Reading Parting the Waters Episode: 004 Chapter Five The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Bus Boycott Part 2! We get more into the Bus Boycott and see how it ends, learn new characters like Bayard Rustin, learn who was asking for a better type of segregation, who is the first metro sexual in Montgomery Alabama, what FAKE NEWS incident almost ruins the Bus Boycott, and what character reminds me of the movie Forrest Gump, and more on who are the unsung hero’s of the boycott, who started it. That, some Ike talk, some of my music and much much more!

Intro music by The Staples Singers “Freedom Highway” 1965.

Reading Parting the Waters Episode: 003 Chapter Four, The First Trombone

Bus Boycott Part 1!

Branch takes us down into Montgomery Alabama where King establishes himself as the pastor of Dexter Ave Church. Bus Boycott background, origins and start of it. Learn what MLK adopts from his dad to help his Church increase revenue, what character Branch describes as offsetting psychopaths a notch in humanity's balance sheet, who should get credit for initiating the Bus Boycott, and who is the greatest Lutheran of the 20th century. Your letters and much more in this richly packed episode.

Intro music by The Staples Singers “Freedom Highway 1965.

Chapter 3: Neibuhr And the Pool Tables.

Episode 002 Reading Taylor Branch’s Parting the Waters. Paul and Gabe go over chapter three, focusing on MLKs intellectual theological journey. We discuss the social gospel and Reinhold Niebuhr and King’s struggle with his own beliefs. Is Niebuhr a jerk? We remark on King’s time in Eastern Pennsylvania at Crozer. Our beloved old sourpuss comes back into the picture. That and some marxist talk and name changing and much much more!

Intro music by The Staple Singers “Freedom Highway” 1965.

Episode 001 Reading Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch. A dive into the Civil Rights movement. Paul and Gabe discuss chapters one and two. A pre history to the civil rights movement. Find out what character throws themselves out of the window twice, who get’s criticized for selling vegetables in church, along with fish, what historical Black intellectual will be named Old Sourpuss, who we love and agree with...and an explanation on why some people have letters as first names, that and much much more.

Brief discussion about Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe. New songs I recorded, one electronic, one rock, instrumental of course. Update on upcoming series we'll be making.

Short mini episode. Dragon talk with a 5 year old. Can the 5 year old take the tough questions about dragons. Listen for under 4 minutes and find out!

Paul, Jake, Greg, and Liam are back from Iceland to discuss Radiohead's follow up album to their genre bending Kid A: Amnesiac.

Is this just a bunch of B sides from Kid A or is this much much more?

Greg talks louder, and there may actually be more insightful comments than past episodes.

Enjoy track by track commentary for Amnesiac, along with some thoughts on Johnny Cash, Rick Rubin, and of course U2.

Paul and Jake and special guests Greg and Liam join us to talk about Kid A, Radiohead's best album? We talk about their change in direction and discuss if this is only headphone music. That and much more including two songs by me to open and end the show, along with my 3 year old son singing about dinosaurs.

Paul and Jake talk about Radiohead's landmark album OK Computer,

along with the Radiohead's connection to Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, and a Radiohead cover song by Gillian Welch.

Paul and Chris discuss Mark Greif's article Against Exercise.

Read it here:

https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3428-against-exercise-by-mark-greif

Should we exercise? Do you want to live? Is spending our time exercising taking away from us thinking? Is exercise good or bad, yes that's what we talk about, seriously, this is a smart and funny talk.

Thanks for listening.

More "A Complete Idioteques Guide to Radiohead" episodes coming.