Pre-order CUBAFRUIT here!https://a.co/d/cBXtRNJCheck out the transcript for this and other episodes atbigreaderbadgrades.substack.comEmail me about anything!thousandmovieproject at gmailDe către Alexander Sorondo

In which New York Times columnist David Brooks reminds us, in a new article, that everything is broken and will never get better--prompting, by accident, some questions about the point of what columnists even do.My book CUBAFRUIT is available for preorder here!https://a.co/d/c5XmAhLWanna reach out?thousandmovieproject at gmail…

The transcript for this and other episodes can be found atbigreaderbadgrades.substack.comMy book, CUBAFRUIT, is now available for pre-order on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77Email me about whatever!thousandmovieproject at gmail dot comDe către Alexander Sorondo

Transcripts for this and other episodes are available at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com(Help the show/newsletter by subscribing!)Get in touch via email:thousandmovieproject at gmailBig announcement: 9 days.De către Alexander Sorondo

Breaking down Jay Caspian-King's fantastic piece in this week's New Yorker, about media bias. The transcript for this and other episodes can be found atbigreaderbadgrades.substack.com (subscribe!)email me about whatever!thousandmovieproject at gmailDe către Alexander Sorondo

Not a proper episode, just a quick note on something I read this week and thought was pretty strong, enjoyable, timely and incisive. New proper episode tomorrow and, until then, you can read this and other episode transcripts below (and subscribe!)bigreaderbadgrades.substack.comChat with me about whatever!thousandmovieproject at gmail…

Wherein the narrator talks about Kamala Harris's huge improvement as an interview subject, in just the past three weeks, and compares it with some tangential things he's learned about President Biden between two books: WHAT IT TAKES, the 1,500-page tome focusing partly on Joe Biden's 1988 presidential campaign, and WAR, Bob Woodward's latest (still…

Wherein the narrator, for lack of news awareness, talks about the differences and similarities between two writers who were very relevant when he was younger. get in touch!thousandmovieproject at gmailDe către Alexander Sorondo

Wherein the narrator takes the permission of two pundits, riffs about some shady sanewashing in the Ts of NY, and finally, like any decent low-watt broadcaster, brings it all back to aliens.You can read the transcript for this and other episodes at BIG READER BAD GRADES (do me a kindness! subscribe!)bigreaderbadgrades.substack.comwanna tell me some…

Wherein the narrator talks about a personal emergency (ish), some recent insights from Ross Douthat, and others from Jill Lepore. Transcripts for this and other episodes are available at BIG READER BAD GRADES, on substack (do me a kindness! subscribe!)bigreaderbadgrades.substack.comfeel free to reach out!thousandmovieproject at gmail…

In which Kamala Harris makes a great pitch, in the wrong direction, and Donald Trump -- frustrated at his Democratic rival raising $1 billion in just three months -- pursues the most sensible solution possible: berating his donors.De către Alexander Sorondo

Something Personal, Something Political. It's been a stressful week at the grocery store, and politics afford no respite. Here's a decidedly lower-tech episode, acapella, in the interest of resuming the rhythm and getting things out. Read transcripts of the show on Substack (free!)bigreaderbadgrades.substack.comemail: thousandmovieroject at gmail…

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tinkered with this disaster for 4 days, thinking there was something to salvage, but ad a gesture of peacemaking and personal release I surrender it out and on we go...support the show, check out the ebook, it's free*!~~~~~*unless you wanna pay for it*~~~talk at me!:email: thousandmovieproject at Gmailinsta: @thousandmoviepod…

The (partial) eBook is here!Download free or pay what you want athttps://ko-fi.com/s/4f4999c591It's my 33rd birthday and what was supposed to be an easy-peasy recording, with just a quick intro and then a brief reading from the ebook, turned into this long, searching, semi-confessional thing that came somewhat out of nowhere--but is also reflective…

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi -- but, until then, you can support the show by dropping in a tip!https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepodExperimenting with this digital tip jar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation."~~~chat me up but GOOD viaemail: thousandmovieproject at Gm…

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi -- but, until then, you can support the show by dropping in a tip!https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepodExperimenting with this digital tip jar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation."~~~chat me up but GOOD viaemail: thousandmovieproject at Gm…

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi.https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepodExperimenting with this digital tipjar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation."~~~chat me up but GOOD viaemail: thousandmovieproject at Gmailinsta: @thousandmoviepod…

The Key to Prioritizing (How My Manager Nearly Died) by Alexander SorondoDe către Alexander Sorondo

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My Neighbor Killed His Wife by Alexander SorondoDe către Alexander Sorondo

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Training a new hire shed slight on a trend I've noticed in every retail/hospitality job I've ever had. email: thousandmovieproject at gmailinstagram: @thousandmoviepodDe către Alexander Sorondo

April is PEOPRIL! A month of reading about life-writing: memoir, biography, autobiography.The narrator describes his plans, shares some news, and eeks his way back onto the rhythm here.De către Alexander Sorondo

Beginninig with avid praise for Rose Glass's new crime movie, LOVE LIES BLEEDING, and transitioning into a conversation about how she and I apparently spring from the "peak millennial" camp, of people born between 1990 and 1992, before dissolving in talk about this new memoir by Bev Stol, Noam Chomsky's 24-year assistant/manager/coordinator, and th…

Wherein the narrator talks, among other things, about a new appreciation for Doja Cat, his favorite new artist on Instagram, and the how the Spice Girls nearly shattered the He-Man Woman Haters Club.check out @brianhuntress on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianhuntresss/email: thousandmoviepod at gmail dot cominstagram: @thousandmoviepod…

Wherein the narrator talks about recent reading, including some negotiation tactics from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, and a quick anecdote about one of the most unbearable people he's ever met.instagram: @thousandmoviepodemail: thousandmovieproject at gmail dot comDe către Alexander Sorondo

George Saunders joins for a conversation about Michael Silverblatt, the former host of BOOKWORM. Silverblatt had to retire in 2022 for medical reasons, ending BOOKWORM's 33-year run. Saunders, one of the most venerated writers in America (TENTH OF DECEMBER, LIBERATION DAY, LINCOLN IN THE BARDO), was a regular guest on BOOKWORM starting in 1997 - an…

Matt Singer @superpulse joins me for today's episode of the pod, the first after a two-week break, to discuss his wonderful biography of film critics Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, and the show that changed TV, film, criticism and media.Buy OPPOSABLE THUMBS here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710246/opposable-thumbs-by-matt-singer/email: thou…

YouTube's Daniel Greene, who makes content revolving almost exclusively around things that don't interest the narrator at all, happens to've lured the narrator into several years of regular viewing.mentioned along the way: Mark Z. Danielewski's grocery war stories, SISKEL & EBERT, Slavoj Zizek's sitcom theory.email: thousandmovieproject at Gmailins…

David Remnick, editor-in-chief of THE NEW YORKER, has a new book out, called HOLDING THE NOTE, a collection of essays on older musicians in the latter parts of their careers -- it's an absolute delight, and reveals some unintentional goods about the author.email: thousandmovieproject at gmailinstagram: thousandmoviepod…

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A Healthier Way of Talking by Alexander SorondoDe către Alexander Sorondo

Why You Should Never Feel Bad for Calling Out by Alexander SorondoDe către Alexander Sorondo

Matt, from the YouTube channel "Thrift a Life," and Furious Pete from his own self-titled channel were already practiced vloggers when a lifechange came along, and with the skills and habits in tow, they brought their audience along for it.email: thousandmovieproject at gmaildotcominstagram: @thousandmoviepod…

William T. Vollmann Talks About His 3,400-page Novel, A TABLE FOR FORTUNE by Alexander SorondoDe către Alexander Sorondo

Walking a new route to The Abbey, his favorite bar on the beach, the narrator walks into a robbery.email: thousandmovieproject at gmail dot cominstagram: @thousandmoviepodDe către Alexander Sorondo

People Who Live in Condemned Places by Alexander SorondoDe către Alexander Sorondo

A colleague leaves town following an attempted murder.email: thousandmovieproject at gmail dot cominstagram: @thousandmoviepodDe către Alexander Sorondo

PornHub released its annual infographic storm of data and reporting about the world's porn-watching habits. In today's episode we look at four of their "top" insights, and certain states' most-searched pornography. Feel free to say hey!email: thousandmovieproject at gmaildotcominstagram (new): thousandmoviepod…

Wherein the narrator riffs about a couple of true-crime/horrorish YouTube channels on which he spends a whole lotta time despite how consistently and completely they ruin his day.Feel free to reach out below!email: thousandmovieproject at gmail dot cominstagram (new): @thousandmoviepodDe către Alexander Sorondo

Wherein the narrator riffs about not *minding* when someone's a billionaire, so long as he knows it, but also for some reason gets really pissed when he learns that someone's *been* a billionaire this whole time and he didn't know it. email: thousandmovieproject at gmail dot cominstagram (new): @thousandmoviepod…

Wherein the narrator riffs about a kid who just broke a world record from his bedroom, and its resonance with something total strangers tell him three to five times a day at work.email: thousandmovieproject at gmail dot cominstagram: @thousandmoviepodDe către Alexander Sorondo

Wherein the narrator riffs about the retail/hospitality “season” being over, at least on Miami Beach, and about what the season entails, the ups and the downs, and contending with his own penchant for looking at the bad little things inside the better large ones.email: thousandmovieproject at gmail dot comig: thousandmoviepod…

Wherein the narrator riffs about John Dillinger's death (execution?) at the hands of federal agents in 1933 and goes from there into talking all about Wikileaks and the Mueller report--but not in a conspiratorial or educated way, just kinda muuusing. Yknow?email: thousandmovieproject at Gmailig: @thousandmoviepod…

Wherein the narrator riffs about Boxing Day, the weird symmetry of big fires in Kurt Vonnegut's life, and the "necessary" bummer of looking at something like Nobel laureate Saul Bellow's sad, late, Alzheimer's-induced fascination with PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN.email: thousandmovieproject at gmail dot cominstagram: @thousandmoviepod…