Never Forget Radio
Summary: Possibly the only 9/11-related podcast that is neither about conspiracy theories or heroism, Never Forget Radio instead tries to remember our post-9/11 era as history, cultural quarry, and ongoing catastrophe, through a left and hopefully feminist perspective.
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Podcasts:
“It Feels Like A USO Show”: Mike Piazza and the Home Run that Healed the City. With jokes, allegations, and queer meditations. Music by bagpipes.
NFR presents a long-threatened episode about a single tweet. Sappily celebrating ephemera, certain disaster and the Mountain Goats since 2013. #feelings. “Who, if he knew what 2013 will bring, would celebrate its arrival?” – Joyce Carol Oates, tweet, 12/29/12
The first major spectator event to reopen after the attacks? WWF Smackdown, 9/13/01. Never Forget Radio begins a new series examining post-9/11 sports pageantry with this professional wrestling competition. Featuring President Obama’s first appearance on the show, bubbles, drapers, wakes, and music by Old Table. Special thanks to Corey Bechelli, Sammy Shuster, Muffin, Gatsby, and […]
Never Forget Radio remembers what George Bush was reading in 2006. With Karl Rove as Polonius and music by TURBOSLEAZE. Special thanks to Mordecai Martin, Gatsby, Emilie Friedman, and Rebecca Katherine Hirsch.
A tribute to the Tribute in Light and New York, New York. Part 3 of Empty Sky Rising, an ongoing series that examines 9/11 memorials around the country. Music by Old Table, Cave Cricket, and No One and the Somebodies. Special thanks to Miles Donovan, Emilie Friedman, Gatsby, and Rebecca Katherine Hirsch
[Trigger Warning: Police Violence and Imprisonment.] Oral history interview with activist Emilie Friedman on her arrest and detention at the 2004 Republican National Convention. Part 2. Invest in Plastic Handcuffs by No One and the Somebodies It’s So Hard to Remember and Party Music by Old Table
[Trigger Warning: Police Violence and Imprisonment.] Oral history interview with activist Emilie Friedman on her arrest and detention at the 2004 Republican National Convention. Part 1. Invest in Plastic Handcuffs by No One and the Somebodies. Themes by Old Table.
Part 2 of an ongoing series that examines 9/11 memorials around the country. In this episode: The Empty Sky Memorial in NJ, “Empty Sky” by Bruce Springsteen, and an enormous unexpected explosion. Music by Cave Cricket, Old Table, and Bruce Springsteen.
Never Forget Radio presents part 1 of an ongoing series that examines 9/11 memorials around the country. This first installment features musings on conceptual art, Trayvon Martin, Percy Shelley, Maya Lin, Bruce Springsteen, and George Washington’s teeth. Music by Cave Cricket and Old Table.
Unearthing Operation Red Dawn, the 2003 mission that captured Saddam Hussein, and its fictional antecedent, Red Dawn, the 1984 film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Plus, gay poetry & Soviet movie music. With Rebecca Katherine Hirsch as Mike Davis, John Milius, Captain Geoffrey McMurray, &co. Ft. Allen Ginsberg, George W. Bush, Jennifer Grey, Leah […]
An examination of Bush’s autobiography Decision Points and the power of the redemptive protagonistic narrative. Ft. special guests Mo Tucker, Al Gore, and more! Music by Old Table
Introductory pilot episode, with Rumsfeld dictation, CFK-style Statement of Principles, and historiographical exhortation. Music by Old Table
