Episode 434. NPR After Dark

”We’ve appeared on National Public Radio many times over the years, and this week we hear a few of the pieces we created for NPR, as well as outtakes that never made it to air. Featuring our reduction of NPR’s “In Character” series, a special appearance by Susan Stamberg, passionate and possibly Read more…

Episode 349. Rocking The Casbah

”Journalist and author Robin Wright talks about her book Rock The Casbah: Rage and Rebellion in the Muslim World, which chronicles youth-inspired Islamic revolts against autocrats and extremism using such pop-cultural weapons as music, comedy, and theatre, plus even comic books and theme parks. Featuring pop-culture political flash points , hip-hop Islam, Read more…

Episode 85. A Theatre Company

”Are we a comedy troupe? A rock band? A floor wax? A dessert topping? We try to define once and for all What We Are, and examine the various places we find our actors, reveal once and for all whether our audience “volunteers” are plants, outline the advantages of actors Read more…