Sketch and improv radio theatre, audio art, music and spoken word. 

Ep.107 “Photog Hero Andrew Harnik” – The Orange Meat Puppet’s sociopathic response to that Oval Office medical emergency, war crime boat murders, the sandwich guy, what to do when bad people die, and other stories from our current tragic comedy, all set to goofy music.

Ep.106 “The Goobermensch” – There is a dangerous new archetype on the rise. Decidedly far-right, disguised as centrist, and the chief facilitator of American Fascism.

Ep.105 “Lessons of Jury Duty” – The dehumanization of smart phones, the depravity of true crime, the flaws of the adversarial system, the convolution of law, the resources of justice, and the brilliance of random citizens.

Ep.104 “Off the Fence” – We can choose which direction to go forward, but there’s no going back.

Ep.103 “The Centrist!” – The Adventures of The Centrist, Cody’s Lesson, Shut It Down, And Now It’s Time For The News #1.  

Ep.102 “Buy Things!” – Dissatisfied with your life? Unhappy with the state of politics? Buy things! Also: do you know what a natural conspiracy is? You probably believe in a hundred of them without even knowing it.   

Ep.101 “Watching Jeopardy!” – Chucky Bucky and Uncle Chuck watch Jeopardy! together. A listener calls in to complain.

Ep.100 “Defund the Despots” – The Resistance has room to grow; don’t ask, demand. American Fascists are miles ahead of their Twentieth Century counterparts. How to unplug the Tech-Bro Monarchs forever: abolish money. 

Ep.99 “Leftovers” – Several years (from the 90s to today) of questionable audio bits, improv, tests, and outtakes swept off the cutting room floor and tossed into a goofy collage episode. Enjoy! 

Ep.98 “Does The Pope Sh-t In The Woods?” – Co-hosts Chuck and Chucky discuss the new Pope and the (zero) chances of church reform from their perspective as recovering Catholics and happy atheists.  

Ep.97 “Mutual Aid as Resistance” – The Regime is openly preparing for violence against street protesters. As such, it is time for mass consumer boycotts and labor strikes to take a central role in the movement. For that, we’ll need a strong foundation of Mutual Aid. What is Mutual Aid? This episode provides an overview.

Ep.96 “The Town Hall” – An interview with Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) and excerpts from her Town Hall with constituents. Gwen is right on the issues, but the Dems have yet to convince me they’re capable of being the opposition party we need.

Ep.95 “Practical Power” – Four Essays: Lets’ Get Practical, Screw The Economy, Influence and The Fundamental Order, Media Recommendations

Ep.94 “Notes On The Revolution” – Random, rescued thoughts on our pro-democracy anti-fascist fight. A testimonial warning from Orban’s Hungary. A word from Groucho

Ep.93 “When We Win” – In the war against American fascism we must reject corporate jobs and products (strikes and boycotts) and replace them with local economies and mutual aid. After we win, this blueprint should be made permanent.

Ep.92 “George Orangewell” – le Coup et Résistance, MagaNewSpeak, America Girl (by Jesse Welles), Call It.

Ep.91 “News Roundup” – Host Charles Bursell welcomes the news analyst team Chuck and Chucky to help catch up on the headlines: Gaza, TikTok, Biden’s Farewell, Orange Menace 2.0, the LA fires, and Senate Confirmation Hearings.

Ep.90 “I’m an Influencer!” – 6 steps to become a major online personality and get rich in the process, all with little or no work using AI!  

Ep.89 “Reginald’s Unfinished Story” – The strange and dangling account of a onetime reporter. 

Ep.88 “Dear Santa” – Here is the list of things I want for Christmas. It’s pretty much the same list I ask for every year. Yours Truly, Charles Bursell

Ep.87 “What To Do, Volume One” – It’s easier to criticize the system than to recommend solutions. People always ask me, “what can we do?” A proper response would take volumes. Here’s volume one. 

Ep.86 “Loveable Losers” – Taking a break from politics, we talk with some lovable losers about how they might improve their game. So, not about politics at all. Really, not at all. Honest.  

Ep.85 “Overton’s Monster” – For one family, moving to a swing state so their votes would count seemed like a good idea, that is until they met with mystery… and horror! 

Ep.84 “The Chucky Bucky Show!” – Pundit Chucky Bucky and co-host Uncle Chuck on the economy and other Election 24 issues, with a special pitch to angry young men.

Ep.83 “Notes, News… and Murder?” – Charles Bursell is missing and all of his friends are suspects! And what’s with all the mysterious notes and that suspicious pile of ashes in the New Arts & Media Studios?   

Ep.82 “The Man Who Saved the Election” – Listener Corrections, Echoes of History, The Man Who Saved the Election.   

Ep.81 “The Elephant In the Room” – We walk right up to it, we stare it in the face, and yet, we refuse to see it. Also: The Project 2025 Song! (Schoolhouse Rock-style)

Ep.80 “The Project 2025 Game Show!” – Test your knowledge on Project 2025, the plan that maps out a White Christian Nationalist Autocracy. Spoiler: it’s way worse than you think. 

Ep.79 “Parallel Universes” – What if Bernie Sanders was completing his second term as President? What if The Orange Menace was running for his third consecutive term? For as weird as things are, Election 2024 could have been a lot worse, or much better.  

Ep.78 “Politics and Whatnot” – We’re back after Summer Break ready to devote our Fall programming to the more absurd aspects of the 2024 Election.   

Ep.77 “The Information Age, Part 2” – Continue the perilous journey of Winston on his heroic quest for the legendary Free Flow of Information. This is part 2 of a full-length radio play created from the 1997 original 12-episode serial.

Ep.76 “The Information Age, Part 1” – Follow the perilous journey of Winston on his heroic quest for the legendary Free Flow of Information. This is part one a full-length radio play created from the 1997 original 12-episode serial.

Ep.75 “I Gotta Meet a Guy” – Does your brain work like other brains? If not, what should be expected, assimilation or accommodation? Those are the questions in “I Gotta Meet a Guy.” Then it’s “The Democrats” by Carsie Blanton, and an artist “Collaboration.”

Ep.74 “Content and the Inner Monologue” – Vintage Ads, Content and the Inner Monologue, Swimming In the Pool, Riding with Sarah.

Ep.73 “Marketsplaining” – Generations Party, A List of Things to Do Instead of Scrolling, Hope, Marketsplaining.

Ep.72 “Brief Thoughts” – Shorts Number One, Labor of Love, The No Laws Law, People Who Think They Know Things.

Ep.71 “Fascism 101” – When it comes to learning and practicing the basic tenets of Fascism, The United States is an eager student.

Ep.70 “People Who Think They Know Things” – The CBP Pitch, Daycare Dilemma, The Fun of Being Thoughtful, Empire, People Who Think They Know Things, We’re All Communists, Secret Bonus Track.

Ep.69 “Me or We” – There’s an insidious fascist creep in the personal well-being movement. They may have already got you, but it’s not too late to resist.

Ep.68 “Gross Profit” – The Wisdom of Youth,  Free Sing Three, Multiple Negatives, Down In the Streets, Berlin March, Gross Ads, Brooklyn or Texas. 

Ep.67 “Found Sound Radio” – Dairy Queen, Orlando FL, Sea Mammals, Walmart Mystery, Aliens & Football, Sunny In the Window, Fair Play.

Ep.66 “Peter Donalds: Songs & Monologues” – Monday Go to Work, The Biggest Lie of All, The Colors I See, Speck, An Agnostic Christmas, Money Gotta Go, Everything’s Alright.

Ep.65 “Alone in Beijing” – Tiny House, Pen Jokes, Django and Jerry, After the Revolution, Alone in Beijing.

Ep.64 “Alpha Baggage” – Yer No Man, Ain’t We Got Fun, The Baggage Handlers, Ngafa.

Ep.63 “The Best Person In the World” – The Best Person In the World, Anarchism PSA, American Kid.

Ep.62 “Dream Real” – Beam Me Up, French Song, Abolish Cars, Be Good, Not What I Planned.

Ep.61 “The More You Know” – Public Service Announcements, A New American Art Form, Rich People, Your Life Matters.

Ep.60 “The Information Age” – Follow 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 by Peter Donalds.

Ep.59 “R-A-D-I-O!” – Vintage Jingles, Kitchen Table Issues, I Wonder, Breaking News, Coming Up, Boop-Bop-a-Dee-Bop, Dad Jokes. 

Ep.58 “The Girl and The Goat” – Audio stories sculpted of improvised spoken word, music, and sound: Walter, Be Bop, The Girl and The Goat, Berliners’ March, and Flightless.

Ep.57 “Calling the Game” – Rating 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

Ep.56 “Major Minor” –  Van Thoughts, Sarah 1993, Military Whimsey, Letter to Grandma

Ep.55 “Trivialities” – Trivial thoughts about bathrooms, box lunches, checkout lines, pumping gas, building a deck, and signage.

Ep.54 “AI: No Laughing Matter” –  Can AI do comedy, or is it too “woke”? We put it to the test. Listen and judge for yourself. 

Ep.53 “Real World Correspondent” –  Long after lockdowns were lifted, Charles Bursell remains a happy hermit. His friend Anja reports back from the outside world. Also: Monday Go to Work and That’s on You.

Ep.52 “Addressing the Nation” –  Two 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).

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. 

Ep.50 “Make It Make Sense” –  We’re celebrating our 50^th episode with non-sequitur sound, absurd stories, and silly songs. Your challenge: make it make sense.

Ep.49 “Dueling Pitches” –  Top It Off with Topidov, Some Little Bug, Dueling Pitches, Poop Barf Dirt (Anja Notanja Sieger), Backwards Time Math  

Ep.48 “Harry Solstmas” –  Reclaiming Christmas, Identity Theft, and A Message from George Bailey. Songs by Peter Donalds

Ep.47 “Meeting Jimmy Carter” –  Enquirer, Vlogger, Sarah 9/20/95, Meditation II, Media Mania, Meeting Jimmy Carter

Ep.46 “Straw Man Pageant” –  Children’s Advertising, I’m Your Strawman, Miss Those Days, Thanksgiving Pageant, Spy Cleaners

Ep.45 “American Vocabulary” –  Congressional Hearing, Vocabulary, America the Beautiful, Money & Human Rights.

Ep.44 “Pulled Over” –  My Advice to You, Right Wing Painter, The Jed Tree, If You Stand Any Closer, Occam’s Razor, Crusade for Christ, Pulled Over  

Ep.43 “Club Bucky” –  The Club, Bucky, Traffic Report, Advice Lunch

Ep.42 “The Mad Shears!” –  Quirks, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, The Mad Shears, My Land Now, Poems by Uncle Chuck

Ep.41 “The Elders” –  Old Man Jumble, Julianne, Interview With Grandma, Meditation II 

Ep.40 “The Hearing” –  The Great Arturo, A Room Somewhere, Karl & Adam go grocery shopping

Ep.39 “Expert Talk” –  Bob & Stan, Nobody’s Victim, The Delightful Hostess, The Colors I See, This American Tourist, Escaping Death

Ep.38 “Lionel & Florence and Karl & Adam” –  The Log 1933, Karl & Adam are Narcissists 

Ep.37 “The Killer Seagull Song” –  A radio musical by Charles Bursell and Anja Notanja of The Subtle Forces Podcast (https://subtleforces.podbean.com/). With music by Peter Donalds

Ep.36 “Mayberry Mob” –  Professor Jargon, Mayberry Mob, Karl & Adam’s Garden, Philosophy Degree

Ep.35 “Retail Drama” –  New Age, Drama Retail, News Talk 98, Noir Marx (Part 2) 

Ep.34 “That Elevator Guy” – Gotta Go to Work, Malcolm Gladwell, Elevator Man, Four Guys with Day Jobs.

Ep.33 “Tennisgate” – Buying War, The Cult of Frank, Tennisgate.

Ep.32 “The Big Story” – Frontline Parody, Preacher Marx (Part One)

Ep.31 “Moderate Dream” – Entertaining Violence, The Moderate, Left-Wing Therapist, American Dream

Ep.30 “One Norman” – Create a Space, Chuckie’s Dream, Side Effects, One Norman 

Ep.22 “Family Medicine” – Scenes From a Perfect World #16. Songs “Money Gotta Go” and “Everything’s Alright” by Peter Donalds  

Ep.21 “Political Morons” – How can we make democracy less stupid?

Ep.20 “One Percent Me” – Your brain on politics, a high drama mashup, and we are the one percent.

Ep.19 “Blinknmissit Corners” – News and nostalgia from America’s favorite small town.

Ep.18 “Will AI Save Us?” – Arti and Lance discuss the evolution of A.I., the necessity of humans, and the nature of reality.

Ep.17 “Fleeting Dance” – The Democracy Square Dance (One Step Forward Two Steps Back), Chucky Bucky’s Fleeting Thoughts, Four Guys with Day Jobs’ medley of public domain songs, audio art by Dr. Usba.  

Ep.15 “Comedy and Lies” – Uncle Chuck on PC comedy, Charlie No-Socks on Cruel Humor, Chucky Bucky on Marxism. “The Biggest Lie” by Peter Donalds 

Ep.14 “Critical Tangents” – Full length SOC commentary: Inspire Me app, Tangents, Loner (Uncle Chuck), Nonviolence, Social Criticism. “Everything’s Alright” by Peter Donalds.

Ep.12 “Statues and Stages” – Brian, the sentimental conservative. Chucky Bucky’s Catholic memories. The CBP Players.

Ep.11 “Distracted Narcissist” – Uncle Chuck on celebrity deaths. A personal journal experiment on distraction and intention.

Ep.10 “Absurd Relax” – Relaxation and healing tape, caller Andy hates the show.

Ep.8 “Money Gotta Go” – Why we should eliminate the very concept of money.

Ep.7 “The Cleary Tree” – A radio play about a sister who is separated from her family when she is unexpectedly swept into a world of glamour and fame. A fable about holding on to your roots while learning what in life is fleeting and what is lasting.    

Ep.1 “Objective Sweaters” – Money Gotta Go, Objective News, Compound Words, The Secret Life of Sweaters, Speck