Author and unschooling advocate Dayna Martin is the guest this week and we discuss her book Radical Unschooling – the revolution has begun, the idea of an intellectual or literary canon, the pros and cons of television, and Captain Von Trapp’s whistle. This episode also contains ignorant chickens, vanished messengers, and reminiscences about family life with a Titanic fanatic. Also I thank everyone who has backed my “Pick Your Battle” Kickstarter project. You can download this episode at dietsoap.podomatic.com.

Michael Parenti is the guest this week and we discuss his book “God and His Demons.” Cornel West has said of Parenti “[He] is a towering prophetic voice in American life. We need him now more than ever.” Also featured is Pete Seeger singing Joe Hill’s “The Preacher and the Slave,” the theme from the film Skidoo, and a youtube piano cover of REM’s Losing My Religion. And let’s not forget a factoid about religion aboard the Titanic. You can download this episode at dietsoap.podomatic.com.

Artist and activist Daniel Shea is the guest this week and we discuss the Vietnam war, post-traumatic stress, and the need for social change. You’ll also hear the themes from the Mickey Mouse Club, MASH, and Foxtrot Tango Alpha. Jane Fonda and Slavoj Zizek can be heard in this podcast. I also read aloud the names of those who have pledged to the writing of my psychogeographic, foraging, (anti)self-help book and Kickstarter campaign, and I show up for the Titanic factoid and describe our overdetermined Titanic dream. You can download this episode at dietsoap.podomatic.com.

Short story writer Brett Cox is the guest this week as we discuss publishing, ‘zines, and romanticism. Also this week is music from Steve Reich and theme music from the PBS children’s program Reading Rainbow and the BBC’s Rainbow. The voices of Philip K. Dick, Robert Crumb, and Isaiah Berlin can be heard. In the end I thank those who have pledge to my Kickstarter campaign in Romper Room fashion, and introduce Miriam with her Titanic Factoid. You can download this episode at dietsoap.podomatic.com.