Journalism

Mar
09

The Shot, The Meme, The Man: ESPN Podcast Tells The Whole Story

I was not expecting to cry this morning, but I did, thanks to a podcast episode. I don’t always
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Mar
08

What Is Milk?: A Harder Question To Answer Than You'd Think

Is this a question too basic to deserve serious consideration? Not according to a new article in The Atlantic, which
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Mar
08

Assaults on Free Press Fundamentally Misunderstand Journalists

Journalists are not the enemy. The truth of that simple statement is subverted by a pair of bills introduced in
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Mar
07

What's So Wrong With Podcasts?

The New York Times article titled “Would You Date a Podcast Bro?” caught my attention as a particularly annoying bit
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Feb
13

How Would You Fact-Check a Chat Bot?

The New Yorker’s Interview Issue is out, and is it any surprise that a voice that we just had
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Feb
07

As Good As It Gets Without Video: James Fallows on the Airport Near-Miss in Austin

I love flying. Airports, save for the people whose behavior I’d deplore if I saw it in a grocery
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Jan
08

This Place Rules: A Movie That Would Be Hilarious If It Weren't So Scary

Sean Fennessey of The Ringer’s The Big Picture podcast posted a tweet that said “The first great movie of
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Jan
04

On The Physics and Philosophy of Time

I’m not sure what was in the air in mid-December, but I belatedly came across two references to time.
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Jan
02

In Praise of Why Is This Interesting?'s Monday Media Diet

I love the newsletter from the guys at Why Is This Interesting? The posts live up to the newsletter’s
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Mar
16

Bombs, Bunkers, and Parents We Never Knew

I was recently blown away by Mike Mills’ film C’mon, C’mon for so many reasons, but one was
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