Thousand Movie Project

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Breaking down Jay Caspian-King's fantastic piece in this week's New Yorker, about media bias. The transcript for this and other episodes can be found at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com (subscribe!) email me about whatever! thousandmovieproject at gmail

Not a proper episode, just a quick note on something I read this week and thought was pretty strong, enjoyable, timely and incisive. New proper episode tomorrow and, until then, you can read this and other episode transcripts below (and subscribe!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com Chat with me about whatever! thousandmovieproject at gmail

Wherein the narrator talks about Kamala Harris's huge improvement as an interview subject, in just the past three weeks, and compares it with some tangential things he's learned about President Biden between two books: WHAT IT TAKES, the 1,500-page tome focusing partly on Joe Biden's 1988 presidential campaign, and WAR, Bob Woodward's latest (still most-revealing) peek into the current Biden admin...

Wherein the narrator, for lack of news awareness, talks about the differences and similarities between two writers who were very relevant when he was younger. get in touch! thousandmovieproject at gmail

Wherein the narrator takes the permission of two pundits, riffs about some shady sanewashing in the Ts of NY, and finally, like any decent low-watt broadcaster, brings it all back to aliens. You can read the transcript for this and other episodes at BIG READER BAD GRADES (do me a kindness! subscribe!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com wanna tell me something? that you like the show, that it sucks, w...

Wherein the narrator talks about a personal emergency (ish), some recent insights from Ross Douthat, and others from Jill Lepore. Transcripts for this and other episodes are available at BIG READER BAD GRADES, on substack (do me a kindness! subscribe!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com feel free to reach out! thousandmovieproject at gmail

In which Kamala Harris makes a great pitch, in the wrong direction, and Donald Trump -- frustrated at his Democratic rival raising $1 billion in just three months -- pursues the most sensible solution possible: berating his donors.

Something Personal, Something Political. It's been a stressful week at the grocery store, and politics afford no respite. Here's a decidedly lower-tech episode, acapella, in the interest of resuming the rhythm and getting things out. Read transcripts of the show on Substack (free!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com email: thousandmovieroject at gmail

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tinkered with this disaster for 4 days, thinking there was something to salvage, but ad a gesture of peacemaking and personal release I surrender it out and on we go... support the show, check out the ebook, it's free*! ~~~~~ *unless you wanna pay for it* ~~~ talk at me!: email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

The (partial) eBook is here! Download free or pay what you want at https://ko-fi.com/s/4f4999c591 It's my 33rd birthday and what was supposed to be an easy-peasy recording, with just a quick intro and then a brief reading from the ebook, turned into this long, searching, semi-confessional thing that came somewhat out of nowhere--but is also reflective of the sorts of changes implied. Birthday Trad...

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi -- but, until then, you can support the show by dropping in a tip! https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepod Experimenting with this digital tip jar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation." ~~~ chat me up but GOOD via email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi -- but, until then, you can support the show by dropping in a tip! https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepod Experimenting with this digital tip jar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation." ~~~ chat me up but GOOD via email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepod Experimenting with this digital tipjar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation." ~~~ chat me up but GOOD via email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

The Key to Prioritizing (How My Manager Nearly Died) by Alexander Sorondo

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Everyone's Angry About the Eclipse by Alexander Sorondo

My Neighbor Killed His Wife by Alexander Sorondo

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And You Get a Car by Alexander Sorondo

grocer gets fired by Alexander Sorondo

Nigel Hamilton on Clinton's Sexcapades by Alexander Sorondo

Training a new hire shed slight on a trend I've noticed in every retail/hospitality job I've ever had. email: thousandmovieproject at gmail instagram: @thousandmoviepod

April is PEOPRIL! A month of reading about life-writing: memoir, biography, autobiography. The narrator describes his plans, shares some news, and eeks his way back onto the rhythm here.