Charles Bursell Presents
604 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSocial critic-at-large Charles Bursell presents podcasts, radio art, and commentary in a variety of formats and genres ranging from one-on-one conversation to full company experimental audio improv. Current podcasts include "Conversations with Charles Bursell" and "Stream of Consciousness Talk Radio Theatre"
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Episodes
Campus Protest (The Log 449)
April 26, 2024 16:30 - 29 minutes - 36.6 MBA special bonus episode on the brazen right-wing lies over campus protests of Israel and presidential immunity in the Supreme Court. www.charlesbursell.com
Bogus SCOTUS (The Log 448)
April 25, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes - 37.6 MBThe US Supreme Court puts its right-wing thumb on the scale re abortion rights, criminalizing homelessness and busting unions. Also: stealing at self-checkout, CNN sucks, TikTok is on the clock, and Ukraine and Israel get the big bucks. www.charlesbursell.com
People Who Think They Know Things (CBP-70)
April 21, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes - 36.8 MBThe CBP Pitch, Daycare Dilemma, The Fun of Being Thoughtful, Empire, People Who Think They Know Things, We’re All Communists, Secret Bonus Track www.charlesbursell.com
People Who Think They Know Things (CBP-69)
April 21, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes - 36.8 MBThe CBP Pitch, Daycare Dilemma, The Fun of Being Thoughtful, Empire, People Who Think They Know Things, We’re All Communists, Secret Bonus Track www.charlesbursell.com
Ridiculous & Sublime (The Log 447)
April 18, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes - 34.9 MBWPR’s middle finger to Milwaukee, more terrible decisions by Netanyahu, House MAGA’s assault on sane government, and Elton John reminds us how wonderful life is. www.charlesbursell.com
Abortion, Cops and Gaza (The Log 446)
April 11, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes - 35.4 MBRunning out of winning issues, Republicans are inadvertently pushing abortion to the front of the campaign. Also: cops & politics, and the Left forces Joe’s hand on Israel. www.charlesbursell.com
Me or We (CBP-69)
April 07, 2024 17:00 - 29 minutes - 40 MBThere’s an insidious fascist creep in the personal well-being movement, especially as hawked by self-appointed “experts.” They may have already got you, but it’s not too late to resist. www.charlesbursell.com
Eclipse This! (The Log 445)
April 04, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes - 36 MBWatching The Ten Commandments on network TV just as God intended, traveling for the eclipse, abortion and weed to the rescue in Florida, reading election tea leaves, and The Orange Menace continues his repulsive campaign. www.charlesbursell.com
Gross Profit (CBP-68)
March 31, 2024 17:00 - 29 minutes - 35.3 MBThe Wisdom of Youth, Free Sing Three, Multiple Negatives, Down In the Streets, Berlin March, Gross Ads, Brooklyn or Texas. www.charlesbursell.com
The Repugnant Party (The Log 444)
March 28, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes - 34.7 MBMAGA Republicans have forfeited all rights to be covered in the media as a legitimate political party. www.charlesbursell.com
Found Sound Radio (CBP-67)
March 24, 2024 17:00 - 29 minutes - 32.8 MBDairy Queen, Orlando FL, Sea Mammals, Walmart Mystery, Aliens & Football, Sunny In the Window, Fair Play. www.charlesbursell.com
Fat and Happy (The Log 443)
March 21, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBSCOTUS pretzel logic on the 14th Amendment, Oprah bloviates on obesity, and US billionaires enjoy an 87% bump. www.charlesbursell.com
Peter Donalds: Songs & Monologues
March 17, 2024 17:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBMonday Go to Work, The Biggest Lie of All, The Colors I See, Speck, An Agnostic Christmas, Money Gotta Go, Everything’s Alright. www.charlesbursell.com
You Just Have to Laugh (The Log 442)
March 14, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes - 34.2 MBFrom bad to worse to absurd: Oscar and SNL politics, Israeli atrocities continue, and the dictators club hopes to welcome a new member. www.charlesbursell.com
Alone in Beijing (CBP-65)
March 10, 2024 17:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBTiny House, Pen Jokes, Django and Jerry, After the Revolution, Alone in Beijing. www.charlesbursell.com
The Log SOTU Special
March 08, 2024 21:12 - 40 minutes - 47.4 MBDon’t let them fool you, Joe Biden is too old and his ideas are even older. But, if you’re in a swing state you still have to vote for him because The Orange Menace is existentially worse. www.charlesbursell.com
Shameless (The Log 440)
March 07, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 37.7 MBSuper Tuesday highlights the shameless anti-democratic nature of the U.S. www.charlesbursell.com
Alpha Baggage (CBP-64)
March 03, 2024 18:00 - 29 minutes - 38.2 MBYer No Man, Ain’t We Got Fun (Carsie Blanton), The Bag Handlers, Ngafa (Shwi No Mtekhala). www.charlesbursell.com
Voters’ Turn (The Log 439)
February 29, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 35.1 MBLatest on the 2024 campaign, heat-checking the crazy right, and the economy versus your lying eyes. www.charlesbursell.com
The Best Person In the World (CBP-63)
February 25, 2024 18:00 - 29 minutes - 33.9 MBCharles Bursell Presents Ep.63: The Best Person In the World www.charlesbursell.com
Dictator’s Delight (The Log 438)
February 22, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 33.4 MBPutin and other dictators are having a moment, and American Fascists are here for it. Also: the unholy updates from Gaza and Ukraine. www.charlesbursell.com
Dream Real (CBP-62)
February 18, 2024 18:00 - 29 minutes - 35.1 MBBeam Me Up, French Song, Abolish Cars, Be Good, Not What I Planned. www.charlesbursell.com
Jargon Alert (The Log 437)
February 15, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 36 MBLet’s stop weaponizing political language. Also: equity versus equality, Robert Hur is a MAGA hack, and some final thoughts on the Super Bowl. www.charlesbursell.com
The More You Know (CBP-61)
February 11, 2024 18:00 - 29 minutes - 34 MBPublic Service Announcements, A New American Art Form, Rich People, Your Life Matters. www.charlesbursell.com
Saving Grace (The Log 436)
February 08, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 35.2 MBJoni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman momentarily delivered us from the crass Capitalist culture of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, the god and goddess of basic. www.charlesbursell.com
The Social Disease (The Log 435)
February 01, 2024 01:30 - 29 minutes - 33.4 MBSocial Media CEOs grilled by a clueless Congress who still doesn’t get it. The evil in the algorithms is Capitalism! www.charlesbursell.com
Good Art, Bad Art (The Log 434)
January 25, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 33.9 MBThe faux-feminist argument over Barbie and the Oscars is shallow. Art is not always subjective and yes, some opinions about art are just plain wrong. Also, arts awards are stupid and money ruins everything. www.charlesbursell.com
The Presidency (TL-433)
January 18, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 32.9 MBJoe Biden may be the perfect president for the nation we have, but certainly not for the nation we ought to be. www.charlesbursell.com
Is This Who We Are? (TL-432)
January 11, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 33.9 MBWhite supremacy and the hottest year on record. Settling for the status quo and saying the quiet part out loud. The Right Wing thrives while the US has no Left at all. Is this just who we are now? www.charlesbursell.com
Stop the Genocide! (The Log 431)
January 04, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 35.3 MBThe US-supported genocide in Gaza is the main attraction in a coordinated, multi-faceted outbreak of global Fascism. From Netanyahu to Putin to MAGA Republicans, it’s time for us to rise up against the bad guys. www.charlesbursell.com
Law and Disorder – The Log 430
December 28, 2023 06:00 - 29 minutes - 34.6 MBBankrupt Rudy, The Orange Menace on the ballot, reverse-engineering US law, Merrick Garland’s two-year bungle, genocide in Gaza, and good news on Wisconsin’s gerrymandered maps. www.charlesbursell.com
It's My Land Now
November 13, 2023 16:07 - 8 minutes - 9.63 MBA brand new season of Charles Bursell Presents is coming in 2024. Till then, please enjoy this sketch from a previous episode and catch up on the full archive at www.charlesbursell.com
The Information Age (CBP-60)
May 09, 2023 03:21 - 59 minutes - 75.1 MBFollow the perilous journey of Winston on his heroic quest for the legendary Free Flow of Information. This is a full-length radio play created from the 1997 original 12-episode serial. www.charlesbursell.com
R-A-D-I-O! (CBP-59)
April 12, 2023 00:13 - 29 minutes - 32.8 MBVintage Jingles, Kitchen Table Issues, I Wonder, Breaking News, Coming Up, Boop-Bop-a-Dee-Bop, Dad Jokes. www.charlesbursell.com
The Girl and The Goat (CBP-58)
April 05, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 37.4 MBAudio stories sculpted of improvised spoken word, music, and sound: Walter, Be Bop, The Girl and The Goat, Berliners’ March, and Flightless. www.charlesbursell.com
Calling the Game (CBP-57)
March 29, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 37 MBRating your life when it’s over and the choice to live it again. But first: improvised play-by-play, a silly song, and a quick monologue. Plus: The Serendipity Singers.
Major Minor (CBP-56)
March 22, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 29.2 MBVan Thoughts, Sarah 1993, Military Whimsey, Letter to Grandma. www.charlesbursell.com
Trivialities (CBP-55)
March 15, 2023 03:05 - 29 minutes - 35.5 MBTrivial thoughts about bathrooms, box lunches, checkout lines, pumping gas, building a deck, and signage. www.charlesbursell.com
AI: No Laughing Matter (CBP-54)
March 08, 2023 16:44 - 29 minutes - 31.6 MBCan AI do comedy, or is it too “woke”? We put it to the test. Listen and judge for yourself. www.charlesbursell.com
Real World Correspondent (CBP-53)
March 01, 2023 23:11 - 29 minutes - 29.1 MBLong after lockdowns were lifted, Charles Bursell remains a happy hermit. His friend Anja reports back from the outside world. www.charlesbursell.com
Addressing the Nation (CBP-52)
February 22, 2023 18:28 - 29 minutes - 28.2 MBTwo speeches from President Jimmy Carter: His so-called “Crisis of Confidence” Speech of July 15, 1979 and his Farewell Address of January 14, 1981 (edited for time). www.charlesbursell.com www.charlesbursell.com
On The Nose (CBP-51)
February 15, 2023 17:19 - 29 minutes - 30.1 MBCharles Bursell Presents, Ep.51: “On The Nose” – Scrolling videos audio-only, when your friends are a little too on the nose, and an art song that I like. www.charlesbursell.com
Make It Make Sense (CBP-50)
February 08, 2023 18:30 - 29 minutes - 35.1 MBCharles Bursell Presents, Ep.50: “Make It Make Sense” – We’re celebrating our 50th episode with non-sequitur sound, absurd stories, and silly songs. Your challenge: make it make sense. www.charlesbursell.com
Dueling Pitches (CBP-49)
February 01, 2023 14:50 - 29 minutes - 35.5 MBWhich drug to take? What food is healthy? Who’s charity to pledge? What product is best? Top It Off with Topidov, Some Little Bug, Dueling Pitches, Poop Barf Dirt, Backwards Time Math www.charlesbursell.com
Harry Solstmas (CBP-48)
December 13, 2022 19:51 - 29 minutes - 30.1 MBMonologues, sketches, and songs for a combined Solstice/Christmas celebration. Harry Solstmas, Identity Theft, and A Message from George Bailey. Angels We Have Heard on High, Jingle Bells, Small Town Christmas, and An Agnostic Christmas performed by Peter Donalds www.charlesbursell.com
2022 Midterms Closing Argument #1: Democracy is on the Ballot
November 06, 2022 19:02 - 1 minute - 1.23 MBRepublicans are poised to create a one-party authoritarian state in the US. If you want your vote to count in future elections you better vote in this election. www.charlesbursell.com
2022 Midterms Closing Argument #2: Inflation & The Economy
November 06, 2022 18:55 - 2 minutes - 3.71 MBHistorically the economy does better under Democrats while Republican continue to peddle their tired and debunked theory of trickle down. www.charlesbursell.com
2022 Midterms Closing Argument #3: Lying About Crime & Police
November 06, 2022 18:49 - 2 minutes - 2.7 MBContrary to GOP lies, crime rates are down over the last year. Homicide is up, but the highest rates are actually in Republican-led cities and states. www.charlesbursell.com
2022 Midterms Closing Argument #4: Reproductive Rights
November 06, 2022 18:40 - 1 minute - 1.75 MBIf you are one of the 80 to 90 percent of Americans who believe abortion should be legal in at least SOME cases you need to vote Blue. www.charlesbursell.com
2022 Midterms Closing Argument #5: Legalized Bigotry
November 06, 2022 18:32 - 1 minute - 1.98 MBIn the name of “states rights” and “religious liberty” Republicans will continue their drive to codify bigotry in U.S. law. www.charlesbursell.com