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Long Lead @longlead.com · 10h

Tomorrow is the last day to vote for LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET to win in all three categories. Help us win: bit.ly/m/longshadow...

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Vote for BREAKING THE INTERNET to win Signal Awards for best podcast.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 10h

LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET is nominated for three Signal Awards and we need YOUR help to win.

LONG SHADOW has won five Signal Awards for the first three seasons. The fourth season is nominated in the Best History, Best Documentary, and Best Technology podcast categories.

Top Podcast Long Shadow Is a Finalist at the Signal Awards Again

Vote here to help Long Shadow secure Signal Awards for Best History, Best Documentary, and Best Technology podcast.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 12h

For DEPTH PERCEPTION, @brinjonathanbutler.bsky.social spoke with Lewis about why the lives and work of so many uncelebrated and unrecognized government workers matter.

Read it now:
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"I can join this battle." Defending federal workers, Michael Lewis explains why their work matters

The author of 'The Big Short' goes long — with the help of some friends — on the unsung heroes of the U.S. federal government

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 12h

"The Big Short" writer Michael Lewis' new book of essays "Who Is Government?" challenges stereotypes about public servants as useless bureaucrats and instead shines a spotlight on how vital and essential these unsung workers are to making our country function.

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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 1d

As you watch this horrific video of a protesting priest being shot in the head with a pepper ball by federal agents, know this:

Less lethal projectiles are absolutely deadly, and have killed many people. Specifically, Boston police killed a Red Sox fan with pepper ball 21 years ago this month.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 15h

The last day to vote is tomorrow and we need your help. Vote for LONG SHADOW to win Best Technology Podcast now: bit.ly/LS4Technology

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 15h

Through three seasons of LONG SHADOW, the podcast has won five Signal Awards. With the release of season four — BREAKING THE INTERNET — the show is nominated for three more Signal Awards — Best Technology Podcast, Best History Podcast, and Best Documentary Podcast.

Top Podcast Long Shadow Is a Finalist at the Signal Awards Again

Vote here to help Long Shadow secure Signal Awards for Best History, Best Documentary, and Best Technology podcast.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 15h

LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET retraces the story of mankind’s greatest invention, a tool that gave everyone access to all the world’s information and unlocked democracy across the globe. bit.ly/m/longshadow...

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 1d

One thing that persisted: just because the war was over didn't mean anti-Asian sentiment was over in the United States.

In THE AGE OF INCARCERATION, Long Lead's latest feature highlighting testimonials from nine of the last survivors of the camps. Learn more by reading the full feature.

Japanese American Incarceration Survivors Remember What the US Forgot

During WWII, President Roosevelt invoked the Alien Enemies Act and incarcerated 125,000 Japanese Americans. Eighty years later, some of the camps’ last survivors reflect on lives scarred by injustice.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 1d

Many incarcerees had to rebuild their lives again, something that has impacted their families for generations. To this day, no proper academic study has been dedicated to determining the true amount of property and income losses that Japanese Americans experienced from their unjust incarceration.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 1d

After Japanese Americans were released from incarceration following the end of World War II, they were left with many decisions to make: return to their old communities where they used to have homes and thriving businesses before the war or make a new life for themselves with their one-way ticket?

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 2d

Many incarcerees had to rebuild their lives again, something that not only impacted them in the years following the war, but has trickled down generations.

Read about survivors' experiences at Long Lead's latest feature, THE AGE OF INCARCERATION: age-of-incarceration.longlead.com

Japanese American Incarceration Survivors Remember What the US Forgot

During WWII, President Roosevelt invoked the Alien Enemies Act and incarcerated 125,000 Japanese Americans. Eighty years later, some of the camps’ last survivors reflect on lives scarred by injustice.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 2d

At the end of Japanese American incarceration following WWII, each detainee was given $25 and a one-way ticket to their chosen destination to restart their lives.

But making a choice to return back to a community where many had thriving businesses and communities wasn't an easy decision to make.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 3d

Its demographic of “resisters” included community leaders, Buddhist priests, activists, and Japanese language teachers.

Learn more about Japanese American incarcerees' experiences at Long Lead's latest feature, THE AGE OF INCARCERATION: age-of-incarceration.longlead.com

Japanese American Incarceration Survivors Remember What the US Forgot

During WWII, President Roosevelt invoked the Alien Enemies Act and incarcerated 125,000 Japanese Americans. Eighty years later, some of the camps’ last survivors reflect on lives scarred by injustice.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 3d

Tule Lake survivor Kyoko Oda shares that the dehumanizing conditions led to the camp's environment sometimes feeling like a pressure cooker.

In late 1943, martial law was declared in the camp. Nearly 30,000 people were detained, and the camp eventually included an on-site jail and a stockade.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 3d

When Japanese Americans were sent to incarceration camps by the U.S. government during World War II, those deemed "disloyal" were sent to Tule Lake.

Over 24K people were detained in the notorious camp, which had a higher military presence, overcrowding, and unrest due to dehumanizing conditions.

Photo of Kyoko Oda, survivor of Tule Lake Japanese incarceration camp showing a newspaper clipping with headline, "Tule Lake Jap Riots, Sabotage Reported" with quote underneath: Tule Lake was basically not a melting pot. It was a hot boiling pot, ready for trouble. -KYOKO ODA, Tule Lake incarceration camp survivor

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d

The podcast producer shared with DEPTH PERCEPTION's Jenna Schnuer how the show evolved from the basic idea to the final seven-part story arc and how he worked with host Garrett Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) to figure out where to take the story.

Read more: longlead.substack.com/p/ryan-sweik...

Don't judge: Podcast producer Ryan Sweikert's secret to pulling the truth out of complex subjects

The producer behind 'Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet' sees the humanity in everybody — even the murderers and insurrectionists he's interviewed along the way.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d

Sweikart shares his "gold standard" is when you can weave "your interview with the real thing that actually happened" — something that he was able to bring together in episode six to explain how the "MAGA granny" fell down the Facebook rabbit hole, ultimately storming the Capitol on January 6.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d

When piecing together the evolution of the internet from a tool that once gave people hope to one that has torn the present world apart, LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET's producer Ryan Sweikart focused on focus and throughline to present the seven-episode limited series.

Photo of Ryan Sweikart with DEPTH PERCEPTION branding and quote, "I just see the humanity in everybody. Judgment from me is not going to get this person to tell the truth about what happened." -Ryan Sweikart, LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET podcast producer

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d

Today is Saint Francis Day. Honor the patron saint of animals by reading about Kurkurina's efforts at Long Lead's LIFTING UKRAINE: liftingukraine.longlead.com

Powerlifter Anna Kurkurina’s Rescue Mission for War-Torn Pets

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this champion weightlifter has saved and sheltered countless injured and orphaned animals.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d

Powerlifter Anna Kurkurina has set several world records for her strength, and now she’s Ukraine’s unexpected savior for creatures great and small, rescuing animals in the war-torn city of Mykolaiv. liftingukraine.longlead.com

Anna Kurkurina cuts a cake while celebrating her birthday surrounded by friends, neighbors, and animals. To the right, white text on a black background reads, “'My biggest dream is to visit a village one day and not see any stray animals.... Not because they've all been killed, but because they've all been spayed and neutered.' Anna Kurkurina, powerlifter and animal activist"

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 6d

From investing in Substack alternative Noosphere to working on a project trying to rebuild and scale local news, Todd is still trying to hold the center and give his audience the tools to make their own opinions.

Read his DEPTH PERCEPTION interview with @parkermolloy.com now.

From the hot seat to the outside: Chuck Todd's next chapter

The veteran political journalist discusses press freedom under threat, his proudest investigations, and that Dick Cheney interview he'll never forget.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 6d

Todd's gut reaction? “Sadness. Because the law is on the side of the media companies, and they just don't want to use it.” He shared, "What is happening now is this government has weaponized its power to influence the owners of these news organizations. So now I just wish they would sell them."

Screenshot from DEPTH PERCEPTION interview with Chuck Todd.

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Long Lead @longlead.com · 6d

When Parker Molloy spoke to @chucktoddd.bsky.social
last week for DEPTH PERCEPTION, the timing felt particularly urgent. ABC had just indefinitely pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" off the air.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 6d

Read Long Lead's feature AN UNNATURAL DISASTER to learn more about Canaan and how its citizens built their city by hand only to experience their democracy's fall: haiti.longlead.com

Canaan rose from an earthquake. Can it survive Haiti’s fall?

Questions come with building a city: How do we electrify homes? Who will form a government? Can police protect us from gangs?

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