I got every reason to feel I’ve made several mistakes here. But my kid says I look like a hippy. Maybe he said the unauthorized member of Black Hippy. Maybe K Dot will give me a verse.

A reminder to vote for your favorite EconTalk (@econtalker) episodes of 2024. Can also find the poll at vote at econtalk.org. (PSA: can only vote for @DwayneBetts 6-3-2024, Injustice and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail", as "Best of 2024" and not "Best of all Time.")

"Sometimes tears grow something like a tree, grow hope, grow possibility." Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Dwayne Betts spoke for TEDx about the Freedom Reads team and what it means to return to prisons with beautiful bookcases full of great literature. youtube.com/watch?v=S6Q8Yp…

Read Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Dwayne Betts' piece for Oprah Daily about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy ⬇️ oprahdaily.com/entertainment/…

Listen to my demo: oprahdaily.com/entertainment/…

This is some good work, if you needed a speech to listen to today: youtube.com/watch?v=S6Q8Yp…

"It’s the stories that will create the tide that makes us look at each other differently." Last week at the Cambridge Public Library, Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Dwayne Betts spoke about the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/regina…

"It was that essay that presented a real argument about who I might be in the world." Freedom Reads Founder Dwayne Betts spoke w/ CSPAN about his afterword to HarperCollins' commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail."c-span.org/program/qa/reg…

The incredible Dwayne Betts joining Interintellect 🧭 attendees, community members, and our hosts for this online conversation on forgiveness. Hosted by dear @jenniferabanks 💞 interintellect.com/salons/forgive…

home ownership in the US is now out of reach for many, including me. by posting these comments about famous conservatives, i get hundreds of replies, earning me $3/ post. this puts me closer to owning a home in a walkable neighborhood without engaging in misinformation or racism

It’s rare to write and publish a book while in prison, more rare to do what John J. Lennon is doing. This is going to be dope -

Just came back for a PSA: sleep still the cousin of death.

Also, why not - I'll invite you to listen to this short interview with me on NPR last week, if you're not sleeping - this will settle your disquiet, maybe: wglt.org/2025-03-10/reg…

1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: right-wing has narrative dominance. My org (Media Matters) did this study and been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...

What’s the dude who sold twitter to Musk saying? Just wondering what role the sale of this huge communications platform has to do with the profound number of crisis that the world wakes up to daily.

Part 1: An honor to share my story & poems from #doggerel at @politicsprose in DC—where words have the power to spark change. Grateful for the conversation, the community, and the poetry that connects us all. #poetry #naturelover #justicelover #freedomreads #randomactofpoetry

Part 2: An honor to share #canary from #doggerel at @politicsprose in DC— you can read the rest in my newest book of poetry, Doggerel. #poetry #naturelover #justicelover #freedomreads #randomactofpoetry

Part 3: An honor to share The Things We Carry @politicsprose in DC. You can read the rest of my poem in my new book of #poetry, #doggerel. #naturelover #justicelover #freedomreads #randomactofpoetry #healing #WashingtonDC #LiteraryEvents #NaturePoetry

Today was a good day W. W. Norton & Company #doggerel #doglover #poetry #freedomreads #publisher #wwnorton #newyorkcity #goodday #happymoments #gratefulheart

Econlib Russ Roberts Per request - top of my head 5 episodes Russ Roberts which have stuck with me (From a LOOONG list) McArdle on internet shaming & civility Keith Smith of Oklahoma Surgery Center Mike Munger - the Uber/Sharing economy Dwayne Betts - first episode Alain Bertraud - Urban planning