Monday
7 April 2025
17:00 (5 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Adorno, Horkheimer and Rackets
Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.
19:00 (7 pm) - Reading and Writing Workshop w/Nancy’s Spirit
Bring any writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writing-workshop channel on the Discord.
20:00 (8 pm) - The Funny Hour
Similar to the Bring the Music hour but with stand up and funny videos where the whole community participates.
21:00 (9 pm) - Seoul Searching w/Joe’s Seoul
Walking and talking or a photo slideshow about recent travels and where to go next.
Tuesday
8 April 2025
17:00 (5 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Adorno, Horkheimer and Rackets Continued
Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.
19:00-20:30 (7-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour
This week there is homework. I urge everyone to read the pdf before Tuesday because there will not be a reading of the text. Instead I will play two adaptations of the story one for a radio and one for television so the discussion will center on what the writers changed in their adaptations to suit the different media.
This week’s reading: Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury
21:00 (9 pm) - Seoul Searching w/Joe’s Seoul
Walking and talking or a photo slideshow about recent travels and where to go next.
Wednesday
9 April 2025
17:00 (5 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Environmentalism and Communism
Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.
19:00 (7 pm) - Seoul Searching w/Joe’s Seoul
You must have had enough of flower photos let’s get back to the toilet, with photos from my camera this time.
20:30-21:30 (8:30 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom
Special Spirituality and Activism event for wed. april 9, 2025 featuring a special theatrical production about the tragic story of my nephew Ravi’s death. the event is free but you must pre-register.
Please join this SPECIAL ZOOM presented by Theater of War Productions’ new long-form journalism series at WNYC. The acclaimed actors Oscar Isaac (Dune, Ex Machina), Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Oz), and Bill Camp (The Queen’s Gambit, The Night Of), will perform “I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network, written by Max Blau for ProPublica, to frame a powerful conversation about health insurance, ghost networks, and the challenges many American face accessing mental health care when they need it most.
Directed and facilitated by Bryan Doerries. This free, public, hybrid event will take place for a live studio audience, in person at WNYC and on Zoom. Please join the zoom by 6:30pm Eastern.
The event will follow this format:
- The performers will read the text.
- Community panelists will kick off the discussion with their gut responses to what resonated with them across time.
- Discussion will be opened to the audience, facilitated by Bryan Doerries. To participate, please raise your hand using the button at the bottom center of the screen. If called upon, please accept the invitation to be promoted to speak and you will be visible and heard by the entire audience for the duration of your comments. If you would prefer not to be seen, please disable your video.
Here is the link to register for participating on the Zoom.
NOTE: Following this special zoom, all S&A attendees will be invited to join a subsequent zoom hosted by Tom in which we can engage in further sharing which is slated to end around 8:30pm Eastern.
Thursday
10 April 2025
17:00 (5 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Frankfurt School and Political Economy
Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.
19:00 (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.
20:00 (8 pm) - Seoul Searching Through the Sewage w/Joe’s Seoul
We’re taking it to the toilet again, join me for a tour through the Seoul Sewerage Science Museum with me.
21:00 (9 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost
Please check #zoom-links channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.
Friday
11 April 2025
17:00 (5 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Perception, Language, Surfaces (and Catastrophe)
Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.
18:00 (6 pm) - Open Dialogue
19:00 (7 pm) - The After Hours Show S02E46
On tonight’s show:
- Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant or two
- For Hiking ASMR Joe dodges wild boar and avoids rabies in a forest high above the city of Seoul
- TAC week in review, week looking forward
20:30 (8:30 pm) - A Guided Tour of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery w/Prof. Jon (Donate)
This week’s episode: Escape Route
Richard Kiley is outstanding as a former Nazi concentration camp commander living in Argentina, on the run from Israeli agents and from his own inner demons.
22:00 (10 pm) - Open Dialogue
Saturday
12 April 2025
15:00 (3 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group
Reading: Theories of Surplus Value
19:00 (07:00 pm) - Saturday Night Theatre: Good Night, and Good Luck w/Susanna
A 2005 Oscar-nominated film about **iconic **1950’s McCarthyism fight featuring CBS broadcast journalist Edward R Murrow. Starring George Clooney, Robert Downey, Jeff Daniels, Frank Langella and David Strathairn (Oscar-nominated) as Edward R Morrow. Hope you can join in.
21:00 (9 pm) - Bring the Music
Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.
Sunday
13 April 2025
14:00 (2 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom (separate Zoom)
15:00 (3 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group
Reading: Karl Marx Capital Volume I Chapter 20/21 (2024)
17:00 (5 pm) - A Star Trek:The Next Generation Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)
This week’s episode: We’ll Always Have Paris
A scientist’s experiment in time goes awry, reuniting Picard with an old flame, now married to the scientist.
? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Star Trek) w/Lane
? pm - Morning Market Tour in Busan (Following Sunday Soul Social) w/Joe Korea
Just arrived in Busan, brand new town, let’s roam around.
Note: all times in ET.
Registration
Register for a slot on After Hours now.