Tom Smith, known as the World's Fastest Filker, has been making and sharing music at science fiction and fantasy conventions since 1985. He's written in many musical genres, including folk, rock, jazz, gospel, and showtunes; and can write incredibly funny political commentary just as easily as heart-felt eulogy. Today Tom shares with us a few of the songs that mean the most to him. You can find and purchase Tom's music on his Bandcamp page and support him through his Patreon page.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Lutheran, Methodist, Atheist
All songs in this program are written & performed by Tom Smith:
Today guest-host Peterson Toscano brings a potpourri of audio from his occasional podcast called Bubble and Squeak. He takes conversations, personal stories, radio comedies, and recordings of random sounds, then mashes them altogether. Our show today comes in six parts. #1: Writer Wendy Sandford talks about being part of the creation of the groundbreaking women’s health book, Our Bodies Ourselves.
Chuck Collins, longtime activist with inequality.org, is a devoted worker for the good, and with his latest book, Altar to an Erupting Sun, he has become an amazing novelist.
Guest-host Peterson Toscano shares moving, insightful, and transformational portions of his Quakers Today podcast, dealing with all kinds of issues of interest to all listeners, things like spirituality, inclusion/separation, transgender understandings, manumission & reparations from slavery, abusive religion, and deep, personal, transformation. Below is some of the detail & lots of links.
A visit with Helen Jaccard, VFP Golden Rule Project Manager, about the work, history, purpose, & travels of the sailboat The Golden Rule, from its origins protesting nuclear testing in the Marshall Island back in 1958, and onward to its resurrection in the early 2010's, to continue education and organizing against nuclear dangers. The boat & tour are are project of Veterans for Peace, exposing the true costs of war & militarism since 1985.
Featured Music/Clips:
Making Waves: The Rebirth of the Golden Rule - Intro clip to the documentary
Parfaite Ntahuba led a concerted effort in Burundi so that the 2020 national elections might have a much better outcome than the bloody results of the 2015 elections.
Tim Grimm delivers moving music grown out of the soil of the Midwest, music that's flavored folk, country, and Americana, and by the end of this program you'll have songs lodged in your heart that you'll carry with you for the rest of your life. For the first years of his professional life, Tim was in theater and movies, and you likely met him in that guise before he moved, 25 years ago, to where making music has been his livelihood and passion, including the tours he leads yearly to places like Scotland, and he also helps organize & host the Red Dirt Folk Salon. Depending on the time of year, Tim Grimm hales from Indiana, Oklahoma, or somewhere in Europe.
Guest-hosts today are from the Climate Changed podcast, Nicole Diroff & Ben Yosua-Davis, of the BTS Center, accompanied by Peterson Toscano.
Ana Egge combines a beautiful voice with seriously deep lyrics to make transformative music. With 12 albums under her belt, and with a menagerie of creatures, like roses, snakes, tigers, & the Divine Mother, brought to life in her songs, there is both breadth & depth of vision channeled to us. With roots extending back to Saskatchewan, North Dakota, New Mexico, & Texas, Ana currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Non-affiliated, Unitarian-Universalist, Quaker
All featured music is written (or co-written, as noted) & performed by Ana Egge:
Dreamer