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Julie Shapiro
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Listening! A lot, always.
Also: @audioflux.bsky.social
Also: @thehorsethread.bsky.social

Previously: Radiotopia/PRX, Ear Hustle, ABC (down under),Third Coast Int'l Audio Festival, many record stores...
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Julie Shapiro @jatomic.bsky.social · Dec 26
In service of the "sonorous new year" I've been wishing others, I'm cooking up a daily listening homage / adventure / practice for 2025, and will be posting about it here. I can promise amazement, bemusement, occasional confusion, and pure sonic delight. More info and daily links start January 1 ✨
jatomic.bsky.social
Def embracing the NEW in new year, over here 🙌
audioflux.bsky.social Audio Flux @audioflux.bsky.social · 15h
New year, new communication platform 🎉 We're trying something a little more interactive, proactive, active-active, and fun, with Audio Flux communications this year. Come along, ok?

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New year, new circuit in the works, new communication platform!
Hello Flux Friends!
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January 14, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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audioflux.bsky.social
New year, new communication platform 🎉 We're trying something a little more interactive, proactive, active-active, and fun, with Audio Flux communications this year. Come along, ok?

audioflux.substack.com/p/new-year-n...
New year, new circuit in the works, new communication platform!
Hello Flux Friends!
audioflux.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
jatomic.bsky.social
Srsly how am I supposed to get anything done with this guy around now? #timtam #coworkers 😍
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
jatomic.bsky.social
New! Friend! Alert! Meet TimTam. Yes, like the best Australian cookie.
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
jatomic.bsky.social
A small good thing today: receiving two separate pieces of Real Mail sporting stamps designed by Chris Ware. 📫
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.

Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org:

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Protecting the first drafts of history - Nieman Storyboard
How do we capture the truth, and keep it safe? Plus: NPR's Tonya Mosley on the art of the interview
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January 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
jatomic.bsky.social
Sometime you can't find the word and sometimes you find the perfect word. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/h...
Definition of HODGEPODGE
a heterogeneous mixture : jumble… See the full definition
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January 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Make it viral.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Boston stands with the people of Minneapolis.
Statement on ICE Shooting of Renee Nicole Good Tonight, our hearts are with Renee Good’s family and loved ones as they grieve this terrible loss. Once again, we can see with our own eyes the cruel and vicious agenda of the Trump administration. To protect our residents, we must end the mass deployment of ICE agents into American cities and restore rule of law and basic accountability from the federal government. Boston stands with the people of Minneapolis. Mayor Michelle Wu
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 AM
jatomic.bsky.social
Dec 31 / A new universal birthday song in cahoots with the Jolly Green Giant is perfect for bringing this 2025 daily listening ritual to a close. AMEN 🙌

365. Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians- Fo Fum Fi Fee and New Happy Birthday Song
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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December 30 / "Ahhh would you burn me a slim one?" Banger of a German ad for lady cigarettes in this, our penultimate track of the year 💅

364. Swing A Little, Kim A Little [3:02]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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December 29 / WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? Growling Bollywood bebbop? First thing on the last Monday of 2025... I like it.

363. Sonik Omi - Ree Baba Ree Baba [2:52]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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romanmars.bsky.social
I just think it’s so much cooler and more interesting to try to be the best audio show rather than the shittiest television show
December 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
jatomic.bsky.social
December 28 / Faux 3.5yo baby girl voice howling about Jesus = the sonic equivalent of jamming forks into eyeballs. Pairs decently with Yellow Swan's "Drift" however, if you please.

362. Baby Lu-Lu - Jesus Loves Me [2:56]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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December 27 / Holy Skipper! Synecdoche, semiotics, microcosms, self-reflexism: @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social episode or performative gender deconstruction of Gilligan's Island?

361. Excerpt from "Soundings" - Week of April 2 1989
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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December 26 / All hail Stephen Sondheim's alma mater, the Quaker boarding school responsible for this groovy mythological metaphor / hippie ballad.

360. The George School - Journey Of Persephone/High Hoppers/Sweet Honey [13:42]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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December 25 / Christmas Day home recordings from back then (1947) basically sound a lot like Christmas Day voice memos from now (202X). Chaotic, out of tune, each family's own signature dynamic.

359. Christmas Gathering 1947 [6:32]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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December 24 / A gem of an adaptation here, for all the rockhounds out there. Charming, in fact! 🪨💎

358. Edna F. Pauli (San Fernando Valley, California, Mineral & Gem Society) - The Night Before Christmas [2:55]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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December 23 / No Xmas is complete without a happy-holidays- Elvis / happy-birthday-jesus song by a nine year old from Nashville.

357. Michele Cody - Merry Christmas Elvis [2:34]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
jatomic.bsky.social
Dec 22 / Early cultural imprint from the man eventually responsible for signing Elton John, Neil Diamond and Barry White to UNI Records/MCA.

356. Dudley Dogg, Jr. - The Christmas Puppy [2:40]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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December 21 / I can say with confidence this is the first recording I've heard that starts with a 3 minute rhyming poem from the perspective of... HEROIN.

355. Gloria Kirkpatrick - Miss Heroin / Joe Lee Kirkpatrick - Testimony [9:48]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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December 20 / Maybe take some drugs and then enjoy this Christmas radio drama / electricity propaganda.

I mean, it's not a *terrible* idea to equip Santa with an electric blanket. 🤔⚡⚡🤔

354. REMC - A Wise Elf Saves Christmas [10:14]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
jatomic.bsky.social
December 19 / From the opening notes, just what you need on the Friday before Christmas to get you in the mood for whatever chaos awaits. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

BLAST OFF 🚀

353. Kristy & Jimmy McNichol - Hot Tunes [3:46]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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all the elements had combined to rot a thing that hung so idly
December 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM