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THORNE DREYER / INTERVIEW / Ronnie Dugger: The Reporter
Ronnie Dugger. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / May 29, 2025 (On Friday, May 30, 2-3 p.m., Rag Radio is rebroadcasting our June 8, 2012 interview with the late Ronnie … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Interview, Journalist, Making Waves, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, Rag Radio Interviews, Ronnie Dugger, Texas Observer, The Rag Blog, Thorne Dreyer
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THORNE DREYER / REMEMBRANCE / Kinky Friedman 1944 – 2024
Kinky Friedman. Image from Wikipedia. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | July 4, 2024 Kinky Friedman, a singer, songwriter, humorist and sometime politician who with his band, the Texas Jewboys, developed an ardent following among alt-country music fans … Continue reading
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INTERVIEW | Are those typewriters still smoking?
Jonah interviews John Campbell McMillan, author of ‘Smoking Typewriters,’ the definitive work on the ’60s underground press. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 5, 2018 An associate professor of history at Georgia State University in Atlanta, with … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, John McMillian, Jonah Raskin, Rag Blog, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Smoking Typewriters, The Rag, Underground Press
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Stormy Weather: A Rag Blog interview with Bryan Burrough, author of ‘Days of Rage’
“The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Hermosa Beach, California.” — Bryan Burrough By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Books, Bryan Burrough, Days of Rage, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Marilyn Buck, Radical Activists, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Weather Underground
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RAG RADIO PODCAST | An exclusive interview with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
‘This country is moving very fast toward an oligarchic form of society where a small number of people have incredible wealth and incredible economic power.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 21, 2015 UPDATE: On Thursday, … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Hall of Fame singer Maryann Price; Ellen Sweets, author of ‘Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins’
Maryann Price sang with Dan Hicks, The Kinks, and Asleep at the Wheel; Ellen Sweets is a prize-winning journalist recently returned from Cuba. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | March 23, 2015 Recent guests on Rag Radio … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO PODCAST | Jim Hightower on
‘the growing populist rebellion against our corporate plutocracy’
We also talk about the U.S. Postal Service and grassroots efforts by workers and supporters to fight back against privatization. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | March 12, 2015 Progressive populist writer and radio commentator Jim Hightower, … Continue reading
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Tagged Grassroots Activism, Interview, Jim Hightower, Podcast, Populists, Progressive Activists, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer, Tracey Schulz
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RAG RADIO PODCAST | Heart attack survivor Jeff Shero Nightbyrd on how not to have one!
Jeff, who had triple bypass surgery, talks about heart health, holistic health, and our health care system. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | March 12, 2015 Jeff Shero Nightbyrd, who was a major figure in the ’60s … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuban Health Care, Health Care, Heart Health, Heart Surgery, Holistic Health, Interview, Jeffrey Nightbyrd, Podcast, Rag Radio, SDS, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer, Tracey Schulz, Underground Press
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RAG RADIO PODCAST | Bob McChesney on our media crisis – and on ‘post-capitalist democracy’
In his important new book, the influential media critic is ‘Blowing the Roof Off the Twenty-First Century.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | January 24, 2015 Our guest on Rag Radio is Robert W. McChesney, one of … Continue reading
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INTERVIEW | Author and teacher Peter Richardson dissects California themes, memes
In his last two books, Richardson offers potent narratives about California in the era of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, Bob Scheer and Warren Hinckle. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | January 20, 2015 ∗ Jonah Raskin is … Continue reading
METRO PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer : Houston-raised actress Cindy Pickett was Ferris
Bueller’s mom
The daughter of Houston acting teacher Cecil Pickett, Cindy starred in ‘Guiding Light,’ ‘St. Elsewhere,’ and Roger Vadim’s erotic thriller, ‘Night Games.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | November 4, 2014 Our Rag Radio podcast features actress … Continue reading
