We spend the hour with the artist who brings us the cover of the summer issue of the Fifth Estate magazine, co-founder of World War 3 Illustrated and author of War In The Neighborhood, illustrator of After The Crash and many other books, Seth Tobocman, speaking to us from New York City.

One story of surviving as an artist in the USA, from the collapse of the music industry to the housing crisis to the pandemic.

We spend the hour with songwriter, poet, musician, and founding member of Chumbawamba, Danbert Nobacon, talking about his brilliant new double album, Mesmerica, and many other subjects.

We spend the hour with writer, organizer and filmmaker, Andrés Thomas Conteris, talking to us from Guatemala.

Today we spend the hour with author, organizer, Fifth Estate contributor, and convicted felon, Ann Hansen.

If the Portland Police decide they need to start killing protesters, the mayor has just justified it in advance.

We spend the hour with Dr. Graciela Monteagudo, lecturer in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, talking about contemporary politics and social movements in Argentina and the US.

My favorite festival in the Arctic, but not... The online version of this wonderful festival on the island of Karlsøy in Norway is ongoing from August 4-10 at www.karlsoyfestivalen.no.

We spend the hour with author, organizer, and artist from Berkeley, California, David Solnit.

Today's guest is Ben Olson, musician, poet, and regular contributor to the Fifth Estate, currently living in New York City and working on getting a graduate degree in Philosophy at the New School.