Donna Brazile, former chairperson of the DNC, takes a very different chair today, on the hot seat on Arts Express. Fielding questions about charges - and her own counter-charges - as to what went down surrounding the turmoil of the 2016 election. And as detailed in her controversial new political memoir, 'Hacks: The Inside Story Of The Break-ins And Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump In the White House.' Or did they?

** "He writes music he hopes will change the world - its militance, joy, and collective self-discovery."

Music Corner: Chris Butters presents the inspirational movement music for the new year, of performer Fred Arcoleo. Including singing that fueled the Occupy Wall Street Movement back then.

Ideology And Culture Corner: Political analyst and RT reporter Caleb Maupin delves into the plight - and hope - for the next generation in a troubled world, a presentation Maupin delivered to the students at Rutgers University. Referencing 'this low wage economy and the rising police state'; student debt, aderall, the status quo, and endless wars; and 'young people working long hours sweeping floors, serving coffee, or lugging boxes around.'

Bro On The World Film Beat: Arts Express Paris Correspondent, Professor Dennis Broe with his Top Five Worst Films of 2017, plus ten Honorable Mentions. Touching on Egyptian Noir and B filmmaking at its finest; the potential of political awakening, an Indonesian ghost story, and a Bulgarian taxi driver pushed too far by the banks; and Deep South sharecropping exploitation in the 1940s - an award winning film boycotted by Hollywood. 

** "I'm hideously shy as myself - but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish."

A Conversation With Laurie Metcalf: Star of Lady Bird and the return of Roseanne to television in 2018.  Metcalf, up for a potential Oscar for her role as a stressed out working mother in Lady Bird, is on the line to Arts Express discussing as well, what's up with her return in the revival of the blue collar small screen sitcom Roseanne, for which she won three Emmys. And, a look back at the unforgettable and haunting Roseanne episode, in which her character Jackie is a victim of domestic violence.

** "A vast uncharted journey to the unimaginable - and a portrait of a filmmaker as a young woman."

Alexis Excursion Through The Arts: Sex And The Cyborg Goddess. This week's excursion features Cal. State professor, filmmaker and author Alexis Krasilovsky - alias Rafael, reading excerpts and reflecting on her new novel. Probing the college campus female experience torn between sexual liberation, and issues of sexual harassment and sexual discrimination.

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