84 episodes

Brian "Beezy" Douglas chats with performers, activists, journalists, authors, or and other interesting folks he's crossed paths with.

All songs included with permission from the artists.

Support Beezy's work on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bzdouglas

Beezy Listening Beezy Douglas

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 13 Ratings

Brian "Beezy" Douglas chats with performers, activists, journalists, authors, or and other interesting folks he's crossed paths with.

All songs included with permission from the artists.

Support Beezy's work on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bzdouglas

    80. Curtis Eller - Banjo Player and Songwriter

    80. Curtis Eller - Banjo Player and Songwriter

    Curtis Eller is a banjo player, songwriter and rock & roll singer who's songs describe a dreamlike vision of American history where all points in time have collapsed into one. A twenty-year show business veteran, Eller has developed a devoted international following with his band, The American Circus.

    I'm giving away two tickets to see Curtis in Cleveland on Saturday, July 15th at the Wizbang Circus School and Theater. To enter, just share this episode and follow Curtis on social media and send a link to your post or a screenshot to bzlistening@gmail.com. All Patreon supporters will automatically be entered. The winner will be announced on July 12th.

    Links to follow and support Curtis Eller:

    https://www.curtiseller.com/

    https://curtiseller.bandcamp.com/

    https://www.patreon.com/curtiseller

    https://twitter.com/CurtisEller

    Songs used in this episode:


    "Sweatshop Fire" (Fireside Chat no. 13)
    "Busby Berkeley Funeral" (NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2015)
    "Poison Melody" (Official Video)
    "Conscientious Objector" (NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2022)
    "After the Soil Fails" (Barn Session)
    "Save Me Joe Louis" (Live at The Ferret, Preston UK, 2019)

    • 1 hr 51 min
    79. Jimmy Falun Gong - Host of the "Programmed to Chill" podcast

    79. Jimmy Falun Gong - Host of the "Programmed to Chill" podcast

    Jimmy Falun Gong is the pseudonymous host of the podcast “Programmed to Chill”, which describes itself as a show about “business, crime, parapolitics, and esoterica”. Jimmy does multi-part deep dives into the history of intelligence agencies, who financed hitler, the industrialists who profited and persisted after WWI and II, international spycraft, and it only gets darker and weirder from there. He’s got a wry and dry dry style of breaking down his research on dark and slippery topics that I enjoy quite a bit.

    We talk about our paths to paranoia, why more people should be more paranoid and attentive to local issues, some of his podcast’s greatest hits, the origins and reasoning for Jimmy’s cheeky alias, and much more.

    P2Chill Links: https://linktr.ee/ProgrammedtoChill

    Unedited episode available to Patreon supporters: https://www.patreon.com/bzdouglas

    • 1 hr 39 min
    78. Talking about Walking The Wire with Philip Fairbanks

    78. Talking about Walking The Wire with Philip Fairbanks

    In part 2 of my interview with Philip Fairbanks we discuss Walking the Wire,  a new podcast series releasing in April that will re-examine  David Simon's groundbreaking series, "The Wire", episode by episode.  This Friday at 9pm EST Philip will be joining me for a livestream Q&A on YouTube, Facebook, or via Twitter Spaces.



    Follow Walking The Wire on Twitter:
    https://twitter.com/walkingwirepod

    Q&A Livestream Links:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8WjQH5Zq4M
    https://www.facebook.com/236989935076585/posts/333705115405066
    https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vAGRkbkWPyJl?s=20

    • 1 hr 9 min
    77. Talking with Philip Fairbanks, Author of "Pedogate Primer" (Part 1)

    77. Talking with Philip Fairbanks, Author of "Pedogate Primer" (Part 1)

    Look for part 2 of this interview in a couple days. This Friday at 9pm EST Philip will be joining me for a livestream Q&A.

    If you're a Patreon supporter, a PDF copy of Fairbanks book is available for you at https://www.patreon.com/bzdouglas. 

    FOOTNOTES:


    https://philfairbanks.com/
    Fairbanks' recent "Reverse Madoff" story
    Pedogate Primer: The Politics of Pedophilia
    CIA Memo on "Conspiracy Theory"
    Lance deHaven-Smith on State Crimes Against Democracy

    • 2 hr 9 min
    76. Talking Anarchy with Video Essayist Anark

    76. Talking Anarchy with Video Essayist Anark

    I recently watched the excellent video essay, "A Modern Anarchism Part 1" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag9EcQsqP_8), and immediately reached out to the creator, Anark, to schedule an interview. On today's episode, we dive right into discussing how we each came to adopt anarchy as our political identities, how we practice anarchy individually, and then swim around in some philosophical waters as we envision the many facets of a modern anarchism.

    Anark's video is described as follows:

    "This video is the first in a several part series where I am developing a modern synthesis of anarchism. It is not intended as an introduction to anarchism, but instead a broad coverage of anarchist ideas, discussing the state, Capital as Power, kyriarchy, the mega-machine, queer anarchism, Black anarchism, social ecology, decolonial ideas, and much more... Here we will lay out the anarchist mode of structural critique and apply this theory of power to a variety of hierarchical power structures."

    Follow and Subscribe to Anark: 

    https://www.youtube.com/c/Anark
    https://www.patreon.com/Anark
    https://twitter.com/AnarkYouTube

    • 1 hr 38 min
    75. Year in Review with Mustache Bob, Brenton Lengel, Contraband and Conor Kelly

    75. Year in Review with Mustache Bob, Brenton Lengel, Contraband and Conor Kelly

    It's time for a review of 2021 and what the major events of the last year mean for us going forward in 2022.

    Original Video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swh9G2qxlsc

    *** PANELISTS ***


    Contraband
    https://www.thecontrabandwagon.com/
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoqBnhnfqzB6GFPdode6pbg

    Progressive American
    https://progressive-american.com/
    https://www.youtube.com/c/TheProgressiveAmerican
    https://twitter.com/conor_politics

    Brenton Lengel
    https://twitter.com/BrentonLengel
    https://www.youtube.com/user/Despanan

    Mustache Bob
    https://twitter.com/MustacheBob2
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYQqszpbFSIvFKWPNcE9pg

    • 14 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
13 Ratings

13 Ratings

Crrrrrrrrrevoewew ,

Grassroots music and activism

BZ is a great host, puts his interviewees at ease and asks great questions, the result? Ohio’s best podcast about grassroots creators and local politics

TC71087 ,

Awesome Podcast with Vivid Conversations about Music and Activism

I've been listening since this started, and its a great podcast. It covers Cleveland's local music scene, as well the producer's influences very well. It dives into activism too. It's a very personable podcast with a wonderful blend of music and conversation.
It has really exposed me to local musicians and helped me support them better.
I hope people will keep listening to this awesome podcast!

Rich in Cleveland ,

Music and interviews

It's great, very fun conversations. Get yourself learn'd

Top Podcasts In Society & Culture

Fallen Angels: A Story of California Corruption
iHeartPodcasts
Inconceivable Truth
Wavland
Stuff You Should Know
iHeartPodcasts
This American Life
This American Life
Shawn Ryan Show
Shawn Ryan | Cumulus Podcast Network
The Viall Files
Nick Viall

You Might Also Like