this is Josie!!!!! so proud!!!!

another week, another great 'good things' from Lucie Sullivan

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This was a really fun interview with the translator of iconic Italian children’s book author Gianni Rodari, and I love this line about NYC: kirkusreviews.com/news-and-featu…

A really lovely podcast episode about board games and farming by Ben Naddaff-Hafrey - insightful and tender!

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1/ Dictators have always known that the quickest way to stifle dissenters is to make them disappear. This week, we bring you a special project about survivors and victims of enforced disappearances around the world. thedial.world/enforced-disap…

'Children are being starved at the fastest rate the world has ever seen.'

Repent! Development Hell is Real!

And it's dropping tomorrow...

one of my favorite episodes of “A Life in Lyrics” out today! we recreated a radio drama based on a 19th century French absurdist nonsense play 🔨🩸 open.spotify.com/episode/3lQx39…

The increasing use of 'tragedy' re: Gaza - including from Biden - seems to sterilize what's happening. It IS a tragedy, but the subtext is that some fate of cosmic origins has befallen Palestinians. Culpability for their suffering recedes from view. An ongoing crime is eclipsed.

Election Year 2024 is upon us... and it looks like a bit of a mess. In a 4-part mini-series, Jill Lepore & Ben Naddaff-Hafrey revisit classic #TheLastArchive episodes to contextualize our present moment in the history that brought us here. Audio trailer out now!🇺🇸: apple.co/498EsZx

mid-term break, every time

This week’s episode comes from the excellent podcast The Last Archive from @PushkinPods, where they delved into the backstory behind Ursula K. le Guin and her outlook on sci-fi fantasy. imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/prolo…

Today on the podcast, we’re featuring a sound-rich history show we love: The Last Archive with Ben Naddaff-Hafrey !

This episode is about a parakeet outbreak in NYC - and the government's decision to kill them all. Listen to 'Parakeet Panic' now: radiodiaries.org/guest-spotligh…

Applications are still open!

I have a piece in this week's New Yorker mag on two of my favorite things: word games and immigration. It's the story of Mangesh Ghogre, a crossword writer who got an 'extraordinary ability' visa from India to the U.S.

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Ben Naddaff-Hafrey Thanks Ben Naddaff-Hafrey! People should also give a listen to your Last Archive episode about Ishi, where we talked about Ishi, Kroeber, and parts of this history.

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This is an excellent study of an incredibly complex history. Congratulations to Andrew Garrett & read this book!

At long last! 'Predicting the Winner: The Untold Story of Election Night 1952 and the Dawn of Computer Forecasting' Available for pre-order on #Amazon , to be available on May 1 a.co/d/1Mi5Dkp

.Julia Konrad is testifying on ELLs in NYC schools in front of the New York City Council, live now! council.nyc.gov/livestream/

My book about George Santos, THE FABULIST, is out today amazon.com/gp/aw/d/166804…