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In which we learn about our new favorite person: Nancy Ford, Time 's first fact-checker from 1923, who walked away after "several grueling months."  Spoilers: fact-checking is still grueling. Annie knows because she was there in the trenches at a newspaper and then at a digital news company.  This week, Kali and Annie dig into the history of fact-checking, the problem with opinion pieces...

Kali and I are out this week, so we're bringing you an episode from the archives! This episode goes into how women are represented in books, news, and fire-retardant writing. Plus, we update you on the state of Meta and Alphabet's battle with the news companies that want them to pay for news.  Today's sources:  AI finds that male-coded characters are four times more common in literature...

We're coming to you weekly! In this episode, we cover our main topic for this week: our favorite fantasy tropes! Annie covers the "three witches" trope and Kali dives into the "chosen one." She decides to tell us who the most choesn-est chosen one of all time is. And she spoils every major movie and story on the way.  Link up with us on our brand new YouTube channel !  Plus, check out wh...

Alright, we hear you. We're bringing you weekly episodes from here on! We'll be in your ears, alternating between news and main topics every week. Starting this week! Today you get to hear Kali defend Buzzfeed, libraries, the south, and Gone Girl.  Listen now! Sources:  Ten years since the iconic Cool Girl monologue: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a40079306/gone-girl-legacy/...

We've been having technical difficulties, fam. That's bad news for us, but good news for you! It means that you get to hear some of our favorite segments from the cutting room floor! This episode we cover new words in the dictionary, free speech, and Brandon Sanderson's kickstarter smash.  Also we're on Bookshop now! Sources:  Drowned cookbooks: https://www.eater.com/2022/1/27/22904560/c...

Canada considering legislation to require Google and Meta to pay for news featured on their platforms: https://pressgazette.co.uk/canada-online-news-act-google-meta-facebook/ Connecticut joins the state legislatures trying to regulate library costs with publishers: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/88625-connecticut-introduces-library-e-book-bill.html Gre...

In this episode, we tell you the secret to combatting misinformation: don't speak to anyone, ever -- even your token extrovert. Trust us. We also fangirl over the unbridled chaotic good that is Chuck Tingle.  Plus, we'll show you the other side of banned books: a publisher that's giving a home to controversial books.  Here are our sources! Several legacy magazines will be ending their pr...

Kali's life is a sitcom. Rasputin is a bigger alpha male than anyone.  Things get weird.  You can find our news sources here: Anne Frank book controversy: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/31/apology-over-dutch-book-that-claimed-to-identify-anne-franks-betrayer A Tennessee school board has ruled that the graphic novel MAUS should be taken out of the eighth-grade curriculum: http...

We don't have a main segment today, there is TOO MUCH NEWS.   The FBI says that they've captured the Spine Collector, and we are not able to contain ourselves. We cover all the news that's happened since we last sat down, and we celebrate some amazing women in publishing.   Links for today's news:   Denzel in Macbeth trailer: https://www.indiewire.com/2021/11/tragedy-...

Welcome back to the Ink Sink! The reading, writing, and publishing podcast for the rest of us.  Kali and Annie go into the news in the industry this week (with a special appearance by our King of Kings, Nic Cage).  Then we talk about what we're reading.  And our main topic for today is SCPs. If you haven't heard of them, don't worry, we'll do the deep dive for you. We'll also tell y...

Welcome to the Ink Sink! It's a writing, reading, and publishing industry podcast for the rest of us. You won't find boring literary novel reviews here. We're digging into the good stuff: Publishing industry drama, real book-lover conversations, and what the heck is happening with Amazon's book algorithms?? Tune in to hear Annie and Kali every two weeks on Spotify! *Explicit rating for some langua...