Monday

9 November

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

Nate and Laurel read City of Quartz by Mike Davis 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

10 November

4:15-6:15 pm - The Story of Capital w/The People’s Forum

Join us for a public virtual live stream of Prof. David Harvey’s course The Story of Capital. The course entails a close reading of the recent book The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know about How Capital Works by David Harvey.

For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx’s work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter – sometimes line-by-line – Marx’s three volumes and the Grundrisse. This new book opens up the mental universe of that work for a general reader.

In The Story of Capital, Harvey takes a synoptic approach to the conceptual architecture as a whole and guides us through the key moments, from labour and technology to the state and geopolitics, via the profit rate, social reproduction, the relationship to nature, fictitious capital and the return of the rentiers. In doing so, Harvey has produced a work which will become a key reference for all those trying to grasp the nature of contemporary capitalism.

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

11 November

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

12 November

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

13 November

7 pm - The After Hours ShowS04E24

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 curried roasted winter squash, urid dahl and coconut soup 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

14 November

5 pm - Something About a Partridge w/Lane

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: 🍿 Slingblade w/Susanna

Acclaimed Southern Gothic tale starring Billy Bob Thornton and Robert Duvall. Oscar winning screenplay. Rated 8.0 on IMDB

Sunday

15 November

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

2 November

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

Nate and Laurel read City of Quartz by Mike Davis in honor of Nancy and her reading of her Aunt’s memoir. (If people enjoy we could do it for a while.)

We resume reading next week with Chapter 3: Power Lines, subheading They Ruled the Valley. Page 150 of the epub edition. We are, according to my app, 27% of the way through the book.

9 pm - The Funny Hour

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

Tuesday

3 November

4:15-6:15 pm - The Story of Capital w/The People’s Forum

Join us for a public virtual live stream of Prof. David Harvey’s course The Story of Capital. The course entails a close reading of the recent book The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know about How Capital Works by David Harvey.

For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx’s work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter – sometimes line-by-line – Marx’s three volumes and the Grundrisse. This new book opens up the mental universe of that work for a general reader.

In The Story of Capital, Harvey takes a synoptic approach to the conceptual architecture as a whole and guides us through the key moments, from labour and technology to the state and geopolitics, via the profit rate, social reproduction, the relationship to nature, fictitious capital and the return of the rentiers. In doing so, Harvey has produced a work which will become a key reference for all those trying to grasp the nature of contemporary capitalism.

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 Escapee’s Lover by Dennis McFadden

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

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday

4 November

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

Reading: David Harvey The Story of Capital, Chapter 11

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

7:30 pm - Who Makes the Value w/Robert

I’d like to play a video from Quarantine Collective YouTube channel where the host, Brooks Brown, explains Marx’s Labor Theory of Value.

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

Agenda: TBD

Thursday

5 November

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

6 November

7 pm - The After Hours ShowS04E23

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 post-frost spindily cauliflower, carrots, parsnips, and snow peas from the garden 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 Perfect Murder

Worried that their dowager Aunt Rosalie doesn’t really care for either of them, brothers Paul and Henri Tallendier devise a plan to get their hands on her fortune any way they can rather than holding out for their inheritance. Starring: Hurd Hatfield , Mildred Natwick, Percy Helton, and Philip Coolidge.

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Barry w/Travis

11 pm - Open Dialogue

Saturday

7 November

5 pm - Something About a Partridge w/Lane

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: 🍿 1970 MASH* w/Susanna

Honoring the late Tom Skerritt. Starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman and Robert Duvall.

Sunday

8 November

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

This week’s episode: Disaster

Collision with a quantum filament leaves Troi in charge of a damaged and endangered Enterprise with emergency bulkheads cutting off sections of the ship. Guest Starring: Rosalind Chao, Colm Meaney, Michelle Forbes, and Erika Flores.

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

Note: all times in ET.

Monday

26 October

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

Nate and Laurel read City of Quartz by Mike Davis 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

27 October

4:15-6:15 pm - The Story of Capital w/The People’s Forum

Join us for a public virtual live stream of Prof. David Harvey’s course The Story of Capital. The course entails a close reading of the recent book The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know about How Capital Works by David Harvey.

For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx’s work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter – sometimes line-by-line – Marx’s three volumes and the Grundrisse. This new book opens up the mental universe of that work for a general reader.

In The Story of Capital, Harvey takes a synoptic approach to the conceptual architecture as a whole and guides us through the key moments, from labour and technology to the state and geopolitics, via the profit rate, social reproduction, the relationship to nature, fictitious capital and the return of the rentiers. In doing so, Harvey has produced a work which will become a key reference for all those trying to grasp the nature of contemporary capitalism.

7-8:30 pm - The Red Hour w/Ann Li

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

This week’s reading: Piper in the Woods by Philip K. Dick

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

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday

28 October

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

Reading: David Harvey Story of Capital chapter 10

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

29 October

6 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.

7:30 pm - 🍿 🎃 Thursday Night Theatre: Alias Smith and Jones w/Susanna

I thought I might show a T.V. show tonight in honor of Susan Saint James, who we lost this week at the age of 80. There is a good print of the 1969 of the pilot series “Alias Smith and Jones” with Ms. Saint James appearing in act 2 as a guest star.

Friday

30 October

5 pm - OH 51- Sectarianism vs. Resistance w/Alia Al-Saji w/Adnan Husain

The Radical Academy is in session for Office Hours 51 Fri Oct 30 at 5pmET for a vital discussion situating intellectual, religious and political discourses on sectarianism and resistance in contemporary West Asia in their historical and philosophical contexts. Joining me for this episode is Dr. Alia Al-Saji of McGill University. Dr. Al-Saji is a decolonial philosopher and phenomenologist who examines Islamic resistance ideology, particularly Shi’i revolutionary theology as a decolonial practice. We’ll talk about the resistance theologies of Shi’i and Sunni Islamists and the confrontation with compatible imperialist Islam as well as the sectarianism that serves empire and sows division. Perhaps we will also get a chance to talk about Fanon, another area of Dr. Al-Saji’s interest! Join us with your comments and questions!

7 pm - The After Hours Show S04E22

On tonight’s show:

• Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and updates us on Iran and blesses us with a rant
• Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant* or two*
• Joe in Norway cooks kohlrabi greens from the garden 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: Back Before Christmas

Before leaving on a trip to America, a British man kills his wife. Soon after arriving in the United States, he receives a letter from home that will reveal whether or not he has gotten away with the crime. Starring: John Williams, Isobel Elsom, Arthur Gould-Porter, and Lillian Kemble-Cooper.

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Barry w/Travis

11 pm - Open Dialogue

Saturday

31 October

5 pm - Something About a Partridge w/Lane

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: Jacob’s Ladder(?)

The floor is open for film suggestions.

Sunday

1 November

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

This week’s episode: Silicon Avatar

The Crystalline Entity returns, and the Enterprise takes aboard a scientist to help track it down. Guest Stars: Ellen Geer and Susan Diol.

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

Note: all times in ET.

Monday

19 October

7:00 pm - Who’s a Good Dogbot? w/Joe in Norway

We’ll watch a recent talk about vulnerabilities in meat-space robotics and discuss the implications and whether or not to place orders.

Black Hat USA 2026 | Kinetic Prompt Injection: Agent Compromise With a Physical Blast Radius Prompt injection is usually treated as a text problem contained on a screen: a bad output, leaked data, a rogue tool call. This one isn’t. A live jailbreak of a stock Unitree Go2 robot dog running Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, reached through its own camera and mic and driven to physical movement, no human in the loop. Underneath the demo is a measurement problem: agents behave differently when they know they’re being tested, so a clean evaluation score doesn’t mean the unsafe behavior is gone. The talk covers the attack live, a taxonomy of how these systems fail, why current testing misses it, and what defenders should change. Live hardware, on stage.

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

Nate and Laurel read City of Quartz by Mike Davis in honor of Nancy and her reading of her Aunt’s memoir. (If people enjoy we could do it for a while.)

This week’s reading will resume with Chapter 1, subheading The Mercenaries.

9 pm - The Funny Hour

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

Tuesday

20 October

4:15-6:15 pm - The Story of Capital w/The People’s Forum

Join us for a public virtual live stream of Prof. David Harvey’s course The Story of Capital. The course entails a close reading of the recent book The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know about How Capital Works by David Harvey.

For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx’s work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter – sometimes line-by-line – Marx’s three volumes and the Grundrisse. This new book opens up the mental universe of that work for a general reader.

In The Story of Capital, Harvey takes a synoptic approach to the conceptual architecture as a whole and guides us through the key moments, from labour and technology to the state and geopolitics, via the profit rate, social reproduction, the relationship to nature, fictitious capital and the return of the rentiers. In doing so, Harvey has produced a work which will become a key reference for all those trying to grasp the nature of contemporary capitalism.

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

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

FYI, we need a volunteer to fill in for Bruce this week with a reading.

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

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday

21 October

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

Reading: David Harvey Story of Capital 2026, Chapter 9

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

22 October

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

23 October

7 pm - The After Hours Show S04E21

On tonight’s show:

• Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant* or two*
• Joe in Norway gets out the PPE to laboriously prep and cook harvested rosehips 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: Place of Shadows

A young man tries to insinuate his way into a monastery with an ulterior motive. Starring: Everett Sloane, Sean McClory, Mark Damon, and Claude Akins.

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Barry w/Travis

11 pm - Open Dialogue

Saturday

24 October

5 pm - Something About a Partridge w/Lane

7 pm - 🍿 🎃 Saturday Night Theatre: Ed Wood w/Susanna

ENCORE Presentation: 1994 Ed Wood Starring Johnny Depp and Martin Landau🧛 with a wonderful all-star supporting cast. Directed by Tim Burton. 7.8 IMDB rating.

Sunday

25 October

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

This week’s episode: Ensign Ro

Captain Picard attempts to foil a plot against the Bajorans with his new Bajoran officer, Ensign Ro. Guest Starring: Michelle Forbes, Scott Marlowe, Frank Collison, Ken Thorley, Cliff Potts, and Whoopi Goldberg.

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

Note: all times in ET.

Monday

12 October

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

Nate and Laurel read City of Quartz by Mike Davis in honor of Nancy and her reading of her Aunt’s memoir. (If people enjoy we could do it for a while.)

This week’s reading will resume at Chapter 1, subheading The Sorcerers.

9 pm - The Funny Hour

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

Tuesday

13 October

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 Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain

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

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday

14 October

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

Reading: David Harvey Story of Capital 2026

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:

For tonight’s session, we will watch a presentation by hosts of the YouTube channel Crisis of Perception of the book: Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America. Unpacking Sarah Kendzior’s acclaimed book, the presenters map out a “franchise model of corruption” and show how systemic decay relies heavily on public exhaustion and media spectacle to dismantle democratic guardrails. We will be discussing how we, as activists, can combat collective apathy, see past deliberate media distractions, and actively preserve our baseline standards for truth and accountability.

Thursday

15 October

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

16 October

7 pm - The After Hours Show S04E20

On tonight’s show:

• Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and updates us on Iran and blesses us with a rant
• Joe in Norway has a potato three-way, makes potato three ways 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: Safe Conduct

A female American journalist meets a soccer star while traveling behind the Iron Curtain, but is then arrested as a suspected smuggler. Starring: Claire Trevor, Jacques Bergerac, Werner Klemperer, and John Banner.

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Barry w/Travis

11 pm - Open Dialogue

Saturday

17 October

5 pm - Something About a Partridge w/Lane

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) w/Susanna

Starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones AND Whit Bissell. A small-town doctor slowly comes to realize that the population of his community is being perfectly duplicated and replaced by an alien entity. The classic paranoid thriller. 7.7 IMDB rating.

Sunday

18 October

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

This week’s episode: Darmok

Under life-threatening circumstances, Picard must learn to communicate with a race that speaks in a way the universal translator cannot translate. Guest Stars: Paul Winfield and Ashley Judd (Hottie Alert).

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

Note: all times in ET.