Rush, Nukes, and True Culture

The Bat Segundo Show, the long-running cultural radio program devoted to informed, in-person, and in-depth conversations with today's authors and idiosyncratic thinkers, has four new shows that you can listen to for free!

This latest quartet includes a rare 70 minute conversation with acclaimed writer Norman Rush that covers his entire career, an eye-popping overview of reckless nuclear military policy with investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, and two related conversations devoted to the epidemic of Americans gravitating to mainstream culture in an age of limitless choice.

Kiese Laymon's essays (along with his novel, Long Division) have made great efforts to respond to the problem of blinkered culture.  We spend an hour with Kiese discussing hip-hop, the rich Mississippi tradition of storytelling, the "worst of white folks," and why America is terrified of variegated cultural engagement.  

We also approach the problem from the iconoclast position with Republic of Outsiders author Alissa Quart. Why are we becoming more hostile to original voices?  And how do cosplay, transphobia, animal rights, and Mad Pride fit into all tihs?

And if that's not enough for you, there are also more than 500 additional conversations with some of the sharpest and sexiest minds alive that you can enjoy in our archive!

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