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You’ll find the latest After Hours schedule and details about the Weekly Marx reading group, in addition to who knows what else at this point.

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After Hours Schedules

Reading Groups

  • Monday-Friday at 5:00 pm EST: Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
  • Monday at 7:00 pm EST: The Reading and Writing Workshop
  • Tuesday at 7:00 pm EST: The Read Hour
  • Sunday at 3:00 pm EST: Weekly Marx

Office Hours #113, 3-4 June 2022

Friday, 2 June 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and David Takes Your Questions and Abuse

22:00 (10:00 pm) - An Indictment of U.S. Education w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

Saturday, 4 June 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - Water Harvesting and Management in Wet/Dry Conditions w/Falco

01:00 (01:00 am) - Available

The Witching Hours Session

02:00 (02:00 am) - Temperature Bi-Polarism w/Joe in Norway (Donate)

Time for some extreme heat followed by bone chilling cold aboard the floating Sæbø Fjordsauna. Take in the views of the Sunnmørsalpene (the Norwegian Alps) from the village of Sæbø (map) while Joe gets bi-polar w/the alternating hot and cold of the sauna and dips in Hjørundfjorden. Afterwards we can take a stroll through the village and visit a downed Luftwaffe pilot’s grave (KIA).

04:00 (04:00 am) - Available

05:00 (05:00 am) - Available

Morning Session

06:00 (06:00 am) - Available

07:00 (07:00 am) - Available

08:00 (08:00 am) - Available

09:00 (09:00 am) - Available

10:00 (10:00 am) - Available

11:00 (11:00 am) - Available

Afternoon Session

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

13:00 (01:00 pm) - More Hammer and Sickle

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

15:00 (03:00 pm) - More Weekly Marx

16:00 (04:00 pm) - Bowling for Columbine. What Has Changed? w/Lane

Trigger Warning: The film contains footage and audio that is upsetting.

Evening Session

17:00 (05:00 pm) - Columbine Cont’d.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Open Discussion

18:30 (06:30 pm) - Course: Jewish and Muslim Parables and Philosophical Fictions w/Prof. Adnan Husain (Donate)

This Week’s Reading: Kafka

Online versions of the texts below:

Note: teacher’s pets will read these before the class begins.

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)

22:00 (10:00 pm) - The Wind Down with David Feldman

Note: all times in ET.

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Office Hours #112, 27-29 May 2022

Friday, 27 May 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and David Takes Your Questions and Abuse

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Why Should the Feldman Community Care About Pacifica Radio? w/Myla and Special Guest - Historian, Alternative Energy Visionary, and Election Integrity Activist Professor Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman.

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon Donate

Saturday, 28 May 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - Investigative Journalism and North Korea w/Harsh

A discussion about an investigative journalist in North Korea. A non-US perspective.

01:00 (01:00 am) - Gentle Passive Aggression w/Rodrigo

One short video, feel free to waste time afterwards.

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

Morning Session

08:30 (08:30 am) - Course: Jewish and Muslim Parables and Philosophical Fictions w/Prof. Adnan Husain (Donate)

Afternoon Session

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Canceled Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Valley Vox Theatre: Showgirls w/special guest, Professor Nathan Scoll

Sunday, 29 May 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times in ET.

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Office Hours #111, 20-22 May 2022

Friday, 20 May 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - The Crisis at the Pacifica Radio Network, and How We Can Save this Irreplaceable Left Media Institution w/Myla and Guests

Pacifica is a listener-funded California not-for-profit corporation with assets valued at over $120 million. It is the oldest independent non-commercial media network in the United States. Pacifica owns and manages five noncommercial FM radio stations in five of the top ten media markets, with signals potentially reaching over 60 million listeners.

About 20 years ago Pacifica listeners banded together and won a lawsuit that allowed listeners to become members and to embark in an experiment in media democracy. As you might imagine - corrupt individuals have worked overtime to undermine the project and seize power.

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon Donate

Saturday, 21 May 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - Indian Comedians and Free Speech w/Harsh

A 2017 panel discussion of Indian comedians discussing free speech from a country where the art form is relatively new with lot of government oversight.

01:00 (01:00 am) - Available

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

Afternoon Session

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)

18:30 (06:30 pm) - Course: Jewish and Muslim Parables and Philosophical Fictions w/Prof. Adnan Husain (Donate)

Sunday, 22 May 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times in ET.

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Office Hours #110, 13-15 May 2022

Friday, 13 May 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Discuss Pacifica Radio w/Myla

I will lead/moderate a discussion on Pacifica Radio.

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon Donate

Saturday, 14 May 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - Available

01:00 (01:00 am) - Available

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

Morning Session

08:30 (08:30 am) - Course: Jewish and Muslim Parables and Philosophical Fictions w/Prof. Adnan Husain (Donate)

10:00 (10:00 am) - Available

11:00 (11:00 am) - Available

Afternoon Session

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Available

01:00 (13:00 pm) - CRT w/Nick C

02:00 (14:00 pm) - Available

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Valley Vox Theatre: I, Daniel Blake w/special guest, Lane Hewitt.

Sunday, 15 May 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times in ET.

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Office Hours #109, 6-7 May 2022

Friday, 6 May 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Interview About Nordic Symbols being used by White Supremacy w/Walter K.

The Soldiers of Odin—a Finnish white supremacist movement named after another Norse god in 2015—have recently emerged in Alberta and throughout Canada.

Dr Natalie Van Deusen, Scandinavian studies of the University Of Alberta, will join us for a discussion and anwser.

In her popular courses on the religion and culture of the Viking Age and Nordic Middle Ages, Van Deusen is careful to highlight the flourishing ethnic and cultural exchange among Nordic people of the time—mainly the late eighth to early 11th centuries—including their relationships with the Sámi, indigenous peoples of northern Scandinavia.

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

Saturday, 7 May 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - Let’s Make Hummus Together w/Joe in Norway

We’ll walk through all the important steps it take to get to a luxurious legume paste. Along the way hopefully we overcome unforeseen problems, get heckled by the crowd and return in kind.

If you would like to join and cook-a-along these are the things you’ll need:

  • 500g dried chickpeas, soaked overnight (see note)
  • Tahini (raw, sometimes called white), try to get Lebanese/Syrian rather than Turkish style which is roasted
  • Fresh garlic
  • 1 yellow onion
  • Lemon or lime
  • Fresh parsley (several sprigs)
  • Ground cumin (or whole toasted and ground)
  • Sea salt
  • Baking soda
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Any of the following for garnish: pinenuts, ground paprika, ground sumac, cured olives (if you are @andy ground venison)
  • Pita or some suitable gluten conveyor
  • Food processor or bean masher, bowl, whisk

Note: If you do not have a pressure cooker / Instapot you can pick up 2 x tinned cooked chickpeas and we’ll make do with that.

01:00 (01:00 am) - Available

The Witching Hours Session

Open discussion.

Morning Session

10:30 (10:30 am) - Course: Jewish and Muslim Parables and Philosophical Fictions w/Prof. Adnan Husain (Donate)

Reading: Babylonian Talmud Bavli Berakhot 55b (The Rabbinic Dreambook), Artemidorus, Hadith on Dreaming, Aristotle and Freud.

Afternoon Session

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

13:00 (01:00 pm) - More Hammer and Sickle

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

15:00 (03:00 pm) - More Weekly Marx

16:00 (04:00 pm) - Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)

Evening Session

17:00 (05:00 pm) - Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story w/Lane

Documentary viewing of the story of how a Memphis multi-racial homegrown soul label became a voice torch for the civil rights movement and a voice for black power.

19:00 (07:00 pm) - The Wind Down with David Feldman

Note: all times in ET.

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