A timely assist from NYC's power broker of the moment: After Hiring Frank Carone, a Reviled Brooklyn Landlord Won a Multimillion-Dollar Windfall from the City thecity.nyc/2023/4/13/2368…

R.I.P. Ahmad Jamal. npr.org/2023/04/16/846…

This is 11 year-old Arthur Lande, who spent the first 2 week of the war in Ukraine living in an underground shelter. He lives now w/his mother Yana in a small studio apartment in the Liitle Ukraine section of Manhattan's East Village. My story for NPR: n.pr/41aizFh

.Boston Med Center EM - this chilling sound montage also features #BostonMedicalCenter #ER doctor #RonMedzon. Take a listen and feel free to share! Here & Now's Robin Young reflects on the Boston Marathon bombings and everything that followed wbur.fm/41hNWhc via WBUR

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That's Tommy Smothers strumming along with John & Yoko in a scene from Stephen Talbot's superb doc, The Movement & the Madman. Now streaming on @pbs. to.pbs.org/43Zbbya

Today is Aileen Alfandary's last day in the newsroom of KPFA Radio after 48 years. Read about her dedication to community radio & the legions of young journalists she helped train. bit.ly/41ZykPP Laurie Garrett Aaron Glantz Matthew Lasar Mara Liasson #berkeley #kpfa

Aileen Alfandary is retiring after 48 years at Berkeley's KPFA Radio. Journalists she worked with & trained salute her dedication to community radio in this story for Current : bit.ly/41ZykPP Laurie Garrett Aaron Glantz Mara Liasson #berkeley #kpfa

"Alfandary estimates that she and (news co-director Mark) Mericle have trained close to a thousand reporters over 40 years." ... Including me! THANK YOU!!!!

After 48 years working in the newsroom of KPFA Radio in Berkeley, Aileen Alfandary declares "My hope for KPFA is that we break free of Pacifica and become independent. I think that’s KPFA’s only livable path to the future." The story in Current: bit.ly/41ZykPP

Read this thoughtful historical piece by The Forward archivist #arkhivar about queer Yiddish history: bit.ly/3VzsW3i

Read about the Zelig of pop culture, Larry "Ratso" Sloman, in the The Forward. The proud Jew and lifelong New Yorker seems to be losing his patience with life in the Big Apple. bit.ly/44CGBL8

Amazing story by Brian Mann on Morning Edition today about a museum in Seattle that preserves landline phone technology. Wonder if the Captain Crunch whistle is in its collection? n.pr/42s6njQ

Guy on the right is 87 year old Gunnar Berg, who just retired from the YIVO Archives after a 27 year stint. A hilarious half Swedish, half Puerto Rican giant, he will be sorely missed, and not only because he was the only archivist who could reach the top shelves. Cheers, Gunnar!

.#MedicareAdvantage plans "are making a ton more money than other insurers even after the benefits they provide," says Richard Blumenthal.

The Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day has had a NYC ferry named after her. nyti.ms/42THtJQ

R.I.P. Bill Perkins, the Harlem legislator who stood for decency. nyti.ms/42U1MXO

My longtime friend and colleague Don Carlton has passed away. He inked Doonesbury for 43 years, and any blown deadlines were always my fault, never his. The strip wouldn't have been possible without him. dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023…

If this were a decent country, there would be a state funeral for Tina Turner.