Writer of long reads and short podcasts. Host of The Object podcast @artsmia.
Minneapolis, MN
Joined May 2012
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if you do not know what oWo is or uWu then stop posting about this shooter like Bryant Gumbel in 1994 trying to explain the world wide web on the Today Show
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Seems not ideal that we got a bunch of people at the ATF and FBI seemingly unfamiliar with internet/gamer culture when that’s basically like the biggest radicalization threat in the entire country at the moment
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Charlie Kirk was not a good person, but his death isa tragedy.
Today I am reminded that what America needs to turn down the temperature on political violence is a complete democratic overhaul to a proportional representation system that punishes, rather than rewards, extremism.
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“As you saw the president say today. Last night, he took my deal, and he made it better. Last night! So I’m always going to let the best dealmaker in the world be the closer every time.” - Howard Lutnick
The Nutlicker is working overtime today!
Time to re-up this @MinnPost piece on Paul Wellstone’s legacy, as Tim Walz was directly inspired by Wellstone’s grassroots, joyful approach to run for office in the first place. “Politics doesn’t need to be a pejorative,” he told me. minnpost.com/politics-policy…
Hold that flag. I think we’ve got the new MN flag design right here in my wild rice/turkey hot dish dinner.
One of the best things I’ve read in a while. But also, as a journalist you make your living asking others to be vulnerable for you. Bill got that, and in the end he reciprocated in a big way.
Bill Alkofer, a St. Paul Pioneer Press photojournalist, dies at 61. And he shared what his last weeks were like to show the toll of dying from ALS.
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It’s every podcaster’s dream to make Apple’s list of new and noteworthy shows. Today was that day for The Object at @artsmia. Very grateful.
Mia’s podcast, The Object, is currently featured on Apple Podcasts—across all devices—as one of its top shows of the week! Listen to “Dangerous Liaisons: What Happened to the First Queer Art Star?” on Apple Podcasts or here: bit.ly/42CEhSb
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via ruby slippers correspondent @TimGihring:
After two decades of the slippers being caught up in accusation and suspicion, the fandom remains unsettled.
“It’s obviously not closure,” one says, “it’s an upturned yellow brick in the road.”
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I went down the yellow brick road once more for the latest on the world’s most famous pair of purloined pumps. Stay crazy, Oz!
Four times, Michael Shaw drove from his apartment in the San Fernando Valley to Grand Rapids, Minnesota, bearing his pair of ruby slippers, and displayed them in a Plexiglass case in the Judy Garland Museum. Three times, he took them home. minnpost.com/arts-culture/20…
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For background on this whole ruby slippers thing, you gotta read this one by @TimGihring. minnesotamonthly.com/archive… via @MNMOmag
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*lies and damn lies. I actually know exactly what I'll do with myself if the Kensington Rune Stone turns out to be true. I'll ask Tim what he thinks, because he wrote the definitive story a while back. @TimGihring
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After all the fuss about a “long winter,” ice out on Lake of the Isles today is only two days later than average.
Citing fossil fuel as necessary for the “energy transition” and “a bridge to the future” is the new climate denialism. How long are pols like @MaryPeltola going to try to frame this as reasonable—5, 10, 30 years? thehill.com/opinion/congress…
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Season 5, Episode 1 of The Object just dropped: “The Department of Missing Limbs.” Ancient statues missing arms, legs, heads, or other appendages seem strangely normal now. What happened to these objects? Listen here: bit.ly/3JKUYD7 or wherever you get your podcasts.
Always a pleasure chatting with @CathyWurzer. ‘The Object' podcast launches its fifth season on the hidden stories behind @artsmia collection mprnews.org/episode/2023/03/… via @mprnews
Always nice to make a “best” list, in this case best museum podcasts for The Object @artsmia. Being compared to @ThisAmerLife is just icing on the pod cake. thepodcasthost.com/business-…
In four seasons of The Object, I’ve covered Nazi-killing cars, assassin-proof forks, dueling novelists, and murderous popes. And yet I think this next one might be the most fun yet.
Mia’s award-winning podcast, The Object, begins its fifth season on Monday, March 6, turning to some of the most persistent questions about art and museums. Learn more and listen to the last four seasons: bit.ly/3wzgZjp
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Mia’s award-winning podcast, The Object, begins its fifth season on Monday, March 6, turning to some of the most persistent questions about art and museums. Learn more and listen to the last four seasons: bit.ly/3wzgZjp