Triangle Talk Show

R.E.M. suggested the title for this episode - my (Gary) last show before I pack up the Studio in the Bonus Room (etc) and head to the Charlotte area. Want another music reference? The Beat Goes On. You’ve met Elizabeth Crudup on several previous episodes, and she’s brought us prominent guests on several others. I first met Elizabeth at a planning meeting for the Raleigh Women’s March in 2019, and she came on the show to talk about it then. Here’s how I described that meeting on the web page...

We’re sad to announce that this is the last Tuesdays with Tillis Zoom Rally to be produced by the Triangle Talk Show 😥. The TWT rallies will continue (on Zoom, and back on the street when pandemic conditions permit), and you’ll be able to see them ‘Live and Memorex’ on the TwT Facebook Group. But the Triangle Talk Show is closing shop as Gary (and Cyndi) are leaving the Triangle area and moving to the Charlotte area. So the podcast version, the YouTube version and the Twitter version are...

Oh, sooner or later Gary gets to the Sea Shanty and other stuff. You could fast-forward to it, but why? NCDHS Vaccine Resources: https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/findyourspot Wake County Vaccine Resources: https://covid19.wakegov.com/vaccine/ N&O 2018 MLK Editorial: https://amp.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article248528820.html White guy Twitter meltdown in WalMart: https://twitter.com/i/status/1348808283746926593 Iconic RTP Building demolished:...

After some significant technical trouble getting the streams going, Gary and Jen discuss the Trump coup in DC with guests Haikoo X, Elizabeth Crudup and Alan Longman. TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShow This show: https://youtu.be/FPPEZfCklG4?t=322 This takes you to ‘the music’. You can back up and see Gary trying to recover from the Tech issues if you want. TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Voter suppression efforts in George continue to be rampant, and the President of the Georgia NAACP resigned from Raffenberger's commission because of efforts to disenfranchise eligible voters. Karen Mallam, who is following this closely, will update us and we’ll hear from Faisal Khan who has been on the ground there for weeks. This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/jf1_5YDiH-0?t=953 TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912 TwT Web...

Gary riffs solo on a few random topics that we’re not going to go through the effort to list. Just watch or listen. Section 230: https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Code/Title_47/Chapter_5/Subchapter_II/Part_I/Section_230 Free Kitten (er, Podcast) Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/triangle/comments/klflu5/free_kitten_er_podcast/?sort=old BioTrekkie Explains!: https://www.youtube.com/c/BioTrekkieExplains Boston Dynamics Dancing Robots:...

We are focused on Georgia until January 5, and meanwhile continue to have really interesting conversations about what we are reading in the news and contemplating about our future direction. "We are a community of nonviolent resistance," so can we agree on what we are resisting? This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/qnMsZnX3HK0?t=932 TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912 TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/ TTS Website:...

Jen & Gary ramble on. Not much about Trump’s pardons. Also, for the record, Gary is moving to the Charlotte area this spring. So the last episode of the show will be January 24, 2021, unless someone wants it. Free to a good home! Wanna be a podcaster with a built-in show? Email Gary: talk@TriangleTalkShow.com. Register for the vaccine in NC? https://immunize.nc.gov/providers/covid-19training.htm Shituation https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shituation Court of Appeals...

We will hear from our Climate Crisis Committee and learn about actions we can take related to the environment and then continue the general discussion. We are focused on Georgia until January 5, and meanwhile continue to have really interesting conversations about what we are reading in the news and contemplating about our future direction. "We are a community of nonviolent resistance," so can we agree on what we are resisting? If you can this morning, take the time to read this short...

Is your Holiday on ice? It should be. The hospitals are filling up. Meanwhile, Jen and Gary breeze through another two hours of jazz and conversation, and Jen and her mom light some candles on the 4th night of Hanukkah. LINKS: So Long, Farewell (to Trump - Sound of Music parody): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7kCqrlwDtU GlassDuo plays Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker on water glasses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdoTdG_VNV4 Christmas Light Show to Take On Me :...

For the past 4 years we have been meeting every week, hearing from each other and organizers and officials in our community, and studying the issues. Now, there is a new landscape, and we need to figure out what resistance means, how we not only obsessively follow politics but also organize in the most effective way. Until January 5, our energy is focused on the Senate elections in Georgia. We take time out every Tuesday to update each other and share our wisdom as we figure out together...

Jenna Wadsworth returns to the Triangle Talk Show, fresh off her… um… loss in the race for NC Agriculture Commissioner… and feeling a little lonely as everything quiets down following two frantic years running for office. What’s next? Well, she needs a job, for one thing. You hiring? Then Jen and Gary talk about holiday music (and not-so-holiday music). Jen rants on Baby It’s Cold Outside (cute song, but a hard no in the middle turns Dean Martin into a rapist), and Gary introduces Jen to...

This past Tuesday we had a good discussion about how we might move forward in the future. How can we expand our vision to be more proactive? We will continue that discussion this week, as well as share information about how to support efforts to elect Ossoff and Warnock and fight voter suppression in Georgia. This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/viSq5lolD3A?t=783 TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912 TwT Web Site:...

Jen and Gary talk about Jury Duty, and how Gary was interviewed to be on the historic first Jury in Wake County Superior Court following the Pandemic break in jury trials (and how he got booted off). And other stuff. LINKS: Greensboro plumbing/renovations company requires employee participation in prayer: https://www.reddit.com/r/triangle/comments/k0uvsb/guy_gets_fired_for_not_participating_in_company/ TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShow This show:...

Celebrating?? week 200 of continuous protest rallies opposing NC Senator Thom Tillis. This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/GMZKzx8fmoA?t=1004 TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912 TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/ TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.com Some screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

The TTS “Documentary Unit” (that’s Gary with a little video camera) went to Graham on November 3rd to observe the ‘replacement’ for the March to the Polls that had been disrupted by Graham and Alamance County police on October 31. While (tediously) editing that footage, Gary discovered quite a bit of other footage from October 31st. He pieced that together into as cohesive narrative as he could, and in this episode we present both. So this is a rare, edited Triangle Talk Show. We’ll be back...

This week, we continue to follow the fast-moving news cycle and continue to figure out how to best use our energy going forward. This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/Nw_uI35sDxM?t=789 TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912 TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/ TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.com Some screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

There’s a lot about the way our government runs that isn’t codified in law. Rather it’s just expected because ‘that’s the way we do things’. Aka: Norms. Trump has shown us why maybe more should be actually in the law (and what could possibly go wrong?). Well, that’s the title of the show, and we do talk about that eventually and at some length. But you’ll enjoy the talk at the end of the show about the Mandalorian more. If you’re a Star Wars fan. If not, stick with the Trump...

The topic is "Democracy Won (for now)." Democracy met fascism, and democracy won. So far. Join us for a celebration, discussion of our likely next short term focus (Georgia), and a reconfiguration of our work and perhaps our name for the work ahead. This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/aFCXx466-ag?t=599 TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912 TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/ TTS Website:...

Marchers in Graham (Alamance County NC) were stopped by the county Sheriff last Saturday (October 31) as they attempted to hold a rally and march to the polls. We heard the story from two of the activists present on the last TTS (Episode 120). They will try again on Tuesday, Election Day, November 3rd at 9 AM. Shon Green returns to update us on plans for the event. Understand that as we record on Monday at noon, planning is still underway. Shon recommends checking in on march leader Greg...