Yesterday's Out and About Chris Armitage and Dan Brown - The Existentialist Republic

 

Yesterday on Out and About, I talked with Chris Armitage and Dan Brown about Chris’ Substack site - The Existential Republic. we also talked about his latest books which are available free to download. These reads are a great tool for understanding why we are where we are, and what we can do to deny Fascists access to our lives. 

Chris has so many irons in the fire and travels all over the country to talk about what we can do to resist this totalitarian regime and finding all the possible paths forward. Dan is busy too with a lot of activism in local Spokane Democratic politics. It was great talking with them both and we could have done another hour easily! 

If you missed yesterday’s Out and About, you can take a listen here -  https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_260616_160000b.mp3

As always, thank you to my underwriters - Boots Bakery and Eastern Washington University. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Out and About Today - Christopher Armitage and Dan Brown - The Existentialist Republic and Toppling Tyrants...

Today on Out and About, I will be talking with Chris Armitage and Dan Brown. Last time I had these guys on the radio, we were talking about their latest book - Conservatism: America's Personality Disorder.

Chris has also authored - Tyrant in a Top Hat; Bad Cop, No Donut: and his latest - Toppling Tyrants. Chris is the producer of the Substack channel - The Existentialist Republic, where you can subscribe to his excellent newsletter, as well. I just found out that he is now producing a podcast too. Does Christopher ever sleep?

Chris has a great knack for pointing a way forward and out of the Fascism the United States now finds itself in. His insights are unique and intriguing. 

Dan is a community activist and you see him in so many places, volunteering his time and talent to make Spokane and our world better.

Chris and Dan always have such great repartee, that I will be working hard just to keep up! This will be a fun conversation!

I will also be telling you (as usual) when and where all the pro-democracy demonstrations will be taking place this week.

Thank you to my underwriters - Boots Bakery and Eastern Washington University.

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Broadcasting the Pride Parade - LIve on KYRS - 88.1, 92.3 fm and streaming.

 

Robert Sevilla and I will be back on the air for another live broadcast of the Pride Parade in Downtown Spokane today! We will be broadcasting from a location near the start of the parade, playing music and announcing the parade line up.

You can tune in from noon to 1:30pm to hear our broadcast on the radio (88.1 and 92.3 fm) or you can stream the broadcast at KYRS.org. Dana will be in the studio picking up our signal, making it sound good and sending it to our tower where it will be broadcast all across the Inland Northwest.

HAPPY PRIDE! 

Haiku Friday - May 12, 2026

 

Birds in the oak tree

Scatter (suddenly) northward - 

Only to return. 

Max Q

The rush of water

A calming susurration

Luring me to sleep 

Bill

Clouds pass as they do 

Back when the rocks were still soft

In stoned reverie 

Rikosan

Manito strolling

Blossoms perfume a stealth punch 

Agents of gloom fall

Maeve

Yesterday's Out and About. The 2026 Spokane Pride Festival has begun!

Yesterday, I talked with Spokane Pride Executive Director Matt Danielson. We talked about North Idaho's very successful Pride Festival that took place last week. The Pride Festival is already underway, here in Spokane. Tonight at 7 pm, there is an interfaith worship service at St. John’s Cathedral. 

Friday is when a lot of stuff starts happening. If you come to Riverfront Park for the Trans Rights Rally on Friday at the Red Wagon (I will be one of the speakers) you can stick around for Yoga in the Park (thank you to COIL) and then the fun really accelerates with shows, music and dancing. Saturday, of course, is the big day with the vendor and food fair starting at 11. The parade at noon (Robert Sevilla and I will once again be playing music, announcing and broadcasting the parade for KYRS), activities all through the day, including a Two-Spirit Powwow, beer garden, food, vendors, shows and performances (on six different stages) in Riverfront Park. After the day’s festivities, you can head over to Nyne for a street fair and dance.

The Pride Festival is family-friendly and open to everyone. If you are already missing Pig Out in the Park, Neighbor Days or any of the other Spokane community celebrations, come on down for some fun. Hang out with a bunch of other kind, and honorable folks.

 
With our nation being plunged into fascism and the reluctance of legacy media to acknowledge the state we are in, it can be crazy-making. It can cause anxiety and loss of hope. That is exactly what the regime/cult wants you to feel. The Pride Festival is an antidote for that.

Having fun with thousands of other people who value community, kindness, honor, truth and intelligence will make you feel good - no matter who you are - straight, gay, cis or trans. Maybe this is why so many mainline churches, temples and synagogues have participated in Pride each year.

If you missed yesterday’s Out and About, you can take a listen here https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_260609_160000b.mp3

As always, thank you to my underwriters - Boots Bakery and Eastern Washington University. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

 

Today's Out and About - PRIDE FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND! HAPPY PRIDE!

 

On today’s show, we will be checking in again with Matt Danielson. Matt’s the director of Spokane Pride.

This weekend is the Pride Festival in Spokane. It’s an event that brings tens of thousands of kind and decent people to Downtown Spokane and Riverfront Park. It’s fun. It’s free. Just being there with a multitude of honorable people will make you feel good, whether you are LGBTQ or not. It is family-friendly and a powerful respite from the continual onslaught of Fascism, lies and violence spewing from the immoral crime family and cult running our nation right now.

This year, KYRS will once again be broadcasting from the start of the parade. We (Creative Mindset’s Robert Sevilla and I) will be playing happy music and announcing the participants as they walk, skate, skip, gallop, ride, swim or drive by. The parade starts at noon and the rest of the day is filled with fun programing. The weather is supposed to be really nice. If you can’t be there, you can listen to the parade on KYRS starting at noon and hear the fun. 

The event kicks off at 3 pm in Riverfront Park on Friday with a rally for trans rights. Matt and I will be giving you the lowdown on all the activities that will be taking place this weekend. 

I will also be telling you (as usual) when and where all the pro-democracy demonstrations will be taking place this week.

Thank you to my underwriters - Boots Bakery and Eastern Washington University.

 Out and About airs every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Haiku Friday - June 5, 2026

 

Freedom Two Fifty:

A party for the aged. Senility now! 

Max Q 

Shiitake mushrooms

Golden umbrellas of good

For tonight’s stir fry

Bill

A quest for beauty 

By being so well preserved 

Free of expression 

Rikosan 

Rejoice human life

Kindness, honor, grit, love, truth

The Pride Festival

Maeve