Our newest episode is out today! It's a history discussion about the classified website Backpage and the alternative newspaper featuring Sam Eifling.

Get it at your fav podcast places or the video, audio, and transcript here plus.flux.community/p/weekly-newsp…

This is my cue to drop the URL (with 26 ratings and counting, each 5 stars) ... Audible.com/holdfast

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a prime example of the difference between living under a Democratic administration vs the GOP

non-competes are absurdly hostile to workers. Biden should run 'we banned non-competes so go get that bag, you're welcome' ads in every swing state pronto

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This is insane lol

KNICKS.

Dude at the bar: 'I'm sorry I doubted! We different this year. We different this year.'

oh my god, this email ❤️❤️❤️

A really great read by Sam Eifling about his new Audible podcast which covers the story behind backpage dot com. For Study Hall

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Congrats to A Tribe Called Quest for being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2024

Highest rec for Hold Fast, the new pod about Backpage and the afterlife of alt weeklies, which is shit-stirring and funny like the best of the latter.

Great stuff Michael J. Mooney Sam Eifling Trevor Aaronson
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“They were, first of all, suspended in order to be charged with trespassing”

Essential Interview to listen to, especially faculty everywhere need to process what’s going on.

This is my yearly rant. My father survived the OKC bombing. He was on the 7th floor when it was attacked. If all you talk about today is the “Oklahoma Spirit” and say “never forget” but don’t talk about how the GOP is now carrying McVeigh’s flag you’re doing it all wrong.

This Slate piece by Alicia Montgomery rings far truer to me than the original 'J'accuse' broadside.

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(I speak as one who has listened to public radio since the 1970s and have had numerous NPR / APM ties over the years.)

h/t Jay Rosen

oh hell yeah, this hits like a Siskel & Ebert two thumbs up
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the other toes that didn’t get stubbed

I know I usually reserve Twitter for my football madness, but here’s a good story:

Mid-pandemic, I got a pitch from Trevor Aaronson Sam Eifling and Michael J. Mooney to tell the story of Lacey, Larkin, alt-weeklies, and the shocking battle over Backpage .com.

Thread:

Backpage was set up as something of a competitor to Craigslist. But it found itself in the crosshairs of the feds. Hear more from Trevor Aaronson, @sameifling, and Michael J. Mooney on this week’s show: bit.ly/3TQgZDY

Show’s up! Insight from: Tricia Romano @tromano.bsky.social, Trevor Aaronson, @sameifling, Michael J. Mooney: link.chtbl.com/onthemedia?sid…