Ross Reynolds
@rossrey.bsky.social
Interviewer/Convener/Moderator. Ex-KUOW. KBOO. WCUW rossreynolds.com
Senioritis What is it? Why is it? What is to be done. www.rossreynolds.com/rossophonic/...
December 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Senioritis What is it? Why is it? What is to be done. www.rossreynolds.com/rossophonic/...
Concerned about A.I. and the environment? This is a must-listen You can hear it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/p...
Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped
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December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Concerned about A.I. and the environment? This is a must-listen You can hear it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/p...
Trump and his critics missed on tariff predications. www.wsj.com/economy/why-...
Why Everyone Got Trump’s Tariffs Wrong
The president predicted a manufacturing renaissance. Economists forecast recession and runaway inflation. None of it has come to pass.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trump and his critics missed on tariff predications. www.wsj.com/economy/why-...
People v. Pigeons
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Why Sound Transit is waging a ceaseless battle against birds
Millions are spent to clean up after the birds and to install spikes and nets to keep them from fouling transit stations and bridges. Are birth control pills next?
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November 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
People v. Pigeons
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I was deeply moved by the New York Times 'The Daily' podcast today. It's a parents story of how far they've had to go care for one of their six children. Parenting a Trans-child in Trump's America
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
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Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
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November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I was deeply moved by the New York Times 'The Daily' podcast today. It's a parents story of how far they've had to go care for one of their six children. Parenting a Trans-child in Trump's America
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
My review of the transcription service I've been using open.substack.com/pub/rossrey/...
Transcription Services
The one I like
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November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My review of the transcription service I've been using open.substack.com/pub/rossrey/...
Some say a public radio call-in program could ever seriously address the question 'what is the meaning of live?'. Some are wrong! See why at rossreynolds.com. I finally put that expensive philosophy degree to work.
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Some say a public radio call-in program could ever seriously address the question 'what is the meaning of live?'. Some are wrong! See why at rossreynolds.com. I finally put that expensive philosophy degree to work.
Hop harvesting Morrier Ranch Yakima
September 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Hop harvesting Morrier Ranch Yakima
The 1967 satirical book, Report from Iron Mountain, became a real-world conspiracy theory. Written as a hoax, decades later, conspiracists used it as "proof" that environmentalism is a government plot. Learn more in Ghosts of Iron Mountain by Phil Tinline. HIghly recommended
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The 1967 satirical book, Report from Iron Mountain, became a real-world conspiracy theory. Written as a hoax, decades later, conspiracists used it as "proof" that environmentalism is a government plot. Learn more in Ghosts of Iron Mountain by Phil Tinline. HIghly recommended
Donald Trump is unpopular. Why is it so hard to stand up to him? Republicans are servile. Courts are slow. Can the Democrats rouse themselves?https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/09/04/donald-trump-is-unpopular-why-is-it-so-hard-to-stand-up-to-him
Donald Trump is unpopular. Why is it so hard to stand up to him?
Republicans are servile. Courts are slow. Can the Democrats rouse themselves?
www.economist.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Donald Trump is unpopular. Why is it so hard to stand up to him? Republicans are servile. Courts are slow. Can the Democrats rouse themselves?https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/09/04/donald-trump-is-unpopular-why-is-it-so-hard-to-stand-up-to-him
Putin’s petrostate faces a kamikaze petrol crisis
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Putin’s petrostate faces a kamikaze petrol crisis
Drivers queue as Ukraine’s drones take out 20% of refining capacity
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September 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Putin’s petrostate faces a kamikaze petrol crisis
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Cracker Barrell was too damn woke for Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What the Cracker Barrel backlash shows about Maga’s influence on US culture
What likely started as a routine refresh spiraled into a political storm that went all the way to the US president
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August 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Cracker Barrell was too damn woke for Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Where do we go from here? Look to Brazil www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity
It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever
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August 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Where do we go from here? Look to Brazil www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Gravity exerts its pull on Trumpian fake-onomics. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
The Mystery of the Strong Economy Has Finally Been Solved
Turns out it wasn’t actually that strong.
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August 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Gravity exerts its pull on Trumpian fake-onomics. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
It's incredible that in 1993 Laurie Anderson wrote a book about her first 20 years as an artist. Enjoy this interview with transcript.
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Laurie Anderson 1993 — Ross Reynolds
Performance artist Laurie Anderson from 1993 on her first 20 years as an artist.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's incredible that in 1993 Laurie Anderson wrote a book about her first 20 years as an artist. Enjoy this interview with transcript.
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Jackie Venson cookin’ at Harbor Steps Seattle
July 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Jackie Venson cookin’ at Harbor Steps Seattle
When pollsters ask (Americans) to estimate what proportion of its budget the federal government spends helping people abroad, the average answer is 26%. In reality it is about 1%, 0.25% of America’s GDP. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Five charts explain Trump’s cuts to foreign aid
If Congress approves, the cuts would save less than Americans think—and risk countless lives
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July 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When pollsters ask (Americans) to estimate what proportion of its budget the federal government spends helping people abroad, the average answer is 26%. In reality it is about 1%, 0.25% of America’s GDP. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
I’m not known as a great defender of the CIA but neither am I a defender of willful ignorance." #TheGuardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
CIA historian Tim Weiner: ‘Trump has put national security in the hands of crackpots and fools’
The longtime chronicler of the spy agency on his Legacy of Ashes follow-up and what keeps him up at night
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July 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I’m not known as a great defender of the CIA but neither am I a defender of willful ignorance." #TheGuardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
The web is killing newspapers. Now AI is killing the web. www.economist.com/business/202...
AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?
The rise of ChatGPT and its rivals is undermining the economic bargain of the internet
www.economist.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The web is killing newspapers. Now AI is killing the web. www.economist.com/business/202...
"How America’s economy is dodging disaster
It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs" www.economist.com/finance-and-...
It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs" www.economist.com/finance-and-...
How America’s economy is dodging disaster
It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs
www.economist.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"How America’s economy is dodging disaster
It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs" www.economist.com/finance-and-...
It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs" www.economist.com/finance-and-...
“We already lost 12 million people... We now face this, more deaths. Health is a human right, no one should die if we can prevent it." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths
Winnie Byanyima tells the Guardian she considered resigning when Donald Trump cancelled Pepfar funding
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July 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“We already lost 12 million people... We now face this, more deaths. Health is a human right, no one should die if we can prevent it." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
"Senate Republicans squeaked through Donald Trump’s megabill on Tuesday, 51-50, and cue the onslaught of misleading claims from Democratic opponents and their Beltway copywriters." www.wsj.com/opinion/big-...
Opinion | Big, Beautiful Distortions
Senate Republicans pass their megabill. Cue the liberal and media spin.
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July 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Senate Republicans squeaked through Donald Trump’s megabill on Tuesday, 51-50, and cue the onslaught of misleading claims from Democratic opponents and their Beltway copywriters." www.wsj.com/opinion/big-...
Superwood! www.wsj.com/tech/inventw...
It’s Bulletproof, Fire-Resistant and Stronger Than Steel. It’s Superwood.
Waste wood scraps, changed at the molecular level, could become heavy-duty building materials—and even replace plastic, aluminum and carbon fiber in our vehicles and gadgets.
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July 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Superwood! www.wsj.com/tech/inventw...
"It illustrates the long-term damage Mr Trump is doing to the foundations of America’s economy. " www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Trumponomics 2.0 will erode the foundations of America’s prosperity
The Big Beautiful Bill is symptomatic of a wider malaise
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July 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"It illustrates the long-term damage Mr Trump is doing to the foundations of America’s economy. " www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
An amusing diatribe against The Wrap. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Worst Sandwich Is Back
Wraps are popular again. So is a certain kind of physique.
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July 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
An amusing diatribe against The Wrap. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...