Radio Parallax Shows - 2011

Show 569

Dec 29, 2011
  1. Current Events, buying spam ads
  2. A look back at 2011 with Dr. Andy Jones of KDVS's Dr Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour
  3. Some Bathroom Readers Series fun

Show 568

Dec 22, 2011
  1. Current Events; man bites python follow-up, KGO radio host bloodbath
  2. Those vexing "ear worms", contributor Matt Perry sounds off on running
  3. Xmas music/ Bee article on same with a chat with Priya Malelu 4th grader and article interviewee

Show 567

Dec 15, 2011
  1. Current Events, some old Harpers selections
  2. Right wing PR/ Eating less meat to save the earth
  3. Updates: California water grab and Occupy Wall St.

Show 566

Dec 8, 2011
  1. Current Events, bad water, google gullibility
  2. KDVS DJs Jeff Hudson and Robyne Fawx talk about 35 years of KDVS' Saturday Morning Folk Show.
  3. Occupy Wall St (& UCD) update

Show 565

Dec 1, 2011
  1. Current Events, love at mensa
  2. More arena crap; LA's subway, our crazy weather
  3. Miscellaneous bits from the Uncle John's Bathroom Readers Series

Show 564

Nov 24, 2011
  1. Thanksgiving Show, Current Events, some Dave Barry humor, Will Durst gives thanks
  2. UC Davis pepper spraying incident; Hi Speed Rail under attack
  3. Reprise: "Peter Pan" segment from This American Life

Show 563

Nov 17, 2011
  1. Current Events, Our National Motto, Will Durst on Herman Cain
  2. Author, Michael Korda on his book Hero (Lawrence of Arabia) - whom his uncle, incidentally, agreed not to make a movie about when Lawrence himself griped - talks about this singular figure
  3. A T.E. Lawrence addendum/ Science topics

Show 562

Nov 10, 2011
  1. Current Events, stuff on taxes
  2. Author Reise Palley on his book on mini-nuclear power plants
  3. Democratic party spoils - Sac's Ms Ambassador and her local connection to big-time real estate money

Show 561

Nov 3, 2011
  1. Current Events, Will Durst on GOPers (again)
  2. "Unscientific America" the war on science/ still more Natomas flood risk insanity
  3. A history of gun control (article review) - turns out conservatives were all for it back when urban blacks took up arms and tried to assert THEIR second amendment rights

Show 560

Oct 27, 2011
  1. Current Events, KZFR fundraiser preview (Will Durst, Michael Parenti)
  2. Newsweeks John Avalon on his book Deadline Artists a look at the great columnists and some of their best work
  3. Some excerpts from columns in "Deadline Artists"

Show 559

Oct 20, 2011
  1. Current Events, Will Durst on the GOP's "non vanilla" guy
  2. Attorney Activist Nancy Yamada on Sacramento Occupy Wall Street.
  3. Obits: Steve Jobs, and radio legend (and one of our favorite guests) Norman Corwin

Show 558

Oct 13, 2011
  1. Current Events, attaboy to McClatchy organization for investigating Anthrax attack mystery
  2. Bee attaboy II: piece on woman getting the vote in California
  3. Occupy Wall Street makes the news/ Chat with Will Durst

Show 557

Oct 6, 2011
  1. Current Events; Hank Williams Jr gaff, limitless Arnold ego, Chinese dog meat festival cancelled
  2. Local political gadfly David Lynch talks about 'Smart meters' which monitor homeowner activity
  3. Musicologist Kyle Larsen augments our Jerry Lieber obituary, and yes we play more terrific music clips

Show 556

Sep 29, 2011
  1. Current Events, Will Durst on the 'GOP's trickle-up theory'.
  2. Author historian Daniel Okrent, on his book; Last Call, The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, a major contributor to the Ken Burns PBS special.
  3. An addendum to the topic of Prohibition, some Uncle John's Bathroom Reader trivia.

Show 555

Sep 22, 2011
  1. Current Events, Will Durst on 'belt tightening'.
  2. Hawaiian influenced tales
  3. More Hawaiian influenced tales

Show 554

Sep 15, 2011
  1. Current Events, Will Durst on the GOP debate
  2. UC Davis's, Dr. Dawn Sumner on picking the landing site in Gale Crater for the Mars Opportunity rover
  3. Obituary: songwriter extraordinaire, Jerry Lieber (of Lieber & Stoller) with musical clips of his often hilarious tunes.

Show 553

Sep 8, 2011
  1. Current Events, Will Durst on the GOP's 'pledge drive'.
  2. The 911 attacks  - 10 years on
  3. Author Jim Otaviani talks about his graphic novel on our favorite Nobel Prize winning physicist - Richard Feynman.

Show 552

Sep 1, 2011
  1. Current Events, nuclear reactor in the kitchen
  2. Author Mark Stein on his book "How the States Got Their Shapes", source of TV program of same name
  3. Chat with KDVS's Ed Martin

Show 551

Aug 25, 2011
  1. Current Events, Bernie Madoffs customers get stupider and greedier still.
  2. UCD Professor Gitta Coaker talks about plant pathology
  3. New Scientist mag (and KDViations) interviewee Simon Singh sounds off in print

Show 550

Aug 18, 2011
  1. Current Events, polygamy, hilarious SN&R film review
  2. More CE: fewer plastic bags & less meat to save the Earth
  3. Misc. topics: the British resent Blair's lies on Iraq

Show 549

Aug 11, 2011
  1. Current Events; cod recovery, delta smelt too?
  2. Former naval petty officer Janet Smith talks about tracking Soviet subs amid the 1980's Cold War tensions (turns out it wan't quite like the Hunt for Red October)
  3. Fun with "Opinions You Should Have" web site, space probes, Mental Floss quotes

Show 548

Aug 4, 2011
  1. Current Events, bad college cover letters
  2. Actor, director, Hollywood icon, Norman Lloyd, at Musso & Frank Grill (part 3).
  3. The immortal Chuck Berry at 84 with many music clips

Show 547

Jul 28, 2011
  1. Current Events, more on 2004 election chicanery in Ohio
  2. KZFR General Manager Rick Anderson talks about an upcoming event in Chico featuring Will Durst and Michael Parenti (and the host of this program)
  3. Science: asteroid captured by Earth's gravity (for now)

Show 546

Jul 21, 2011
  1. Current Events, why is the Earth hot?, Will Durst on Economic alarmism
  2. Mat Kaplan, the host of KUCI's Planetary Radio (heard on KDVS too), talks about recent space news
  3. The crappy compact fluorescent "light bulb", tales of kayaking.

Show 545

Jul 14, 2011
  1. Current Events, flying cars? let's hope not
  2. South Sudan - the 194th nation, real estate weasels, what do bosses do?
  3. Obit: Jeane Bartick; man in space?, the Anthony Summers investigation of the links between the Saudi royal family and the 9/11 attackers

Show 544

Jul 7, 2011
  1. Current Events, following God's laws with slave ownership, antibiotics in animal feed.
  2. More "random rants", Kel Munger article on real radiation risks post earthquake
  3. More with actor director Norman Lloyd at Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood.

Show 543

Jun 30, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Author David Talbot, talks about his book, "Devil Dog: The Amazing True Story of the Man Who Saved America" (General Smedley Butler)
  3. Sudden Republican pacifism on Libya (vs WMD lies on Iraq)

Show 542

Jun 23, 2011
  1. Current Events, $6.6 billion in cash missing from Iraq funds, Durst on debate
  2. Science topcs: Truthout.com review of Merchants of Doubt, the anti-global warming propaganda battle
  3. More science: Matt Weiser Bee article on clear-cutting

Show 541

Jun 16, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Random Rants; electronic privacy issues
  3. Obits: James Arness of Gunsmoke, Dr Jack Kevorkian, dubious element discoveries, our closer music - a complete Tom Lehrer's The Elements

Show 540

Jun 9, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Author Sam Kean, The Disappearing Spoon and other Tales of Madness, Love and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements.
  3. Weird cool local weather, Paul Revere's ride in politician's minds

Show 539

Jun 2, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Actor, director, Hollywood icon, Norman Lloyd, at Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood (part 2).
  3. Obit: Gil Scott Heron, with closing music bed (how could we resist) The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Show 538

May 26, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Author, Doug Perednia MD, discusses his new book; Overhauling Americas Healthcare Machine: Stop the Bleeding and Save Trillions (pt 3)
  3. Obama stands up to the Israeli right on Middle Eastern peace obfuscations

Show 537

May 19, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Actor, director, Hollywood icon, Norman Lloyd chats with us at Musso Franks about his co-horts Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock
  3. Our friend Pakistan (?), Bee article about Ah-nold's shady deal over Fabian Nunez's felonious son

Show 536

May 12, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Author, Doug Perednia MD, discusses his new book; Overhauling Americas Healthcare Machine: Stop the Bleeding and Save Trillions (pt 2 of 3)
  3. Bin Ladens location known in October 08 - and mentioned on TV!, US Attorney gets Dr Mollie Fry jailed for cannabis advocacy (your tax dollars being spent stupidly)

Show 533

May 5, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Author, Doug Perednia MD, discusses his new book; Overhauling Americas Healthcare Machine: Stop the Bleeding and Save Trillions (pt 1 of 3)
  3. Obituary: Osama bin Laden

Show 534

Apr 28, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Comedians Michael O'Connell and Jason Armenio talk shop about standup comedy, part 2
  3. Miscellaneous file: digging up the "Mona Lisa", Jesse Ventura's pretty good book on "conspiracy"

Show 535

Apr 21, 2011
  1. Our annual KDVS PLEDGE DRIVE program - great clips galore

Show 532

Apr 14, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Comics Michael O'Connell & Jason Armenio talk about the local comedy scene. Will Durst checks in from from a Giant's game in SF.
  3. More comedy: The Bathroom Reader's Series

Show 531

Apr 7, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Author Mark Hertsgaard on his book Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth
  3. Annoying news including CHP writing more tickets to help CA budget

Show 530

Mar 31, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Author, Sherie Holbrook Labedis, talks about her book; "You Came Here to Die, Didn't You: Registering Black Voters One Soul at a Time", a stirring tale of the civil rights efforts of the 60s
  3. Cave men living in Texas (not currently it turns out to our surprise), Fukashima overreactions including Homer Simpson's

Show 529

Mar 24, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Medical breakthroughs and news
  3. Science topic, NASA orbits Mercury, the "burning debate" over tau vs pi

Show 528

Mar 17, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Award winning author Russ Baker talks about the latest NPR gaff and his fascinating book, Family of Secrets
  3. Potpourri of topics, internet sleuthing

Show 527

Mar 10, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Investigative journalist, Kristina Borjesson talks about her latest project; Watchdog Warriors.
  3. GOP misbehavior, inaccurate predictions

Show 526

Mar 3, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Science & politics & lies: BP on the Gulf accident and Monsanto misbehavior
  3. More Godfather lore, David Stockman on Defense cuts

Show 525

Feb 24, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Science, Finance topics, including woodpeckers pecking, Matt Taibbis article - Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail? from Rolling Stone
  3. Aviation safety: Douglas Lonnstrom talks about his book, JFK Jr "10 Years after the Crash, a Pilot's Perspective" some sound aviation advice

Show 524

Feb 17, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Professor (of Brewing) Charles Bamforth, talks about beer and his book Beer Is Proof That God Loves Us , a heady chat
  3. Science topics,

Show 523

Feb 10, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. British author Tristan Gooley discusses his book "The Natural Navigator, A Watchful Explorer's Guide to a Nearly Forgotten Skill"
  3. News & science topics, including polonium in tobacco

Show 522

Feb 3, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Whatever we damn well please: the Kings Arena Scam, CA water scams
  3. Review of trip to Costa Rica with Gordon Smith & Elise Howell, travel companions (part 2)

Show 521

Jan 27, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Jouralist and author, Scott Stossel talks about his biography on Sargent Shriver
  3. Interview with Kevin Cook of Sports Illustrated about his book on "Titanic Thompson" the legendary gambler & sports hustler

Show 520

Jan 20, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Science, history, politics & whatever we damn well please
  3. Tribute to MLK, JFK and Dwight Eisenhower

Show 519

Jan 13, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Former KDVS GM (and KZFR DJ) Steven Valentino talks about his job at WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show
  3. Sciency stuff: Mono Lake bacteria to fisheries improving.

Show 518

Jan 6, 2011
  1. Current Events
  2. Doug recounts the colorful events of his recent trip to Colombia and Costa Rica with travel companions, Elise Howell and Gordon Smith.
  3. Science stuff, frog population crash, Acension Island patchwork ecosystem, bird navigation, cooling cities with greenery

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