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Category Archives: Interviews
The Grammar of the Question: John Sawatsky and the Science of the Interview
John Sawatsky’s name carries weight inside newsrooms and almost none outside them. He won no celebrity, advanced no ideology, and published no book that the general reading public remembers. His standing rests on taking the most ordinary act in reporting, … Continue reading
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NYT: CBS Rebukes Anchor Over Tense Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates
The New York Times reports: Executives said the interview, conducted by the morning show anchor Tony Dokoupil, had fallen short of network editorial standards… CBS News on Monday rebuked one of its star morning anchors, Tony Dokoupil, over an interview … Continue reading
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Decoding The Anti-Israel, Pro-Palestine Campus Protests (5-5-24)
01:00 My analysis of campus protests: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15496103:00 National Review: Since When Does Criminal Law Not Apply to College Campus Protests?,https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/since-when-does-criminal-law-not-apply-to-college-campus-protests/10:00 New York Times podcast on campus protests, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV1_3EovQZs13:00 Journalist Lydia Polgreen, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Polgreen16:30 Victor Davis Hanson: Radical Far-Left Palestine protests threaten … Continue reading
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Margarita Interview (Posture, God, Morality, Neuroscience, Redpills) 4-30-21
Excerpt taken from full show 4-30-21: Margarita, essayist: https://twitter.com/margaritaevna95 00:00 Margarita’s Substack, https://margaritasmanuscript.substack.com/ 01:20 Sincerity and loneliness 05:20 Margarita’s worldview 11:20 Margarita was raised Hindu 23:00 Feminism 27:30 Getting redpilled 35:00 Jordan Peterson 1:24:30 Philosophy of health 1:28:00 Prozac and … Continue reading
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