Charles Bursell Presents

Charles Bursell Presents Ep.63: The Best Person In the World  www.charlesbursell.com

Putin and other dictators are having a moment, and American Fascists are here for it. Also: the unholy updates from Gaza and Ukraine.  www.charlesbursell.com

Beam Me Up, French Song, Abolish Cars, Be Good, Not What I Planned. www.charlesbursell.com

Let’s stop weaponizing political language. Also: equity versus equality, Robert Hur is a MAGA hack, and some final thoughts on the Super Bowl. www.charlesbursell.com

Public Service Announcements, A New American Art Form, Rich People, Your Life Matters. www.charlesbursell.com

Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman momentarily delivered us from the crass Capitalist culture of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, the god and goddess of basic. www.charlesbursell.com

Social Media CEOs grilled by a clueless Congress who still doesn’t get it. The evil in the algorithms is Capitalism!  www.charlesbursell.com

The faux-feminist argument over Barbie and the Oscars is shallow. Art is not always subjective and yes, some opinions about art are just plain wrong. Also, arts awards are stupid and money ruins everything. www.charlesbursell.com

Joe Biden may be the perfect president for the nation we have, but certainly not for the nation we ought to be. www.charlesbursell.com

White supremacy and the hottest year on record. Settling for the status quo and saying the quiet part out loud. The Right Wing thrives while the US has no Left at all. Is this just who we are now? www.charlesbursell.com

The US-supported genocide in Gaza is the main attraction in a coordinated, multi-faceted outbreak of global Fascism. From Netanyahu to Putin to MAGA Republicans, it’s time for us to rise up against the bad guys. www.charlesbursell.com

Bankrupt Rudy, The Orange Menace on the ballot, reverse-engineering US law, Merrick Garland’s two-year bungle, genocide in Gaza, and good news on Wisconsin’s gerrymandered maps. www.charlesbursell.com

A brand new season of Charles Bursell Presents is coming in 2024. Till then, please enjoy this sketch from a previous episode and catch up on the full archive at www.charlesbursell.com

Follow the perilous journey of Winston on his heroic quest for the legendary Free Flow of Information. This is a full-length radio play created from the 1997 original 12-episode serial. www.charlesbursell.com

Vintage Jingles, Kitchen Table Issues, I Wonder, Breaking News, Coming Up, Boop-Bop-a-Dee-Bop, Dad Jokes.  www.charlesbursell.com

Audio stories sculpted of improvised spoken word, music, and sound: Walter, Be Bop, The Girl and The Goat, Berliners’ March, and Flightless.   www.charlesbursell.com

Rating your life when it’s over and the choice to live it again. But first: improvised play-by-play, a silly song, and a quick monologue. Plus: The Serendipity Singers. 

Van Thoughts, Sarah 1993, Military Whimsey, Letter to Grandma.  www.charlesbursell.com

Trivial thoughts about bathrooms, box lunches, checkout lines, pumping gas, building a deck, and signage.  www.charlesbursell.com

Can AI do comedy, or is it too “woke”? We put it to the test. Listen and judge for yourself. www.charlesbursell.com