Tonight! A Town Hall

Listeners of The David Feldman Show tell me where to go from here

I need you to help me figure out how to produce next week’s shows. Please RSVP now.

I’m overwhelmed by everything that’s going on in the news, and I don’t want to be paralyzed by it all. Help me by coming to tonight’s Town Hall.

What should I be talking about? And Who should I be talking to?

What should I be reading and watching?

What is really important? What’s just noise?

I need you to tell me.

So, I’m asking you to attend a virtual Town Hall tonight at 9:00 PM Eastern. You can attend via Zoom or by phone.

Tonight it’s you— my listeners. Tell me how to produce next week’s episodes.

I’ll be taking notes. Please show up. Please speak up.

If you’re shy, and the shy ones are usually the ones who have the most important things to say, please contact me in the chat room, which I read the next day.

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I hope to see, and most importantly, HEAR you tonight.

Now… a look back at THE WEEK IN FELDMAN:

Elon Musk Couldn't Get It Up, Episode 1143

David Takes Your Calls (5:20)

Listeners who attend a live taping of my show always have something on their mind. Want to sit in our virtual studio audience? We tape every Monday and Thursday evening. Sign up here.

Suzanne Paola Antonetta (20:57)

Suzanne Paola Antonetta, editor of The Bellingham Review whose latest piece for The Independent is, "Coronavirus Is Disrupting Medication Supply Lines — And I’m Terrified."

Professor Stephan Lewandowsky (51:18)

Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, one of the world's leading experts on debunking conspiracy theories, author of "Conspiracy Theory Handbook" and "How to Spot COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories." His latest in The Conversation is entitled “Coronavirus Pandemic And The Seven Traits of Conspiratorial Thinking.”

Brittany Gibson (1:22:27)

Journalist Brittany Gibson’s latest for The American Prospect is, “The Many Varieties of Voter Suppression.”

Joseph D. Williams (1:42:57)

Joseph D. Williams, Senior Editor for US News And World Report, whose latest is "For Many Americans, Poor Water Access Heightens the COVID Threat;"

Screenwriter Dave Sirus (2:21:20)

And this is where the show starts to go off the rails.

Dr. Jennifer Verdolin (2:55:29)

Animal Behaviorist Dr. Jennifer Verdolin takes your questions. Her latest book is Wild Connection: What Animal Courtship and Mating Tell Us about Human Relationships.

Elizabeth Spiers (3:28:40)

Journalist Elizabeth Spiers, whose latest piece in G.Q. is "The Provocations of Elon Musk" talks about the crimes of Elon Mush, and then tells us what her old boss Jared Kushner is really like.

Laura House & The Reverend Barry W. Lynn (4:00:21)

The show goes off the rails once again after one of our guests doesn’t show up. So we read the chat room.

Professor Ben Burgis (4:41:55)

Philosophy Professor Ben Burgis author of "Myth And Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson" sets the show back on its path.

David Takes More of Your Calls (5:09:52)

Hello? Is anyone out there? Please raise your hand. Seriously. I’m dying here.

Comedy Writing Legend Alan Zweibel (5:34:01)

Comedy Writer Alan Zweibel, 5 time Emmy Award winner - original SNL writer- It's Garry Shandling's Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, latest book is "Laugh Lines- My Life Helping Funny People be Funnier;"

David Takes Another Round of Calls (6:14:25)

Come on! I can see that you’re in the room. Please! I need you to raise your hand so I can take your call.

Mask Not What You Can Do For Your Country, Episode 1142

Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling (14:43)

Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling is one of the world's leading joke historians. He is best known as the head writer for The Howard Stern Show from 1983 to 2001. A prolific author, Jackie's most recent books include "Jackie 'The Joke Man' Martling's Disgustingly Dirty Joke Book" and "The Joke Man: Bow to Stern." He has released countless bestselling comedy albums including "Sgt. Pecker" "Joke Man" and "Hot Dogs + Donuts."

Yuk Yuk's Mark Breslin (25:46)

Mark Breslin is the founder and president of Yuk Yuk’s, the largest comedy chain in North America, if not the world.

Comic Actor Ethan Herschenfeld (56:41)

Ethan Herschenfeld's comedy album "Thug Thug Jew" went to #1 on iTunes and Amazon and is streaming everywhere. Ethan started performing in college, sang with opera companies around the world including the Metropolitan Opera, is a stand up comic, and has guest starred on many shows on HBO, FX, Starz, CBS, and ABC including The Plot Against America, High Maintenance, Girls, Boardwalk Empire, Blue Bloods, Unforgettable, Forever, Madam Secretary (speaking in Ukrainian) and upcoming on Power. He can also be seen in the films It's Kind of a Funny Story (speaking in Yiddish), and The Deviants (speaking in Spanish).

Professor of Comics And Cartoon Studies Ben Saunders (1:28:23)

Professor Ben Saunders talks to us about Little Richard’s Tutti Frutti, and how it was originally a pean to anal sex. He specializes in two fields: the literature of the English Renaissance, and the history of British and American comics and cartoons. His first book, Desiring Donne, explored the intersection of spirituality and sexuality in the poetry of John Donne alongside larger questions of literary theory and hermeneutics. Desiring Donne was shortlisted by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" of 2006 and selected as a Finalist for the Oregon Book Award that same year. His second book, Do The Gods Wear Capes?, focused on modern American superhero comics—arguing that superhero fantasies can tell us a great deal about about our conceptions of the human, the post-human, and the divine. Do The Gods Wear Capes has been widely cited in both academic contexts and mainstream journalism; the "groundbreaking" chapter on bondage imagery in Wonder Woman comics is often singled out for particular praise.

Jazz Historian Professor Mike Steinel (1:59:03)

Professor Mike Steinel is a jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator. He has been a member of the University of North Texas Jazz Studies faculty since 1987. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble and Building A Jazz Vocabulary. He sits in to help Professor Saunders discuss what Little Richard’s Tutti Frutti was really about.

Down With Tyranny's Howie Klein (2:23:19)

Listeners of the show can’t wait to ask Howie questions about Lou Reed, The Ramones and Joe Biden.

Tom Winter for Congress (2:57:50)

Tom is a state legislator running for Montana’s only congressional seat.

Dr. Harriet Fraad (3:21:47)

Dr. Fraad is a Marxist psychotherapist who reminds us that it could be the economic system that’s making you crazy, not your parents.

Chris Armitage For Congress (4:01:07)

Chris is a comedian running for Congress in Washington state.

Professor Harvey J. Kaye (4:31:05)

Professor Harvey J. Kaye returns to discuss Thomas Paine.

Covid-19 Town Hall With The Irritable Immunologist and Henry Hakamaki (5:27:48)

You’ve have questions about the pandemic? We have experts.

David takes your calls (6:36:11)

And finally David listens to the listeners.

That’s your week in Feldman!

Hope to see you tonight for our Town Hall.

Be Safe,

David Feldman

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