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Social critic-at-large Charles Bursell presents podcasts, radio art, and commentary in a variety of formats and genres ranging from one-on-one conversation to full company experimental audio improv. Current podcasts include "Conversations with Charles Bursell" and "Stream of Consciousness Talk Radio…

Charles Bursell


    • May 21, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    The New Standing Army (TL634)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2026 29:01


    The Orange Regime's stolen tax-payer "fund" will pay handsome salaries to their new class of professional henchmen. Also, some needed perspective on the outrageous assault on Cuba and how the midterms are shaping up to be a battle of real versus fake populists.  www.charlesbursell.com

    A Sickening Display (TL633)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2026 29:01


    The China summit confirms the whole global order is repulsively unnatural. RFK Jr's dysfunctional HHS has public health prominently featured in recent headlines. Spoiler alert: we're doing it wrong.  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.15)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! (ep.15) Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website.

    Let Them Eat Ballroom (TL632)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2026 29:01


    Blame Democrats for MAGA's abysmal—and tacky—reign. UK elections tell us voters don't want the mushy middle. Also: teargassing kids, harassing immigrants, political shenanigans in Pennsylvania, and other stories we're not going to talk about.  www.charlesbursell.com

    The New Blue Wave (TL631)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2026 29:01


    The Regime calls us terrorists and declares the right to jail or even kill us on sight. Don't believe me? Read their 'counterterrorism' strategy. Dems must go max on redistricting and then resurrect the New Deal/Great Society agenda. www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.14)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website. Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search "Charles Bursell" on your favorite podcast platform.

    If I Had a Billion Dollars (TL630)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2026 29:01


    It looks like a cool one billion tax dollars will go to the abominable ballroom. Global food insecurity could increase by 45 million people if this stupid war doesn't end right damn now. A legal strategy to put the whole Repugnant criminal enterprise in jail.  www.charlesbursell.com

    Schrödinger's War (TL629)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2026 29:01


    The King of England schools the U.S. on democracy while SCOTUS destroys it. Historically pointless shutdown ends. Secretary of War Crimes takes the witness stand. The Iran War is over but it's not over. It's both! Who knows?  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.13)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website.  Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search "Charles Bursell" on your favorite podcast platform.

    Ballroom Blitz (TL628)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 29:01


    The would-be assassin was not tackled by the Secret Service, he tripped over his own feet. The Regime is lying about the incident and exploiting it. Also: impeachment, bombs, lost lessons, election rigging, and the voter-as-pundit problem.   www.charlesbursell.com

    First They Came For… (TL627)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2026 29:01


    The U.S. regime labels anti-capitalists and civil rights protectors as enemies of the state to revoke citizenship and deport undesirables (like you and me). Then they incite violence and use it as an excuse to abolish dissent. And they wonder why we call them fascists.  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.12)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website.  Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search "Charles Bursell" on your favorite podcast platform.

    Whose Future Vision? (TL626)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2026 29:01


    Two simple ideas to end Citizens United and force good government. Palantir oligarchs publish their techno-fascist manifesto. It's as bad as you think. And, a handful of loudmouth podcasters shaping the major political parties is no way to run a country.   www.charlesbursell.com

    The Strait Dope (TL625)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2026 29:01


    How can we be in a coalition with former MAGA if they don't wholly renounce fascism? The impact of the Iran war on global well-being is another argument for local economies. The Orange Menace is the strait dope. (See what I did there?)   www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website.

    Camps, Cos-Players, and Creeps (TL624)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 29:01


    Hundreds of concentration camps in the U.S. hold tens of thousands of innocent detainees under cruel and brutal conditions. Meanwhile, recent salacious—and ridiculous—stories from Washington illustrate the need to topple institutional hierarchy.    www.charlesbursell.com

    Energy, Waste, and The Oceans (TL623)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2026 29:01


    Three segments on the environment: Clean energy rises, but the heat keeps coming. Waste, plastics, and the hidden side of pollution. Oceans, resilience, and the work of adaptation.  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website.  Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search "Charles Bursell" on your favorite podcast platform.

    You Get Nothing! (TL622)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2026 29:01


    The threat of war crimes is in and of itself a war crime. Demand the end of the regime today. The war on Iran further exposes the madness of our so-called "world order." Abolish it.  www.charlesbursell.com

    Sex, Comedy, and War Crimes (TL621)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 29:01


    The media continues to platform nonsense and lies. Also, why is MAGA so screwed up when it comes to comedy and sex? And don't let Regime propaganda "Top-Gun" you into supporting their war crimes. www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website.  Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search "Charles Bursell" on your favorite podcast platform.

    Truth And Consequences (TL620)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2026 29:01


    The fight against U.S. fascism isn't about debating issues, it's about opposing state crimes, and requires an "enemy-of-my-enemy" coalition. After the fascists lose at the polls, they must face a Nuremberg-style truth and reconciliation process. It's time to formally adopt the realignment that has already begun: Conservatives and corporate Democrats on one side, Justice Dems, socialists and progressives on the other, and MAGA Repugnants relegated to history.  www.charlesbursell.com

    No Kings, No Robots (TL619)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2026 29:01


    Alarming new depths to the Orange one's dementia. Also: Nobody wants these feral humanoids anywhere near our children! And: Thoughts on the not-enough No Kings rallies.  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website.  Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search "Charles Bursell" on your favorite podcast platform.

    We're Not Dead Yet! (TL618)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2026 29:01


    Tragedy and comedy at America's airports. Iran War is on again, off again, on again. Legacy media is not dead yet, neither is the Repugs' voter suppression act. These and other stories of our fascist times. Oh, and Happy Atheist Day!  www.charlesbursell.com

    Un-Presidented Times (TL617)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 29:01


    A cruel and illegal war, a menagerie of maniacs in the ear of a mad "king," the troubles are unique in our lifetimes. It's never been more important to have your media literacy skills honed. Some friendly recommendations.  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website. Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search "Charles Bursell" on your favorite podcast platform.

    The Real World (TL616)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2026 29:01


    There's too much good in this world to let the machine men take over. To unlock the lives we deserve we must shun the controlling class and turn to each other. Forget the right/left divide, we have infinitely more in common with each other than we do with the controlling class.  www.charlesbursell.com

    Through The Looking Glass (TL615)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2026 29:01


    Sure, everybody's pissed off now, but where have the "liberals" been all along? It's time we admit our complicit role in the current chaos, and to wake up from this absurd nightmare. There's no old world to go back to, but we can go forward, into a brand new people-centered paradigm.  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! (ep.6) Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website. Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search "Charles Bursell" on your favorite podcast platform.

    Ballots Aren't Enough (TL614)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2026 29:01


    The Orange Menace is openly threatening the midterms. But it will take more than elections to topple his dangerous and violent regime. Are you in? Or maybe you suffer from "normalcy bias." Believe me, none of this is normal. www.charlesbursell.com

    Why I'm a Social Anarchist (TL613)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2026 29:01


    Why do I advocate for Social Anarchism? Because so-called "leaders" in a hierarchical system like ours are inherently corrupt and incompetent. It's an inescapable fact. Plus, despite what The Democrats preach, the oversized influence of profit is impossible to regulate. Republicans are even worse – they want to exercise all power through money and the few who control it. Here's what we can do right now, starting today, to achieve real democracy and reduce the domineering role of money and profit over our lives. It's not a Utopian blueprint, but real, practical solutions that a majority of Americans already embrace.  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2026 29:01


    We The People: Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! (ep.5) Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website. Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search "Charles Bursell" on your favorite podcast platform.

    En-Gulfed (TL612)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2026 29:01


    Don't let the bombing of Iran knock you off your game, we've got our own regime to take down! DHS atrocities continue. Their goal of one-party state-controlled media is nearly complete with the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers. Over a thousand dead in The Middle East and counting, mostly civilians. For what? Greater Israel? End-Times Prophecy? The New World Order? And: The rhetoric of The Regime can be as dangerous as the policies they promote – resist the propaganda. www.charlesbursell.com

    Dangerous Idiots (TL611)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 29:01


    The bombing of Iran is wrong for hundred different reasons, including the fact that it's absolutely moronic. The Regime is actively working on its plan to steal or even cancel the midterm elections and they're doing it in broad daylight right in front of our eyes. Remember when we were teenagers and thought the adults in charge were all crazy? We were right all along.  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2026 29:01


    Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website. Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search "Charles Bursell" on your favorite podcast platform.

    Summer Time! (TL610)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2026 29:01


    ICE crimes continue unabated on American streets while corporate media talking heads turn to more profitable stories and still insist on treating The Regime as though it's legitimate and not a massive criminal enterprise. State Of The Union Report: Rep. Summer Lee stands alone as the hit of the night while Democrats flail and MAGA reaches new lows. www.charlesbursell.com

    Not So Tariff-ying (TL609)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 29:01


    We share some wise resistance advice from our friends at Closer To The Edge, some advice of or our own on tackling the barrage of late-week headlines (hint: don't let them gaslight you), and finally, a request: whatever you do, please do NOT watch Tuesday's State Of The Union!  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2026 29:01


    Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity! Host: Peter Donalds. For this week's playlist and links to all episodes visit our website.

    No Wonder I'm An Anarchist (TL608)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 29:01


    Another DHS killing. Degenerate Marco Rubio spits 'blood & soil' on the international stage while stumbling Dems look for their legs. The Regime terrorizes the people of Cuba with sanctions and abuses American children in concentration camps. And it's official: major U.S. news media is conquered, don't even bother anymore. Sheesh, no wonder I'm an Anarchist. www.charlesbursell.com

    The Price For Freedom (TL607)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 29:01


    Court wins for the Dem-6,  EPA drops a bomb, ICE on the move, inflated lies, and what's your price? How much cash would it take to buy your civic soul?  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2026 29:01


    Songs of Freedom, Justice, and Solidarity with your host Peter Donalds. Episode 2 features music from Elaine Purkey, Stevie Wonder, Windborne Singers, Woody Guthrie, and more. For complete playlists and links to all episodes visit our website.

    The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (TL606)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2026 29:01


    Bad Bunny's slam dunk win for the culture, Pam Blondie's impeachable performance before House Oversight, and ICE takes its Gestapo act from the streets into the halls Congress. www.charlesbursell.com

    It Can't Be Tamed (TL605)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 29:01


    The regime's cruelty isn't a glitch, it's the system working as designed. Democratic politicians and corporate media talking heads tell us to "stand up and fight back," but refuse to dismantle the systems that breed white supremacy and capitalist power. Real democracy can't coexist with profit and control. Abolitionist social anarchy is the only path to collective liberation.  www.charlesbursell.com

    We The People (ep.1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2026 29:01


    A weekly offering of old and new songs for freedom, justice and solidarity with your host Peter Donalds www.charlesbursell.com

    Normalize the Resistance (TL604)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2026 29:01


    The Regime's brazen new moves to rig elections and the everyday acts you can do to put yourself on the (very obvious) right side of history. www.charlesbursell.com

    Relentless Regime (TL603)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 29:01


    Rigging the midterms, searching for needles in the Epstein haystack, advocacy journalism challenged, and it's time for the resistance to broaden our scope – and sharpen our demands.  www.charlesbursell.com

    Keep America Weird (TL602)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2026 29:01


    The regime is building a techno-fascist surveillance state with you as a consumer cog. Join the dreamers and malcontents while there's still time to defeat the despots and build a better world. www.charlesbursell.com

    Abuses and Usurpations (TL601)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2026 29:01


    American Fascism takes its show on the road with its Hitleresque board of "peace." Then, terrorizing an entire city, Secret Police Jackboots conduct another brutal public execution. Abolish ICE/CBP. End the Regime.  www.charlesbursell.com

    The Trump Whisperers (TL600)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2026 29:01


    Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr., a wild ride over Greenland, and making the best of a broken America.  www.charlesbursell.com

    Stand Up, Shut Down! (TL599)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 29:01


    We cannot match their violence (nor should we try) but neither can we defeat the Regime with so-called "peaceful" protest. Also, normalizing state thuggery and the Venezuela fiasco.  www.charlesbursell.com

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