Jack Hitt

Pat Robertson died today which makes me very very sad — that Christopher Hitchens is no longer with us.

Some great writing in the Washington Post today washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12…

What’s so funny? Find out Monday when we’ll drop our 2 year follow-up interview with Jack Hitt! @JonathanMeiburg @JackHitt @ansonmount @branan_edgens youtu.be/1IK4WomFYTs

An astonishing, unlikely and unheard of history of sushi—so improbable and so American, lacking only, say, a harmonizing anthem by those sea shanty guys. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

How did we get to this place where trying to puzzle out the truth of just about anything is a sucker’s play? Turns out, it started with smog. businessinsider.com/conspiracy-the…

@lmlauramarsh @Folly_and_Glory @awgaffney @nataliesurely Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene set out to tell the story of the mysterious Havana Syndrome and ended up with a sharp primer on how any of us figures out what’s true anymore.

Trump is an increasingly symbolic figure — Norma Desmond with the nuclear codes and sycophantic butlers in his ears on a West Wing Sunset Boulevard soundstage. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Today's read: Wild, Bourdainesque adventure about the mobile chefs feeding California’s firefighters—grill-side dramas amid disaster-swag merchants and flattering government performance reviews: “‘The food met contract standards,’ it gushed.” bit.ly/3nfYoke @ThatWinkler

I’d heard there were some peculiar statues in the Serbian dominated parts of Bosnia, so before the plague, I went over there for what I thought would be an uneventful tour of the oddities vqronline.org/reporting-arti…

@davidmackau You have all the best words. Add this one: Ratlines.

@khadastrophic Gut punch.

Watching your friend sob from her doorstep and not being able to hug her even though her husband just died of Covid-19. Surrounded by other friends, standing a distance away, weeping. I blame Trump. Y’all should, too.

Chenj and I worked on a note to so many of our Uncivil listeners which he just posted:

This week’s Woman of the Week, @lisasandersmd—the physician behind the popular show, #DiagnosisNetflix—shares how she manages to teach, see patients, and write a world-famous @nytimes column. mmlf.co/2rdkYTA

btw @radiolab ‘s most recent ep, on square dancing, “Birdie in the Cage,” pairs well with possibly my fave @uncivilshow ep of all time, “The Song.” Both beautiful delves into surprising histories w powerful reclamations 🎶🎵🎶 @catchatweetdown @JackHitt gimletmedia.com/shows/uncivil/…

@CurtisIngraham1 Curtis Ingraham has the honorable agony, this week, of being the Jo Johnson of George Conways.

Clearly my sister’s paycheck is more important than the world her three adopted kids will inherit. I can no longer apologize for a sibling who I no longer recognize. I can and will continue to call out the monstrous behavior and the bully commentary born out of anger.

@raelnb @AnnaKingN3 @OPB Blowflies. That’s right, blowflies. You may now return to your regularly scheduled conspiracy theories.

@raelnb @AnnaKingN3 @OPB Not that anyone wanted to hear the results, but the FBI agent I found divulged the results of their thorough field study and did figure out who the culprit was.

What do devil worshipers, sharks with laser beams and vegans have in common? They are all on the list of conspiracy theories about who - or what - is mutilating cows in Oregon. “A lot of people lean toward the aliens.” opb.org/news/article/e… @AnnaKingN3 @OPB