Dr. Sam Brody, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at The University of Kansas, discusses the history of the Anti-Defamation League (or the ADL) and the role it plays as a part of the Israel lobby. Dr. Brody contends that the ADL’s stance that anti-Zionism is the new anti-Semitism is wrong-headed,...
Emily Weber discusses the issues that concern her in her work in the Missouri state House of Representatives. She is the Minority Caucus Vice-Chair in the Missouri state House of Representatives in Jefferson City, representing District 24. That district consists generally of downtown and midtown KCMO, which very roughly runs...
Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth, while on a tour of North America in 2013, discussed her latest book translated into English: "Matriarchal Societies: Studies on Indigenous Cultures Across the Globe." She was interviewed in Canada by Kristin Schwartz. The author explained that matriarchy does not mean rule by women, but rather that...
At Sacred Garden Community Church in Berkeley, California, services and sacraments are centered on entheogen -- a chemical produced naturally by some plants that, when ingested, can sometimes lead to a heightened sense of spiritual or religious enlightenment. Some call these hallucinogens or psychedelics. They include ayahuasca, mescaline, peyote cacti,...
Contemporary political divisions and paranoia add an uneasy edge to filmmaker Alex Garland's chilling speculative nightmare, "Civil War." Kirsten Dunst is solid as a famed photojournalist who races with colleagues to get to Washington, DC before rebel forces attack the White House. And KC native Stephen McKinley Henderson scores as an...
The lead-up to Prince Andrew's notorious 2019 BBC Newsnight interview is the subject of the Netflix drama, "Scoop." Billie Piper, Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell lead the cast.
Israel's Attack on Iran's Syrian Embassy Could Trigger a Perilous Regional War; The Supreme Court May be Poised to Weaken Federal Anti-Corruption Laws, Legalize Bribery; Trump, GOP, Rightwing Media Weaponize Disinformation on Immigration.
Queer kitch comes out Stranger Than Straight; a 4-years-ago-this-month musical reminder from Emmas Revolution; Ugandas Kill the Gays Act withstands a court challenge, a Russian drag show club owner is arrested for extremism at a Moscow airport, the U.N. Human Rights Council addresses intersex discrimination for the first time, Wisconsin...
