Last night I saw the Staten Island Ferry sailing off into the sunset under the Hell Gate Bridge. New York is healing 🧡

To close the loop on this: I can now officially say that both candidates I saw on the subway will be running in the general election in November. That's right, this month I shared commutes with Zohran Mamdani (Astoria's own!) and uncontested Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.

There really is something special about what Zohran and Brad are showing the rest of the world what it still means to be a New Yorker and an American. A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!

Here to report that I have now encountered TWO NYC mayoral candidates commuting on the subway this month. Anyone who guesses both wins a prize! (Neither of them was Cuomo obviously)

My podcast-editing-pilled brain was not prepared for this elevator ride.

About to head up to my college reunion in a way that would make my college self proud (frantically editing a podcast on the train)

I was in my element yesterday (gesturing at waveforms on a giant screen) at the @qplnyc.bsky.social Teen Center in Flushing! We had a listening party celebrating our 5-week Podcasting for Teens workshop with @queensmemory.bsky.social. Loved getting to know the next generation of podcasters. ❤️

I wrote a thing about the vexations of history repeating itself as podcasts are pressured to become TV. continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/radio-star...

It's me, I am the Radio Star

Just exercised a skill I haven't used in a while (intensive archival research to determine if someone I tangentially know is secretly a nepo baby) (they are)

Excited to teach this podcasting workshop for teens at Queens Public Library with @queensmemory.bsky.social! If you know a teen who might be interested, see below. 👇

My favorite feature of Descript's AI-powered transcription is that it's never heard of ChatGPT in its life. I'm jealous of it, honestly.

A deep sigh of a podcast episode. Just beautiful radio.

My 2024 in numbers: 1 total eclipse witnessed 2 oceans seen 3 years in the rent-stabilized apt of my dreams 4 boroughs traveled (sorry Staten Island, see you in 2025) 5 dog-sitting gigs 6 nights under the stars 39 movies watched 120 hours of podcasts listened to 181 dog photos taken 342 miles run

NEW: A holiday bonus video for you! Meet the underground time travelers of New York City, by @transit-scapes.bsky.social nygroove.nyc/video-holida...

About to embark on the biggest new year's transformation of my lifetime (giving Reaper a spin again after years of being a Pro Tools girl)

NYU banning student protestors from a building that houses a legendary archive of the history of radical protest is almost like hiring a journalist who covers policing in New York City and penalizing him for covering policing in New York City... Our conversation with @chenjerai.bsky.social:

going to keep posting about this piece because I really think that everyone online should read it: www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...

I loved contributing to @tinkmedia.bsky.social's Audio Delicacies list again this year! My pick is a podcast I haven't been able to get out of my head: Season 3 of In The Dark, from @newyorker.com. Here's the full list for some GREAT podcast recs to add to your queue: tinkmedia.co/audio-delica...

My statement on the acquittal of Daniel Penny.

Huge news day for me personally (finally caught an open-gangway C train)

we are aware of the situation

This week's episode of @cnn.com's Terms of Service was a fun one to produce - if also a little scary! Thank you @racheltobac.bsky.social for your helpful and practical advice (and for convincing me to download a password manager immediately).

Plot twists I have experienced today: 1. Falling in a cartoon-like fashion on a patch of ice while walking to work 2. Finding out that Terms of Service is ~new & noteworthy~ on Apple Podcasts!

It’s time for the annual tradition of listening to the best podcast episode of all time:

POV: we are on N trains passing in the night

Audio friends: got something great in the works for 2025? Submit it to Tribeca Audio! Deets are at tribecafilm.com 👀🎧

This. Forever and ever. Also, short doesn't mean less serious, less impactful, less impressive. never has.

All good things must come to an end – but this seems wrong. A brilliant repository of strange, funny, beautiful, arcane stories, Short Cuts has always been truly inventive, a place for audio experimentation and new voices (a rarity on R4) and an absolute balm for listeners. I hope it finds a home.

The most resonant and satisfying thing I've read so far this week:

Okay, @thisdaypod.bsky.social is here, and I just made a starter pack of people who have been on the show or otherwise helped us out over the years. Pretty great list of history-minded folks, actually --> go.bsky.app/F3fhXo3

Brb, unleashing all my pent-up election anger on people who don’t know how to let people off a train first before getting on

It's launch day for Terms of Service! 🎉🎧 It's been eye-opening to produce this new @cnn.com podcast, hosted by CNN's brilliant tech writer Clare Duffy, about how we can experiment with new tech without getting played by it. First two eps are out now! www.cnn.com/audio/podcas...

It seems like a year ago now, but my podcast queue from last week really read me for filth.