Daily Archives: November 28, 2024

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2024 book by Emily Nussbaum: * If you could knock your subjects off balance, they’d reveal a moment so shocking and, sometimes, so tender or surprising, that it would shatter viewer skepticism. It was … Continue reading →

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I’ve never become teary over an ad before

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Luke Ford

I’m stunned. Apple just released the single greatest pro-parenting ad in the history of American advertising. The pro-family cultural revolution is here. Watch. Try not to cry… pic.twitter.com/30JvZkuMjJ — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 28, 2024

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Capitalism vs Populism (11-28-24)

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Lions QB Jared Goff learns to release, https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5948798/2024/11/27/jared-goff-detroit-lions-mvp-dan-campbell-thanksgiving/02:00 Great Rabbinic Thinkers: Rabbi Samuel Mohilever (Part 1) || Dr. Marc Shapiro, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9DeyHTzWng05:00 This Maverick Thinker (Wolfgang Streeck) Is the Karl Marx of Our Time, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/opinion/wolfgang-streeck-populism.html29:00 NYT: What’s a Democratic Billionaire … Continue reading →

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