the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf stunning reporting from @hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...

You had me at "The failed payoff — a wad of cash in a red envelope stuffed inside an opened bag of Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion ripple potato chips..."

"The relationship is so meaningful to Bhattacharya that after he was nominated by President-elect Trump to lead the NIH, Bhattacharya asked [Harvard prez] Garber to introduce him at his Senate confirmation hearing, according to 2 sources" www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/m... via @bostonglobe.com

ICON so many hours of enjoyment and delight thank you, Susan Stamberg

much food for thought in this @ashleycarman.bsky.social piece www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

it has become something like cw that scientific research has a credibility problem what I find so powerful about Mike Damiano's reporting is how clearly it shows the incentives in high-stakes high-$$ research encourage self-deception & looking away www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...

Jay Bhattacharya on mrna vaccines: "I do not dispute its potential... But as a vaccine intended for broad public use, especially during a public health emergency, the platform has failed a crucial test: earning public trust." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

when was the last time you girded something that wasn’t a loin

"it’s time to create a new term for social media, one that better describes the current digital landscape. After all, no one is calling cars “horseless carriages,” and no one thinks that a porn bot on Twitter is helping you build a friend group" www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/12/o...

NEW: last spring, Trump's nominee for director of the NIH, Jay Bhattacharya, asked Harvard's president, Alan Garber, to intro him in his confirmation hearings Garber said he was willing it never happened now NIH is withholding big $$ from Harvard www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/m...

Alan Garber, the president of Harvard, has found himself on the opposite side of an escalating battle with the Trump administration as his former student, Jay Bhattacharya

NEW: last spring, Trump's nominee for director of the NIH, Jay Bhattacharya, asked Harvard's president, Alan Garber, to intro him in his confirmation hearings Garber said he was willing it never happened now NIH is withholding big $$ from Harvard www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/m...

epic re-frame here

Maybe I’m preaching to the choir on Bluesky, but I’m just so worried about what America looks like without local journalism. Public media was a rare sustainable model for local news and now it’s not. If you’re a listener or just a civic minded person, go to adoptastation.org

Power and audio should be separate, I do not want my phone to have a cloaca

“There’s almost a fear of [reaching an agreement] because it might be seen as too pro-Trump,” Mailman said. “And it’s like, don’t be scared. Penn survived it. Columbia survived it” via @aidanryan.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/26/n...

I want to thank Time Magazine for not including any of my podcast projects in The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time!

I stand clarified!

drove north out of Manhattan today, passing Columbia's flashy, new-ish science campus, and it hit me just how much the school has invested in getting precisely the kind of gov't grants it has been starved of

I am defeated

FOR A GOOD CAUSE I'm swimming across the Hudson River to raise $$ to build an in-river pool to make the water accessible to all Newburgh >> Beacon 🏊🏊🏊, end of July if you're able to contribute, please make a donation & sponsor me! ssl.charityweb.net/riverpool/sw...

👀 current.org/2025/07/sout...

WHY WOULD I WANT A SUMMARY OF AN EMAIL I MYSELF WROTE?

BEGONE, AI WIDGET!

For news on the Trump Organization, read Forbes—the US president does.

so last month, VP Vance shared top billing at a conference with a convicted drug marketplace operator (who was pardoned by Trump)... the occasion? a bitcoin fest in Las Vegas @andreabernstein.bsky.social & I went there for @planetmoney.bsky.social

This is very sad news. Pineapple Street was a real pioneer, a dominant force in what I guess in retrospect was the golden age of narrative podcasts. It was also, in my experience making Wind of Change, just a wonderful company full of decent, creatively brilliant people. variety.com/2025/digital...

a perfect headline (in the NYT no less!) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/m...

It is a sad day in narrative podcast-land Pineapple had a vision of making smart hi quality audio. Which they DID. Magnificently. So much talent. I'm grateful they took a chance on me & @andreabernstein.bsky.social to make Will Be Wild hugs & best wishes www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

just checking in on the financial revolution that was meant to sidestep banks, tech giants, and the state

IDK how this guy is so productive, but I do know you should listen to everything he makes 🎧>>

primo podcast sponsors, circa 2015: mattresses, socks, meal plans primo podcast sponsors today: dystopian software, AI-enabled gobbledygook

Bob Menendez, once the Democrats' top senator on foreign policy, starts his prison sentence today Do yourself a favor, and listen to @nancysolomon2.bsky.social's AMAZING pod mini-series on the rise and fall www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dea...

the Boelter affidavit is one of the most disturbing law documents I've ever read

"Instant Pot, which makes kitchen and home appliances, said in its release that it will offer a '45/47 Collaboration,' including various items branded with those numbers and Trump’s 'Make America Great Again' tagline" www.semafor.com/article/06/1...

"make sure he knows he's in charge"

I learned a lot about Israeli politics from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social's interview with Ehud Olmert but the convo avoided Olmert's conviction & jailing for taking bribes. I would have really liked to hear EO reflect on how best to hold national leaders accountable for crimes. Relevant many places.

www.npr.org/2025/06/11/n... my latest, for NPR

my latest, for NPR www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...

Leonard Leo's response to Pres. Trump calling him a "sleazebag":

If Trump’s latest post about the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo has you all like, ‘what now?’…listen to our series we made with ProPublica and be confused no more: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

I *think* I agree...

Shortwave radio freaks?? Oh hell yes

I'm delighted The Harvard Plan won first prize for narrative podcast from the @wearesfj.bsky.social. The Harvard Plan was reported and hosted by @ilyamarritz.bsky.social and was a perfect partnership between @bostonglobe.com and @onthemedia.bsky.social.

The Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students, a significant escalation in its campaign to reshape the university to align with President Trump’s worldview and agenda.

"if more people listened to this, they’d understand our current world much better" thank you to @wearesfj.bsky.social for naming The Harvard Plan #1 narrative podcast

"Keller’s vulnerability is arresting, like hearing your dad tell you he’s scared. But, straight-A student that I am, I’m also unaccustomed to being reprimanded, and this feels unfair..." amazing psychodrama here

I really love this little item in (checks notes)...The Sun www.the-sun.com/news/1425108...

The Park Slope equivalent of knowing what your papal name will be is knowing which three books you'd recommend at the end of your Ezra Klein interview.

I will look forward to the competition between a celebrity-hosted chat show, a narrative true crime series, a group of bros bro-ing it out on video, and a daily news show 😏 🤷‍♀️