Radio Parallax Shows

Show 186

May 25, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Greg Palast discusses his new book, Armed Madhouse
  3. Obit: Floyd Patterson

Show 185

May 18, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Dr. Bart Ehrman author of Peter, Paul and Mary Magdelene
  3. Current Events; Science

Show 184

May 11, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Interview: Jeff Kravitz Green Party candidate for Congress
  3. Science Topics, current events

Show 183

May 4, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Dr. Andy Jones talks about the inventor of TV, Philo Farnsworth (encore presentation)
  3. Dr. Andy Jones, Pem Farnsworth obit

Show 182

Apr 27, 2006
  1. KDVS Pledge drive, Current events
  2. KDVS Pledge drive, Current events, science

Show 181

Apr 20, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Shaun Minton sports talk about B. Bonds, Schwartzenegger, steriods etc.
  3. Science Topics, current events

Show 180

Apr 13, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. A chat with author Martin J. Smith about his book Oops 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America; Shaun Minton talks up a Disco Night disaster
  3. Chat with Christy Canyon of Playboy Radio

Show 179

Apr 6, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. We chat with former cabinet member Christine Todd Whitman about her book It's My Party, Too
  3. Call for bust censure, replay of John Dean excerpt

Show 178

Mar 30, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Director Eugene Jarecki talks about his new documentary Why We Fight
  3. Obituaries: Caspar Weinberger, Lyn Nofziger, Buck Owens, more antics from Kim Jong Il

Show 177

Mar 23, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Former congressman (and GOP legend) Pete McCloskey on his primary challenge to arch-conservative Congressman Richard Pombo.
  3. More current events: preview of Why We Fight interview, ex-Soviet Republic phony elections

Show 176

Mar 16, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Science; red rain in India, world's fisheries in trouble
  3. Obituaries; Don Knotts, Curt Gowdy. Bush top aide arrested

Show 175

Mar 9, 2006
  1. Comedian Will Durst, current events
  2. Radio Legend Norman Corwin
  3. Radio Parallax Western Theatre debut

Show 174

Mar 2, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Radio Legend Norman Corwin talks about his celebrated career
  3. Milo Radulovich the central real life character of the film Good Night and Good Luck.

Show 173

Feb 23, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Science topics
  3. More science topics

Show 172

Feb 16, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. California 9th District Assembly Member Dave Jones talks about private conservators and his reform bill in the legislature
  3. Community activist Dr. Will Green discusses Mercy Hospital's sprawling expansion plans in the quiet neighborhood of East Sacramento, Cheney shooting, Democrat insanity in Ohio, Pink Panther re-done

Show 171

Feb 9, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Talk with Dr. Andy Jones and Brad Henderson about their book of poetry: Split Stock
  3. More current events: U.S. hostages, science of wine vs cheese, Obits: Coretta King, Betty Freidan, Al Lewis

Show 170

Feb 2, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Talk with blogger and voting watchdog Brad Friedman
  3. Obits: Shelly Winters, Tony Franciosa. Discussion of Pluto mission with KDVS news director Drake Martinet. Obit: Candy Barr

Show 169

Jan 26, 2006
  1. Current Events; talk with Capitol Public Radio's Donna Apidone, local host of NPR's Morning Edition
  2. Chinese Admiral Zheng He, part ll with Vladimir Zeravica
  3. Interview with Barbara Honegger, author of October Surprise on 25th anniversary of Iranian hostage release

Show 168

Jan 19, 2006
  1. Current Events; talk with Jeffrey Callison, host of Insight on KXJZ
  2. Interview: UCD Religious studies professor Allison Cudart on Italian legal case of whether Jesus existed and the crying statue of Mary in Sacramento
  3. Barbara Honegger talks about her book, October Surprise. Obit: Vietnam chopper pilot Hugh Thompson and a discussion of My Lai and Thompsons actions with Steve Valentino host of Stop Making Sense

Show 167

Jan 12, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. Coverage of John Edwards press conference at Mondavi center (1.09.06), talk with George Franco of WAGA-TV Atlanta who helped cover Edwards for KDVS
  3. Obit: Jack Anderson, talk with Hollywood writer Jane Rusconi, discussion of the NASA Pluto mission with Dr. Amir Alexander of the Planetary Society

Show 166

Jan 5, 2006
  1. Current Events
  2. CIA agent Gary Bertsen on his book - Jawbreaker, describing how Bin Laden was cornered at Tora Bora, yet somehow still escaped
  3. Current Events; Science

Show 165

Dec 29, 2005
  1. Review of the events of 2005, Part I
  2. Review of the events of 2005, Part II
  3. Review of the events of 2005, Part III

Show 164

Dec 22, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Science topics
  3. Science topics

Show 163

Dec 15, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Reprise: portions of 5/27/04 interview with Eugene McCarthy, discussion with KDVS GM Steven Valentino on visit to the Senator in Summer '04
  3. Obits: Richard Pryor and Tookie Williams; Science Topics

Show 162

Dec 8, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Chat with astronaut (and former KDVS program director!) Steve Robinson; plus discussion of his talk at the Mondavi Center
  3. Science topics

Show 161

Dec 1, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. "With a Little Help from our friends" chats with people who help provide us with quality guests: Andy Fell of the UC Davis News Service, Ilene Proctor of Proctor International, Chuck Monroe of Newman Communications and fellow KDVS Public Affairs host France Senecal
  3. Science Topics; More Current Events

Show 160

Nov 24, 2005
  1. Thanksgiving Program, Current Events
  2. Reprise: "The Gimli Glider" tale
  3. Reprise: Classic "This American Life" segment on the anatomy of a fiasco

Show 159

Nov 17, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Miscellaneous Topics: Election re-cap, Zimbabwe round-up, wife beating in India, etc
  3. Science/Medicine Topics

Show 158

Nov 10, 2005
  1. Current Events; Review of Mikhail Gorbachev talk in Sacramento with embarrassingly numbskull "radio personality" Mike Reagan; 60 Minutes buries a critical WMD story.
  2. Interview: Joe Garden Onion Editor, discussion of Embedded in America
  3. Science Topics: Quicksand, lying, forensics, antibiotics, "brain food"

Show 157

Nov 3, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Pre-Election Review: Conservative "David Mather" and liberal "Alan Stanton" discuss the propositions on the upcoming special election
  3. Miscellaneous Topics

Show 156

Oct 27, 2005
  1. Current Events, The film Good Night and Good Luck, George Clooney's look at Edward R Murrow's battle with Joe McCarthy.
  2. Repeat: Bob Edwards after the publishing of his book Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism
  3. Repeat: Daniel Schorr on Murrow, CBS and the state of journalism in America

Show 155

Oct 20, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Interview with Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science
  3. Science topics, Steven Valentino on his award for piece on gay marriage politics done for the Radio Project of KPFA

Show 154

Oct 13, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Interview with Broadway legend Carol Channing
  3. Awards round-up Mike Leahey, Steve Baker

Show 153

Oct 6, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Interview: KDVS's Rick Elle on "Musicology" course taught to DJs
  3. James Dean - 50 years after his death. Interview with local author & poet William Hughes who attended a commemoration event near Paso Robles

Show 152

Sep 29, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Washington DC war protest with participants: Cheryl Qualset from Davis and Jerry Policoff from Lancaster, PA
  3. Obituaries; Nazi Hunter Simon Weisenthal plus three figures from TV comedy classics

Show 151

Sep 22, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. The improbable UCD football victory over Stanford: KDVS sports director Angela DePrato, also Shaun Minton on Division 1 football
  3. UC Davis Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef talks about the Aggie upset at Stanford

Show 150

Sep 15, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Interview: Joice Riley RN on Gulf War Syndrome / Depleted Uranium Issues
  3. Current Events

Show 149

Sep 8, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Current Events
  3. Declaration of Independence in Sacto

Show 148

Sep 1, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Current Events
  3. Current Events

Show 147

Aug 24, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Story by Chris - Palestine 1948

Show 146

Aug 18, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Chat with Dr. Steve Squyers, Chief Investigator of the Mars Rover Missions
  3. Current Events

Show 145

Aug 11, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Planetary Astronomer and Painter, William K. Hartmann, Author of the Grand Tour - A Travelers Guide to the Solar System
  3. Shaun Minton: Indian Sports Team Names

Show 144

Aug 4, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Michelle Feynman on Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track, the Letters of Richard P. Feynman (her dad)
  3. More on Feynman, Science Topics, Obits: Shelby Foote, Pat McCormick

Show 143

Jul 28, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Satirist Tom Burka returns, Vladimir Zeravica on Cheng Ho 600th Anniversary
  3. Science Topics, Burn, Baby Burn BBQ Sauce

Show 142

Jul 21, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. HIV/AIDS; Interviews with physicians Barry Seigel and Andrew Nangalama
  3. Science Topics

Show 141

Jul 14, 2005
  1. Current Events; Bill Wagman on astronaut
  2. Author Bryan Burrough on Public Enemies, the FBI's War on Crime 1933-34
  3. The rumored death of Spinal Tap's Derrick Smalls with Paul Conley and Judy Rosenbloom

Show 140

Jul 7, 2005
  1. Current Events; Rove Plame, Judy Miller and the comet collision.
  2. Pastors for Peace, Interview w/ Pablo Stansbury on caravan of aid to Cuba
  3. Nukes: fusion & fission, misc. science; obituaries including John Stockdale

Show 139

Jun 30, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Interview: Dr. Robert Cialdini on the Science of Persuasion
  3. Discussion with Steve Alexander on the Eminent Domain Supreme Court decision

Show 138

Jun 23, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. Discussion with Dr. Andy Jones on The Producers, movie flop vs theater hit
  3. More Current Events

Show 137

Jun 16, 2005
  1. Current Events
  2. A visit (down the hall in Lower Freeborn Hall) with the Cal Aggie editor Daniel Stone, and reporter Catherine An
  3. Lisa Pease on efforts to re-certify voting machines in California, more news round up

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