"Reverse Tachyon Pulse" - Ep. 21

The first season of Sick Day with Dan Fishback comes to a close! Dan blubbers over the recent New Yorker article about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, reflects on a recent experience of antisemitic trolling, and ropes in his partner Santiago Venegas to honor the Amazon rainforest in song. Dan returns with season two later this autumn! Website: http://danfishback.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dangerfishback Instagram: http://instagram.com/dangerfishback Facebook: http://facebook.com/danfishbackofficial

Dan talks to Rebecca Vilkomerson--outgoing director of Jewish Voice for Peace--about her decade long tenure, her cultural background, her evolving perspective on Israel, the dynamics of Palestine solidarity, how JVP became a national membership organization, and how JVP decided to endorse Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) and the Movement for Black Lives Policy Platform. In the conversation, they mention Arielle Angel's essay "Performing Power" (Jewish Currents) and the book Carolyn L. Karcher's book "Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism." Website: http://danfishback.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dangerfishback Instagram: http://instagram.com/dangerfishback Facebook: http://facebook.com/danfishbackofficial

Dan talks to activist Sophie Ellman-Golan about Never Again Action, Jewish solidarity politics, Tamika Mallory's discussion of antisemitism on The Breakfast Club, and how the right wing uses the specter of antisemitism to disrupt progressive movements.  Website: http://danfishback.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dangerfishback Instagram: http://instagram.com/dangerfishback Facebook: http://facebook.com/danfishbackofficial

Dan talks to performing artist Joseph Keckler about his essay, "On The Redemption of American Culture," the recent passing of writer Steve Cannon, the apocalypse that never happened, and dying in Russian. Joseph will be at Joe's Pub on July 27, 2019. Website: http://danfishback.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dangerfishback Instagram: http://instagram.com/dangerfishback Facebook: http://facebook.com/danfishbackofficial

Dan is too sick to talk to a guest, so he drops a mini-episode connecting Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to the temporal anomaly episodes of various Star Trek series. Website: http://danfishback.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dangerfishback Instagram: http://instagram.com/dangerfishback Facebook: http://facebook.com/danfishbackofficial

Dan talks with artist Taja Lindley about working space vs. living space, her gateway to teenage Christianity, the life of her project The Bag Lady Manifesta, and her work on Black maternal mortality.  Website: http://danfishback.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dangerfishback Instagram: http://instagram.com/dangerfishback Facebook: http://facebook.com/danfishbackofficial

Dan talks to writer and filmmaker Rebecca Pierce about her work documenting racism in Israel/Palestine, the anti-deportation movement of African asylum seekers in Israel, online harassment, homophobic violence at the Jerusalem pride parade, and healing through comedy. Website: http://danfishback.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dangerfishback Instagram: http://instagram.com/dangerfishback Facebook: http://facebook.com/danfishbackofficial

First, Dan talks about how chronic illness makes him care too much about TV. But what's really important is that he then talks to musical theater writer Michael R. Jackson about Michael's upcoming show "A Strange Loop," which starts previews at Playwrights Horizons on May 24th, 2019. They talk about the 16-year evolution of the piece, "what it's like to be a self in general, and what it's like to be a Black queer self in particular," and Tori Amos. Website: http://danfishback.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dangerfishback Instagram: http://instagram.com/dangerfishback Facebook: http://facebook.com/danfishbackofficial

Dan is too sick to talk to a guest, so, despite his instinct to avoid/ignore/diminish the gravity of his condition, he actually just talks to you about being sick. Website: http://danfishback.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dangerfishback Instagram: http://instagram.com/dangerfishback Facebook: http://facebook.com/danfishbackofficial

Dan talks to feminist playwright and lapsed punk folksinger Gina Young about her introduction to Riot Grrrl, the plays she made at WOW Cafe, the wrong lessons she learned about theater and commerce, her years as a traveling folksinger, her break-up with punk rock, Feminist Acting Class, and her evolving feelings about art and industry. Featuring clips of Gina's songs "Intractable," "Cuts," "Snowflakes & Cigar Butts" and "So-Called Straight Grrrl."  Website: http://danfishback.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dangerfishback Instagram: http://instagram.com/dangerfishback Facebook: http://facebook.com/danfishbackofficial