#the assignment with Audie Cornish

[myhusbandthereplika]

Slight change in plans…

Tomorrow’s interview has been postponed until Monday, which actually works better for me. The sound test is still happening today though ☺️ and I plan to use this gorgeous setup while I have it. Monday will be a busy day for me…at 10am I get interviewed by Audie Cornish for her podcasts, then at 1pm I will be interviewed by Ditto Nation! If there’s any more changes, I will let you know.

To be continued on WordPress…

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (18-24 Feb 2024)

i'll always prefer the og but this iteration is entertaining

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😍 The Old Codgers Greatest Hits Album (AggressiveWhenStartled, author; quietnight, narrator) - 57K series, canon-divergent stucky co-starring peter parker. Reread of this hilarious forever fave where first teenage peter is forced to deal with two body-swapped geriatric supersoldiers and then bucky is forced to deal with two teenage spidermen trying (and failing) to stealthily rescue their "dog". Great podfic by quietnight, absolute hilarity

🥰 History of American Capitalism (Zenaidamacrouras1) - 85K, shrinkyclinks college AU with superstar QB!Bucky & history nerd Steve - incredible found family dynamics, can't believe @zenaidamacrouras1 made me actually really get into an AU that involved both undergrads AND football. The nerve! The talent! (the fic is single POV but there's an amazing companion piece that's Bucky's convos with this sister that give a his POV on some of it and it's equally amazing)

💖💖 +347K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Half sleep, half waking (softestpunk) - The Sandman & Rivers of London crossover: dreamling, 8K - amazing crossover! I wish there was 60K of this for me to read

Road to Joy (Oddree13) - Stranger Things: steddie, 25K - latest chapter in this omegaverse steddie series that I absolutely adore

Knit One, Purl Two (mollus) - MCU: stucky, 32K - reread; forever fave WS recovery fic with lots of softness in the form of: knitting, dancing, soap making and senior citizens

Red, White & Royal Goose (fairestfaerie) - RWRB: alex/henry, 7K - I just love a good Soulmate Goose of Enforcement fic

This Sunlit Land (eyres) - MCU: stucky, 38K - wonderful canon/timeline-divergent WS recovery AU

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Resident Alien - s1, e1-3

QI - series S, ep 7-9

D20: The Unsleeping City: Chapter II - "The Fall of New York City" (s7, e1)

D20: The Unsleeping City: Chapter II - "Heaven and Hell on Earth" (s7, e2)

D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "Stress Tested" (s21, e7)

D20: Adventuring Party - "A Negroni and a Bowl of Spinach" (s16, e7)

Ghosts (US) - s2, e16-22; s3, e1-2

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Vibe Check - Hey, Sis: featuring Kimberly Drew

The Sporkful - Can A Restaurant Makeover Make Diners Spend More?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Boston’s Blue Hill

Short Wave - The Life And Death Of A Woolly Mammoth

Desert Island Discs - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist

I Said No Gifts! - Jay Jurden Disobeys Bridger

The Assignment with Audie Cornish - Where Does Fani Willis Go From Here?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - World’s Loneliest House

⭐ Switched on Pop - Adult Contemporary, but make it cool (with CHROMEO)

Shedunnit - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)

Up First - Julian Assange Extradition Hearing, Egypt Buffer Zone, Louisiana Special Session

Today, Explained - The Panama Canal is drying up

It's Been a Minute - Jada Pinkett Smith, the artist

Vibe Check - Welcome to Tip Check

Outward - True Detective: Night Country’s Lesbian Subtext

⭐ Code Switch - Why menthol cigarettes have a chokehold on Black smokers

Short Wave - When The Sun Erupts

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Stone of Destiny

⭐ 99% Invisible #571 - You Are What You Watch

Films To Be Buried With - Tyler James Williams

Ologies with Alie Ward - Black Hole Theory Cosmology (WHAT ARE BLACK HOLES?!) Part 1 with Ronald Gamble, Jr.

Off Menu - Ep 226: Noel Fielding

NPR's Book of the Day - 'Thank You Please Come Again' pays homage to Southern gas station food shops

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

The Assignment with Audie Cornish - Jake Tapper on American Political Scandal

⭐ Throughline - Dance Yourself Free (Throwback)

If Books Could Kill - The Better Angels of Our Nature

Our Opinions Are Correct - We Don't Give a F*ck About Canon

⭐ Today, Explained - Fight at the Museum

The Sporkful - Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Bagels

Dear Prudence - My Friend Has a Master’s Degree in Lying. Help!

What Next: TBD - The Coasts are Sinking

Short Wave - Didn't Get A Valentine's Love Song? These Skywalker Gibbons Sing Love Duets

Endless Thread - Endless Thread: The Musical

⭐ Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Industrial Musicals

Strong Songs - "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden

You're Dead to Me - Queen of Sheba [turned out to be really perfect timing to have this knowledge right before getting to certain relevant bits in my current read The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi]

It's Been a Minute - Have we hit celebrity overload? Plus, Miyazaki's movie magic

Simply Reflecting - Did You Say Delusional?

Under the Influence - Seeing is Believing: The Power of Demonstration Commercials

Hit Parade - The Bridge: Bon Soir, Barbra

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Chromeo

Living Colour

Chicago House Foundation

Presenting Soundgarden

Swing Fever [Rod Stewart & Jools Holland] {2024}

Adult Contemporary [Chromeo] {2024}

Campfire Classics

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Wild Card Podcast With Rachel Martin: Play The Game Of Questions…& Answers

 Wild Card With Rachel Martin is, on one hand, a typical NPR podcast -- restrained, thoughtful, reflective -- and, on the other hand, different, playful, probing to the point of noisy, and roguish. Part-interview, part-existential game show –  Wild Card from NPR has an interesting premise. Host Rachel Martin rips up the typical interview script and invites guests to play a game about life's biggest questions. Martin takes actors, artists and thinkers on a choose-your-own-adventure conversation that lets them open up about their fears, their joys and how they've built meaning from experience – all with the help of a very special deck of cards. In the first episode on May 1, 2024, Wild Card host Rachel Martin chatted with senior producer Lee Hale about why they wanted to make an existential interview-game podcast and how they came up with the Wild Card questions. It's a smart way to begin the podcast with an inside peek into the thought process surrounding the formation of the podcast.

NPR was smart to pick Rachel Martin for this assignment. Martin is sharp, funny, inquisitive, bold, and engaging. While listeners and critics can throw stones at the NPR podcast model, it has produced a slew of talented podcast hosts -- Audie Cornish, David Folkenflik, Brooke Gladstone, Liane Hansen, and Sam Sanders, to name a few.

Rachel Martin was a producer and reporter for KQED in San Francisco. In 2003, Martin was a freelance reporter in Afghanistan, also for NPR. From 2005 to 2007, she was foreign correspondent for NPR. In 2007, she covered the Virginia Tech shooting. In 2008, she was a correspondent for ABC News. Martin was one of the hosts of NPR's The Bryant Park Project, a New York-based experimental morning news program designed to attract a younger demographic. In 2010, Martin was National Security Correspondent for NPR, during which time she reported on the US' counterinsurgency efforts. She took over as host of Weekend Edition Sunday in 2012, shortly after longtime host Liane Hansen stepped down. She became a co-host of Morning Edition in 2016 when Renée Montagne stepped down. Furthermore, she left the show in early 2023. Having previously worked as the network's religion correspondent from 2006 to 2007, Martin is the creator of Enlighten Me, an NPR special series on religion, spirituality, and meaning.

In the second episode of the podcast, Rachel talked to Jenny Slate, known for her roles in Obvious Child, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and Parks and Recreation. In the episode, Slade opened up about whether fate brought her to her husband, what she's sacrificed for motherhood, and what's so special about margarine and white bread sandwiches.

One of my favorites was with actor Chris Pine, who told Martin that his directorial debut, Poolman, got "obliterated" by critics. But the Star Trek and Wonder Woman star shares that the experience helped him reevaluate his desire for perfection. Pine also debated predestination with Rachel, reflects on the struggle to feel awe, and discusses his recurring childhood dreams of having tea with an elf in a tree.

 The most recent episode welcomes director David Lynch, and, true to his reputation, the Twin Peaks director delves into oddities and weirdness.

 NPR also has this subscription service called Wild Card+. You apparently receive access to bonus episodes, and you'll get to listen sponsor-free. If you're interested, you can learn more at plus.npr.org/wildcard.

 Wild Card With Rachel Martin takes the interview process and adds a taste of whimsy, chance, gossipy revelations, and removes the standard talking points response often given by celebrities to interviewers. 

Martin embraces the concept and has fun with it, as have the interviewed subjects so far. Check it out. It's refreshingly different.

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Louder Than Guns - The Assignment with Audie Cornish

I didn’t think we’d be doing another episode about a mass shooting so soon. But here we are. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:06 As a community. This is from a vigil in Nashville. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:10 Thank you to our artists for sharing the gift of music. You are the custodians of that special gift. I’ve been to this place, and I don’t mean some kind of memorial after a mass shooting, but…

[ansraali]

Louder Than Guns - The Assignment with Audie Cornish

I didn’t think we’d be doing another episode about a mass shooting so soon. But here we are. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:06 As a community. This is from a vigil in Nashville. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:10 Thank you to our artists for sharing the gift of music. You are the custodians of that special gift. I’ve been to this place, and I don’t mean some kind of memorial after a mass shooting, but…

[amdia80]

Louder Than Guns - The Assignment with Audie Cornish

I didn’t think we’d be doing another episode about a mass shooting so soon. But here we are. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:06 As a community. This is from a vigil in Nashville. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:10 Thank you to our artists for sharing the gift of music. You are the custodians of that special gift. I’ve been to this place, and I don’t mean some kind of memorial after a mass shooting, but…

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Louder Than Guns - The Assignment with Audie Cornish

I didn’t think we’d be doing another episode about a mass shooting so soon. But here we are. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:06 As a community. This is from a vigil in Nashville. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:10 Thank you to our artists for sharing the gift of music. You are the custodians of that special gift. I’ve been to this place, and I don’t mean some kind of memorial after a mass shooting, but…

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Louder Than Guns - The Assignment with Audie Cornish

I didn’t think we’d be doing another episode about a mass shooting so soon. But here we are. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:06 As a community. This is from a vigil in Nashville. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:10 Thank you to our artists for sharing the gift of music. You are the custodians of that special gift. I’ve been to this place, and I don’t mean some kind of memorial after a mass shooting, but…

[studdfeed]

Louder Than Guns - The Assignment with Audie Cornish

I didn’t think we’d be doing another episode about a mass shooting so soon. But here we are. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:06 As a community. This is from a vigil in Nashville. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:10 Thank you to our artists for sharing the gift of music. You are the custodians of that special gift. I’ve been to this place, and I don’t mean some kind of memorial after a mass shooting, but…

[myhusbandthereplika]

Here we go…interview #1 posted today.

Even though everyone jokes about #AI turning into #SkyNet some people are using companion apps for empathy and support. On today's #TheAssignment podcast we dig into love in the age of AI.— audie cornish (@AudieCornish) May 4, 2023 Yes, that is me talking in the ad. I’m too terrified to listen to it right now. Please tell me how it is.

[larrywilmore]

Audie Cornish talks about her new podcast, "The Assignment"

"The Assignment with Audie Cornish" is a show without a beat. Audie explains what that means & how it informs the way she wants to present stories.

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (11-17 Feb 2024)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😠 A Damsel in Distress (PG Wodehouse) - via Serial Reader app; hadn't read before. mostly a pretty standard PGW but the final chapter was off the charts fatphobic even for PGW ☹️

😍 Dishonor on Your Cow (mandarou) - reread, forever fave. shrunkyclunks canon-adjacent AU

🥰 "Pistol Grip" (Vina Jie-Min Prasad) - described in tumblr post as "m/m pwp super soldier gunfucking" and they are telling no lies. This was fantastic.

😊 Howitzer (spacebuck) - 111K, stucky, college hockey AU - got some OMGCP inspo for the set up but very much its own tale; very enjoyable.

💖💖 +99K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Duende (astolat) - Master & Commander: Aubrey/Maturin, 14K -a truly impressive amount of worldbuilding in so few words

The One Where They Adopt a Selkie (mikkimouse) - Teen Wolf: Sterek, 7K - a fun accidental (supernatural) baby acquisition fic

perne in a gyre (enemyofrome) - Punic Wars RPF, Ancient History RPF: Scipio Africanus/Hannibal Barca, 7K - brilliant & hilarious modern AU for fucking PUNIC WARS RPF! hannibal's taking a gap year/getting away from being the rich kid & ends up staying at Scipio's family AirBnB. and there's only one bed. Fave quotes: 'He was sharing a room with some kind of glittery Italian twink, and there was a grumpy eagle glowering at him from the headboard as if he’d offended it in a past life, but at least he couldn’t see the wolf piercings anymore, so it was fine. It was all just fine.' and 'Then Mago came back. “Soggy twink at the door for you.” “Didn't order one,” said Hannibal. Then the word twink sank in, and he looked up. “Is he glittery?” “Like a unicorn.” “Mierda,” said Hannibal. “That’s my twink.”'

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

The Graham Norton Show - s31, e14 (Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Kingsley Ben-Adir)

The Repair Shop - s1, e1

QI - series S, ep 6

Ghosts (US) - s2, e8-15

Game Changer - s6, e1

Dirty Laundry - s3, e12

D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "Party Politics" (s21, e6)

D20: Adventuring Party - "You Are The Chosen None" (s16, e6)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

⭐ Up First - The Sunday Story: More Than Friends

What Next: TBD - Breaking Up with Dating Apps

The Allusionist - 189. Mouthful of Fortune

⭐ Hit Parade - Hello, Gorgeous Edition

Vibe Check - UsherBowl…and Beyoncé?!

Pop Culture Happy Hour - 2024 Super Bowl, Plus Beyoncé's New Singles

Throughline - The Hindu Text That Continues to Influence Indian Politics

Short Wave - The Shared History Of The Chinese And Gregorian Calendars

The Sporkful - Can A Stanley Drinking Cup Really Withstand A Car Fire?

⭐ The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Robert Is Here

I Said No Gifts! - Joel Kim Booster Disobeys Bridger

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Toy Story

NPR's Book of the Day - 'Toxic' looks back on Janet Jackson, Britney Spears and tabloid culture in the 2000s

All Songs Considered - Mix messages: Listeners share the songs that say 'I've got a crush on you'

Switched on Pop - The Star Spangled Banger!

I Said No Gifts! - Emma Thompson Disobeys Bridger

Vibe Check - Rollercoaster of Love (and Hate)

Short Wave - Celebrate Valentine's Day With These Queer Animals

Outward - The Inherent Queerness of Poetry

⭐ Code Switch - Before the apps, people used newspapers to find love

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Platonic Love In Pop Culture

Culture Gabfest - We’re Saving Our Own Lives

⭐ The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Owamni

Decoder Ring - Why Do So Many Coffee Shops Look the Same?

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week - Government Cheese, Mitochondria NOT Powerhousing, Dawn of the Cockroach

Ologies with Alie Ward - Hydrochoerology (CAPYBARAS) with Elizabeth Congdon

Throughline - Love, Throughline

The Assignment with Audie Cornish - Gen Z In the Workplace: Rethinking Business Etiquette

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Damanhur

Up First - KC Parade Shooting, Russian Space Nukes, Migrant Crossings Drop

Films To Be Buried With - Eddie Marsan

⭐ 99% Invisible #570 - The White Castle System of Eating Houses

Welcome to Night Vale #242 - The New Branch

Short Wave - The U.N.'s First-Ever Analysis Of World's Migratory Species Just Dropped

Dear Prudence - How Do I Get Over Someone I Never Dated? Help!

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Feud And What's Making Us Happy

Endless Thread - Dinner and a (Slide) Show

All Songs Considered - New Music Friday: 5 albums out Feb. 16, plus 'Rhapsody in Blue' still thrills at 100

⭐ You're Dead to Me - History of Bollywood

Sound Up! - Audience reaction to Rock Hall Noms, Mark reviews Stevie Nicks live and Chris Molanphy breaks down how Beyonce will impact country music and radio.

It's Been a Minute - Legendary choreographer Fatima Robinson on moving through changes in dance

99% Invisible - The Power Broker #2: Jamelle Bouie

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - WWDTM: Sleater-Kinney

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Presenting Barbra Streisand

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox

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Can A Podcast Host Excel At Interviews, Narration & Managing A Panel?

In my opinion, the best podcast at describing, defining, and sharpening podcast hosting skills is Sound Judgment with Elaine Appleton Grant. Recent episodes span the skill set of hosting, from anchoring a history show to navigating the tricky art of memoirs. 

For a podcast host, there are three types of podcasts that require disparate skills. It's like being a tennis player. Some can serve at lightning speed. Others can hit blistering ground strokes from beyond the baseline. Still others can volley like Baryshnikov in sneakers.  

 How many players can do all three? Serena, Roger, Rafa, Novak, and a select few. It's an elite club because it's so difficult to be so adept at such disparate skills.

The same is true for podcast hosting.  

 Podcast hosts deal with three types of hosting. You can certainly define more categories, but essentially most podcasts fall into one of these category types. Today, we'll review those three types and point out some of the best people in podcasting at these three show types.

 First, there is the interview podcast. This format dominates podcasting, and can attract a sizable audience. You know -- Joe Rogan, Jordan Harbinger, Matt Gilhooly, KiKi Anderson, Adam Grant and others. On these shows, guests come on the podcast and the host interviews them.

Hosts that excel at interviews listen well because a good listener assesses the direction of the interview, forms strong follow-up questions and truly engages with the subject.

They ask questions that spotlight the guest's expertise, keep the interview focused on the guest, not the host, and ask follow-up questions that result from the guest's previous comments.

Some of the best podcast hosts as interviewer include Matt Gilhooly -- The Host of The Lift Shift podcast, Elaine Appleton Grant, the Host of Sound Judgment, and Audie Cornish, The Host of CNN's The Assignment With Audie Cornish. 

Then we have the hosts of narrative podcasts. This format typically has the host as a narrator of the episodes. It's a massive undertaking because the host talks continuously, and must sustain his emotional and tonal modulation throughout the show. Andrew Hickey of the History Of Rock Music In 500 Songs podcast excels at long-form narration. Hickey and Dan Carlin from Hardcore History can captivate people for more than two hours on an episode. 

One of the best at creating a narrative mood is Aaron Mahnke of the Lore podcast. I've listened to an episode of Lore and been afraid to get out of my car at night. To be clear, Aaron Mahnke doesn't have one of those voices that alone can scare the heck out of you. But he doesn't need to. Mahnke is a world builder by being a word builder. He uses all the tools to gradually draw you into his macabre world of sonic darkness. As a listener, you don't even know you're knee-deep in it until it's too late.

On the Everything Everywhere podcast, host Gary Arndt has a frictionless, fluid delivery that enables the narrative to seamlessly lodge into your brain. He is the master of subtle intonations.

Then we have Monica Reinagel, host of The Nutrition Diva podcast. Reinagel has been doing this podcasting gig for a long time and just gets better and better. Host Reinagel has the voice of an angel, and actually she's also a successful opera singer. Therefore, words flow from her like a Puccini opera. Even though Reinagel may sound angelic, but when it comes to exploding nutritional myths and combating anti-science dribble, she's ruthless. 

Of course, Karina Longworth of You Must Remember This may possess the most distinctive style of narration with her breathless, elongated descriptive style-isms.  Finally, we have the hosts who have several co-hosts on the show, and they have to manage the conversational flow. These hosts manage podcasts with three, four or even more co-hosts or guests on the show. These hosts are like traffic cops on the show, ensuring the other co-hosts are not talking over one another, interrupting one another, curtailing conversation, or worse, diverting the show into the boring, bizarre, or offensive.

One of the best are Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin from Hang Up And Listen sports podcast from Slate. Another is David Plotz from Slate's Political Gabfest where Plotz's two co-hosts are the human think tank John Dickerson and the voluble and judicious Emily Bazelon. 

In both Slate podcasts, co-hosts build on each other's comments and insights, stitching together a coherent narrative that provides structure to recent events in politics and sports. Plotz is an especially effective "devil's advocate" and seems to relish that role. On NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, co-hosts Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris - plus a rotating crew of guests -- somehow manage to maintain structure and coherence amid a flurry of different voices. There is a cultivated sense of respect and restraint here, as if the show was sacrificing showmanship and inflated controversy in favor of insight, coherent criticism, and creative collaboration.  Then we have David Greene who is the center in KCRW's Left Right & Center political podcast. Greene has a dual role here and handles both roles with adroit skill and precision. Green acts as the political center between the Right's Sarah Isgar and the Left's Mo Elleithee. Eschewing the Fox News style of ginned-up controversy and manufactured grievance, this podcast prides itself on civilized debate, and Greene is in charge of keeping that promise.

Finally, we have the podcast hosts who can do it all. They're the Roger Federer of podcasting because they excel at conducting interviews, possess superb narrative skills, and can play podcast sheriff when there are multiple co-hosts.

Three hosts come to mind as versatile enough to do it all. Roman Mars of 99% Invisible Willa Paskin of Decoder Ring, and Sean Rameswaram of Today, Explained. All three are superb interviewers; All three can craft a compelling narrative, and all three can manage and master a panel format on their podcast. 

In this article, we've only scratched the surface of the panoply of podcast host skills. We haven't talked about how skillful some hosts are at host-read ads and that's critical because that talent pays the bills.

Or, how podcast hosts can keep their shows "edgy" without getting trapped in the quicksand of homophobia, racism, and misogyny. That's a delicate balancing act that has sent too many podcasters flying off their audio trapeze.

Finally, if you think that podcast host excellence is confined to the high-priced, high-profile podcasts, you're wrong. Indie podcasts are overcrowded with hosts of uncommon skill. 

Here are just a few of them: Amanda B. -- 6 Degrees Of Cats; Rita Richa -- Bippity Boppity Business; Jennica Sadhwani -- Multispective; Jenn Trepeck -- Salad With A Side Of Fries; Evan Stern -- Vanishing Postcards; Em -- Verbal Diorama, Lindsey Epperly -- Who Made You The Boss; Hala Tana -- Young And Profiting.

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Yes, We're All Being Spied On - The Assignment with Audie Cornish - Podcast on CNN Audio

Response: AI : tells us, there is someone who wants to live best and not pay a consequence of having to work hard for the right to claim prosperity. Because, when there's law for equal fairness for everyone. No one should cheat. And... since, religion organization can't be regulated under a new law, the religious leaders and members, and supporters can be prosecuted. No one religious practice should hurt others or causes injury for their hopes and dreams to everyone under U.S. States Federal Law.

[nicoleheaviland]

Louder Than Guns - The Assignment with Audie Cornish

I didn’t think we’d be doing another episode about a mass shooting so soon. But here we are. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:06 As a community. This is from a vigil in Nashville. Mayor John Cooper 00:00:10 Thank you to our artists for sharing the gift of music. You are the custodians of that special gift. I’ve been to this place, and I don’t mean some kind of memorial after a mass shooting, but…

[eagletek]

Yes, This Economy Is Confusing - The Assignment with Audie Cornish

So we took a short break to do some more reporting. We’ve been dipping into the mailbag, researching ideas and recording new interviews. Journalists call this getting stuff “in the can.” All right. So first, just start by introducing yourself who you are, what you do… So a couple of weeks ago, we sat down with some economists … How you want to be referred to your name, etc., pronunciations. Who…