Monday
17 November 2025
16:00 (4 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Cellis Bueno on Attention Chapter 2
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.
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.
Tuesday
18 November 2025
16:00 (4 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Cultural Economy and the Creative Field of the City PLUS Cognitive Capitalism
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 Red Hour
Join the us every Tuesday for a short story discussion. See this week’s reading in the #the-red-hour channel on Discord.
This week’s reading: Fernstad’s Mother by [Charles Baxter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baxter_(author%29)
20:30 (8:30 pm) - Good News Everyone! w/Prof. Jon
Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.
Wednesday
19 November 2025
16:00 (4 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Cultural Economy and the Creative Field of the City PLUS Cognitive Capitalism, Cont’d.
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.
20:30-21:30 (8:30 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom
You are invited to join our weekly Wednesday night Spirituality And Activism zoom!
Tonight’s Topic: Can Reports Of Near Death Experiences Illuminate Our Understanding Of Deep Mystical States?
Since the publication of “Life After Life” in 1975, research into Near-Death Experiences has flourished across disciplines, opening new doors into the study of consciousness. Today, the conversation is shifting: instead of asking only whether NDEs are ‘real,’ we might also ask how they illuminate timeless dimensions of spiritual experience. This interview if presentation by Fr. Vincent Pizzuto takes up that challenge by exploring the Trappist monk Thomas Merton’s evocative description of quietud sabrosa—a ‘delicious tranquility’—and considers its uncanny resonance with reports from those who have journeyed to the threshold of death. By drawing on an idealist (as opposed to physicalist) model of consciousness, he suggests that NDEs not only expand our scientific understanding of consciousness but also deepen our insight into the interior unfolding of contemplative states, offering a bridge between modern research and perennial wisdom.
About Fr. Vincent Pizzuto, Phd: He Father Vincent Pizzuto, Ph.D. is Professor of New Testament Studies and Christian Mysticism at the Jesuit University of San Francisco and is an Episcopalian priest. He is currently working on his third book project in which he studies the nature of consciousness and its importance for spirituality.
Thursday
20 November 2025
16:00 (4 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Mizuoka Subsumption and Marxist Geography
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.
21:00 (9 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost
Please check #zoom-links channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.
Friday
21 November 2025
16:00 (4 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Mizuoka Subsumption and Marxist Geography chapter 2
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.
17:00 (5 pm) - Office Hours w/Professor Adnan Husain
In this session Adnan hosts Dr. Bikrum Gill, a professor at Virginia Tech, a scholar of international political economy, and member of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective. We will talk about the key confrontation of our time: the possibility for sovereign development by peoples of the Global South and the imperialist wars waged against these projects by the colonial West. We’ll examine these processes and projects of alternative development outside of Western capitalist hegemony, the geopolitical economies and ecologies of imperial capitalism, and the various theatres in which sovereign development is under violent intervention and attack across the globe.
19:00 (7 pm) - The After Hours Show S03E26
On tonight’s show:
- Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant
- Joe in Norway winter squash creme caramel for the allergic ones for Kitchen ASMR
- 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: Lindemann’s Catch
A longtime fisherman, angry and bitter at his lot and at the sea, finally snares something to change his heart." Starring: Stuart Whitman, Jack Aranson, and Harry Townes.
22:00 (10 pm) - CinemaTAC: Poker Face w/Travis
I would like to invite everyone to join me for the mystery crime/comedy series, Poker Face. A Columbo inspired drama.
A mystery-of-the-week series following Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road in her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve. Guest stars are plentiful throughout, from Ellen Barkin and Adrien Brody to Luis Guzmán and Chloë Sevigny. An inverted detective series, also known as a “howcatchem” and popularized by “Columbo,” the crime and perpetrator are shown at the beginning of each episode, and follows Charlie as she tries to solve the mystery.
Saturday
22 November 2025
14:00 (2 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group
Reading: Economic Works of Karl Marx 1861–1864
The Process of Production of Capital, Draft Chapter 6 of Capital
Results of the Direct Production Process
19:00 (07:00 pm) - Saturday Night Theatre: “Witness for the Prosecution” w/Susanna
🍿 Agatha Christie’s 1957 smash hit starring Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Elsa Lanchester. Directed by the great Billy Wilder. (8.3 rating on IMDB)
21:00 (9 pm) - Bring the Music
Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.
Sunday
23 November 2025
14:00 (2 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom (separate Zoom)
14:00 (2 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group
Reading: Economic Works of Karl Marx 1861–1864
The Process of Production of Capital, Draft Chapter 6 of Capital
Results of the Direct Production Process
15:00 (3 pm) - Struggle Session 6 Live w/Nerdeen Kiswani, Sina Rahmani, Henry Hakamaki & Mehmet Ali Arslan and host Adnan Husain
The Struggle Session is back for November on Sunday Nov 23rd at 3pmET! This monthly livestream panel program is not convening to make you feel better–the unvarnished analysis and fierce self-criticism may make you feel a bit worse! But, it will inform and, hopefully, spur you to taking action. As Marx said, the point isn’t just to understand the world but to change it. This is an activist panel for a much needed Struggle Session: Nerdeen Kiswani, founder of Within our Lifetime; Sina Rahmani, host of East is a Podcast and impressario/producer of the online tankie left; Henry Hakamaki, editor at ISKRA Books and co-host of Guerrilla History podcast; and Mehmet Ali Arslan, musician, activist, and co-host of Fredshetsarna podcast in Swedish and English.
17:00 (5 pm) - A Star Trek:The Next Generation Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)
This week’s episode: The Price
While the Enterprise hosts negotiations for control of a stable wormhole, Troi forms a personal relationship with an opposing negotiator, unaware of his true being. Guest Starring: Matt McCoy, Elizabeth Hoffman, Castulo Guerra, and Dan Shor.
? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Star Trek) w/Lane
Note: all times in ET.
Registration
Register for a slot on After Hours now.