You might remember Lula Cafe from our "Allure of the Mean Friend" show, when we wired two of their servers with hidden microphones. bit.ly/3Q1Fzlo x.com/iraglass/statu…

I did a story at Lula Cafe in Chicago years ago, planting hidden mics on two servers to figure out which gets bigger tips: niceness or meanness. bit.ly/3Q1Fzlo Today at 7:30 I interview their chef abt his new cookbook in NYC at Greenlight Bookstore greenlightbookstore.com/event/jason-ha…

This is fascinating. A Jew in London tries to talk to his Jewish colleague in Israel about how the war looks to him – especially all the Gazan civlians being killed and maimed and blockaded – and they cannot see eye to eye. Illuminating and unusual. podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/unh…

NYC! Today! I'm doing a screening and Q&A with director Chris Wilcha & his new film Flipside WHICH I AM IN. YES I AM IN A MOVIE. 2:15 Sunday! IFC Center. Chris directed our TV show. His film is completely original and funny and thoughtful and great. docnyc.net/film/flipside/

Yes this week for the first time ever we’re putting out an extra podcast. It’s not a full show. It’s a story about things happening right now that we worried might not hold for a few weeks, and it seemed better to get it out now.

In my 20s I worked the overnight at NPR and wrote intros for Bob Edwards. He had a very specific wry way of delivering a funny line. Masterful. So fun to write, imagining it in his voice and then he'd nail it every time. Raising a bourbon to you today,Bob. npr.org/2024/02/12/165…

This is the best summary anyone’s made about Donald Trump’s plans for his second term. It’s lucid, powerful and undeniable. Must-listen! Seriously. pca.st/podcast/4eb5b2…

I love this book. A typical insight: Michael Cunningham makes the argument that "talent" isn't as important as a kind of spectrum-y obsessiveness and interest in the problem of making your work great. penguinpress penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669522/t…

NYC! One of the most memorable episodes of our show was about jon ronson's book The Psychopath Test. He's doing a stage show version with updates that seems like it'll be his usual mix of incredibly fun and disturbingly thought-provoking. Sept 22! symphonyspace.org/events/vp-jon-…

NYC! After a day of being sick in bed I am up and about and thrilled to be doing a Q&A with director Chris Wilcha about his wonderful, utterly original film Flipside at 2:55 at IFC. He directed our TV show and I love his movie (which I'm in, a little). ifccenter.com/films/flipside/

Just released - “Come Retribution” - the latest episode of This American Life inspired by my book, “Tired of Winning”. The episode includes some remarkable interviews by people who defied Trump and now fear what will happen to them if Trump returns to power.

Massive protest in Milwaukee against the planned visit of Ira Glass. #HeIsNotWelcomeHere

A ranty and self-reflective interview with Etgar Keret where he talks about the narcissism of protest, including his own, and so many other things. k-larevue.com/en/etgar-keret…

Thanks for the Torey Malatia shoutout @jeopardy!

This week's New `Yorker: newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

If you're a Gen Xer, if you're a procrastinator, if you're a fan of Ira Glass, Judd Apatow, Herman Leonard, David Milch, Starlee Kine, or Uncle Floyd, you must watch "Flipside"-- Christopher Wilcha's documentary!! My NPR story: npr.org/2024/08/01/nx-…

My former co-workers Brian Reed (who did S-Town) and Robyn Semien (who did '129 Cars' and a million other great TAL stories) have a brand new show! A podcast called Question Everything. As part of it they also cranked out this video of an ep I'm in. youtube.com/watch?v=6UwGQ4…

Love the Wiener Circle.