Episode 25: May Day as Labor Day with Patrick Muffin

Episode Twenty Nine: Encore Episode "Fighting Fascism with Craig A. Johnson

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2466190/fan_mail/new] We learn more about fighting fascism as we protect our children from falling victim to it. Our first guest is Craig A Johnson, author of How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2466190/support]

Episode Twenty Eight: "Fern Hill" by Dylan Thomas on Poetry Sustains

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2466190/fan_mail/new] Maryam Barrie shares "Fern Hill", written by the iconic poet Dylan Thomas. We learn relevant biographical details that led to the writing of one of  Thomas's most widely known poems. This is how we honor the transition from spring to summer here at Whimsy Farm. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2466190/support]

Episode 27: Current Events in Cuba w/ Global Exchange

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2466190/fan_mail/new] I speak with Andrea Hightower, who directs the Cuba Reality Tour for Global Exchange. Drea and I discuss the conditions Cubans now face under the current blockade. She also gives us an idea of what to expect on a Cuba Reality Tour. Learn more at: https://globalexchange.org/travel-to-cuba/ Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2466190/support]

Episode 26: Happy Birthday Utah Phillips

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2466190/fan_mail/new] I celebrate May 15, Utah Phillips' birthday. For the last two years I've been researching and writing about Utah. This year marks the 91st anniversary of his birth.  My first guest is his old and dear friend Mark Ross. Utah met Mark in Greenwich Village in 1969, and they remained friends until Utah's death in 2008. Mark shares trivia and remembrances about Utah with us.  My second guests is Utah's younger son Brendan. Brendan shares memories of his father as well as details about an exciting project he's working on. He's currently restoring Utah's old flanger car, transforming it into the Utah Phillips Library.  For more information or to donate to Brendan's project:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/restore-utah-phillips-caboose-and-library?lid=lwlp5hn0n00i&utm_medium=email&utm_source=product&utm_campaign=t_email-campaign-update& For more information on the Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture: https://www.bbcrc.org Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2466190/support]

Episode 25: May Day as Labor Day with Patrick Muffin

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2466190/fan_mail/new] Welcome everyone, to Episode Twenty-Five of the podcast.  The month of May is Utah Phillips month here on the pod, since he was born on the 15th and left us on the 23rd of May. On this episode, I’m honored to speak with author and labor historian Patrick Murfin, an old and dear friend of Utah Phillips. Patrick wrote the final chapter of the book The IWW: Its First Seventy Years. He once worked as a labor writer for the Chicago Seed and was an integral part of the Chicago industrial labor movement in the 1970s, as was Utah Phillips. Fifty years later, Murfin still writes prolifically for his blog called Heretic, Rebel, a Thing to Flout:https://patrickmurfin.blogspot.com Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2466190/support]