Latest Insurrection Podcast Episodes
Enter the Boudoir
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - November 20, 2020 12:00 - 28 minutesAfter months of marveling at her evolving work online, David welcomes Pittsburgh-based photographer Alicia Swingle to the podcast to talk about how she came to specialize in the boudoir genre. Alicia is not only gifted behind the camera, celebrating the human form in all her subjects, but in fro...
Magic in the Classroom
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - November 13, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutesThe past meets the future at Ball High School (BHS) in Galveston, Texas. Find out how the Time Rewind day-in-history radio feature that inspired this podcast became an education sensation, with students learning about the past while developing research, editing and communication skills convertin...
From War Zone to Classroom and Around the World
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - November 06, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutesDavid welcomes fellow Boston University alum Nick Mills, who worked with David in the busy WEEI newsroom in Boston. Nick discusses his lifetime commitment to journalism, beginning with his service in the Peace Corps and as a U.S. Army combat photographer in Vietnam before becoming a recognizable...
Halloween Edition: Exploding Trees, Thugs, Asbestos and a Special Guest
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - October 30, 2020 11:00 - 38 minutesDanger lurks behind many assignments as reporters are dispatched to cover breaking news. In this episode, Mike shares his experience amid exploding trees, a pair of would-be robbers, exposure to asbestos, a ravaging case of poison ivy and what appears to be an angry mob. His wife, Nancie Xirinac...
Escape to the Other Side
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - October 23, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutesDavid welcomes longtime friend and colleague George Kovacik to reminisce high-pressure newsroom conditions that eventually convinced them to reevaluate news careers and move into public relations. They explain how, after once being the ones gathering and reporting the news, they each now provide...
For the Record: Three Decades of Album Design
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - October 16, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutesIn this episode, we welcome Michael Mendel, the creative force behind three decades of record album art for musicians like Gladys Knight & the Pips, Tony Bennett, Tammy Wynette, Curtis Mayfield, Donovan, David Cassidy, The Stylistics, The New York Philharmonic and many more. Michael reveals what...
Taking It To The Street
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - October 09, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutesIn the wee hours of every morning, story ideas are born in newsrooms across the country and around the world. These often require reporters to interview people that are out and about before most businesses are even open. David and Mike discuss crossing paths with a prostitute, bully and others w...
A Cheating Scandal, Swingers and Other Stories on the Menu
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - October 02, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutesMike reveals his knack for entering restaurants for a meal and leaving with juicy news stories, including a cheating scandal that rocked the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and an active swingers scene on Long Island, New York. David shares his experience making tough and sometimes unpopular decisions ...
Into a War Zone
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - September 25, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutesTwo years after covering the 9/11 attack in New York, Mike travels into the heart of war-torn Iraq, embedded with a humanitarian aid team. Amid the sound of gunfire day and night, he learns some surprising and amazing things about the Iraqi people and the U.S. troops serving in and around Baghda...
9/11: Chaos, Frustration and a Girl Filled with Hope
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - September 18, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutesA routine day of reporting turns upside down when terrorists attack the U.S. with commercial airliners. Mike takes us inside his 9/11 experience, trying to reach the burning World Trade Center for WCBS, but getting nowhere fast. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Bribes, Murders and a Hit & Run: A Reporter Caught in the Middle
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - September 04, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutesWhat happens when a reporter unwittingly becomes part of the very story he is covering? Mike faced this situation on multiple occasions and was even threatened with jail time. In this episode, he tells us how it all played out and what it feels like when the spotlight suddenly shines on the repo...
Newsroom Battles and Investigative Stories
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - August 28, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutesFind out what happens when David takes on a newsroom full of smokers and what Mike discovers while on an undercover ice cream mission. Those stories, plus basements, pizza and more from the duo's "radio daze." Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Charging Into the Danger Zone
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - August 21, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutesFormer radio reporter Robert Hurst joins David and Mike to share gripping accounts of how he covered two disasters that drew global attention, propelled his broadcast career and garnered awards. The 1987 Comfort, Texas flood trapped a school bus full of church campers, claiming 10 young lives as...
Calling Dr. Fauci and Other Leading Newsmakers
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - August 14, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutesDavid and Mike welcome special guest Jerry Barmash, news anchor/reporter for WABC in New York. With the U.S. still in the deadly clutches of the coronavirus pandemic and more police brutality taking place even as the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum, we ask Jerry how he interviews the ...
Baseball, Bonanza and a Stove That Says You're Home
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - August 07, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutesSchooled in the ways of fly fishing by Boston Red Sox great Ted Williams in our last episode, Mike now reveals New York Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio's pick as the greatest baseball player of all time. Plus, David's encounter with a New York City mayor and "Bonanza" star Lorne Greene. And the hear...
A Brush with Greatness: Meeting Ted Williams, Art Carney, Billy Joel and More
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - July 31, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutesIn this episode, Mike meets "God" at the beach in the form of baseball legend and American war hero Ted Williams; comedic genius Art Carney welcomes David into his Connecticut home for an exclusive interview over lemonade and cookies; and Mike pokes his head into Billy Joel's Long Island motorcy...
Flames on the Ocean, Standoff at City Hall
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - July 24, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutesThinking on your feet is essential when covering a breaking news story. In this episode, veteran broadcast journalists David Mendel and Mike Xirinachs share the personal drama they encountered while tackling their respective assignments. For David, it's being the only reporter inside Houston Cit...
Who Are These Guys + Staring a Grand Dragon in the Eyes
Time Rewind Reporter's Journal - July 17, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutesIn this series premiere, you will meet veteran broadcast journalists David Mendel and Mike Xirinachs — reunited 30 years after running one of the most respected newsrooms in Connecticut. Find out how they broke into the news business right out of school, and then listen as Mike takes you behind ...
The Unquiet Dead Ch 7 – AudioZine
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - May 14, 2020 05:00 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsThe Unquiet Dead Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology Chapter 7. Elitism, Populism, and Democracy – By Anonymous – MP3– Read– Print – Archive– Torrent– YouTube Chapter 7 discusses Nietzsche, anti-Semitism and elitism as well as The Peróns fascism and populism. The full text is available at unquietde...
Revolution and Destituent Power – Presentation
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - March 05, 2020 06:14 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsRevolution and Destituent Power: How do we de-activate the State without founding a new one? – MP3 – Read – Print– Torrent – Archive– YouTube Historically, the revolutionary process in the West has centered on violently destroying a certain order and then re-founding a new order based on that pri...
Destituent Power and Revolution – Presentation
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - March 05, 2020 06:14 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsDestituent Power and Revolution: How do we de-activate the State without founding a new one? – MP3 – Torrent– Archive– YouTube Historically, the revolutionary process in the West has centered on violently destroying a certain order and then re-founding a new order based on that prior violence. Fr...
Now – AudioZine
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - January 23, 2020 18:17 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsNow by The Invisible Committee – MP3 – Read– Print – Torrent – Archive – YouTube Now (2017) is the phantom chapter to the Invisible Committee’s previous book, To Our Friends: a new critique from the anonymous collective that establishes their opposition to the world of capital and its law of labo...
The Communard – Audio Zine
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - August 21, 2019 17:10 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsThe Olympia Communard: Dispatches from the Olympia Rail Blockade – By Various Authors – MP3 – PDF – Torrent – Archive – YouTube For seven days during the winter of 2016, radicals, revolutionaries and ne’er-do-wells – inspired by the then unfolding revolt at Standing Rock – built a blockade encamp...
This Is What Democracy Looks Like – AudioZine
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - March 15, 2019 17:13 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsThis Is What Democracy Looks Like: An Anarchist Critique Of Democracy – MP3 – Read – Print – Torrent – Archive – YouTube In the words of the introduction to this pamphlet, “One would think that a political doctrine and system that was propagated by the bourgeoisie in their rise to power, that is ...
Malediction – AudioZine
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - March 04, 2019 17:00 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsMalediction – by Margaret Killjoy – MP3 – Torrent – Archive – YouTube Originally published in Shock Totem #10 in March of 2016; this morbid story includes a gay squatter, suicide, cop hating and paranoia. For more by Margaret Killjoy go to birdsbeforethestorm.net and keep an eye out for more of h...
The Unquiet Dead Ch 6
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - February 23, 2019 22:34 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsThe Unquiet Dead: Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology – Chapter 6 Mythologies – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Chapter 6 discusses Barthes’ critique of Leftist mythologies; Marx’s critique of mythology and a critique of Marx’s mythology; elements of fascist mythology; various kind...
Skin In The Game – AudioZine
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - January 29, 2019 18:59 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsSkin In The Game: How Antisemitism Animates White Nationalism by Eric Ward – MP3 – Read – Print – Torrent – Archive – YouTube “To recognize that antisemitism is not a sideshow to racism within White nationalist thought is important for at least two reasons. First, it allows us to identify the fue...
Les Guérillères – AudioZine
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - December 13, 2018 22:58 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsLes Guérillères – by Monique Wittig – MP3 – PDF – Torrent – Archive – YouTube Monique Wittig published Les Guerilleres in 1969, at a time when the whole world seemed on the brink of revolutionary change. It is the story of a successful feminist war against patriarchy. It was one of the most wide...
The Delirious Momentum of the Revolt – AudioZine
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - December 06, 2018 16:31 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsThe Delirious Momentum of the Revolt: The Complete Works of A.G. Schwarz – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Today it has been 10 years since Alexandros Grigoropoulos was killed and since Greece rose up in the 2008 insurrection. We offer this zine now, so that we may better conside...
The Question of Organization – AudioZine
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro - November 29, 2018 03:01 ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsThe Question of Organization – From Insurrection #4 – MP3 – Imposed – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Originally published in the magazine Insurrection, a project which included Jean Weir, this zine offers an analysis of several facets of an insurrectionist perspective on organization. Sections inclu...
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