Monday, April 11, 2016

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Beginning on Thursday April 14th, Split This Rock, a national nonprofit organization of poets, artists, and activists that was born in March 2008, on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and in the midst of an historic election year will host its annual Poetry Festival called “Poems of Provocation & Witness” in Washington, DC.  The Festival will last four days and features readings, workshops, panel discussions, youth programming, activism and opportunities to speak out for justice, build connection and community, and celebrate the many ways poetry can act as an agent for social change. Joining me today to talk all about the festive and the intersection of art and social change is Sarah Browning the co-founder and Executive Director of Split This Rock and award winning poet Regie Cabico who is also the Director of Split This Rock’s “World & Me” youth poetry contest

Next Monday, the state of Texas will make its arguments to the Supreme Court of the United States.  The case, United States v. Texas concerns the legality of two of President Obama’s closely related immigration policies, the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program (“DAPA”) and an expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (“DACA”).  Joining me today top talk all about the case and the effect that Justice Scalia’s absence might have is Ian Millhiser, who is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Editor of ThinkProgress Justice and the author of Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted. 


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The Michelangelo Signorile Show on SiriusXM PROGRESS ch.127

Over the past few years we have seen more and more instances of the problems associated with hyper-masculinity in our culture, whether it is the increase in reports of sexual assault on college campuses or the controversy that erupted over sexism in the video game world known as “Gamergate” and even mass murders like those at a community college in Oregon and a movie theater in Colorado.  However according to some expert’s the outburst of violence and sexism s a trait that men learn from childhood on and there is more and more research that is showing young men suffer beneath the gravity of conventional masculinity.  Joining me today to talk all about the importance of teaching men to be emotionally honest is Andrew Reiner who teaches writing, literature and cultural studies at Towson University who wrote all about the subject in piece for The New York Times.
Batman, the caped vigilante we all know and love, has gone through several transformations since his creation in 1939 and has become a cultural icon popular all around the world giving rise of to what some might call “nerd culture”.  In his new book The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture Glen Weldon discusses the history and impact that Batman and his legions of devoted fans have had on mainstream culture and reveals how this symbol of justice has made us who we are today and why his legacy remains so strong today.  Glen is as been a theater critic and a science writer whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, The NewYork Times and The Village Voice to name a few and he is also a panelist on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and is a reviewer of books and comics for NPR.org.  Glenn joins me today on the show to talk all about Batman and his impact on American culture.   

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