Citizen Radio - (2018/03/16) Thousands of students participate in National School Walkout to end gun violence; Remembering Stephen Hawking; Dem holds slim lead in PA district Trump won by nearly 20 points

(2018/03/16) Thousands of students participate in National School Walkout to end gun violence; Remembering Stephen Hawking; Dem holds slim lead in PA district Trump won by nearly 20 points

03/16/18 • 60 min

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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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(2018/03/15) Steve Bannon: "Let them call you racist...wear it as a badge of honor"; National Geographic confronts its racist past

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Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) joins the show to discuss Ivanka addressing sex work and to offer media recs: The Alienist, Babylon Berlin, Jessica Jones Season 2 (no spoilers), Black Lightning, Spotify's thunder sound effects, Slate's After Burn, Anne Rice's The Witching Hour, and Dylan Jones' David Bowie. Also, Patreon questions about the new podcast's memberships and CR Google music ads, Steve Bannon says "let them call you racist...wear it as a badge of honor," a list of things Betsy DeVos doesn't know, Trump finally says Russia was probably behind the poisoning of a former spy in the UK, and National Geographic confronts its past: "for decades, our coverage was racist"

Special guest: Valarie, the cat

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(2018/03/20) THE CITIZEN RADIO MARATHON! AHHHH! - Part 1

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!

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