don't get me wrong, the war in iran is a diabolical shit show and a terrible tragedy, but watching trump debate the iranian theocratic regime, who match him in craziness but are clearly more intelligent than he is, is highly entertaining
i will keep reiterating it but the mRNA vaccine is one of the most important human inventions in history, next to the printing press and the solar panel, and the fact america is abandoning it is frankly anti-human in all ways possible
No. I'm a staunch late-stage Dylan guy. Everything after 'Time Out of Mind' is my shit.
my favorite dylan albums to listen to are the late-stage albums he made where he croons and sings old jazz standards, etc
Tomorrow on the program, I’ll be joined by Willy Vlautin, author of the novel THE LEFT AND THE LUCKY (@harperbooks.bsky.social), the official April pick of the Otherppl Book Club.
If you haven’t signed up for the Book Club yet, please do! otherppl.com
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Excellent episode and totally ties in to one of my major themes I’m working on ( and is redirecting me to it). And Brad, your ending words about if we are listening it’s kind of spot on. I’m pretty much always doing something else while listening to podcasts but this episode kept my attention.
🦄 flashback sunday, golden oldie
i don't like it when other men call me 'boss.'
Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion.
I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.
I mean...in the post I linked, Sue is fact-checking & document-gathering. where's the conjecture? i don't see her theorizing. i see her trying to corroborate testimony -- timelines, names, et al. and most of it appears to check out.
again, i remain skeptical. but keeping an open mind.
yeah, i'm a healthy skeptic. which is why i was careful to say: *if* it's true/accurate.
there's a lot of maddening opacity to the whole thing.
that said, there are internet sleuths who seem to have done some real digging. stuff like this:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
have you ever listened to the Sascha Riley audio? if it's true/accurate, Biggs is a twisted evil fucker. whew
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📌Pope Leo XIV TODAY:
“The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants. Blessed are the peacemakers, but woe to those who manipulate religion and the name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”
He is NOT backing down.
Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.
If he’s not speaking in tongues inside a sweltering tent in the Ozarks, I’m gonna be v disappointed
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me too
watching ‘the end of the tour’ on mute while editing an episode of the podcast
thank you!
More good news!
🌳So great to meet Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. Her new book is called AGAINST BREAKING: ON THE POWER OF POETRY (Scribner) and it makes a compelling case that poetry is good medicine for these times (or any times, really).
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Got a good one coming up tomorrow. I'll be in conversation w Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. Her new book is called AGAINST BREAKING: ON THE POWER OF POETRY, available from Scribner.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
exhausted historian of christianity screaming into the void, once again: christianity has never been apolitical. to wit: jesus was executed by the roman state.
If you wanna get up on Saturday morning 4/18 and walk in the hills before the LAT Book Festival, lmk.
Email address is letters [at] otherppl [dot] com.
Twiggy will be there. 🐕
