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After Hours Schedules

Reading Groups

  • Monday at 7:00 pm EST: The Reading and Writing Workshop
  • Tuesday at 7:00 pm EST: The Read Hour
  • Saturday at 3:00 pm EST: The Reading and Writing Workshop
  • Sunday at 3:00 pm EST: Weekly Marx

Office Hours #116, 24-26 Jun 2022

Friday, 24 June 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and David Takes Your Questions and Abuse

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - The Red Hour w/Bruce Malm

I will be taking you back to the origins of science fiction in popular culture. Tonight we will be discussing the Golden age of Radio and the series X Minus One

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

Saturday, 25 June 2022

00:00 (12:00 am) - The Creative Process: Spit Ball Session w/Dave in PA

In the warm afterglow of our collective psychotic break led by our beloved Twilight Zone tripsitter Prof Jon, let us continue our fast from Concerns and a-Muse one another with creative ideas, show and tell, progress reports, feedback, fantasy and joie de vive!

01:00 (01:00 am) - Happy Matariki w/Roriki

Aoteoroa Zealand Adopts traditional Polynesian New Years Celebration…. A video clip of the Celebration and a discussion of the Middle of the darkness of the colonial winter and the pathway out.

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

Morning Session

8:00 (8:00 am) - Available

9:00 (9:00 am) - Available

10:00 (10:00 am) - Available

11:00 (11:00 am) - Available

Afternoon Session

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Blog Publishing on Roe v. Wade Ending w/Ann Li

I’m writing my monthly AntiCapitalist MeetUp piece for Sunday the 26th and will test out a few ideas in a draft for comment. I will post a draft prior to the meeting. In preparation, you might read the article The End of Roe v. Wade Is the Culmination of Years of Right-Wing Efforts.

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Burn Baby Burn, Viking Inferno w/Joe in Norway (Donate)

Let’s celebrate the summer solstice at the big bonfire on the fjord. (map) (live feed)

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Valley Vox Theatre

Join Valley Vox Theatre as we screen the anti-fascist satire by Charlie Chaplin The Great Dictator (trailer). Filmed just after Germany invaded Poland, it’s Chaplin’s first film with sound. Our special guest will be director John Larson.

Sunday, 26 June 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #115, 17-19 Jun 2022

Friday, 17 June 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and David Takes Your Questions and Abuse

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - How to spot someone too in love with a narrative? w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

Saturday, 18 June 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - The Red Hour w/Bruce Malm

I will be taking you back to the origins of science fiction in popular culture. Tonight we will be discussing the Golden age of Radio and the series X Minus One

01:00 (01:00 am) - Baywatchin' w/Nick C

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

Morning Session

07:00 (07:00 am) - Hiking w/Joe in Norway

09:00 (09:00 am) - Hiking w/Joe in Norway

Sleepy Joe getting a later start today. We’ll be on mountain around nine-ish. We’ll be going to a famous surf spot (Alnes) and hiking up Godøyfjellet to the lake.

Heading out for a hike somewhere in the region outside of town. If you’d like to donate some kroner for a bit of that sweet sweet bandwidth I would be much obliged. (Donate)

Afternoon Session

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Available

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Available

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Available

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Available

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)

Sunday, 19 June 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #114, 10-12 Jun 2022

Friday, 10 June 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and David Takes Your Questions and Abuse

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Deep Into Deep Ecology w/“Texas Tom” Webber

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon Donate

Saturday, 11 June 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - The REAL Reason Putin Might Start a Nuclear War w/Walter

We are going to talk with Vlad about one of his videos. Then a free for all discussion about the Ukraine situation.

01:00 (01:00 am) - Available

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

Morning Session

07:00 (07:00 am) - Hiking w/Joe in Norway

Heading up to Vasstrandegga (561m) mountain outside Ålesund.

08:30 (08:30 am) - Course: Jewish and Muslim Parables and Philosophical Fictions w/Prof. Adnan Husain (Donate)

This Week’s Reading: Kafka

Online versions of the texts below:

Note: teacher’s pets will read these before the class begins.

10:00 (10:00 am) - Available

11:00 (11:00 am) - Available

Afternoon Session

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Available

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)

15:30 (03:30 pm) - Reclaiming Homes in El Sereno w/Godcat

Possibly skipping revolution and going straight to Utopia I don’t know.. Labor/health/ supply chain redirect- Long Beach General hospital elephant Hill route 66 Chicago mercantile the China loop. Post scarcity zero marginal cost resource based ephemeralization. Oh and reclaiming our homes and the El Sereno Community Land Trust and yeah that stuff we talked about last time.

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Valley Vox Theatre

Valley Vox Theatre presents The Towering Inferno with special guest, legendary stuntwoman Sandy Gimpel. Lots of discussion about logical distrust of authority figures in our current political environment will ensue.

Sunday, 12 June 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #113, 3-4 June 2022

Friday, 2 June 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and David Takes Your Questions and Abuse

22:00 (10:00 pm) - An Indictment of U.S. Education w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

Saturday, 4 June 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - Water Harvesting and Management in Wet/Dry Conditions w/Falco

01:00 (01:00 am) - Available

The Witching Hours Session

02:00 (02:00 am) - Temperature Bi-Polarism w/Joe in Norway (Donate)

Time for some extreme heat followed by bone chilling cold aboard the floating Sæbø Fjordsauna. Take in the views of the Sunnmørsalpene (the Norwegian Alps) from the village of Sæbø (map) while Joe gets bi-polar w/the alternating hot and cold of the sauna and dips in Hjørundfjorden. Afterwards we can take a stroll through the village and visit a downed Luftwaffe pilot’s grave (KIA).

04:00 (04:00 am) - Available

05:00 (05:00 am) - Available

Morning Session

06:00 (06:00 am) - Available

07:00 (07:00 am) - Available

08:00 (08:00 am) - Available

09:00 (09:00 am) - Available

10:00 (10:00 am) - Available

11:00 (11:00 am) - Available

Afternoon Session

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

13:00 (01:00 pm) - More Hammer and Sickle

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

15:00 (03:00 pm) - More Weekly Marx

16:00 (04:00 pm) - Bowling for Columbine. What Has Changed? w/Lane

Trigger Warning: The film contains footage and audio that is upsetting.

Evening Session

17:00 (05:00 pm) - Columbine Cont’d.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Open Discussion

18:30 (06:30 pm) - Course: Jewish and Muslim Parables and Philosophical Fictions w/Prof. Adnan Husain (Donate)

This Week’s Reading: Kafka

Online versions of the texts below:

Note: teacher’s pets will read these before the class begins.

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)

22:00 (10:00 pm) - The Wind Down with David Feldman

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #112, 27-29 May 2022

Friday, 27 May 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and David Takes Your Questions and Abuse

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Why Should the Feldman Community Care About Pacifica Radio? w/Myla and Special Guest - Historian, Alternative Energy Visionary, and Election Integrity Activist Professor Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman.

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon Donate

Saturday, 28 May 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - Investigative Journalism and North Korea w/Harsh

A discussion about an investigative journalist in North Korea. A non-US perspective.

01:00 (01:00 am) - Gentle Passive Aggression w/Rodrigo

One short video, feel free to waste time afterwards.

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

Morning Session

08:30 (08:30 am) - Course: Jewish and Muslim Parables and Philosophical Fictions w/Prof. Adnan Husain (Donate)

Afternoon Session

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Canceled Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Valley Vox Theatre: Showgirls w/special guest, Professor Nathan Scoll

Sunday, 29 May 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

Registration

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