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Austin Music Award-winning singer-songwriter Gina Chavez joins us on Rag Radio
Gina Chavez sings for us and talks Pope Francis, her mission work with young women in El Salvador, and the Internet-era music scene. By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January 20, 2014 Austin Music Award-winning singer-songwriter Gina Chavez … Continue reading
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December guests on Rag Radio include ‘Radical Jesus’ editor, criminal justice blogger, Chicano novelist
Our Rag Radio podcasts feature interviews with historian and graphic nonfiction publisher Paul Buhle, Texas blogger and prison reform advocate Scott Henson, and fiction writer Daniel Chacón, author of ‘Hotel Juárez.’ By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January … Continue reading
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November Rag Radio Guests Include Spiritual Counselor, Citizens’ Advocate, Singer-Songwriter
Rev. Bob Breihan, Methodist minister and longtime social activist, on Rag Radio, November 29, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcasts: Thorne Dreyer interviews Rev. Bob Breihan, Sam Daley-Harris, Doyle Niemann & Mariann Wizard, Susan … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Singer-Songwriter Slaid Cleaves in Interview and Performance
Slaid Cleaves in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Friday, November 1, 2013. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Acclaimed Austin-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves Slaid spins some yarns, tells how his study of philosophy, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Musicians, Interview, Podcast, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, Singer-Songwriters, Slaid Cleaves, Thorne Dreyer
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Father-Daughter! Newsman Dan Rather & Environmental Activist Robin Rather
Dan Rather and Robin Rather on Rag Radio, Friday, September 27, 2013, in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Legendary newsman Dan Rather and environmental activist Robin Rather … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Bruce Melton on Global Warming and Climate Change Denial
Environmental activist Bruce Melton at the studios of KOOP radio in Austin, Texas, September 20, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Environmental researcher and climate change activist Bruce Melton Austin environmentalist and Rag Blog … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Jim Hightower Brings the Lowdown on ‘Poopgate’ and ‘Tinkle-Down’ Economics
Texas populist gadfly Jim Hightower at the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, September 13, 2013. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Famed Texas populist commentator and political gadfly, Jim Hightower In 30 years, we’ve … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Award-Winning Novelist and Screenwriter Stephen Harrigan
Noted Texas writer Stephen Harrigan in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, September 6, 2013. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and journalist Stephen Harrigan The author of the New … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, John Graves, Novelists, Podcast, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, Screenwriters, Stephen Harrigan, Texas History, Texas Literature, Texas Monthly, Thorne Dreyer
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Chicago’s Mike Klonsky Fights for Public Education, ‘Small Schools’
Chicago education activist Mike Klonsky in the studios of KOOP Radio, Austin, Texas, Friday, August 20, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Former SDS leader Mike Klonsky is fighter for ‘Small Schools’ and democratic … Continue reading
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Tagged Activists, Chicago, Educational Philosophy, Educational Reform, Educators, Interview, Mike Klonsky, New Left, Podcast, Public Education, Rag Radio, SDS, Sixties, Small Schools, Thorne Dreyer
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Musician/Author Bobby Bridger & ‘Lost Gonzo’ Guitarist John Inmon
Musician and author Bobby Bridger with guitarist John Inmon at the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, August 23, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Singer-songwriter and author Bobby Bridger with ‘Lost Gonzo’ guitarist John … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Bobby Bridger, Guitarists, Historians, Interview, John Inmon, Lost Gonzo Band, Podcast, Rag Radio, Singer-Songwriters, Texas Musicians, Thorne Dreyer
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Sociologist Todd Gitlin on the State of American Mass Media
Todd Gitlin. Image from Pew Forum. Rag Radio podcast: Sociologist and author Todd Gitlin on the state of mass media in America We discuss the so-called ‘Golden Age’ of journalism highlighted by the distinguished coverage of the Watergate scandal, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, Journalism, Mass Media, Media Criticism, Media History, New Left, Podcast, Rag Radio, SDS, Sixties, Sociology, Thorne Dreyer, Todd Gitlin
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