Dan Pasternack is head of programming for IFC. He joins Paul Dooley, Paul Provenza, and Jeremy S. Kramer to tell you who’s funny and everything about the history of comedy. Paul Dooley is the star of Breaking Away and Sixteen Candles
David Sedaris’s favorite story teller Dylan Brody talks about performing in front of 3,000 people with David Sedaris. Then he recites the seven minute story he told that night. Our lady female woman doctor returns to tell the boys that their Attention Deficit Disorder is a figment of the pharmaceutical industry’s craven imagination. Also the Nation Magazine’s Moscow correspondent Alec Luhn fills us in on the protests in Ukraine. Michael Snyder talks movies. Plus new music from Will Ryan and The Cactus County Cowboys. This is the episode that almost didn’t happen. You can smell the tension in the air. But we did it. We almost had a fistfight break out, but everybody calmed down. Please subscribe to this show for free on iTunes and Stitcher.
Cybercriminals appear to have targeted the point-of-sale systems in Target’s retail stores, which collect information from customers’ credit and debit cards, and potentially personal identification numbers. Chris O’Meara/Associated Press Cybercriminals appear to have targeted the point-of-sale systems in Target’s retail stores, which collect information from customers’ credit and debit cards, and potentially personal identification numbers. SAN FRANCISCO — Target is investigating a security breach involving stolen credit card and debit card information for millions […]
One of this show’s most requested guests ever has come black! Law Professor Jodi Armour returns to offer up some surprising thoughts on Mandela, The Paradox of Black Patriotism, Chris Rock and Welfare Queens. Jody Armour is Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California, where he specializes in race issues in legal decision-making. Professor Armour also writes the “Nigga Theory” blog and is author of “Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America” published by New York University Press. Today’s program includes Will Ryan And The Cactus County Cowboys featuring Hal Lublin and Jeremy S. Kramer.
Author of “Breasts: A Natural And Unnatural History” Florence Williamson stops by to talk implants, male breast feeding and what’s in your milk. Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it’s sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast cancer, even among men. What makes breasts so mercurial—and so vulnerable?
In her informative and highly entertaining account, intrepid science reporter Florence Williams sets out to uncover the latest scientific findings from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine. Her investigation follows the life cycle of the breast from puberty to pregnancy to menopause, taking her from a plastic surgeon’s office where she learns about the importance of cup size in Texas to the laboratory where she discovers the presence of environmental toxins in her own breast milk. The result is a fascinating exploration of where breasts came from, where they have ended up, and what we can do to save them.
Plus Howie Klein talks about the new movie “The Wolf Of Wall Street.” Also Will Ryan and the Cactus County Boys featuring Cactus Chloe Feorenzo, Bill Burr, Mark Thompson, Jane Edith Wilson, Felicia Michaels, Cynthia Adler, and Mike MacRae. Portions of today’s show are written by Ben Zelevansky, Mike MacRae, webmaster Jimmy Lee Wirt from Shop War On Christmas and David Feldman.
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We look back at the week with the Nation Magazine’s David Mizner, Down With Tyranny’s Howie Klein, Nation Magazine’s Professor Peter Ludlow, and Lorette Herman from the Los Angeles Alcoholism Center for Women. Please subscribe to this show for free on iTunes and Stitcher.