Saturday, April 8, 2023

No Killing (TOTR 451)

 [art by Mikhaila Markham; photos from Nashville on 4/6/2023 & from the summer of 2020, Teacher On The Radio with Justin Jones] 






-aired on WTTU 88.5 FM The Nest on Saturday, April 8, 2023
-audio archive drops after live episode

Excerpt from Deadline with Nicole Wallace featuring John Lewis & Justin Jones

Violent Femmes - No Killing

Excerpt from students speaking in the rain, early in the morning, on Legislative Plaza on Thursday, April 6, 2023, recorded live by Teacher On The Radio

The Boomtown Rats - I Don’t Like Mondays

Excerpt from Charlie Kirk (founder of TPUSA) speaking on the calculated and  “acceptable” fact of gun deaths for the alleged good having guns (this is the adversarial view contrast & context), retrieved from Twitter

Steve Earle - The Devil’s Right Hand 

Excerpt from Justin Pearson speaking outside on Legislative Plaza after his expulsion, Thursday evening, April 6, 2023, retrieved from Twitter

Sage, Kesha, & CHIKA - Safe

Excerpt from House Speaker Cameron Sexton comparing March 30th, 2023 to January 6, 2021, from Deadline with Nicole Wallace, retrieved from Twitter

Sunny War w/ Allison Russell & Chris Pierce - Hopeless 

Excerpt from Democracy Now on Friday, April 7, featuring Justin Jones and hosted by Amy Goodman, includes questioning from our Cookeville representative Ryan Williams

Crys Matthews - Battle Hymn for an Army of Lovers

Excerpt from Democracy Now on Friday, April 7, featuring Justin Jones and hosted by Amy Goodman

Natalie Merchant - Tower of Babel 
Crys Matthews - Changemakers 

Excerpt of Justin Pearson speaking to reporters immediately after expulsion on Thursday, April 6, immediately after expulsion, retrieved from Twitter

Crys Matthews - We Must Be Free

Andrew talks back the first hour of this episode

Willie Nelson - The Troublemaker 

Excerpt from Democracy Now on Friday, April 7, featuring Justin Pearson and hosted by Amy Goodman, includes questioning from representative Andrew Farmer from East Tennessee 

Adeem the Artist - Heritage of Arrogance

Excerpt from my friend Jonathan Martin’s Zeitcast “Preaching to the Dead in a Graveyard on Good Friday Night,” in the section where he calls out the recent attacks on the trans community as demonic 

The Mountain Goats - Solidarity Forever 
(this song may switch the theme and vibe of this episode but I had to include it because I heard John Darnielle and the Mountain Goats perform this in deep red Alabama for the recent strike at Warrior Met Coal. Nonbinary “cast iron pansexual” Adeem the Artist was the opening act) 

An excerpt of my friend David Dark doing a livestream on recent events, retrieved from Twitter

Eric Hutchison - Right Side of History 
Possessed By Paul James - When It Breaks 
TN Brando - “Stand With The Tennessee Three” 

An excerpt from my friend and teacher Paige La Grone Babcock, speaking in the rain, early in the morning, on Legislative Plaza on Thursday, April 6, 2023, recorded live by Teacher On The Radio

Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert - Singing for Our Lives 
American Aquarium - A Better South

An excerpt of expelled representative Justin Pearson appearing on All In with Chris Hayes on Friday, April 7, 2023

The Lumineers - Democracy
Playing for Change featuring Keb Mo, Grandpa Elliot, & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Down By The Riverside 

Saturday, April 1, 2023

The Fool (TOTR 450)

 


-aired on WTTU 88.5 FM The Nest on Saturday, April 1, 2023
-Includes audio clips from the Weird Studies podcast & the Joker (2019) film featuring Joaquin Phoenix & Rober DeNiro 

Sam Cooke - Fool's Paradise
Bobby Blue Bland - Who Will The Next Fool Be?
The Beatles - The Fool On The Hill
The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry 
Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain
Grateful Dead - Heaven Help the Fool
Michael Stanley Band - Fool's Parade
Levon Helm - Even A Fool Would Let Go
John Prine - Caravan of Fools
Heavy Meadow - The Fool
Bob Dylan - Jokerman
Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Wolfmother - Joker And The Thief
G. Love & Special Sauce - Rodeo Clowns
John Mellencamp - Rodeo Clown
Charley Crockett - I'm Just a Clown
Bruce Springsteen - Wild Billy's Circus Story
World Party - Ship of Fools
U2 - Stand Up Comedy
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
The Collection - Love At The End Of The World