Why Live Radio Still Matters: Mike Schrand on NPR, Music, Movies, and Loving St. Louis YouTube video by Mostly Superheroes

My first podcast! @mostlysuperheroes.bsky.social asked me on to talk about my radio/musical life (so far) and we had a fantastic time! Check it out!

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Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.

A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 times federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.

He kidnapped the president of Venezuela for them

And oil companies are like

Meh

Federal judge disqualifies 5th Trump-appointed acting U.S. attorney Read more here.

BREAKING: A federal judge rules John Sarcone, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, has been serving unlawfully for months. The decision makes him the fifth Trump-appointed acting U.S. attorney deemed illegitimate by the federal courts during the president’s second term.

(Comes out from under a rock momentarily…)

There’s a new Avatar film?

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Bartiromo: "We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs number for the month of June. The expectations call for the numbers to be up 95,000. Right now seeing the number -- actually, uh, showing a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000, uh."

Possibly the most beautiful thing I’ll see all day, perhaps all week…❤️

product image of an outdoor decor sign with a male cardinal on a stylized branch which reads: Cardinals appear when Angels are near.

this suggest that cardinals are angels' natural predators

Keystone Cops Time…

Ouch. Only for the car’s o-ring. #notdoingthat

Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

Trump orders an end to all federal funds for NPR and PBS.

They say he can't.

My updated story for NPR:

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That’s just about right…

My new album Things Have Changed is now streaming on all platforms. Go, stream!

We Found Elon Musk’s DOGE Email Address and We’re Fighting to Reveal His Messages The Intercept is publishing Elon Musk’s government email address to aid those seeking information on DOGE in the public interest.

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hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“How”, a song from my new album Things Have Changed, out now on @bandcamp.com mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...

leonardo dicaprio and gene hackman in “the quick and the dead”

lots of people rightfully hailing the great gene hackman performances but let me say a word for his role as the villain in sam raimi’s THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. he brings so much genuine menace to the performance, it’s electrifying

Pete Hegseth on FOX NEWS with headline chyron that reads: Tracking Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.

Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.

This you?

“Walking Away”, from my album “Things Have Changed”, out now at mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...

I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.

Roberta Flack, the magnetic singer and pianist who was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s, died on Monday at 88. Flack was known for her majestic anthems like “Killing Me Softly” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” nyti.ms/4h1KzSh

Things Have Changed, by Mike Schrand 7 track album

My new album is now out on @bandcamp.com! Get some for your ears.

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A new song, “Jackknife”, from my new album Things Have Changed, out soon on @bandcamp.com

A preview song from my upcoming album “Things Have Changed”, out soon on @bandcamp.com #originalmusic #songwritersofbluesky #stlouis

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:

-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.

-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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A few members of the @stlpublicradio.bsky.social and @npr.org morning team: Yours truly, @steveinskeep.bsky.social and @abbyllorico.bsky.social having a nice #STL morning.

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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...