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Now I've Heard EverythingCalling BS on Politicians: Columnist Molly IvinsMolly Ivins spent years pointing out the emperor’s lack of new clothes.
In this 2004 interview Ivins talked about how, and why, American politics has become so screwed up.
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Keen On AmericaEpisode 2235: Peter Osnos on LBJ & McNamara - the Vietnam Partnership Bound to FailThere are few men politically or intellectually smarter than President Lyndon Johnson and his defense secretary Robert McNamara. So how did LBJ and McNamara screw up America’s involvement in Vietnam so tragically? According to Peter Osnos, the author of LBJ and McNamara: The Vietnam Partnership Destined to Fail, it might have been because the two men were, in their own quite different ways, too smart. For Osnos - a legendary figure in American publishing who, amongst many other things, edited Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal - the catastrophe of America’s war in Vietnam is a parabl...2024-10-2848 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessStepping Around Paranoia (podcast $)This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindstrengthbalance.substack.com“Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant–it tends to get worse.”— Molly IvinsBalance is the first thing we lose when our mental health begins to fail. Balance is a combination of appropriate awareness and response. Appropriate refers to things that are effective in bringing one back into balance. This definition is recursive because balance is recursive. It changes as situations change. Call it resilience: an ability to return to an effective, functioning state...2024-10-0805 min
The Story of WritingStory of Writing August 30, 2024Ernest Shackleton rescues every crew member who served on his doomed expedition on the Endurance. The birthday club includes Mary Shelley, Virginia Lee Burton, Kitty Wells, Molly Ivins, and Anna Politkovskaya - with a reading from Boris Pasternak's "Dr. Zhivago."2024-08-3004 min
CCNS UpdateSearchlight Journalist Receives 2024 MOLLY Award for Story on Trucheña Whose Plutonium Count Was New Mexico’s HighestThe Austin newspaper, the Texas Observer, chose Searchlight reporter
Alicia Inez Guzmán, to receive its 2024 MOLLY Prize on May 30 th . Guzmán
holds a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester
in New York. Her article, “Buried Secrets, Poisoned Bodies,” is exemplary
investigative journalism. The prize, awarded to only one journalist a year,
honors Molly Ivins, the Observer editor for six years in the 70’s.2024-05-3004 min
You're BookedNaomi Klein - You're BookedOur season of writing legends continues with a true giant of literature: Naomi Klein! Naomi is an activist, filmmaker, journalist and author. She is the bestselling and multi-award-winning author of How To Change Everything, On Fire, No Is Not Enough, This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine and No Logo. Her latest is Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World. We talked to her about her family's Philip Roth connections, early illicit reads, the genius of James Baldwin and using poetry to add some delight to your life. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HER...2023-11-0654 min
Freedom Over Fascism24. Jeff Sharlet, Author of Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil WarJeff Sharlet is an author, journalist, professor and producer of “The Family” on Netflix. He joins the podcast to discuss his latest book, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War and his experiences investigating and interviewing the religious right. Jeff is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and best-selling author or editor of seven books, including The Family, adapted into a Netflix documentary series. He is the winner of the National Magazine Award for Reporting, the Molly Ivins Prize, and the Outspoken Award, among other honors. He is the Frederick Sessions Beebe ’35 Professor in the Art of Writing at Dartmo...2023-09-2548 minThe Story of WritingStory of Writing August 30, 2023Rescue Day for the crew of the Endurance, Thurgood Marshall confirmed as SCOTUS justice, and quite a birthday club: Mary Shelley, Virginia Lee Burton, Kitty Wells, Molly Ivins, and Anna Politkovskaya - with a reading from "Dr. Zhivago," written by Boris Pasternak.2023-08-3004 min
Critical Nonsense235! Conceiving HistoryHow do we wrestle with history? This week, Jess and Aaron talk about rote learning, putty, history as study vs. history as culture, stories, empathy, and erasure. They don’t talk about the history of Play-Doh. references Six The Very Serious History of Silly Putty Red, White & Royal Blue Giving credit where it's due: "Molly Ivins, lively columnist who dubbed Bush 'Shrub'" See also: Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush by Molly Ivins 2023-08-2836 min
Julie Gammack's Iowa PotluckA conversation with Allison and Peggy EngelOn Mondays, over noon on Zoom, I converse with notable guests and subscribers of this Potluck column. Think of it as a virtual luncheon, without food, but with interesting people. Our participants are generally as interesting as our guest of honor and contribute mightily to the conversation. On Monday, August 28, our dining reviewer, Wini Moranville, will be our featured guest. We start at noon and end at 1 p.m. Join the call: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85434186927Allison and Peggy Engel had a milestone birthday. It is the kind of dot on...2023-08-271h 01
The Marc Steiner ShowAmerica is in the middle of a ‘slow civil war,’ but only one side is acting like itJeff Sharlet has been studying and reporting on far-right movements in the US for decades, but something feels different now. From Waco and Ruby Ridge in the ‘90s to the 2014 Bundy family standoff with the federal government in Nevada, from the rise of Donald Trump to the “martyrdom” of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed raiding the Capitol on Jan. 6, from the overturning of Roe v. Wade to COVID-19, from the Q-Anon conspiracy to the veneration of vigilantes like Kyle Rittenhouse, new and long-brewing currents of rightwing rage and resentment are converging to change the American political landscape in ways t...2023-05-3049 min
The Real News PodcastAmerica is in the middle of a ‘slow civil war’ | The Marc Steiner ShowJeff Sharlet has been studying and reporting on far-right movements in the US for decades, but something feels different now. From Waco and Ruby Ridge in the ‘90s to the 2014 Bundy family standoff with the federal government in Nevada, from the rise of Donald Trump to the “martyrdom” of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed raiding the Capitol on Jan. 6, from the overturning of Roe v. Wade to COVID-19, from the Q-Anon conspiracy to the veneration of vigilantes like Kyle Rittenhouse, new and long-brewing currents of rightwing rage and resentment are converging to change the American political landscape in ways t...2023-05-3049 min
In Conversation… with Frank SchaefferJeff SharletFrank Schaeffer In Conversation with Jeff Sharlet, Author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, exploring the themes of his forthcoming book, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War._____LINKShttps://wwnorton.com/author/SHARLETJEFF/jeffsharlet_____BOOKSThe Undertow: Scenes From A Slow Civil WarThe Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power_____Jeff Sharlet is the New York Times best-selling author or editor of eight books, including The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism...2023-05-091h 09