If one person says it’s raining outside, and another person says it’s not raining, then the journalist’s job is not to give equal time to both viewpoints, but rather to go outside and see if it’s f’ing raining. ๐ช
What does it take to pull you into a new podcast? Or a book? Or really anything?
With so many great podcasts out there and already not enough time for them all, the bar can be pretty high for anything new. But the first few lines of the Missed Fortune podcast pulled me in right away.
Did you ever find yourself in one of those situations where if it goes well, thereโs a huge reward? But if it goes bad, you look just unforgivably stupid? Like what were you possibly thinking?
Iโm in a car with some guys I donโt know on the way to somewhere weโre not supposed to be. And this is one of those situations.
They go on to explain that this is the story of a real-life treasure hunt in the Rocky Mountains with the only clues being a short poem.
Iโm already hooked. ๐ฒ Well played, new podcast.
This podcast interview is really interesting perspective on police racism and brutality from the mayor of the city where things flamed up.
Jacob Frey is a civil rights lawyer and the mayor of Minneapolis and is still largely powerless to reign in police brutality even when it is reported. This is a really interesting study on why this problem is so intractable.