however i will say there are two open jobs still on the vox careers website!

sorry to the production staff of their vox media podcast

gonna start pronouncing Wisconsin WISS-kin-sin

Trump on DoorDash grandma Sharon Simmons's delivery to the White House: "To be honest, it was a little tacky"

Joel and I wondered aloud about who Elijah is and why do we care the other day. Maybe when his oldest is older I get him Elijah the Book

Gustavo went off here

The Wings YouTube video by Gustavo Santaolalla - Topic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOdo...

charli xcx shopping for clothes: i think i‘m gonna try on this blouse

Remembering NPR audio engineer Brian Jarboe We take a moment to remember former NPR audio engineer Brian Jarboe, who died on Monday. As a colleague, he was kind, agile and skilled in the studio — and he always had a guitar pick on him.

Sad news from the NPR family. Brian Jarboe was all you would want in a colleague- talented, kind and fun. He is missed www.npr.org/2026/04/13/n...

i have reached 80 films from 2021. top 10:
1. west side story
2. licorice pizza
3. the card counter
4. dune
5. the last duel
6. no sudden move
7. the green knight
8. shiva baby
9. the power of the dog
10. the velvet underground

OUT OF THE PAST has replaced BLACK NARCISSUS as my favorite movie of 1947

shout out to my friend and trivia team member aaron navarro of cbs news for asking the question

what are some movies you would describe as specifically riffing on Hitchcock - like the De Palma movies, Stoker, Mission Impossible II, etc. I'm aware of The Skin I Live In and Phoenix but have not seen either

go blue

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

we are very overdue for a new album by the war on drugs

Matthew Shear is 41??? Drop the skincare routine

The New York Times drops freelance journalist who used AI to write book review Writer and author Alex Preston said he “made a serious mistake” after a reader spotted similarities between his review and one that appeared in the Guardian

This is all reminding me of a conversation I had recently with an old friend who works in tech and extremely gung-ho about AI. When I told him about my process for writing a long New Yorker piece, he was absolutely sure that AI could make it more "efficient." / www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

great hire!!!!!

But then the dove of hope began his downward slope

thank you Tennessee Lookout for using a photo of our current building, and not an old photo of the building in Mt Vernon Triangle which does not exist anymore

there’s a joke in SCHOOL OF ROCK, a movie that came out when I was seven, where Jack Black explains he lost a job to Yo Yo Ma’s cousin, and then he says “Little Nepotis’“ and i thought that was the cousin’s name, Lil Nepotis, like Lil Wayne. Because I had never encountered the word nepotism before.

my congratulations to fellow Glenbrook North High School alumnus (and I think my math class classmate) and Illinois assistant coach Zach Hamer on his success in NCAA men's tournament

my condolences to fellow Glenbrook North High School alumnus and Duke head coach Jon Scheyer

Mary Beth Hurt, Who Starred in ‘The World According to Garp,’ Dies at 79 Mary Beth Hurt, who starred in films including 'The World According to Garp' and was married to director Paul Schrader, has died.

Sad news. Mary Beth Hurt was such an interesting, spiky actress--it was always a pleasurable jolt when she showed up on screen. I would recommend Interiors, Chilly Scenes of Winter, or The World According to Garp as starting points. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

i've reached 100 movies from 2025. my top 10 is unchanged, except I swapped The Secret Agent and Predators.

Artists I used while directing today:
Mogwai
Black Country, New Road
North Americans
Vulfpeck
CAN
Mark Orton
Hannah Frances
Massive Attack
Madeline Kenney
Mort Garson
Ezra Furman
Winged Wheel
Victoryland

Romanian film director, Radu Jude, discusses his latest movie, 'Kontinental '25' NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude about his latest film, "Kontinental '25."

Radu Jude on Weekend Edition! He's a great interview www.npr.org/2026/03/28/n...

me on a first date