Jim Walker

Reggie Jackson, a.k.a. Mr. October, was called a lot of things during his storied baseball career. A new documentary on Amazon Prime goes beyond the nicknames. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/03/23/mov…

Jim Walker (@walkerjj), executive director at Big Car Collaborative (@bigcar) recently wrote a guest post all about music in public spaces for our blog: pps.org/article/the-am… Jim also worked with us on the the Hawthorne Community Center's park in Indianapolis!

"Music in #publicspaces should be carefully considered as a complementary element to the overall comfort and ambience." —@bigcar's @walkerjj Read our new article "The Ambiance of Life: Music in Public Spaces": pps.org/article/the-am… #placemaking

Announcing the 2023 Restaurant and Chef America's Classics Winners — James Beard Foundation jamesbeard.org/blog/2023-amer…

After a train derailment, Ohio residents are living the plot of a movie they helped make cnn.com/2023/02/11/hea…

. @walkerjj and Susan Neville share the story of groundbreaking Indiana author Marguerite Young in our latest episode of Words and Music on @WQRTFM made possible by @INHumanities mixcloud.com/WQRT_Indianapo…

Could I Survive the ‘Quietest Place on Earth’? Legends tell of an echoless chamber in an old Minneapolis recording studio that drives visitors insane. I figured I’d give it a whirl. Via ⁦@nytimes⁩ nytimes.com/2022/11/23/mag…

Voters See Democracy in Peril, but Saving It Isn’t a Priority — New York Times/Siena College poll found other problems have seized voters’ focus — even as many don’t trust this year’s election results & are open to anti-democratic candidates. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/10/18/us/…

Early Cormac McCarthy Interviews Rediscovered — The Pulitzer Prize-winning author has done vanishingly few interviews during the course of his career. In these early ones, some newly uncovered, he is less guarded. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/09/30/boo…

Big Car co-founders Shauta Marsh and Jim Walker talk with ⁦@CharitableAdvis⁩ about the responsibilities of nonprofits in taking on the difficult challenges and social issues in their communities. directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/…

I’ve always heard about how all new MLB baseballs are rubbed with mud before being used in games. This is the story of how and why and where the mud comes from. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/07/26/spo…

Terrible idea. The Republican Ticket Is Being Helped by the Last People You’d Expect — via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2022/07/19/opi…

In the Face of Fact, the Supreme Court Chose Faith via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2022/07/17/opi…

What Can Artists Do as We Face Dystopia? Strive for Utopia — by ⁦@walkerjj⁩ mdwfair.com/mdwatlas/striv…

When Nature Calls, Phillies Relievers Have a Place to Go — via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/06/26/spo…

Does Hungary Offer a Glimpse of Our Authoritarian Future? newyorker.com/magazine/2022/… via @NewYorker

Google Sidelines Engineer Who Claims Its A.I. Is Sentient — Blake Lemoine, the engineer, says that Google’s language model has a soul. The company disagrees. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/06/12/tec…

“Student disengagement is a problem for everyone… College prepares students for socially essential careers … and to be citizens who bring high-level intellectual habits to bear on big societal problems …” via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2022/05/13/opi…

A Look Inside the Textbooks That Florida Rejected — The state rejected dozens of math textbooks. The New York Times reviewed 21 of them to figure out why. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/04/22/us/…

What ‘Severance’ Gets Right About Infantilizing Office Perks — via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2022/04/14/opi…