Art and Culture

Searching the Void for a Universe of Music: A Conversation with Jazz Pianist Matthew Shipp

We spend the hour talking with avant-garde jazz pianist Matthew Shipp about his music, his life and the ideas behind the universe of music he has brought into being over the last 30 years. Shipp has recorded more than 50 cds over the years in all kinds of formations and reaching across many musical genres from his free jazz base all the way through electronica and hip-hop.

"Economic Warfare, the Search for the Beginning of the Universe and Mr. Fish Lays the Empire Bare"

Raymond Lotta, Communist Intellectual and Political Economist, discusses what was behind the ferocious battle over the debt ceiling and what that portends for the future.

PZ Myers, Biology Prof at University of Minnesota, Morris & author of Pharyngula, the most popular science blog in the world, discusses the Large Hadron Collider and the search for Higgs Boson, the particle that just may open new doors to understanding how the universe was born.

Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law and practice who taught at Princeton University for 40 years, and UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, on the insanity of continuing to develop nuclear energy and how this pursuit is tightly bound up with nuclear weapons and the imperialist domination of the world. Paul Von Blum, emeritus lecturer in African American Studies and

We spend an hour talking with jazz musician, composer and poet, William Parker about his life, his music and his mission to foment revolution and change the world. Parker recently composed a musical accompaniment to All Played Out, a spoken word piece from Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, and Parker talks about what inspired him to do this.

Gloria Feldt, Past President of Planned Parenthood Foundation of America, digs into the attempt to slash Title X funding and decimate Planned Parenthood's ability to provide family planning services, including abortion, as well as other health care services to women.

Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, member of Veterans for Peace and Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, talks about why he stood up to show his opposition to Hillary Clinton as a War Criminal only to be beaten, dragged out of the theater and thrown in jail.