Author James Curtis talks about “Last Man Standing: Mort Sahl and the Birth of Modern Comedy.”
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James Curtis on His New Book About Mort Sahl
Tag: JFK
Movie Review: “Jackie”
Film Critic Michael Snyder stops by to give the movie “Jackie” two thumbs up. Jackie takes place following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Natalie Portman knocks it out of the park as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy who fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband’s historic legacy.
Stars: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig |
Director: Pablo Larraín
Writer: Noah Oppenheim
Don’t Be Paranoid, be REALLY PARANOID
Monsanto spying on activists, Jonah Goldberg’s mother, Mark’s big announcement, JFK named Byron White to the Supreme Court after White cleared him in the PT 109 investigation, Clear Channel, How much are you worth?, Defending Obama, and then David insists the Fed is secretly buying up all those lousy mortgages that crashed the economy. Emmy Award Winning Comedy Writer and Director Steve Skrovan, and Mark Thompson.
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Mort Sahl
Mort Sahl created modern standup comedy. We talk about starting out, and JFK’s murder which Mort says was nothing short of a CIA coup. This is an air check from Pacifica Radio’s David Feldman Show: November 22, 2013. Special thanks to Lucy Mercer, Mark Pitta and the Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley, California where San Francisco’s comedy scene lives. Please subscribe to our program for free as a podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. And next time you’re in Northern California make sure to check out the Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley, California. Once again, special thanks to Lucy Mercer and Mark Pitta.
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Cyber Thugs With Nate Anderson
If you use the internet, (odds are that you do, since you’re listening to a podcast), you should find this interview with Ars Technica editor, Nate Anderson to be quite interesting. We cover sextortion, internet security, Anonymous, the Singularity and more. You can read more about it in his new book, “The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed”. Then Paul Dooley, Jeremy S. Kramer and Rick Overton on the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination. We are also joined by Janie Haddad Tompkins and Eddie Pepitone.
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Russ Baker on CIA, JFK & Bush
Why was George Bush in Dallas the day JFK was killed? Russ Baker is a US investigative journalist and founder of the nonprofit website WhoWhatWhy.com. His recurring themes are politics, secrecy, and abuses of power. His recent writings have focused on elites in finance, resource extraction, military and intelligence operations, and their quiet influence over national and global political and economic affairs. In 2009 Bloomsbury published his book Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America