Mike Schrand
@migorstmarseille.bsky.social
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Public Radio lifer. I talk for a living. Musician, singer, songwriter, too.
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!
youtu.be/uAkJOEJRxL0?...
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Why Live Radio Still Matters: Mike Schrand on NPR, Music, Movies, and Loving St. Louis
YouTube video by Mostly Superheroes
https://youtu.be/uAkJOEJRxL0?si=Ku_vVsDaXelNYWle
5 days ago
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The Wall Street Journal
29 days ago
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.
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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.
https://on.wsj.com/49KPkPT
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Molly Jong-Fast
29 days ago
He kidnapped the president of Venezuela for them And oil companies are like Meh
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Democracy Docket
about 1 month ago
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 presidentās second term.
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Federal judge disqualifies 5th Trump-appointed acting U.S. attorney
Read more here.
https://bit.ly/3LvWHBk
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(Comes out from under a rock momentarilyā¦) Thereās a new Avatar film?
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about 1 month ago
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Barack Obama
5 months ago
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 doesnāt like.
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Letās be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trumpās most brazen attack on free speech yet.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/let-clear-happened-jimmy-kimmel-025000655.html
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Aaron Rupar
7 months ago
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."
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Possibly the most beautiful thing Iāll see all day, perhaps all weekā¦ā¤ļø
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7 months ago
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mollz
8 months ago
this suggest that cardinals are angels' natural predators
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Keystone Cops Timeā¦
9 months ago
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Ouch. Only for the carās o-ring.
#notdoingthat
9 months ago
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David Folkenflik
9 months ago
Trump orders an end to all federal funds for NPR and PBS. They say he can't. My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
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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.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384790/trump-orders-end-to-federal-funding-for-npr-and-pbs
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My new album Things Have Changed is now streaming on all platforms. Go, stream!
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theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...
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We Found Elon Muskās DOGE Email Address and Weāre Fighting to Reveal His Messages
The Intercept is publishing Elon Muskās government email address to aid those seeking information on DOGE in the public interest.
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/06/elon-musk-doge-email-address-foia/
11 months ago
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Philip Bump
11 months ago
hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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āHowā, a song from my new album Things Have Changed, out now on
@bandcamp.com
mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
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11 months ago
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jamelle
12 months ago
lots of people rightfully hailing the great gene hackman performances but let me say a word for his role as the villain in sam raimiās THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. he brings so much genuine menace to the performance, itās electrifying
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Tammy Duckworth
12 months ago
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesnāt know if Russia invaded Ukraine. This you?
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āWalking Awayā, from my album āThings Have Changedā, out now at
mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
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12 months ago
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Rhiannon Giddens
12 months ago
I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.
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The New York Times
12 months ago
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 āKilling Me Softlyā and āThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.ā
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My new album is now out on
@bandcamp.com
! Get some for your ears.
mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
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Things Have Changed, by Mike Schrand
7 track album
https://mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things-have-changed
12 months ago
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A new song, āJackknifeā, from my new album Things Have Changed, out soon on
@bandcamp.com
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A preview song from my upcoming album āThings Have Changedā, out soon on
@bandcamp.com
#originalmusic
#songwritersofbluesky
#stlouis
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12 months ago
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
12 months ago
EncyclopƦdia Britannica will continue to use āGulf of Mexicoā 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.ās authority to rename it is ambiguous. š§µā¬ļø
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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.
12 months ago
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Jon Cooper
about 1 year ago
True.
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Mike Dickison
about 1 year ago
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...
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End of Term Web Archive ā Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
https://blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/end-of-term-web-archive/
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This fellow looks pretty happy. Probably becauseā¦Things Have Changed.
#newalbum
#soon
about 1 year ago
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Music Box Theatre
about 1 year ago
Rest In Peace, David Lynchš¹
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Dang,
#usps
, this is insane. Product ordered from the same state Iām in on 12/21, in limbo since 12/29. Ordered same product again 1/3, and now THAT one is still in limbo since 1/9. Horrible!
about 1 year ago
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Five years ago today, I was immortalized by the account @nprmageddon (on the dumpster fire platform) and thought Iād share it on this fine platform today.
#npr
#publicradio
about 1 year ago
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Patton Oswalt
about 1 year ago
Merry ChristmAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSS
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Jason Rosenbaum
about 1 year ago
This could be one of the most important weeks ever for abortion access in Missouri. That may sound like hyperbole, but the stakes are high in Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang's courtroom tomorrow. Here's my Reel for
@stlpublicradio.bsky.social
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The most important week ever for abortion rights in Missouri.
YouTube video by Jason Rosenbaum
https://youtu.be/Sc4OdghaJY4?si=OamSKvfwrzUCh7un
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Iām neither on Spotify nor Instagram, but my colleague
@larafaiham.bsky.social
sent me this Spotify Wrapped from Insta, for a listener whom I do not know. Two words: Day. Made.
about 1 year ago
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Adam Schwarz
about 1 year ago
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
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We have three dogs, two Boston Bulls and this adorable little Frenchton, Rosalie. Caught a few shots of her working earnest on the Nyla handle bone. ā¤ļø
about 1 year ago
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My lovely spouse
@bretonrouge.bsky.social
and I celebrated her birthday with a sublime dinner at Zen in Crestwood.
about 1 year ago
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Jessica Lussenhop
about 1 year ago
Weeks after
@propublica.org
reported on the deaths of two pregnant women whose miscarriages went untreated in Texas, state lawmakers have filed bills that would create new exceptions to the stateās strict abortion laws.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to Stateās Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women
The new legislation, prompted by ProPublicaās reporting, comes after 111 Texas doctors signed a public letter urging that the ban be changed because it ādoes not allow us as medical professionals to d...
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-exceptions-deaths
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Volf
about 1 year ago
Me: *Does nothing* *Does nothing* *Does nothing* *Starts something* Them: "You busy?" Me:
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David Folkenflik
about 1 year ago
Gaetz shows himself out
x.com/mattgaetz/st...
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Follow my esteemed colleagues and me if you care to.
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about 1 year ago
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Interesting and funny conversation with
@abbyllorico.bsky.social
this morning about unfortunate encounters with animals. My worst? Being crapped on by a bird while at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery. Whatās yours?
about 1 year ago
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ashley fairbanks
about 1 year ago
MÄori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliamentās attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka Iāve ever seen.
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Obligatory
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. Our two Boston Bulls and our young Frenchton in the center.
about 1 year ago
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Oh satire! Alex Jones' media company sold to The Onion at auction
www.npr.org/2024/11/14/n...
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The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company
The sale must be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Proceeds will go to paying down the $1.5 billion debt that Jones owes families of Sandy Hook shooting victims who won two defamation suits against him.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-5189399/alex-jones-auction-infowars-bankruptcy-sandy-hook
about 1 year ago
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I got off the bird about five years ago, as it was a dumpster fire then. Hoping for a little bit of normalcy here. Hello! Please follow if you care to.
about 1 year ago
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