Citizen Radio
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It's like Democracy Now but with much more swearing.
They have interviewed such distinct intellectuals, bands, and comics such as Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Rachel Maddow, Melissa Harris-Perry, Tariq Ali, Howard Zinn, Matt Taibbi, Rise Against, System of a Down, Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, Jeremy Scahill, Robin Williams, Matt Besser, Janeane Garofalo, and more.
“[Citizen Radio] has created an important political radio show that balances humor and unreported news. At a time when media conglomerates dominate the airwaves, independent media like Citizen Radio is vital to national discourse” - Noam Chomsky
"Allison Kilkenny strikes fear into the hearts of corrupt politicians and corporations everywhere" -Village Voice
"Kilkenny is one of the top 30 media heroes in the country" -The Nation
"Allison Kilkenny is this generation’s Amy Goodman” -Melissa Harris-Perry.
“Allison Kilkenny’s writing makes me want to vomit” - G. Gordon Liddy, Convicted Watergate criminal
“Jamie Kilstein is a doofus.” –Glenn Beck
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Citizen Radio episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Citizen Radio for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Citizen Radio episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
Episode #1864: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month!
Parker (@parkermolloy) joins the show for the LAST REGULAR EPISODE OF CITIZEN RADIO EVER! Parker talks about therapy and Allison discusses cat updates and shouts out Jason Scott who archived the old episodes of CR for your listening pleasure. Also, media recs: an anti-rec from Parker to NOT read that article about the girl who gouged out her own eyes, but DO watch Nailed It and listen to Up And Vanished, the sad story of a dog that died on a United Flight and how lawmakers moved faster on that than they have on gun violence, thousands of students participate in National School Walkout to end gun violence, 7,000 pairs of shoes were placed on the Capitol lawn to represent the children lost to gun violence since Sandy Hook, House dumps $50 million into more metal detectors and stronger locks at schools, teacher injures student after accidentally discharging his gun in the classroom, remembering Stephen Hawking, Democrat holds slim lead in Pennsylvania district Trump won by nearly 20 points, Paul Manafort faces 305 years in prison, and Ben and Candy Carson spent $31,000 on a furniture set
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Episode #1855: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month!
Rachel (@realslimchada) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to discuss ecstasy, the Real Housewives franchise, and Net Neutrality. Also, shocker! Some Academy voters have racist opinions about Get Out, several major retailers have vowed to stop selling assault-style rifles, two teachers in Georgia have recently fired guns inside classrooms, Florida public school teacher has a white nationalist podcast, Oath Keepers call gun control activists "the enemy," and the DCCC advised candidates not to discuss gun control policy right after Vegas shooting
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Episode #1848: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month!
Parker (@parkermolloy) joins the show to talk about gender reveal cakes and transphobia. Also, David Brooks defends gun culture, former Trump aide Rick Gates will plead guilty to Robert Mueller probe charges, Paul Manafort under scrutiny for $40 million in "suspicious" transactions, high school students lead protest against gun violence in front of White House, former Republican Congressman joins smear campaign against students who survived Florida school shooting, and White House views shooting as a "reprieve" from scandals
The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7pN1DjQ
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Episode #1840: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month!
Chloe (@itsthechew) and Rachel (@realslimchada) join the show to discuss a Patreon comment about transphobia on RuPaul's Drag Race. Also, Trump's lawyers are worried he could get caught lying to Mueller, U.S. stocks plummet, a reminder that the stock market and the economy are not the same thing, more U.S. teens than previously thought are transgender or identify themselves using other nontraditional gender terms, Quentin Tarantino's gross misunderstanding of consent (shockingly, he defended Roman Polanski, claiming the 13-year-old victim "wanted to have it"), Terry Crews claims he was threatened by Expendables producer to drop his sexual harassment lawsuit against Stallone's agent, a comic accused of rape sues UCB for reverse gender discrimination, and media recs including: Once Upon A Time, This Is Us, Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, and The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide.
The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7pN1DjQ
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Episode #1828: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month!
Chloe (@itsthechew) and Rachel (@realslimchada) join the show to talk about burning bridges, The End of the F***ing World, and why you shouldn't be rude on the subway. Also, Stormy Daniels once claimed she spanked Trump with a Forbes magazine and a bunch of dudes who are pretending they don't watch porn are freaking out about it, government shuts down on one-year anniversary of Trump presidency but all Trump could think about was missing his glitzy Mar-a-Lago party, Mitch McConnell's supervillain statement demanding Dems choose between sick kids and the children of immigrants, Trump becomes the first president to speak at the anti-choice March for Life, Trump administration rescinds Obama guidance on defunding Planned Parenthood, FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump, and Colin Firth also says he won't work with Woody Allen again
Check out Sorry Mom's latest vid about the 5 stages of grief! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCycWJeDyJo&t=1s
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Episode #1814: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month!
Charles Rockhill (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to discuss the Trixie and Katya Show, Ru Paul's Drag Race, and The Crown. Also, 7 Dreamers including Bernie Sander's former Press Secretary are in prison on a hunger strike, judge rules two immigrant teens must be allowed abortion access, Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf vetoes "most restrictive anti-choice bill in the country," Trump administration dropping climate change as national security threat, Grand Rapids police chief says officers should not have handcuffed an 11-year-old girl, federal judge blocks Trump rule allowing employers to opt out of birth control coverage, and Millennials are poor as hell
Meet your Fun Aunts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sObvuXDNPkY (like and subscribe, bbs!)
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(2017/12/20) Fox News accuses FBI and Mueller of "coup"; Woman says T.J. Miller sexually assaulted and punched her
Citizen Radio
12/20/17 • 60 min
Episode #1813: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month!
Charles Rockhill (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to discuss Fun Aunts, The Last Jedi, Christmas cookies, and the Real Hot Wives of Orlando and Vegas, and to help answer Patreon questions about kitty adoption and Net Neutrality. Also, Trump's terrifying robot debuts at Disney World, Fox News accuses the FBI and Mueller of "coup" to overthrow Trump, Mitch McConnell says Senate will vote on the GOP tax bill Tuesday night (here's what that will mean for you), Doug Jones doesn't think Trump should resign because of sexual harassment allegations, second director says Weinsteins blacklisted actress Mira Sorvino from film, woman says T.J. Miller sexually assaulted and punched her, MSNBC's Chris Matthews reportedly received reprimand over sexual harassment complaint in 1999, and the House paid out $350,000 in settlements over four years including $115,000 for sexual harassment claims
Meet your Fun Aunts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sObvuXDNPkY (like and subscribe, bbs!)
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Episode #1811: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month!
Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy) joins the show to discuss adopting a cat, meditation, and the failed model of pivoting to video. Also, the 5-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre, Kilkenny's rule, Patreon back-peddles on fee change, Alabama elects Doug Jones, GOP's Senate majority shrinks to 51, Trump endorsed not one but two losing candidates in Alabama, Roy Moore's embarrassing horse ride, reports of voter suppression tactics pour in from Alabama election, FCC votes 3-2 to repeal Net Neutrality, Ajit Pai thinks you're stupid enough to buy the crap featured in his stupid video (that features a Pizzagater), more sexual misconduct allegations against Russell Simmons, Tavis Smiley, and Morgan Spurlock, who preemptively admitted to history of sexual misconduct, Kentucky Rep. Dan Johnson dies of "probable suicide" days after molestation accusation surfaces, judge drops felony riot charges against six J20 protesters, and the Huffington Post got a hold of The Daily Stormer's playbook — and it's shockingly honest
Read Allison's piece at Reductress about a woman, who is totally not her, projecting therapy diagnoses onto her cat: http://reductress.com/post/wow-this-woman-is-definitely-projecting-her-own-therapy-diagnoses-onto-her-cat/
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Episode #1804: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month!
Red (@erinred) joins the show to discuss NYC's collapsing infrastructure and to help answer Patreon questions about cat costumes, animal research, and why the Democrats didn't filibuster the Senate GOP tax bill. Also, House Republicans are already shooting down the tax bill's promises, Deutsche Bank gets a subpoena from Robert Mueller on Trump and his family's accounts, Wall Street Journal editorial board goes to bat against the FBI and Mueller for Trump, check out this batshit CNN interview with Roy Moore's campaign spokesperson, MSNBC's Joy Reid apologizes for "insensitive" LGBT blog posts, MSNBC cuts ties with Sam Seder after Roman Polanski joke, Supreme Court rules that Trump's travel ban will go fully into effect and Justice Kennedy grills baker in Colorado same-sex rights case, and Trump's lawyer claims the "President cannot obstruct justice"
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03/19/18 • 248 min
Episode #1865: The Citizen Radio Marathon! Part 1 of 2
Here is 9 insane hours of non-stop chatter from some of your favorite Citizen Radio guests and some peeps you'll be hearing for the first time: Rachel Chada, Chloe Patterson, Erek Smith, Faith Beauchemin, Katey Healy-Wurzburg, Lynsey Bonell, Shem Pennant, Charles Rockhill, Christopher Welldon, Keisha Zollar, Andrew Kimler, Parker Molloy, Red, Zak Koonce, Melissa Gira Grant, and Meredith Clark
ONLY THE BRAVE WILL LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING!
Thanks for all of the years of support, Maniacs, and stand-by for more podcasting from Allison!
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FAQ
How many episodes does Citizen Radio have?
Citizen Radio currently has 75 episodes available.
What topics does Citizen Radio cover?
The podcast is about Radio, News, Peter, Society & Culture, Vegan, Political, Bad, Humor, Comedy, Podcasts, Religion, Matt, Atheist and Politics.
What is the most popular episode on Citizen Radio?
The episode title '(2018/03/20) THE CITIZEN RADIO MARATHON! AHHHH! - Part 1' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Citizen Radio?
The average episode length on Citizen Radio is 66 minutes.
How often are episodes of Citizen Radio released?
Episodes of Citizen Radio are typically released every day.
When was the first episode of Citizen Radio?
The first episode of Citizen Radio was released on Nov 21, 2017.
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