Zinta Aistars
@zintaaistars.bsky.social
Z Word, LLC, creative director of writing and editing service; host of Story Beat radio show on WMUK 102.1; and living in denial on Z Acres
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Story Beat: Sharing the writing dream
Story Beat with Sharon Bippus
www.wmuk.org
My conversation on this week's Story Beat on WMUK 102.1 FM is with Sharon Bippus, administrator of the Kalamazoo Writers Disorganization. Tune in or listen online.
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-18/story-beat-sharing-the-writing-dream
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-18/story-beat-sharing-the-writing-dream
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 4/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 4/5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 3/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 3/5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 2/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 2/5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
The 60 Minutes segment on cecot that the T loyalist pulled before it could air. Canada aired it. Here it is.
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The 60 Minutes segment on cecot that the T loyalist pulled before it could air. Canada aired it. Here it is.
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
My conversation on this week's Story Beat on WMUK 102.1 FM is with Sharon Bippus, administrator of the Kalamazoo Writers Disorganization. Tune in or listen online.
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-18/story-beat-sharing-the-writing-dream
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-18/story-beat-sharing-the-writing-dream
Story Beat: Sharing the writing dream
Story Beat with Sharon Bippus
www.wmuk.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My conversation on this week's Story Beat on WMUK 102.1 FM is with Sharon Bippus, administrator of the Kalamazoo Writers Disorganization. Tune in or listen online.
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-18/story-beat-sharing-the-writing-dream
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-18/story-beat-sharing-the-writing-dream
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This is wild!
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This is wild!
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
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There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
December 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The winter issue of Welcome Home magazine is on racks now throughout greater Kalamazoo. Cover story plus three more inside are mine. Or read online.
welcomehomekzoo.com/wp-content/u...
welcomehomekzoo.com/wp-content/u...
December 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The winter issue of Welcome Home magazine is on racks now throughout greater Kalamazoo. Cover story plus three more inside are mine. Or read online.
welcomehomekzoo.com/wp-content/u...
welcomehomekzoo.com/wp-content/u...
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Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
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Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention: Pam Bondi meet John Mitchell.
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention: Pam Bondi meet John Mitchell.
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
My conversation on this week's Story Beat is with Amelia Katanski and Theo Neimann about Wheels of Change bicycle program. Tune in on WMUK 102.1 FM or listen online.
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/20...
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/20...
Story Beat: Wheels of change
Story Beat with Amelia Katanski and Theo Neimann
www.wmuk.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
My conversation on this week's Story Beat is with Amelia Katanski and Theo Neimann about Wheels of Change bicycle program. Tune in on WMUK 102.1 FM or listen online.
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/20...
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/20...
Breaks my heart. Andy was not only a friend, but my radio mentor. He brought me into Arts & More, then Between the Lines, then Art Beat, now Story Beat. We will miss you, Andy. 💔
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-08/andy-robins-who-led-wmuks-newsroom-for-more-than-20-years-dies-at-69
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-08/andy-robins-who-led-wmuks-newsroom-for-more-than-20-years-dies-at-69
Andy Robins, who led WMUK's newsroom for more than 20 years, dies at 69
Robins continued to advocate for the station, public broadcasting and local journalism in retirement.
www.wmuk.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Breaks my heart. Andy was not only a friend, but my radio mentor. He brought me into Arts & More, then Between the Lines, then Art Beat, now Story Beat. We will miss you, Andy. 💔
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-08/andy-robins-who-led-wmuks-newsroom-for-more-than-20-years-dies-at-69
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-08/andy-robins-who-led-wmuks-newsroom-for-more-than-20-years-dies-at-69
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#GVerse 🚨 #BreakingNews: ICE/Border Patrol just illegally pepper-sprayed a sitting member of congress in Tucson, Arizona.
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
#GVerse 🚨 #BreakingNews: ICE/Border Patrol just illegally pepper-sprayed a sitting member of congress in Tucson, Arizona.
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It's unbelievable how corrupt the Supreme Court is. It's insane that we are letting them get away with it. They are taking away all of our rights.
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It's unbelievable how corrupt the Supreme Court is. It's insane that we are letting them get away with it. They are taking away all of our rights.
My conversation on this week's Story Beat on WMUK 102.1 FM is with Amanda Stewart, CEO of Pretty Lake Camp in Mattawan, Michigan.
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-04/story-beat-more-than-a-camp
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-04/story-beat-more-than-a-camp
Story Beat: More than a camp
Story Beat with Amanda Stewart
www.wmuk.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My conversation on this week's Story Beat on WMUK 102.1 FM is with Amanda Stewart, CEO of Pretty Lake Camp in Mattawan, Michigan.
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-04/story-beat-more-than-a-camp
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-12-04/story-beat-more-than-a-camp
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
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🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
My conversation on this week's Story Beat on WMUK 102.1 FM is with Nicole Najar about mindful meditation.
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-11-27/story-beat-quieting-the-mind
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-11-27/story-beat-quieting-the-mind
Story Beat: Quieting the mind
Story Beat with Nicole Najar
www.wmuk.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
My conversation on this week's Story Beat on WMUK 102.1 FM is with Nicole Najar about mindful meditation.
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-11-27/story-beat-quieting-the-mind
www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-11-27/story-beat-quieting-the-mind