A reading of "Persephone in New York," originally published on the Make More Pie Substack, Feb. 6, 2023Por nancy rommelmann

A reading of "The Collateralists," by Nancy Rommelmann, published on Make More Pie Substack on January 18, 2023. Related: "A Murder in Portland," by Nancy Rommelmann, published in Washington Examiner Magazine on December 29, 2023. "A Pox Upon Portland: Progressivism is Killing the City," by Jonah Goldberg, published in The Dispatch on January 20, 2…

A reading of “How Do We Solve a Problem Like George Santos?” By Matt Welch, published at Reason Jan. 12, 2023.Por Matt Welch

A reading of "The Reality Portland Does Not Want to See," by Nancy Rommelmann, published on her Substack, Make More Pie, on December 30, 2022. Related: "A Murder in Portland," by Nancy Rommelmann (Washington Examiner Magazine) "Good Luck, Portland," by Nancy Rommelmann (Tablet) Ask a Jew podcast The Fifth Column podcast…

A reading of "A Murder in Portland," by Nancy Rommelmann, published January 3, 2023 in Washington Examiner Magazine Related: "The Reality Portland Does Not Want to See," by Nancy RommelmannPor nancy rommelmann

A reading of “In 2023, People May Finally Be Breaking Their Obsession with Politics,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Dec. 28, 2022.Por Matt Welch

Find this and all chapters on Nancy Rommelmann's Substack, Make More PiePor nancy rommelmann

A reading of, “Biden and Journalists Agree: Republicans Would Deliberately 'Crash' the Economy,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Oct. 26, 2022 Bonus: Remy "Raise the Debt Ceiling Rap"Por Matt Welch

A reading of "'The Police Van Abductions': A Response," by Nancy Rommelmann, published on Substack on Oct. 20, 2022.Por nancy rommelmann

A reading of “BTS's Military Conscription Is a Reminder That Mandatory 'Service' Is Servitude,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Oct. 19.Por Matt Welch

A reading of “'Pro-Democracy' Journalism's Problem With the Facts,” by Matt Welch, a review of Margaret Sullivan’s Newsroom Confidential, published at Reason Oct. 18.Por Matt Welch

A reading of “We Told You Why and How California's High-Speed Rail Wouldn't Work. You Chose Not To Listen,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Oct. 13, 2022 Bonus video: Meet the People Getting Screwed Over By Jerry Brown's High Speed RailPor Matt Welch

A reading of, "Men Without Work," by Nancy Rommelmann, published October 12, 2022 on Rommelmann's Substack, Make More Pie. Related: Men Without Work, by Nicholas Eberstadt "All the (Unemployed) Young Dudes" (The Fifth Column) "Men Are Very Necessary" (Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em) "Americans Are Losing Their Work Ethic," by Matt Welch (Reason) "America…

A reading of “Americans Are Losing Their Work Ethic,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Oct. 7, 2022 Listen also to: “All the (Unemployed) Young Dudes,” over at The Fifth Column "Men Are Very Necessary" on Smoke 'Em If You Got 'EmPor Matt Welch

A reading of "Punch Drunk" by Nancy Rommelmann, which first appeared on my Substack, Make More Pie. I am serializing "Forty Bucks and A Dream: Stories of Los Angeles" on Substack. New chapters drop Mondays. Below is the Table of Contents, with links to what’s posted before. Please subscribe! PROLOGUE Hungry Town STARLETS 1: Forty Bucks and a Dream:…

A reading of “Public Schools Experiencing 'White Flight,'” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Sept. 29, 2022 Related video: Matt Welch talks about school choicePor Matt Welch

A reading of "Hollywood's Immortal Sucking Machines: On the eternal rot in the movie Blonde," published Sept. 29, 2022 on Nancy Rommelmann's Substack, Make More Pie. See You Next Tuesday vlog, with Nancy Rommelmann and Matt Welch, (almost) every Tuesday at noon EST on the Paloma Media YouTube. Tune in live to heckle and bring your questions!…

"Urban Blinders," recorded 9/27/22. From the weekly See You Next Tuesday vlog, with Nancy Rommelmann and Matt Welch, (almost) every Tuesday at noon EST on the Paloma Media YouTube. Tune in live to heckle and bring yer questions!Por nancy rommelmann, Matt Welch

The Crying Game, recorded 9/20/22. From the weekly See You Next Tuesday vlog, with Nancy Rommelmann and Matt Welch, (almost) every Tuesday at noon EST on the Paloma Media YouTube. Tune in live to heckle and bring yer questions!Por Matt Welch, nancy rommelmann

A reading of, "Why the Political Grift Won't Stop" by Matt Welch, published at Reason on Sept. 24, 2022Por Matt Welch

Episode links: "Dispatch from Ukraine: the Hutnyks of Lviv," by Nancy Rommelmann (Reason) "Dispatch From Ukraine: Living as a Russian in Ukraine," by Nancy Rommelmann (Reason) "Dispatch From Ukraine: 'Let's Go. Let's Not Go.'" by Nancy Rommelmann (Reason) "Are those bombs or sirens?"Por nancy rommelmann

“My Lunch with Gorbachev,” originally published by the L.A. Times on April 17, 2007; cleaned up pretty for Paloma Media on Aug. 30, 2022. Related: “It Wasn't What He Wanted, But Gorbachev Allowed an Evil Empire To Collapse,” published at Reason Aug. 30. Watch Matt on The First TV's The Dana Show for 15 minutes on all things Gorby.…

A reading of “Field of Welfare: How COVID Funds Might Build a Money-Losing Ballpark in a Cornfield,” by Matt Welch, published Aug. 10 at Reason.Por Matt Welch

A reading of "U.S. Conservatives Set To Applaud Viktor Orbán's Paranoid Anti-Americanism" and "Viktor Orbán Flatters Republicans With the Lie That Progressive Liberals and Communists Are 'the Same'", by Matt Welch, published at Reason on August 3 and August 5, respectively. Related listening: Related listening: "Hungarian Nationalism Is a Dead End,…

"What Man Can Do to Man: 13 True Crime Books That Get It Right," by Nancy Rommelmann Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders, by Kathryn Miles. More about Miles at kathrynmiles.net Shot in the Heart, by Mikal Gilmore Lost Girls, by Robert Kolker Blood Will Out, by Walter Kirn The Adversary, by Emmanuel Carrere Columbine, by Dave …

A reading of "The Time Has Come for a Transpartisan 'Repeal' Caucus," by Matt Welch, published at Reason on July 26, 2022Por Matt Welch

A reading of "Big-City Public Schools, Facing a 'Massive Hemorhagging of Students,' Are Reimposing Mask Mandates," by Matt Welch, published at Reason on July 19, 2022Por Matt Welch

A reading of, “Self-Defense Is Sexy,” by Matt Welch, published in the July issue of Reason magazinePor Matt Welch

A reading of "The Doom Crusades," by Nancy Rommelmann, published on Substack on June 20, 2022.Por nancy rommelmann

A reading of, "Another Step Backward: The Chesa Boudin Recall," published on Substack on June 7, 2022 Related content: "Time's Arrow: The Chesa Boudin Recall"Por nancy rommelmann

A reading of "Time's Arrow: The Chesa Boudin Recall," published on Substack on June 4, 2022. Click through for various links and images, including the message a BORTAC member sent Nancy several days after BORTAC broke down the schoolroom in Uvalde, Texas and killed the murdered of 19 children and 2 adults.…

A reading of, “Can a Post-'Takeover' Libertarian Party Improve on Its Historical Run of 2012–20?” by Matt Welch, published at Reason June 3. Related reading: “Libertarian Party Rebuffs Mises Uprising,” and “Ron Paul's Mistake.”Por Matt Welch

A reading of, “How a Baseball Non-Fight Illustrates Our Weird Journalistic Discourse on Racism,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason May 27, 2022Por Matt Welch

A reading of “Biden Is Right: We Shouldn't Restrict Americans in the Name of Liberating Cuba,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason May 18.Por Matt Welch

A reading of,“Race and Gender Checks Coming to a Boardroom Near You,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason May 13, 2022Por Nancy Rommelmann

A reading of, “Facing Education Crisis, Biden Admin Seeks to Restrict Charter Schools,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason May 12, 2022Por Nancy Rommelmann

Want to watch this first episode of See You Next Tuesday on YouTube? That's here. And join us each Tuesday at noon EST for the live broadcast and chat, at www.youtube.com/c/PalomaMediaNYC The Fifth Column podcast on Substack Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em on SubstackPor Matt Welch, Nancy Rommelmann

A reading of, "What Man Can Do To Man: 13 True Crime Books That Get It Right," by Nancy Rommelmann, which ran May 8, 2022, on Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em on Substack. Head over there for all the deets! But quick crib/links for the books: Shot in the Heart, by Mikal Gilmore Lost Girls, by Robert Kolker Blood Will Out, by Walter Kirn The Adversary, by E…

The girls welcome Liel Leibovitz, editor-at-large of Tablet magazine. Read Liel’s essay that made people yell at him. This may have been the Jewiest episode we ever recorded, but goys fear not - we’ll be back with the usual nonsense next week. Also: Please join us on Substack! Comment! Email! Give money! Or just sign up and say hey. https://askajew…

A reading of "After the War," by Matt Welch, published in the June issue of Reason, posted online May 2.Por Matt Welch

A reading of, “COVID-19 Policies Wrecked Public School Enrollment and Student Outcomes,” by Matt Welch, posted at Reason April 27.Por Matt Welch

YouTube link to episode "American Journalism's Most Successful Politician To Step Down From Running The New York Times," by Matt Welch for Reason (audio version) Donald McNeil Jr.'s four-part series on Medium on his dismissal from The New York Times McNeil on Baquet's departure from the NYT and on whether or not incoming executive editor Joe Kahn r…

A reading of “American Journalism's Most Successful Politician To Step Down From Running The New York Times,” posted at Reason April 22.Por Matt Welch

"9th and Hennepin," by Tom Waits Museum of Jurassic Technology Joe Frank official website "The World is Not Filled with Monsters," by Ben Dreyfuss Ben Dreyfuss Substack Elon Musk TED Talk 2022 Benjamin Franklin by Ted Burns (PBS) The Witches, by Stacey Schiff "The Things I'm Afraid to Write About," by Sarah Hepola Normal People, by Sally Rooney "Th…

A reading of "Gatekeepers Very Afraid That Elon Musk Will Remove the Gates From Twitter," by Matt Welch, published at Reason on April 14, 2022Por Nancy Rommelmann

A reading of "The Big Labor President," by Matt Welch, from the May 2022 issue of Reason magazine, posted online April 12Por Nancy Rommelmann

"You can't just use me for social media." Jada Pinkett-Smith/Will Smith video "Dread Carpet," Bill Maher on 2020's Depressing Oscar Best Pics "I spoke up against sexual violence—and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change." Amber Heard Opinion piece (WaPo) "Julia Louis-Dreyfuss's Last Fuckable Day" "The Things I'm Afraid to Write About," by S…

Nancy Rommelmann Portland coverage for Reason "America's Shoplifting Epidemic" (WSJ) NR tweet about petty theft and consequences How Q-Tips are made video! Bucha's Month of Terror (NYT) Walgreen's cites theft as a reason for closing San Francisco locations (SFGate) "How SF's Black Market Thrives on Retail Theft" (SF Standard) Gibson's Bakery v. Obe…

Fan-cam dancing to "Since You Been Gone" at Spurs game "America's Girls," podcast about the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders that Sarah Hepola co-created and narrates Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, by Sarah Hepola To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder, by Nancy Rommelmann "I Always Dated Tom Waits," by Sarah Hepola (S…

"The Things I'm Afraid to Write About", by Sarah Hepola, published in The Atlantic on March 12, 2022 Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, by Sarah HepolaPor nancy rommelmann, sarah hepola