The incomparable @maryroach.bsky.social has a new book today called Replaceable You! You’ll love it. It’s as funny and smart as you expect. She’s on @99pi.org this week talking about it and reminiscing about the first time we did an interview 22 years ago! We had to bleep a lot!

It’s that time of year when abandoned retail spaces are raised back from the dead as the ephemeral Spirit Halloween. 👻 Uncover the history of the “Grim Reaper of Retail” by revisiting our episode ‘Spirit Halloween’ wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4pn1unM

It frankly boggles my mind that we have invented a computer that cannot do math.

I made a thing for 99PI! Listen to the long and sordid saga of the Morouns:

This is a great one! On Detroit’s infuriating bridge. From reporter @andrewlapin.bsky.social

We are honored and thankful to be ranked #14 on Left of the Dials Top 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time. Digging for your next listen? They've highlighted so many other wonderful shows including ours, go check out the full article for all the details! www.leftofdialmedia.com/elp-99pi

New poll dropped! The #EssentialListeningPoll, 100 Best podcasts, selected by producers and hosts. I voted in this, delighted to see my picks - including "Short Cuts," and "Imaginary Advice" - represented here. Wish I had known "Wiretap" was eligible! www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-li...

Another banger from @vivianhle.bsky.social + Gillian Jacobs!

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My colleague Isabel is going through something awful right now. If you liked the Power Broker series from @99pi.org, that was her show. Any support would be appreciated during this very hard time. www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-...

October 26th! I'm teaching another zoom class for @radiobootcamp.bsky.social. Walking through the whole process of making longform audio. If you're interested in starting a career in podcasts, this is the place to learn a lot, quick. This class always sells out! radiobootcamp.org/classes/how-...

Oh no, not him too!

Time Magazine named @99pi.org one of the 100 best podcasts OF ALL TIME!!! time.com/collections/...

Damn! I’ve worked on 5 of these! Lots of great picks in here, including 99% Invisible, Articles of Interest, The Dropout, 30 for 30 and Radiolab time.com/collections/...

How a radio show born at a small college station in DC and dedicated to smooth, romantic love songs transformed black radio and reshaped love lives across the country.

Looking through old family photos to try and understand where I come from, and I’m thinking it’s like 80% Aunt Jeannine

A defence of the later style of Wes Anderson: "In his work, a veil of purposefulness hides the despair. Artifice masks the presence of the unknown." www.vulture.com/article/wes-...

During the election campaign, Mark Carney pledged to increase the CBC’s budget by $150 million dollars a year. Now that he’s in government, he’s telling the public broadcaster to find up to $198 million in annual cuts. He can’t claim to defend the country when he’s gutting its media and culture.

Mark Carney ran on increasing public broadcasting funding by $150-million. That was only three months ago. Now..

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Had a wonderful time being a part of an episode of one of my favorite podcasts, 99 Percent Invisible, which adapted my @stereogum.bsky.social story about Neil Young's adventures in Pono. Thought Chris and Roman did a great job with this one, please listen in the highest resolution available

This week on 99PI - The story of Neil Young's attempt to one-up the iPod, and what happens when we devalue music as a culture. Based on the great @naterogers.bsky.social reporting for Stereogum

Really enjoyed talking to @stacyfmitchell.bsky.social Lina Khan, and some lovely folks in Woonsocket, RI for this episode of @99pi.org Also @chrisberube.bsky.social hosting!

A great thread by Kendra on the latest 99PI episode, on food deserts.

This is very good. www.404media.co/the-medias-p...

Exciting news! This week, I'm guest-hosting @99pi.org. A real pleasure to work on this story, expertly reported out by @jaysondeleon.bsky.social.

After 5 years, I’ve decided to snap my Duolingo streak. It’s time.

This is like calling sleep "micro-death"

Help us celebrate our quince by sending us a question!!!!!

Believe it or not, the 15th anniversary of 99% Invisible is coming up, and we want to hear from you! Have a burning question for Roman or something you've always wanted to know about the show?

Retire Kevin Gausman’s number, for he is the greatest Toronto Blue Jay of all-time www.blogto.com/sports_play/...

Twist my arm!

ZOHRAN damn!

An outstanding new episode by Joe Rosenberg. Completely upends everything I knew about the Titanic, check it out!

📢One spot left!

Radio friends - there are still a few spots available for my online @radiobootcamp.bsky.social session on June 22nd. It's about making radio documentaries. If you're aspiring to make one yourself, I think you'll get a lot out of it. radiobootcamp.org/classes/how-...

Radio friends - there are still a few spots available for my online @radiobootcamp.bsky.social session on June 22nd. It's about making radio documentaries. If you're aspiring to make one yourself, I think you'll get a lot out of it. radiobootcamp.org/classes/how-...

Please join me in making this image of Jafar Panahi celebrating at an awards show into a meme

In the twentieth century, the jetpack became synonymous with the idea of a ‘futuristic society.’ But jetpacks never became a mainstream technology, leaving many to wonder… why did they fall off the radar? 99pi's Chris Berube has the story 99percentinvisible.org/episode/rock...

They say I'm an underrated writer.

Editor: You get the pictures for the air traffic controller story? Photographer: Sure did boss. Real fucking sexy just like you asked. Editor: What

It’s official. My Webby Award futility streak is over. Here’s my portrait - photographer told me I was the first person to think of the “hand is trapped inside the trophy” gag, which I find hard to believe.

Excited for the Sox to have an "Angels in the Outfield"-style second half

My heart is still beating so fast. Thank you @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social Thank you @bloomberg.com and especially the CityLab team @kristoncapps.bsky.social @nicflatow.bsky.social and David Dudley Stories here! www.bloomberg.com/features/des...

I think it should be a place of non-partisan agreement that Down With Webster is absolutely terrible www.cbc.ca/player/play/...