The Rushfield Babylon podcast
By Richard Rushfield
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Podcast Description
Conversations on the downfall of civilization with people from across the culture, the pop culture and the world beyond. Discussions with actors, scientists and bus drivers led by Charlie Rose's ADD-addled evil twin
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Baby You Can Drive My Oscars | We talk of the Oscar race and marijuana madness this week on the podcast of the downfall of civilization. I talk of the he state of the Oscar race and tales from the Awards trail of tears with Tom O'Neil, editor of Gold Derby, one of the media's most reknowned Oscar pundits. Hillel Aron stops by to talk about his LA Weekly cover story on the chaos unleashed across Los Angeles wrought by the conflicting medical marijauna regulations. Please ruminations, reflections and reminiscences aplenty! | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Grammy Diaries | I discuss the Grammys, Whitney Houston's passing and the sad state of the music industry with Ryan Shiraki, one of the most astute observers of the music world. Director of the cult sensation film Spring Breakdown, former music booker for SNL as well as the a prolific writer and director of contemporary TV shows such as Awkward and the Hard Times of RJ Berger. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Idling In Jackson Hole Superbowl Hangover Edition | We take a giant leap towards the end of civilization with three very special guests viewing the collapse from all sides. We are joined this week by: • Richard Abowitz: a veteran Vegas journalist tells of about Leaving Las Vegas for Portlandia in the mountains, to become editor of the Jackson Hole Weekly. • Jim Gibson: One of America's great scholars and thinkers about the culture joins to discuss the Superbowl, SNL and the Oscar Race • Stacey Grenrock Woods: Esquire columnist returns to discuss Part Two of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion. | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion Symposium Edition | A very special episode in which we survey the downfall of civilization from the perspective of the conclusion of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills second season. Joining the podcast for a freewheeling, no-holds-barred, core issues discussion of the issues raised by this episode are: • Leslie Grossman: Actress, personality, reality television expert. • Stacey Grenrock Woods: Author and Real Housewives essayist And with a special report from Sur, journalist Nicole LaPorte, on her lunch with Lisa Vanderpump | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Oscardance Beta Edition | We take the podcast for a test drive with an episode featuring conversations surveying the collapse of civilization from across the media and beyond. This week's guests: Jon Bronson: Hollywood's youngest grand old man Chris Lee: The Daily Beast's West Coast Correspondent, reporting from Sundance Jon Aurnou, an actual Professor of geophysics from UCLA | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 5 Episodes |

