Peter Sagal
@petersagal.bsky.social
I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things.
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Who Would Win?
Why kids can’t get enough of these battles to the death
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Thankful today I’ve been able to contribute to The Atlantic, a magazine I admire greatly which employs writers I admire even more. My latest: on my son’s favorite books, and their delightful author.
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I knew him way back when. A serious actor who wanted to transcend just being Luke, and deserved to.
Breaking News: Anthony Geary, the actor best known for portraying Luke Spencer on the popular soap opera “General Hospital,” died at 78. Geary helped change the landscape of daytime television.
Anthony Geary, Luke on ‘General Hospital’ Star, Dies at 78
Portraying Luke Spencer, he was one of the best-known soap opera stars in American television. His onscreen romance with Laura Webber, played by Genie Francis, changed the landscape of daytime television.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I knew him way back when. A serious actor who wanted to transcend just being Luke, and deserved to.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
So our heat is out (brrr) and I had to call the HVAC company and I ended up speaking to a very nice young woman who said she'd take down my info and pass it on to a technician and was confirming my phone number, which starts with 312... and she said "Is it Three Twelve..." and I was like:
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
So our heat is out (brrr) and I had to call the HVAC company and I ended up speaking to a very nice young woman who said she'd take down my info and pass it on to a technician and was confirming my phone number, which starts with 312... and she said "Is it Three Twelve..." and I was like:
OH MY GOD
The bear is now one of the renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web
December 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
OH MY GOD
Nice scoop from DOJ whisperer Sadie Gurman and C Ryan Barber in the WSJ: How the FBI finally found the DNC/RNC pipe bomber, and how it had nothing to do with new leadership. (Gift link.)
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www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
How a Tech-Savvy Officer Finally Cracked the Jan. 6 Pipe-Bombs Case
Investigators used powerful tools to obtain mountains of data, but couldn’t decipher some of it until recently.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Nice scoop from DOJ whisperer Sadie Gurman and C Ryan Barber in the WSJ: How the FBI finally found the DNC/RNC pipe bomber, and how it had nothing to do with new leadership. (Gift link.)
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
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One thing that I have always admired about Dan — something that’s been particularly obvious this year — is his investment in the communities of which he’s a part. What a great idea this is. bsky.app/profile/dans...
Small-scale, fiercely independent journalism rarely gets recognition when awards are handed out, but it's vital in our communities—especially this year. So I made an award and am thrilled to announce @unraveledpress.com and @lataco.bsky.social as the inaugural winners. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
Announcing the Inaugural Snooping Newsie Awards for Excellence in Independent Journalism | dansinker.com
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December 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
One thing that I have always admired about Dan — something that’s been particularly obvious this year — is his investment in the communities of which he’s a part. What a great idea this is. bsky.app/profile/dans...
A 2016 interview with Scott Simon, in which Rob Reiner and his son Nick talk about a film they made together based on Nick's struggles with addiction.
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Rob And Nick Reiner Say 'Being Charlie' Is 'Drawn From Our Lives'
Being Charlie is a new film about addiction in a Hollywood family. It's a story director Rob Reiner and his son, writer Nick Reiner, say they know well because of their own family's struggles.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A 2016 interview with Scott Simon, in which Rob Reiner and his son Nick talk about a film they made together based on Nick's struggles with addiction.
www.npr.org/2016/04/30/4...
www.npr.org/2016/04/30/4...
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Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
December 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
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How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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I have a theory that Both Sides tend to mirror each other’s rhetoric and accusations. Sometimes it’s human nature — people tend to be frightened/triggered/enraged by the same things. Sometimes it’s intentional. This is intentional.
December 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I have a theory that Both Sides tend to mirror each other’s rhetoric and accusations. Sometimes it’s human nature — people tend to be frightened/triggered/enraged by the same things. Sometimes it’s intentional. This is intentional.
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Morning Edition closed a segment with your clip earlier this week. It was sublime. www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
Dick Van Dyke is turning 100! Here's how he danced into our lives
In a matter of a few years in the 1960s, Dick Van Dyke became a star on Broadway, television and the silver screen.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Morning Edition closed a segment with your clip earlier this week. It was sublime. www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
(1/2) People often ask: Who was your favorite NMJ Guest? And I usually say: There have been so many wonderful ones, but my favorites have tended to be the people I admired when I was young, who I then got to meet and found out that yes, they were just as wonderful as I hoped.
December 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
(1/2) People often ask: Who was your favorite NMJ Guest? And I usually say: There have been so many wonderful ones, but my favorites have tended to be the people I admired when I was young, who I then got to meet and found out that yes, they were just as wonderful as I hoped.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Portland!!! I'm in town for three shows 12/30-12/31! Come enjoy my new jokes and raise a local IPA (or some such thing) to the new year! portland.heliumcomedy.com/shows/342084
Helium Comedy Club | Special Event: Josh Gondelman
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December 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Portland!!! I'm in town for three shows 12/30-12/31! Come enjoy my new jokes and raise a local IPA (or some such thing) to the new year! portland.heliumcomedy.com/shows/342084
Haven’t seen this movie, but I recently (finally) watched “Uncut Gems” and had the same reaction to Sandler as I did to ScarJo when I saw “Under The Skin:” — if this had been the debut of either actor, they would have been immediately hailed as some of the greatest we have.
Watched JAY KELLY, which I enjoyed bc I like Clooney in everything. But also: kinda wild how Adam Sandler has like a 100% hit rate in serious roles?
December 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Haven’t seen this movie, but I recently (finally) watched “Uncut Gems” and had the same reaction to Sandler as I did to ScarJo when I saw “Under The Skin:” — if this had been the debut of either actor, they would have been immediately hailed as some of the greatest we have.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: we are living in an endless real life reiteration of the Austin Powers “Swedish Penis Pump” gag.
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: we are living in an endless real life reiteration of the Austin Powers “Swedish Penis Pump” gag.
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is a genuine question:
At that moment, a reporter says something like, "That's a lie! Why do you continue to lie to the American people?"'
Other than generating viral posts and driving the news cycle for a few hours, what do you think would then happen?
At that moment, a reporter says something like, "That's a lie! Why do you continue to lie to the American people?"'
Other than generating viral posts and driving the news cycle for a few hours, what do you think would then happen?
This the core problem with the White House Press Corps encapsulated: Karoline Leavitt just lied right to your face, you know she's incorrect, and you just move on to your next topic.
It matters that she's wrong and/or lying about it! Stay there!
It matters that she's wrong and/or lying about it! Stay there!
Q: You acknowledged that CPI in January was 3%. In September, the last month we have data, it was also 3%
LEAVITT: It's 2.5%
Q: Not in September. It was 3%
LEAVITT: I have it in front of me
LEAVITT: It's 2.5%
Q: Not in September. It was 3%
LEAVITT: I have it in front of me
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This is a genuine question:
At that moment, a reporter says something like, "That's a lie! Why do you continue to lie to the American people?"'
Other than generating viral posts and driving the news cycle for a few hours, what do you think would then happen?
At that moment, a reporter says something like, "That's a lie! Why do you continue to lie to the American people?"'
Other than generating viral posts and driving the news cycle for a few hours, what do you think would then happen?
Looming over all the details here of dishonesty, etc. is that in the first weeks of the Administration's deportion push, they deported a man in error.
And rather than simply admit that and bring him back, they have gone to Kafka-esque lengths to punish him for the effrontery of being innocent.
And rather than simply admit that and bring him back, they have gone to Kafka-esque lengths to punish him for the effrontery of being innocent.
BREAKING: Judge Paula Xinis orders the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Looming over all the details here of dishonesty, etc. is that in the first weeks of the Administration's deportion push, they deported a man in error.
And rather than simply admit that and bring him back, they have gone to Kafka-esque lengths to punish him for the effrontery of being innocent.
And rather than simply admit that and bring him back, they have gone to Kafka-esque lengths to punish him for the effrontery of being innocent.
Saw this movie in the theater when it came out, and loved it, esp because I lived in LA near the single block where it all takes place.
As for a movie I've seen once and admired immensely but said at the time I'd never watch it again and still haven't: Schindler's List.
As for a movie I've seen once and admired immensely but said at the time I'd never watch it again and still haven't: Schindler's List.
Requiem for a Dream is the obvious answer, so I'll put a plug in for a movie not as many people have heard about, but should: Miracle Mile
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imdb.com/title/tt0097...
December 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Saw this movie in the theater when it came out, and loved it, esp because I lived in LA near the single block where it all takes place.
As for a movie I've seen once and admired immensely but said at the time I'd never watch it again and still haven't: Schindler's List.
As for a movie I've seen once and admired immensely but said at the time I'd never watch it again and still haven't: Schindler's List.
The War of 1812 was caused in great part by Great Britain seizing US ships illegally. (Been re-reading Patrick O'Brien for mental health and so it's top of mind.)
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The War of 1812 was caused in great part by Great Britain seizing US ships illegally. (Been re-reading Patrick O'Brien for mental health and so it's top of mind.)
No idea if its literally true, but this pic of the renovated plaza shows the influence of Whyte, and other new urbanists. Other great examples: Millennium Park, outside my window. The extensive new Embarcadero in SF. Times Square!
Old pic! America's Best Mayor™️ @wutrain.bsky.social, who likes & defends the Boston City Hall building for unknown reasons, has taken steps to make the plaza more welcoming. The playground featuring COP SLIDE is one of the nicer ones in the city.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
No idea if its literally true, but this pic of the renovated plaza shows the influence of Whyte, and other new urbanists. Other great examples: Millennium Park, outside my window. The extensive new Embarcadero in SF. Times Square!
I had been wondering what the... uh... East Vacuum of the White House looked like now, as all the results from a Google image search showed pics from the demolition months ago.
That is a really big hole.
That is a really big hole.
Exclusive: Despite a shakeup in the architectural team designing President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, the size and scope of the project haven’t changed. With foundation already being poured, the president’s 90,000-square-foot vision will be completed
Trump’s New Architect Is Sticking With Ballroom’s Giant Size
With construction underway, the president’s 90,000-square-foot vision will be completed.
bloom.bg
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I had been wondering what the... uh... East Vacuum of the White House looked like now, as all the results from a Google image search showed pics from the demolition months ago.
That is a really big hole.
That is a really big hole.
Nixon could have saved so much trouble and money installing a WH taping system just by typing out his rants and posting them.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Nixon could have saved so much trouble and money installing a WH taping system just by typing out his rants and posting them.