A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast

Taking a deep dive into deep time with Harvard Paleontologist Andrew Knoll exploring the 4 billion year conversation between Earth and Life.    https://bit.ly/4nEDrjH Get 21-30% OFF Cozy Earth's - Luxurious bamboo bedding   P Code: REBEL https://cozyearth.com/discount/REBEL

Award Winning Journalist and Historian Eric Alterman separates Fact from Fiction, Anti Semitism from Zionism and America's uneasy alliance with Israel.   https://bit.ly/4tbJEoL  

Best Selling author James Kaplan and myself dive deep into the life and turbulent times of three jazz giants and the iconic album they created, "Kind of Blue."   https://bit.ly/47tZCCA Get 21% OFF Luxurious Cozy Earth bamboo bedding & more   Use  Promo Code: REBEL  htttps://cozyearth.com/discount/REBEL   

With her new book Mona celebrates the classic teen rom com that launched her and ignited a firestorm in fashion.    https://bit.ly/4765ema Cozy Earth - Luxurious bamboo sheets, pajamas, & more                                                                  Get 21%OFF | Promo Code: REBEL   https://cozyearth.com/discount/REBEL

Inspired by their ancestor and American Icon, Chief Red Cloud, current Oglala Chief Henry Red Cloud and son John Red Cloud chart a fresh path forward for the Lakota Sioux.                            https://bit.ly/4cxEm1R  🛒 Cozy Earth - Luxurious bamboo sheets, pajamas, & more                                                            💰 Get 21%OFF | Promo Code: REBEL   https://cozyearth.com/discount/REBEL

Editor in Chief and founder of "The Wrap," Sharon Waxman and yours truly weigh in on the Seismic Shiftiness rocking LaLa Land.     https://bit.ly/3Yfs6ea 🛒 Cozy Earth - Luxurious bamboo sheets, pajamas, & more 💰 Get 41% OFF | Promo Code: REBEL https://cozyearth.com/discount/REBEL  

Could our political past be prologue?   Yale Historian Samuel Moyn offers a progressive prescription for the future.    https://bit.ly/4ra5rgs

Pop Culture Historian Chris Yogerst and yours truly probe the myth making machinations of the Hollywood Western   https://youtu.be/XRgYrCXDWic

Ace saxophonist, composer and band leader Fuasi Abdul Khaliq shares his musical and spiritual odyssey.  https://youtu.be/VAnqMpJMmaw

Egyptian Diplomat turned prize winning Novelist, Ezzedine Fishere offers his path out of the "Israel-estine" nightmare. https://youtu.be/vJDDmZ7j4xA

My super cool convo with ace show biz biographer Shawn Levy about the myth, the movies and the man, Clint Eastwood.  https://youtu.be/Lf4MJ0CMeJw

In the name of ancestors and for the love of descendants, Journalist Sara Kehaulani Goo claims the Land and the Culture that is her Legacy.   https://youtu.be/77uqxy4YfpU

Deep diving w/ Author, Activist and Truth Seeker, Peter Beinart https://youtu.be/kD374kraVUs

Pulitzer Prize winning biographer Jonathan Eig puts back the flesh on Two Black Lives that Really, Really Mattered. https://youtu.be/YSkMJBgptCU

My chat with award winning Historian and Political Scientist Lucan Way about the rise and fall of modern Democracies and our own perilous Political Moment. https://youtu.be/X2jH7VsC2KE

Matthew reflects on his moving self portrait of an artist and the city he loves, "The Golden Hour, A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood." https://youtu.be/KCIJ7UVPFms

Former Mayor, Councilman, Speaker, Assemblyman and "Proven Problem Solver" Antonio V. makes his case to become the next CA Governor. https://youtu.be/WTsgT6z9xwQ?si=Z73fqVGXN9COwXBn

Arrested 85 times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, Fr. John reflects on the life  of Pope Francis who he calls "the most radical, most progressive Pope in history, and therefore, the greatest Pope in history, hands down."

Former State Controller and current CA Dem Party Vice Chair, Betty Yee makes her case for the statehouse.

He's a man to match the moment.  My super cool convo w/ big time braniac, political columnist, screenwriter and director, Noah Millman

Vocal Artist and Artistic Director of the iconic World Stage, Dwight reflects on his life and creative times in his beloved South Central "Stomping Grounds,"   Dig it Daddyo! https://youtu.be/x71NEBDE-bk

Charting the hopeful way forward with Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Author and Conservationist William deBuys    https://youtu.be/JrR0vPlBB24

Veteran Colorado River Guide and ace raconteur Kevin Greif reflects on the turbulent life and distant times that make the Canyon Grand.    https://youtu.be/yiIIZwIQlY0

South Asian Scholar, Prof. Vinay Lal and myself take a look back at the life and turbulent times of the late great social justice icon, Rev. James Lawson.

Daniel Bral, activist, writer and political prospect offers a hopeful path to Restorative Justice and Reconciliation.

Manisha and myself deep dive into that most triumphant and tragic chapter of the American story when the struggle for multi racial democracy was in the balance.  

Military Strategist and Foreign Policy guru Dr. Barry Posen takes a fresh look at old problems in Israel, Iran, Russia and beyond.

Iranian Expat, Historian and Filmmaker Arash Azizi deep dives into the current state of unrest inside the Islamic Republic that is his homeland.  

A deep dive with Historian David Greenberg into the audacious life and turbulent times of Freedom Rider turned Congressman, John Lewis.  

From his new gig at LA's Skirball Cultural Center, Rabbi Beau Shapiro shares his journey into Judaism, with insights into Israel, and Palestine.

Ratified in 1868 Section 3 of the 14th Amendment may be the last guardrail to preserve Democracy.  Constitutional Scholar Mark Graber explains.

They invented a decade and transformed a Nation.  Bob recounts how, In a country drenched in violence he and his SNCC brothers and sisters, proved that Nonviolence could prevail.  

From the Pleistocene to the Present, historian Dan Flores shares insights from his terrific new book, "Wild New World, The Epic Story of Animals and People in America."

Pop Culture Historian Chris Yogerst joins me to explore the life and turbulent times of maverick movie moguls, Jack, Harry, Albert, Sam and my grandfather, Ben.  

My journey to hell and back with Urology ace, Dr. David Kuppermann.

The author of 80's & 90's mega hits, "My Cousin Vinnie," "Ruthless People," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," and "Love Potion #9" recounts his adventures in the screen trade.

Legal Scholar, Historian, Novelist and Teddy's Gr Gr Grandson, Kermit Roosevelt III breaks down our current (not so) Supreme Court.

Riding the Wave and Finding the Flow with Athlete, Activist, Influencer and Entrepreneur, Kassia Meador.

Award winning journalist, author and visionary, Michael Specter peers over the horizon and beyond as we discuss his new audio book, "Higher Animals."

A cool chat with Jazzer, Refusnik and Conscientious Objector Stepan Vasilyev recently arrived from St. Petersburg to LaLa Land.

What's it like to direct 4 LEGENDS, THE GOAT and YOURS TRULY?   Writer/Director Kyle Marvin explains it all to you.

Ace stand up and author Mark Schiff offers a fresh helping of chicken soup for the soul as we discuss his new book, "Why Not?"

Ernie La Pointe channels the wisdom of his Great Grandfather, legendary Lakota Chief, Tatanke Iyotake a.k.a. Sitting Bull and shares eternal truths for our times.

Director Jeff Kanew (Revenge of the Nerds, Tough Guys, Troop Beverly Hills) reflects on bridges burned, fences mended and lessons learned in the Hollywood trenches.    

Dig it Daddy-yo!  Comic Icon, Cross Cultural Avatar and Pied Piper of all things Cannibis Tommy Chong explains it all to me, you and whomever.

Apex fossil predator/paleontologist, Walter Stein skips the light fantastic 67 million years back in time to visit T Rex, Triceratops and all their Hell Creek friends.   paleoadventures.com

Back again from the killing fields of Eastern Ukraine, aide worker extraordinaire, Dr. Alison Thompson shares her words-eye view of the situation outside Kherson.  www.thirdwavevolunteers.com  

Founder of Third Wave Volunteers, Dr. Alison Thompson returns and reports from her latest mission in Eastern Ukraine.   www.thirdwavevolunteers.com

Apex Fossil Predator and Dino advisor to The Jurassic Park movies, Professor Steve Brusatte breaks down the greatest story never told.   

A Constitutional Scholar and Novelist, Teddy Roosevelt's Great Great Grandson offers a fresh vision of what made America Great and what did not.