This episode takes a look at that elusive idea of defining what art is.  Where does that spark of creativity come from?  What drives human beings to t...

We start off the show with some poetry:Bulls On Parade by Rage Against the MachineFor our In The News segment on this show we take a look at the death...

We start off the show with some poetry:Even When There's Little Choice, We Choose by Nicholas GordonFor our In The News segment on this show we take o...

We start off the show with some poetry:Incident by Countee CullenNext up we have and installment of Holy Shit where we take a look at (and listen to) ...

We're starting off 2016 with a new format for the show.  Mic Check Radio is now a bi-weekly show.We start off this show with some poetry:Ballad of the...

We finish up our year end wrap up of Activist Cinema from 2015 with a brief discussion of some prominent LGBTQ films (The Danish Girl, Stonewall, Free...

We start off our annual year end wrap up with some news about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigating the hiring practices of the ma...

It's a really shitty time to be a kid in the world today, especially if you are one of the 250 million girls under the age of 15 who are forcibly marr...

It's a really shitty time to be a kid in the world today, especially if your family is religious.  Specifically if your family is Catholic and poor.  ...

It's a really shitty time to be a kid in the world today.  Over 2 million of them will go thru the well oiled machine that is the international sex sl...