Steven Valentino talks about working for Sirius Radio and life in NYC

Show 257

Oct 4, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. sputnik
  3. Vladimir Zeravica the hailstorm flight

Show 256

Sep 27, 2007
  1. Current Events, Will Durst commentary
  2. Political analysis of current administration, etc.
  3. Potpourri of news items

Show 255

Sep 20, 2007
  1. Nick Gregory gives an on the scene, first hand account of the recent anti-war rally in Washington DC; Will Durst reflects on Gen. Petraeus' update on Iraq.
  2. SN&R Radio Parallax correspondent, Jennifer Davidson, talks about Global Warming
  3. Actor Jeff Kravitz, speaks about the play, A Patriot Act: The Trial of GW Bush, currently playing in Sacramento.

Show 254

Sep 13, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Douglas Everett give an analysis of the current state of the Iraq War
  3. Sac News & Review writer and Radio Parallax's Eco correspondent, Jennifer Davidson, talks about solar cookers and their use in developing nations.

Show 253

Sep 6, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Ira Flatow, host of NPR's Science Friday, speaks about his new book. Present at the Future
  3. Science topics

Show 252

Aug 30, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Former 60 minutes producer and Pulitzer prize winner, Lowell Bergman, talks about Arms Merchants and his Frontline special on the subject; Gun Runners.
  3. Meteorologist Elyssa Lynn talks about the amazing Science on a Sphere exhibit currently at Cal Expo

Show 251

Aug 23, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Paul Schramski, CA State Director of Pesticide Watch, speaks on the folly of aerial pesicide spraying to combat West Nile virus. And, Sac News & Review writer and Radio Parallax's new Eco correspondent, Jennifer Davidson, introduces herself.
  3. More CE, and the host of KDVS' Saturday Morning Folk Show, Robyne Fawx, comes on to correct last week's obit of Lady Astor.

Show 250

Aug 16, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Brad Friedman of bradblog.com discusses election fraud and the recent hacking and decertification of Diebold electronic voting machines. And, Dr. Sharad Malelu talks about the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan (encore).
  3. Obit; Lady Astor

Show 249

Aug 9, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Dr. Matthew Bishop of UC Davis and Dr. David Wagner of UC Berkeley discuss the vulnerability of California's recently decertified electronic voting machines
  3. Las Vegas correspondent Dr. Sam Russo talks about the last episode of the Sopranos.

Show 248

Aug 2, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Pulitzer prize winning author Chris Hedges talks about his book, American Facists, which documents the agenda of radical right wing christians (encore presentation)
  3. Excerpt of Radio Parallax interview with author, and founder of salon.com, David Talbot, on his book, Brothers, The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years; and author Jim Gerard, speaks about his new book , Beam Me Up, Jesus - A Heathen's guide to the Rapture.

Show 247

Jul 26, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Astronomer, Dr. Alan Hirshfeld, discusses his book , Parallax, The Race To Measure The Cosmos.
  3. Origins of Sunni and Shiite. Current events.

Show 246

Jul 19, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Tour d'France winner Floyd Landis speaks about cycling and the controversy surrounding his 2006 victory.
  3. Former Aerojet worker Leno Carolo talks about meeting Gus Grissom and other astronauts while helping build the rocket engine that helped save the Apollo 13 crew.

Show 245

Jul 12, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Mitchell Benson, head of UC Davis' News and Information Service talks about Huell Howser's recent visit to the campus. And, Dr. Bill Ferrier speaks about The California Raptor Center
  3. Obit: Ladybird Johnson, Count Gottfried von Bismark.

Show 244

Jul 5, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Screenwriter, author, and blogger (of the great site News from Me) ,Mark Evanier, gives a report about the recent All Star Mort Sahl tribute.
  3. Egyptologist Matthew McCauley lends insight to the Great Pyramids and ancient Egypt

Show 243

Jun 28, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Professor Alfred McCoy speaks about the recent plot to usurp the current Laotian government.
  3. Obit: Ed Yost, Stu Wexler comments on inaccuracies in Vincent Bugliosi's book on the assassination of JFK, Dr. Malcom North discusses the Angora fire currently raging in the Sierras.

Show 242

Jun 21, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Dr. Garen Wintemute speaks about gun violence.
  3. Obit: Sir Wally Herbert, the first man to reach the North Pole on foot. Science topics

Show 241

Jun 14, 2007
  1. Interview with veteran voice actor extraordinaire, Corey Burton (encore)
  2. Interview with author Michael Trachtman about his book The Supremes' Greatest Hits - The 34 Supreme Court Cases That Most Affect Your Life (encore)
  3. Science topics

Show 240

Jun 7, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Science, politics,news
  3. Obit: Stanley Miller, science

Show 239

May 31, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Vincent Bugliosi, best selling author and former Los Angeles District Attorney, talks about his new book; Reclaiming History, The Assassination of JFK, in which he claims to have put to rest the controversies that surround that historic event (part 1)
  3. Vincent Bugliosi, former LA DA, talks about Reclaiming History, The Assassination of JFK, (part 2)

Show 238

May 24, 2007
  1. Current Events
  2. Professor Larry Berman discusses his latest book, The Perfect Spy.
  3. Dr. Kirsten Gilardi talks about her project to recover hazardous lost fishing line and gear from California's waters

Show 237

May 17, 2007
  1. Capitol Public Radio's Donna Apidone, talks about her upcoming interview, An Evening With Morning Edition, at the Mondavi Center; and William Beteta, Chief of Interpretation and Visitor Services at the Brown verses Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas, talks about the anniversary of the historic decision.
  2. Caitlyn O'Connell discusses her book, The Elephants Secret Sense. - Professor Jorge Dubcovsky talks about wheat rust and the history of wheat. - KDVS Producer Steve Lambert talks about his recent write up in The New York Times.
  3. Science topics, obits; Tom Poston and Don Ho.

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