A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast

Bill Kalmenson

English Comedy History Explicit

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Episodes 100

Avg. Duration 42m

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Apple Rating ★ 4.9 (49)

Since Apr 2020

Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Monthly

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Episodic

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44%

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About This Podcast

Minor Musings on Everything and Nothing

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Recent Episodes

S9E3 Blueness in 3 Shades with Miles, Trane and Bill Evans

Apr 04, 2026 43m

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…

Pretty in Plaid with "Clueless" Costume Designer Mona May

Mar 06, 2026 42m

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…

S9E1 Red Cloud Revisited and Renewed

Feb 21, 2026 49m

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 🛒…

S8E16 What Price Warner Bros with Sharon Waxman

Dec 13, 2025 38m

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,…

S8E15 A Liability for Liberals with Samuel Moyn

Nov 22, 2025 51m

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

S8E14 Printing Legends and Finding Truth with "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"

Nov 12, 2025 37m

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

S8E13 From South Central to Berlin; A Jazzman's Journey

Oct 20, 2025 48m

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

S8E12 Gaza and the Diplomat's Dilemma

Aug 30, 2025 48m

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

S8E11 The Good, The Bad and Clint

Aug 09, 2025 41m

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

S8E10 Claiming Kuleana: A Maui Journey with Sara Kehaulani Goo

Jul 31, 2025 39m

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

S8E9 A Jewish Reckoning with Peter Beinart

Jul 15, 2025 38m

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

S8E8 Martin Luther King, Muhammed Ali and the Moral Universe

Jun 12, 2025 42m

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

S8E7 The Autocrat's Playbook with Lucan Way

Jun 02, 2025 36m

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

S8E6 My Golden Hour with LaLa Literary Lion, Matthew Specktor

May 23, 2025 46m

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

S8E5 From LaLa Mayor to Next Cali Governor? My Chat with Antonio Villaraigosa

May 08, 2025 41m

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

S8E4 A Papal Appreciation with Father John Dear

May 04, 2025 54m

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…

S8E3 Our Next Cali Governor? Meet Betty Yee

Mar 19, 2025 59m

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

S8E2 My Favorite Mugwump with Noah Millman

Mar 05, 2025 1h 3m

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

S8E1 Light into Sound with LA Jazz Giant, Dwight Trible

Feb 23, 2025 56m

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!…

S7E9 Tectonic Shifts with William deBuys

Dec 07, 2024 44m

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

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A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast has published 100 episodes since April 2020, covering topics in Comedy, History.

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