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the entire rest of the world is going to end up with free energy but at least america will have access to $200/month subscription waifu ai girlfriends

FOOD OR FACE w The Korean Vegan. A few tricky ones in there! How'd you do on your Korean skincare knowledge? Listen to the whole season on Big Korean Energy wherever you get your pods!

BIG KOREAN ENERGY was a joy to work on! 💓 We're experiencing a cultural moment where everything K is extremely popular (exhibit A: K-Pop Demon Hunters). In this episode, Joanne Lee Molinaro (the Korean Vegan) joins to unpack what BKE means for Korean Americans.

While reporting When the Wolves Came, we learned why this is not a barrier to a third term for Trump and his team: They don't expect to have elections in 2028. You can listen to the whole award-winning series here: www.ruthbraunstein.com/podcast

My brilliant high school pal Joanne Lee Molinaro aka @thekoreanvegan joins us for our final episode of BIG KOREAN ENERGY. In this convo we get to why it matters so much to celebrate our moment of cultural dominance with political strength. Listen to the full ep wherever you get your pods!

One of the great tragedies of Whiteness is having no aunties. I have 12 million nieces and nephews who call me auntie. It's one of the best parts of being a human in relationship to other humans? Anyways ofc his dad's cousin is his auntie you dimwitted bad faith fearmongering NYPost headline writer

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

Your post apocalyptic Big Korean Energy Dream Team obviously also includes Kim Jong-il, the world's greatest natural golfer, right? Thanks @tcraggs22.bsky.social for one of my best laughs. Listen to the full episode of The Mash-Up Americans featuring Tommy Craggs wherever you get your pods!

This is not the point of this accurate post but I still crave liverwurst sandwiches and hot chocolate in honor of Meg and wonder about that delicious lumpy beige alien fruit

Madeleine L’Engle made this point extremely effectively decades ago in A Wrinkle in Time.

I talked about "Kpop Demon Hunters," the Eighth Army's occupation of Korea & the origins of Kpop, the only person more driven by resentment than Michael Jordan (my mom), rooting for pretty (again), and the greatest natural athlete the world has ever known (Kim Jong-Il)

What sports fandoms have the most BKE? An extremely official and thorough ranking by The Mash-Up Americans Sports Panel @minakimes.bsky.social @tcraggs22.bsky.social @mattufford.bsky.social

My old dear friend Tommy Craggs (@tcraggs22.bsky.social) is navigating this moment of Big Korean Energy in sports, fandoms, parenting, and culture by becoming an insufferable 삼촌. Just kidding! Kpop Demon Hunters and Dialectics! A convo made for us. Listen to the whole ep wherever ya get ya pods.

From whence did Big Korean Energy come? Please see:

Exciting news about our audio documentary When the Wolves Came — we were named a Signal Award Gold Winner! If you have not yet listened or shared, now is your chance! Xoxo Dream Team (aka The Mash Up Americans).

Proud. A win for our team at The Mash-Up Americans and a win for a story of hope and determination about the evangelical resistance movement AGAINST White Christian Nationalism and FOR democracy. You can still listen to When the Wolves Came wherever you get your podcasts. @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social

4 all the WAY

The immaculate, incredible, indelible @rokwon.bsky.social is on The Mash-Up Americans talking BIG KOREAN ENERGY! What a gift to be able to sit with one of the greatest writers of our generation and say things like ... "Koreanness and Sex. Go!" Listen to the full ep wherever you get your pods 🇰🇷🫶

When I was at Medill (last century) as a newspaper major (lol) the greatest aspiration of the broadcast journalism majors was CBS. CBS was where real television reporting happened.

Are you wondering what BIG KOREAN ENERGY is all about? Why everything around you is somehow suddenly very, very Korean? Check out our new season of The Mash-Up Americans wherever you get your pods. Thanks to @angryasianman.bsky.social for celebrating my gold medal wins w me 🥇

The world is so brutal. We decided we needed a reminder of what we're fighting for: Ourselves, our stories, and our culture. Anyways, for some Friday fun. K-DRAMATIQUE: Where we ask is this the plot of a k-drama, or real life? Plus, a round of Korean or Not?? @angryasianman.bsky.social ftw.

Chi Ossé is not my rep (sadly) but he reps my kids' school district in Bed-Stuy and he is the real deal. Please let this be true.

Chicago <3

cool

This is why we call them *CURRENT* husbands

What is actually wrong with this man

Oh and maybe you wanna listen to the thing? You should listen: www.ruthbraunstein.com/podcast

Finalist also means we are eligible for the Listener's Choice award, which means you the people can VOTE for us. Won't you? 👉 vote.signalaward.com

💥💥Our podcast When The Wolves Came is a Signal finalist for Best Documentary! It explores the extremist politics that have taken over US evangelical Christianity, and the pastors, congregants, and organizers who are pushing back in favor of a pluralist path. It is, as they say, relevant.

The bees have discovered Brutalism

Very proud our doc When The Wolves Came, created with @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social is a Signal finalist for Best Doc. It's the story of a white evangelical pastor fighting White Christian Nationalism and the politics of Charlie Kirk. VOTE for Listener’s Choice vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

Deeply ashamed of my alma mater www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

repeating the phrase "full books" as I slam my head against my desk until I pass out

I got one of those annoying paper straws in a beverage! Guess I'm a right-winger now.

this is the most chotinered a chotiner interview has ever chotinered

happy new year, repent your sins, apologize to people, eat a lot

wow what a time to be alive

PUNCTURED THEIR LUNGS WITH KNIVES TO MAKE SURE THEIR BODIES WOULD SINK FISHERMEN FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

oh I’m sorry your city doesn’t have CULTURE

Is there an established volunteer system or organizations of courtroom escorts in NYC, as there are for abortion escorts? If so can somebody please share info, I know lots of people, myself included, who want to do this work. Just physical shields against these monsters.

[extremely on-mushrooms voice] hear me out. what if we destroy capitalism by feminizing having money

This is a Very Bad Asian™️

what a stupid fucking piece of shit

Took our kids to the family ranch for the first time this summer and their response to the cows during real-life chore time was "Oh my god, she is pooping WHILE she's being milked!"

Have cried actual tears watching the tribute videos. Sonny!

Innumerate

The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

why do their faces look like that