Radio Parallax Shows

Show 817

Feb 23, 2017
  1. Usual boilerplate. NSA secrets. CIA psychic astronauts. Taxpayer support of NFL. Testosterone oversold. Bacteria and B.O. Bison murder.
  2. Election aftermath. Voter suppression and election theft. Miscellaneous criminality.

Show 816

Feb 16, 2017
  1. Parallax returns from hiatus, 2017.

Show 815

Oct 13, 2016
  1. Miscellaneous Parallaxisms. Trump tape.
  2. Jobs and Apple. Social media and wimpiness. RP plans to take a break.

Show 814

Oct 6, 2016
  1. RP relocates to Bay Area. Crashing on a comet. Jerry Brown makes doctors’ jobs harder, and continues to plot his water theft. Dems ask FBI to investigate Russian hacks, Roger Stone, and Wikileaks.

Show 813

Sep 29, 2016
  1. Suing the Saudis over 9/11. Presidential debate. Zodiac has 13 signs.
  2. Global warming: bad news. Biomass problems. Issues with Israel, Venezuela, Mexico.
  3. Musings on the future of Parallax.

Show 812

Sep 22, 2016
  1. Reconnaissance run to Oregon for next year’s eclipse.
  2. Potpourri. Jonestown. Rose Pak. Sacto real estate corruption. San Francisco real estate corruption. Space explosions.

Show 811

Sep 15, 2016
  1. Usual fare. Sugar villainy. UCD to study coffee. Nanobats. Duterte vs. drugs. Gluten.
  2. Clinton looking good? Blocking 9/11 Saudi lawsuits. For-profit college scamming. Calcium and dementia. Medical about-faces.
  3. The defeat of smallpox. Umami & MSG. DOD waste. Syrian mess.

Show 809

Sep 1, 2016
  1. Viagra follies. Water woes. Cannabis vote. Astronomic fun. Rabin remembered.

Show 808

Aug 25, 2016
  1. Proxima Centauri and its planet. Low tech backup. Screwball celestial objects past Neptune. What do humans taste like?
  2. Revisiting our chats with Leno Carolo who recently passed away.

Show 807

Aug 11, 2016
  1. Sacto opts for more light pollution. GOP Convention. Election preview.
  2. Excess screen time. Polluting young brains. Should you floss? Clean your ears.
  3. Obit: Marni Nixon, Gary Paxton. More political wackiness - especially water.

Show 806

Aug 4, 2016
  1. The ghost of Walter Winchell. What you sound like on radio. Opioid issues. Sexual identity.
  2. Racial violence. Too many people.

Show 805

Jul 28, 2016
  1. Standard fare. Roger Ailes woes. Kepler continues. Spain & Hawaii.
  2. Vice Presidential follies.
  3. More on the Veep. James Brown PSA.

Show 804

Jul 7, 2016
  1. Our attempt at a full show. Entertainment from the 12th century - bullfighting. Elvis and Nixon. The Brits on the Iraq War. Discovery of lost films.
  2. Katehi woes. Political follies.
  3. Bacterial rainmakers. A look back at psychopathy. Free throws and machismo.

Show 803

Jun 30, 2016
  1. Spirit vs. Led Zeppelin. Usual Parallax fare.

Show 802

Jun 23, 2016
  1. A completely typical show. Crazy legal case.

Show 801

Jun 16, 2016
  1. The usual stuff. “Ghostbusters” sexism? Will Durst on third parties.

Show 800

Jun 9, 2016
  1. Democratic primary shenanigans. Brief obits worthy of future segments (Muhammad Ali, Mark Lane, Morley Safer). The usual Parallax fare.

Show 799

Jun 2, 2016
  1. A half hour of the usual fare, bagging on politicians, etc.

Show 798

Apr 21, 2016
  1. Current Events
  2. Reprise of our chat with author Pope Brock about his book Charlatan, the story of Dr John Brinkley who made a fortune with a bogus cure for erectile dysfunction (and pioneering use of radio)
  3. Real-life treater of ED Jason Sowell joins Dr Doug for a sort-of infomercial on Doctors Clinic for Men, where modern medicine can actually cure most men with this issue

Show 797

Apr 14, 2016
  1. Current Events
  2. Reprise of interview with the celebrated hostorical writer Evan Thomas
  3. Obituary of a Morton-Thiokol engineer who warned NASA that the shiuttle would blow up if they launched in cold weather.

Show 794

Mar 24, 2016
  1. Goodbye KDVS (its been a great 14 years), current events, reminder that we will continue at radioparallax.com
  2. Dr Andy Jones weighs in a final time, James Israel talks about 25 years of The Humor Times - and their party next month
  3. Celebrity poetry reading, not included: "and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make" but we end on it just the same

Show 793

Mar 17, 2016
  1. Current Events
  2. Interview with author Margaret Talbot about her book The Entertainer - Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century
  3. Margaret Talbot Part 2. (The father in the book's title is actor Lyle Talbot)

Show 792

Mar 10, 2016
  1. Current Events, brief obit Nancy Reagan
  2. Emily Lakdawalla of the Planetary Society (and Planetary Radio) shares her knowledge of what we are learning about our neighbors in space
  3. Science topics, including some science of econ and poli sci

Show 791

Mar 3, 2016
  1. Author and activist David Talbot talks about his book The Devil's Chessboard; Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America's Secret Government. Part 1 our power elite
  2. The Devil's Chessboard Part II: Dulles and the CIA's gains in power in the 50s
  3. The Devil's Chessboard Part III: the JFK assassination and the CIA's links to it, Allen Dulles masterminds the Warren Commission cover-up

Show 790

Feb 25, 2016
  1. Current Events, some black history month items
  2. Reprise of oyr 2006 interview with Martin J. Smith about his book Oops 20 Life lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America
  3. Wall Street discussion with Bob Dunham , science stuff, a Bob & Ray classic: The Slow Talkers of America

Show 789

Feb 18, 2016
  1. Current Events, Will Durst on the primaries
  2. The passing of Atonin Scalia - the Young Turks weigh in, then us; giving Trump some credit; Matt Taibbi at the Mondavi, tanking Libertarianism
  3. Science - those confusing gravitational waves, dark skies, Edgar Mitchell, kill ALL mosquitos?, Sirhan denied parole

Show 788

Feb 11, 2016
  1. Current Events
  2. Interview with John Lysack age 101, about his participation in the Berlin 1936 Olympics. NBC Sports airs a documentary on Feb 14th including footage of John..
  3. Science topics: clever dogs, our bug roomates, convergent fossil insect evolution, plants putting up a stink, something odd is orbiting a distant star, Pluto vs Eris

Show 787

Feb 4, 2016
  1. Current Events, Russia denies Litvinenko murder allegations, Chinese abductions, Wall Street jerks, criticism of Israel does not equal anti-semitism, OJ trial revisited for black history month?
  2. Jerk genius Lowell Wood, dubious ideas - delivery drones, smart bullets, good ideas - tricking bacteria, evaluating web data
  3. Assorted stats, anecdotes, quotes quips and jokes not stuck at top of show

Show 786

Jan 28, 2016
  1. Looking at "The Big Short" and "Drunk Brilliant Stoned Dead" the story of the National Lampoon, and Doug Kenney
  2. Excerpets from the writings of Michael Lewis
  3. Excerpts from the early days of The National Lampoon Magazine

Show 785

Jan 21, 2016
  1. Reprise of our talk with David Talbot about his book Devil Dog (On General Smedley Butler)
  2. More with David Talbot on Smedley Butler and the Wall Steet plot to overthrow FDR
  3. Re-airing of our talk with documenatarian Alexander Gibey regarding his 2004 film Enron, the Smartest Guys in the Room

Show 784

Jan 14, 2016
  1. Current Events
  2. St. John Hunt part III the deep politics of his father E. Howard Hunt, the CIA and JFK
  3. Part IV St. John Hunt

Show 783

Jan 7, 2016
  1. Current Events
  2. A conversation with St. John Hunt son of E. Howard Hunt, CIA agent, watergate burglar, and confessed JFK assassination conspirator
  3. St. John Hunt part II (of IV) Obit: P.F. Sloan

Show 782

Dec 31, 2015
  1. Current Events
  2. Great stories (mostly science news) from 2015
  3. Replay of our obit (with Gary Chew) for The Late Show with David Letterman

Show 781

Dec 24, 2015
  1. Current Events, great Mark Evanier Xmas anecdote
  2. Comedy favorites (replay of Thanksgiving 2014 show)
  3. Comedy favorites (replay of 2014 Thanksgiving show)

Show 780

Dec 17, 2015
  1. Current Events
  2. Reprise of interview with General Chuck Yeager the inspiration of "the Right Stuff"
  3. Reprise of our chat with CBS news legend Walter Cronkite

Show 779

Dec 10, 2015
  1. Current Events
  2. Our chat with Bob Edwards about his book on Edward R. Murrow
  3. Lying, CIA fakers, what's wrong with this picture?, and what could you have eaten in the cretaceous era and still keep kosher?

Show 778

Dec 3, 2015
  1. Current Events
  2. Reprise of a chat with William Poundstone author of Big Secrets, Bigger Secrets and Biggest Secrets
  3. Graham Smith talks up texbook exchanges, obits: the English language, Michael Gross of The National Lampoon

Show 777

Nov 26, 2015
  1. Current Events
  2. Graham's interview with Lester Lusher about the influence of shared ethicity in grading
  3. Doug's chat with John Lisack about his participation in the Berlin Olympics in 1936!

Show 776

Nov 19, 2015
  1. Current Events
  2. A chat with James Randi conjurer-magician and exposer of charlatans part 1
  3. James Randi Part 2

Show 775

Nov 5, 2015
  1. Re[rise of Michael Tractman pt 1
  2. Michael Tractman pt 2
  3. Reprise of George Pendle interview

Show 774

Oct 29, 2015
  1. Current Events
  2. Reprise of 2006 chat with consumer expert David Cay Johnston
  3. Reprise of 2004 chat with Peter G. Peterson then head of the Council on Foreign Relations; a couple of his predictions of economic calamity came sadly true in subsequent years

Show 773

Oct 22, 2015
  1. Surprisingly familiar opening
  2. Reprise: Chris Mooney The Republican War on Science. 2006 interview still relavant (sadly)
  3. Reprise: John Stauber Toxic Sludge is Good for You. Also sadly relevant ten years after our chat

Show 772

Oct 15, 2015
  1. Graham makes some observations; part one of Larry Tye on Satchel Paige
  2. Baseball ledgend Satchel Paige part two
  3. Kevin Cook on Titanic Thompson, hustler extrordinaire

Show 771

Oct 8, 2015
  1. Salon.com founder David Talbot reads from his new book The Devil's Chessboard
  2. More from The Devil's Chessboard
  3. Doug makes a special appearance to rant about bagels

Show 770

Oct 1, 2015
  1. Current Events
  2. Our chat with Mary Roach on "Packing for Mars
  3. More Mary Roach: Bonk, the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Show 769

Sep 24, 2015
  1. BEST OF Radio Parallax with Graham Smith
  2. Our talk with Michael Pollan (he's coming to town next week) on food
  3. Our talk with Sam Kean on the periodic table of the elements

Show 768

Sep 17, 2015
  1. Current Events
  2. Russ Baker of whowhatwhy.org updates us on some of their recent articles
  3. Obit: Oliver Sachs, update from Australia with Pamela Sue Taylor

Show 767

Sep 10, 2015
  1. Current Events
  2. Steve Alexander the guy who gave us the idea to start a radio show talks up numerous topics with us
  3. TV Obits: Martin Milner of Route 66, "Batgirl" Yvonne Craig; Donald Trump returns to scold us, plug for SN&R event on 09/16

Show 766

Sep 3, 2015
  1. Current Events, margarine is worse than butter
  2. Jeff vonKaenel of the Sacramento News and Review talks about the papers legal assault from the mayor and the fundraiser being held to support press freedom
  3. Saudi misbehavior; Jeb lies about ISIS, Chafee nails Hilary, Tanzania's water woes imitate CAs, kudos to Margaret Hutchinson, also oral contraceptive pioneers

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