Episode 110: Alan Eisenstock - As Told To | iHeart <p class='p1'>'<a href= 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX_t9z9KWZE' target='_blank' rel= 'noopener'>Did I do that?</a>'</p> <p class='p1'>Yes, in fact, he did. After a successful career as a writer ...

been getting some great feedback on this one... put us in your ears and let us know what you think...
#writinglife #publishing #collaboration #ghostwriting @writersbone.com #newpodcast
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will be crowing about this one all week...
#woofwoofwoof #ArsenioHall #AlanEisenstock #AsToldTo #newpodcastepisode #writinglife #books #authors @writersbone.com @atriabooks.bsky.social #ghostwriting #collaboration #publishing

Dave Mason, Traffic Co-Founder Who Penned 'Feelin' Alright?,' Dead at 79 Dave Mason, the Traffic co-founder and guitarist who wrote the classic rock standard "Feelin' Alright," has died at age 79.

I'm not feeling so good myself...
#DaveMason #RIP 🎶
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Iran Warns It Considers Having to Spend More Time With JD Vance an Act of War “We spent twenty-one hours with this individual and refuse to endure such excruciating torture ever again,” the Iranians’ statement read.

harsh... not harsh...
@borowitzreport.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Column | Justin Trudeau at Coachella is a Rorschach test Why did an image of the former Canadian prime minister in a backward baseball cap with his pop-star girlfriend at a music festival strike such a nerve?

questions for our time, from #MonicaHess...

"Should this man have the right to wear slouchy jeans and horf noodles on a curb? What of the backward baseball cap, the divorced dad-ness of it all?"
#Coachella @postopinions.bsky.social
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Mets' losing streak reaches 11 games; longest since 2004 Nico Hoerner hit a sacrifice fly off Craig Kimbrel in the 10th inning as the Cubs extended the Mets' losing streak to 11 games by rallying for a 2-1 victory.

GREAT MOMENTS IN WISHFUL THINKING:
just received an e-mail from #Mets ticket office, inviting me to consider a FLEX membership package for the current season... comes with "post-season access"... how 'bout we win a couple games before selling playoff tix?...
#LFGM #LGM
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

podcast guest #AlanEisenstock traded in a career as a successful writer/producer of network sitcoms to walk a somewhat less certain path as a ghostwriter... he's just out with his latest #collaboration - with pioneering talk show host #ArsenioHall... listen up!...
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Episode 110: Alan Eisenstock Podcast Episode · As Told To · April 21 · 1h 5m

new pod - a conversation with prolific ghostwriter #AlanEosenstock, co-author of the new #ArsenioHall memoir...
#collaboration #writingcommunity #books #BookSky
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The Onion Has a New Plan to Take Over Infowars

pulling for this...

"I just thought it would be just a beautiful joke if we could take this pretty toxic, negative, destructive force of Infowars and rebrand it as this beautiful place for our creativity." - @timheidecker.bsky.social
@theonion.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/b...

Spike Lee rocking the Pope Leo Knicks jersey...❓ #shorts YouTube video by New York Post Sports

#SpikeLee at #MSG - doing the right thing...
@ny-knicks.bsky.social #NBA #NBAPlayoffs @nba.com #PopeLeo
youtube.com/shorts/AY_nZ...

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

prob a good time for @theatlantic.com to lift its paywall... the more people who read about the alarming behavior of #KashPatel, the better - we can all drink to that, yes?...
@sfifz787.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Here’s How the Celebrities Ran at the 2026 Boston Marathon A few former Boston winners and a former First Daughter toed the line in Hopkinton.

some impressive times here - none more impressive than #AmbyBurfoot, at 79, at just over 5 hours... congrats to all...
#BostonMarathon
#PatriotsDay
@runnersworld.bsky.social
www.runnersworld.com/news/a710410...

Roots Round Up: this week’s news from the Canadian roots scene (and beyond) | Roots Music Canada THE ROLLING STONES RETURN WITH BLUESY SINGLE "ROUGH AND TWISTED" When mysterious posters began popping up around London a few weeks ago announcing the return of a band called The Cockroaches, hard cor...

yes, please...
#therollingstones
#thecockroaches
#roughandtwisted
#newmusic 🎶
www.rootsmusic.ca/2026/04/17/r...

John Korir runs fastest Boston Marathon time in history to repeat John Korir benefited from a tailwind at the world's oldest annual marathon.

2:01:52!... a new course record!... a big, big deal!...
#JohnKorir #BostonMarathon #PatriotsDay
www.nbcsports.com/olympics/new...

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...

so-called president works "the weave" in his #TrumpLibrary slush-fundraising as well...

"Tens of millions of dollars are unaccounted for, and the American people are left completely in the dark." - @warren.senate.gov

@gregsargent.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/2092... via @newrepublic.com

Iran Says Hormuz Strait Will Close Two Years for Renovations The Strait of Hormuz board, packed with cronies of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, also approved a plan to put Khamenei’s name on the renovated waterway.

hat tip to @borowitzreport.bsky.social for this one...
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

even the Wordle feels Trumpy - today's especially... (spoiler alert: it's pretty darn Trumpy!)

Hey, Washington: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

will be wild...

the NYT sez our so-called president has "an instinct for crowd work and note-perfect timing"... (really!)

so-called press secretary sez the dinner "will be fun"... (also, really!)

two-drink minimum won't be hard to enforce...

#CorrespondentsDinner
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/b...

Don Schlitz, Prolific Writer of Country Music Hits, Dies at 73

"There'll be time enough for counting/when the dealing's done..." 🎶
#DonSchlitz #RIP

www.nytimes.com/2026//19/obi...

Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Attacks Iranian Cargo Ship While Preparing for New Round of Talks

negotiations seem to be going well...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

what about a speeding bullet?...

Opinion | The Pope Bedevils Trump

"... watching the saintly pope school the amoral president is a blessed sight." #MaureenDowd
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
#maureendowd
#TeamLeo
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/o...

MetLife World Cup train tickets confirmed at $150, alternative bus priced at $80 per seat (Gift Article) MetLife Stadium will host eight games at this summer's World Cup, including the final.

calls for a red card...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

what our world has become - there's more honor among stand-ups, who would rather bomb than pinch another comic's joke...

Opinion: News To Me – Priorities, priorities A weekly cartoon column by Gabrielle Drolet

flight from Toronto delayed this a.m. - digging the kinder, gentler tones of the @theglobeandmail.com political cartoons... life could be so much simpler/saner, yes?... @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Trump Will Participate in a Marathon Bible Reading

alas, his leg has been pre-recorded, so a Biblical weave unlikely...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

weekend listening...

Between the Lines: The Girl in the Green Sweater

trying something new over at the pod factory - a little palate-cleanser to accompany our current episode...
#YomHashoa #HolocaustRemembranceDay
#memoir #AsToldTo #newpodcast
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3 Southern California residents sentenced in bear suit insurance fraud scheme Three Southern California residents have been sentenced in a bizarre insurance fraud scheme which prosecutors say involved them staging fake bear attacks on high-end cars.

so, not at all smarter than the average bear then...
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Opinion | When Good Grammar Gets Snobbish

"This is a time when we need to sweep away linguistic cobwebs, like grammar rules that serve no purpose. It requires people to know a password to gain entrance into respectability, one of the last permissible outlets for classism." - @jmcwho.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/o...