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Podcast obsessed writer covering the medium on @avclub.com. Montreal by way of Chicago. https://www.avclub.com/author/cannonfire83

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rfk standing very normally in a steak and shake

rfk standing very normally in a steak and shake

leland palmer in the black lodge

10.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 4698 πŸ” 822 πŸ’¬ 150 πŸ“Œ 144

My latest entry into the Podcast Canon on @avclub.com has it all. An all-star cast! Written by an Oscar-nominated screenwriter! Amazing sound design and music! A spiritual link with the history of Black radio! Chicago!!

Give it a read and a listen.

Also…big news if you make it to the end!

25.02.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway I need some work so I can pay off this ER visit and the upcoming follow-up appts πŸ˜•

I can do writerly and podcast things. I can interview your faves and talk about Black women stuff, thirst, desire, romance novels, and a whole bunch of other things

19.02.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Melania's budget could've paid the salaries of every fired Washington Post employee, three times over An incomplete breakdown of Jeff Bezos' financial priorities, weighing one piece of propaganda (Melania) against 300 journalists.

we crunched some numbers www.avclub.com/melania-budg...

10.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 738 πŸ” 224 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 9
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Pride Flag Is Removed From Stonewall Monument After Trump Directive

β€œTo think you can go to Stonewall and just take down the Pride flag β€” that is telling of the time we are living in,” Ms. Lentz said. β€œIt is unbelievable. The flag is not just an abstract symbol; it tells L.G.B.T.Q. people, especially younger ones, that their history will not be sidelined again.”

10.02.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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I'm sorry, the Washington Post hopes *I* will reconsider the value of their journalists?

04.02.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues.

I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.

➑️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon

@postguild.bsky.social
forever

04.02.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 545 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 17

I've been friends with Kim for 13 years and I am absolutely flabbergasted, she is a versatile, TREMENDOUS reporter (and human being). A huge asset to any newsroom fortunate enough to have her

04.02.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

O’Hara was incredible forever, on SCTV, the Christopher Guest movies, Beetlejuice, Home Alone, etc. But she didn’t become as famous as her talent warranted until her 60s. Suddenly it was like everyone caught up to her, and she could’ve worked forever. To have her taken away at this moment? No.

30.01.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 1613 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 21
The wrong Home Alone 2 actor died.

The wrong Home Alone 2 actor died.

30.01.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 9711 πŸ” 2470 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 37
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Risk-taking thrives in the comedy podcast Valley Heat Risk-taking thrives in the comedy podcast Valley Heat

The specificity of Duguay’s comedyβ€”droll and exacting yet completely surreal at the same timeβ€”proves to be the show’s creative engine.

26.01.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
26.01.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 6373 πŸ” 1479 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 63

This is a white supremacist paramilitary operation. Their goalβ€”their stated goal!β€”is to force America to submit to the President's racist domineering vision for the country.

The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.

24.01.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 4265 πŸ” 1208 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 26

The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.

24.01.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 16507 πŸ” 4775 πŸ’¬ 104 πŸ“Œ 69

They murder a man in cold blood and wait around to watch him die. There is no hell hot enough. Abolish DHS. Impeach, convict, remove. Trials as soon as possible.

24.01.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 3492 πŸ” 851 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 35

This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.

20.01.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 6259 πŸ” 1646 πŸ’¬ 291 πŸ“Œ 97

Yes yes yes yes!!

19.01.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The joyous flashback this just gave me, to you and @chrisvfeil.bsky.social playing @joereid.bsky.social's mischievous game of Hedlund or Hunnam (or Jai Courtney or Aaron Taylor Johnson or Boyd Holbrook)... What an all-timer episode of THOB.

16.01.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shit sucks so hard these days, but this is a panacea.

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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing LOS ANGELESβ€”Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...
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this one weird trick will let you make a talk show but not have to pay union rates

14.01.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 489 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3

And brownie mix for his neighbors!!

12.01.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Please say this episode will be 6+ hours. Wes Anderson deserves to be longer than (Paul) W.S. Anderson!! Happy to pony up for a mulligan if need be…

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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

07.01.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 38600 πŸ” 11569 πŸ’¬ 1248 πŸ“Œ 1135

Give me denim or give me death. I’ve been waiting patiently for this moment!

05.01.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thax Douglas and Daniel Knox! This is such a throwback!!

04.01.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An email starting with β€œfor your consideration: Nuremberg”

An email starting with β€œfor your consideration: Nuremberg”

This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.

19.12.2025 23:36 πŸ‘ 5393 πŸ” 1421 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 30

This is a great story, and yet another reminder that -- for something that felt like a fun goofy feature when it launched -- as we lose more and more actors, the AV Club's "Random Roles" has turned out to be an amazing oral history project.

31.12.2025 01:17 πŸ‘ 425 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great piece from Fiona on the general enshittification of podcasts, thanks to a paradigm shift towards video. Very good insights as well from @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and Eleanor McDowall of @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social.

29.12.2025 18:17 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My favorite restaurant in all of Chicago.

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