Monday

10 August

8:00 pm - California Dreams California Nightmares w/Nate in Wisconsin

Nate and Laurel read Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris in honor of Nancy and her reading of her Aunt’s memoir. (If people enjoy we could do it for a while.)

9 pm - The Funny Hour

Bring your stand up and funny videos where the whole community participates.

Tuesday

11 August

7-8:30 pm - The Red Hour w/Bruce

Join the us for a short story discussion. See #the-red-hour Discord channel for more information.

This week’s reading: STORY by AUTHOR

8:30 pm - Good News Everyone! w/Prof. Jon

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday

12 August

6 pm - Weekly Marx Office Hour(s) w/Ann Li

Reading: TBD

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the Discord.

8:30 pm - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom

Agenda: TBD

Thursday

13 August

7 pm - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

Friday

14 August

7 pm - The After Hours Show S04E12

On tonight’s show:

• Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and updates us on Iran and blesses us with a rant
• Joe in Norway cooks up something from the garden and the fields and forests for Kitchen ASMR
• Arjun from Deep Into History brings some historical context
• TAC week in review, week looking forward

8:30 pm - Prof. Jon Presents: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents" w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: TBD

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Barry w/Travis

11 pm - Open Dialogue

Saturday

15 August

5 pm - The New Statesmen w/Lane

I shall be foisting the Toryingest Tory Bastard of them all. Alan B’Stard MP. A Rik Mayall creation that was like the works of Armando Iannucci a piercing satire which ended up also being prophetic. Welcome to the Thatcher years… no really… you’re welcome to them…

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: TBD

9 pm - Bring the Music

Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.

Sunday

16 August

5 pm - A Star Trek:The Next Generation Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: TBD

? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Star Trek) w/Lane

Note: all times in ET.

Monday

3 August

8:00 pm - California Dreams California Nightmares w/Nate in Wisconsin

Nate and Laurel read Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris in honor of Nancy and her reading of her Aunt’s memoir. (If people enjoy we could do it for a while.)

Reader notes: We resume Palo Alto book at the 3rd section “On Track:” of Chapter 5.2 pg 558.

9 pm - The Funny Hour

Bring your stand up and funny videos where the whole community participates.

Tuesday

4 August

7-8:30 pm - The Red Hour w/Bruce

Join the us for a short story discussion. See #the-red-hour Discord channel for more information.

This week’s reading: The Sealed Room by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

8:30 pm - Good News Everyone! w/Prof. Jon

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday

5 August

6 pm - Weekly Marx Office Hour(s) w/Ann Li

Reading: TBD

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the Discord.

7 pm - TAC Community Meeting

All hands meeting to discuss if and how we can open up to public invitations to grow the community.

8:30 pm - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom

Agenda: TBD

Thursday

6 August

7 pm - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

Friday

7 August

7 pm - The After Hours Show S04E11

On tonight’s show:

• Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and updates us on Iran and blesses us with a rant
• Joe in Norway cooks up something for Kitchen ASMR
• Arjun from Deep Into History brings some historical context
• TAC week in review, week looking forward

8:30 pm - Prof. Jon Presents: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents" w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: TBD

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Barry w/Travis

11 pm - Open Dialogue

Saturday

8 August

5 pm - The New Statesmen w/Lane

I shall be foisting the Toryingest Tory Bastard of them all. Alan B’Stard MP. A Rik Mayall creation that was like the works of Armando Iannucci a piercing satire which ended up also being prophetic. Welcome to the Thatcher years… no really… you’re welcome to them…

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: Saving Mr. Banks w/Susanna

Clever comedy-drama about the uneasy relationship between Walt Disney and P.L. Travers (Author of Mary Poppins) during the pre production of Disney’s 1964 film Mary Poppins. Starring Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Paul Giamatti. 7.5 rating on IMDB.

9 pm - Bring the Music

Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.

Sunday

9 August

5 pm - A Star Trek:The Next Generation Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: TBD

? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Star Trek) w/Lane

Note: all times in ET.

Monday

27 July

8:00 pm - California Dreams California Nightmares w/Nate in Wisconsin

Nate and Laurel read Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris in honor of Nancy and her reading of her Aunt’s memoir. (If people enjoy we could do it for a while.)

9 pm - The Funny Hour

Bring your stand up and funny videos where the whole community participates.

Tuesday

28 July

7-8:30 pm - The Red Hour w/Bruce

Join the us for a short story discussion. See #the-red-hour Discord channel for more information.

This week’s reading: A Woman’s Restaurant by T.C. Boyle

Followed by a 1993 short dramatization of James Ellroy’s short story (read last week on #the-red-hour) Since I Don’t Have You starring Gary Busey, James Woods and Tim Matheson.

8:30 pm - Good News Everyone! w/Prof. Jon

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday

29 July

6 pm - Weekly Marx Office Hour(s) w/Ann Li

Reading: back to fictitious capital as it indefinitely expands the dominion of commodities.

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the Discord.

8:30 pm - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom

Agenda: TBD

Thursday

30 July

7 pm - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

8 pm - CinemaTAC: The Last Election w/Robert

A brief excerpt of the writer/director’s (Doug Lain) description: “Inspired by Robert Downey Jr.’s The Last Party (1993) and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s The Party’s Over (2001), I wanted to make a film that was honest about what it felt like to attend both conventions (the RNC in Milwaukee and the DNC in Chicago in 2024) as an outsider. Someone who belonged to neither tribe and was welcome at neither table. What I found was a Republican Party transformed beyond recognition and a Democratic Party performing enthusiasm it didn’t quite feel. The Last Election is a reflective film, not an activist one. It offers no prescriptions. It sits with the discomfort of a political moment in which every generation of the left, including my own, is floundering. If there’s any hope to be found here, it’s in the honesty of that admission.”

Friday

31 July

7 pm - The After Hours Show S04E10

On tonight’s show:

• Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and updates us on Iran and blesses us with a rant
• The norse Gods blessed (or cursed?) Joe in Norway with fungi, so he’ll make quick pickled zucchini ribbons over a Spanish/Japanese potato salad topped with pan-seared wild golden chantarelle and hedgehog mushrooms for Kitchen ASMR
• Arjun from Deep Into History brings some historical context
• TAC week in review, week looking forward

8:30 pm - Prof. Jon Presents: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents" w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: The Case of Mr. Pelham

A series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him. Starring: Tom Ewell as Albert Pelham, Raymond Bailey as Dr. Harley, Justice Watson as Henry Peterson, Kirby Smith as Tom Mason, Kay Stewart as Miss Clement, John Compton as Vincent, and Jan Arvan as Harry.

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Barry w/Travis

11 pm - Open Dialogue

Saturday

1 August

5 pm - Something About a Partridge w/Lane

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: Double Feature Show 🍿 w/Susanna

1. The 7th Victim, 1943 Val Lewton super-classic Suspense. Gorgeous print. Featuring a 21 yr old Kim Hunter (Columbo star and future 1951 Oscar Winner).
2. The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry, a rare 1945 Suspense NOIR Starring George Sanders, Ellen Drew and Geraldine Fitzgerald. Directed by the great NOIR director Robert Siodmak. This film marks the first sole film producing credit of Joan Harrison (Producer of Alfred Hitchcock Presents).

9 pm - Bring the Music

Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.

Sunday

2 August

5 pm - A Star Trek:The Next Generation Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: Night Terrors

The Enterprise gets trapped in a Tyken’s Rift, an energy-absorbing rupture in space, where all but Data, Troi, and Guinan experience rising hallucinations and paranoia. Guest Starring: Rosalind Chao, John Vickery, Shaun Duke, Lanei Chapman, Colm Meaney, and Whoopi Goldberg.

? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Star Trek) w/Lane

Note: all times in ET.

Monday

20 July

8:00 pm - California Dreams California Nightmares w/Nate in Wisconsin

Nate and Laurel read Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris in honor of Nancy and her reading of her Aunt’s memoir. (If people enjoy we could do it for a while.)

Note to readers: We are about halfway through the last subsection of chapter 5.1, subhead “The Real World.” We read up to the paragraph beginning “Once upon a time, the world’s most valuable company…."

9 pm - The Funny Hour

Bring your stand up and funny videos where the whole community participates.

Tuesday

21 July

7-8:30 pm - The Red Hour w/Bruce

Join the us for a short story discussion. See #the-red-hour Discord channel for more information.

This week’s reading: Since I Don’t Have You by James Ellroy

8:30 pm - Good News Everyone! w/Prof. Jon

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday

22 July

6 pm - Weekly Marx Office Hour(s) w/Ann Li

Reading: Turbulence and Euthanizing the Rentier

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the Discord.

8:30 pm - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom

Agenda: TBD

Thursday

23 July

7 pm - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

Friday

24 July

7 pm - The After Hours Show S04E09

On tonight’s show:

• Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and updates us on Iran and blesses us with a rant
• Joe in Norway foraged Queen of the Meadow to make a medicinal cordial for Kitchen ASMR
• Arjun from Deep Into History brings some historical context
• TAC week in review, week looking forward

8:30 pm - Prof. Jon Presents: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents" w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: The Long Shot

When heavily indebted Charlie Raymond is hired to accompany a British visitor on a trip across the USA, he looks for a way to take advantage of his employer. Starring: Peter Lawford and John Williams.

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Barry w/Travis

11 pm - Open Dialogue

Saturday

25 July

5 pm - The New Statesmen w/Lane

I shall be foisting the Toryingest Tory Bastard of them all. Alan B’Stard MP. A Rik Mayall creation that was like the works of Armando Iannucci a piercing satire which ended up also being prophetic. Welcome to the Thatcher years… no really… you’re welcome to them…

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: Double Feature 🍿 w/Susanna, Bruce and Nate

We’re presenting 2 features:

1. A 1993 short dramatization of James Ellroy’s short story (read this week on #the-red-hour) Since I Don’t Have You starring Gary Busey, James Woods and Tim Matheson.
2. 1957 NOIR Classic Film The Sweet Smell of Success starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis.

9 pm - Bring the Music

Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.

Sunday

26 July

5 pm - A Star Trek:The Next Generation Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: Galaxy’s Child

As Geordi La Forge finally meets the real Dr. Leah Brahms, a first contact leaves the Enterprise with a unique threat. Guest Starring: Susan Gibney, Jana Marie Hupp, and Whoopi Goldberg.

? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Star Trek) w/Lane

Note: all times in ET.

Monday

13 July

8:00 pm - Reading and Writing Workshop w/Nate in Wisconsin

Nate and Laurel read Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris in honor of Nancy and her reading of her Aunt’s memoir. (If people enjoy we could do it for a while.)

9 pm - The Funny Hour

Bring your stand up and funny videos where the whole community participates.

Tuesday

14 July

7-8:30 pm - The Red Hour w/Bruce

Join the us for a short story discussion. See #the-red-hour Discord channel for more information.

This week’s reading: The Case of the Haunted Writer by John Fante

8:30 pm - Good News Everyone! w/Prof. Jon

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday

15 July

6 pm - Weekly Marx Office Hour(s) w/Ann Li

Reading: EVEN MORE NOTES QPE

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the Discord.

8:30 pm - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom

Agenda: TBD

Thursday

16 July

7 pm - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

Friday

17 July

7 pm - The After Hours Show S04E08

On tonight’s show:

• Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and updates us on Iran and blesses us with a rant
• Joe in Norway makes a burnt pepper garlic sauce over steamed aubergine for Kitchen ASMR
• Arjun from Deep Into History brings some historical context
• TAC week in review, week looking forward

8:30 pm - Prof. Jon Presents: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents" w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: Our Cook’s a Treasure

A serial-murderess maid is on the loose in the city. Ralph becomes suspicious of his wife Ethel’s housemaid Mrs. Sutton. Starring: Everett Sloane, Beulah Bondi, and Janet Ward.

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Barry w/Travis

11 pm - Open Dialogue

Saturday

18 July

5 pm - The New Statesmen w/Lane

I shall be foisting the Toryingest Tory Bastard of them all. Alan B’Stard MP. A Rik Mayall creation that was like the works of Armando Iannucci a piercing satire which ended up also being prophetic. Welcome to the Thatcher years… no really… you’re welcome to them…

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: TBD

9 pm - Bring the Music

Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.

Sunday

19 July

5 pm - A Star Trek:The Next Generation Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: First Contact

Disguised as an alien prior to First Contact, Will’s life becomes imperiled when incurred injuries reveal his foreign internal structure to a xenophobic alien population. Guest starring: George Coe, Carolyn Seymour, George Hearn, Michael Ensign, and Bebe Neuwirth. Excellent Episode.

? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Star Trek) w/Lane

Note: all times in ET.