Shows
The RadicalistKevin Ray on the Rot in American TheaterDavid Volodzko talks to former guest Kevin Ray about a disturbing experience he recently had on the New York subway, the pathology of woke activism, its influence in the arts and why things are getting worse rather than better, Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel We, his experience with compelled speech, and the effort to turn educators into activist therapists.Kevin Ray is a New York City theater director with over 20 years of experience as an arts educator. He produced and directed “Unearthly Visitants,” based on ghost stories by Edith Wharton, “The Machine Stops,” from EM Forster’s short story...
2025-05-1247 min
The RadicalistEducation and IndoctrinationDavid Volodzko talks to Kevin Ray about the philosophy of teaching, how Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” has changed education in America, the harms of woke pedagogy, the tragic death of Richard Bilkszto after enduring genocidal rhetoric at the hands of a DEI trainer, and more.Kevin Ray is a theater director and teaching artist with over 20 years of arts education experience in New York City. He has produced and directed Unearthly Visitants, based on ghost stories by Edith Wharton, The Machine Stops, based on the short story by EM Forster, and is now developing a play...
2023-10-061h 59