danny hensel
@dannyhensel.bsky.social
producer and movies/tv/stage editor for npr’s weekend edition, from chicagoland, live in dc, mostly movie and music stuff online. go blue!
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in case you missed it, I WAS ON NPR TALKING ABOUT COW TOOLS THIS MORNING AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT:
A lot going on in the news, but if you want a small break, I talked with @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social about "Cow Tools" and cows using tools www.npr.org/2026/01/25/n...
Videos of cows using tools are drawing attention back to a cult-favorite cow comic
A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip called "Cow Tools."
www.npr.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
in case you missed it, I WAS ON NPR TALKING ABOUT COW TOOLS THIS MORNING AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT:
A lot going on in the news, but if you want a small break, I talked with @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social about "Cow Tools" and cows using tools www.npr.org/2026/01/25/n...
Videos of cows using tools are drawing attention back to a cult-favorite cow comic
A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip called "Cow Tools."
www.npr.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:45 PM
A lot going on in the news, but if you want a small break, I talked with @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social about "Cow Tools" and cows using tools www.npr.org/2026/01/25/n...
Oscar nominees on NPR's Weekend Edition!
THE SECRET AGENT is up for Best Picture, Actor, Foreign Film and Casting. We spoke with nominee Wagner Moura, who stars in the film. www.npr.org/2025/12/06/n...
THE SECRET AGENT is up for Best Picture, Actor, Foreign Film and Casting. We spoke with nominee Wagner Moura, who stars in the film. www.npr.org/2025/12/06/n...
Actor Wagner Moura talks about his role in the new Brazilian film, 'The Secret Agent'
NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with actor Wagner Moura, who stars in the new Brazilian film, "The Secret Agent."
www.npr.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Oscar nominees on NPR's Weekend Edition!
THE SECRET AGENT is up for Best Picture, Actor, Foreign Film and Casting. We spoke with nominee Wagner Moura, who stars in the film. www.npr.org/2025/12/06/n...
THE SECRET AGENT is up for Best Picture, Actor, Foreign Film and Casting. We spoke with nominee Wagner Moura, who stars in the film. www.npr.org/2025/12/06/n...
@cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social Hi there! I'm a producer with NPR's Weekend Edition. Would you like to talk to us about the news about cows using tools? (www.npr.org/2026/01/19/n...) Let me know! You can send me an email at dhensel at npr dot org.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Cows use tools too
Austrian researchers say they've found the first known example of tool use by cattle, courtesy of a Swiss-Brown cow named Veronika.
www.npr.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
@cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social Hi there! I'm a producer with NPR's Weekend Edition. Would you like to talk to us about the news about cows using tools? (www.npr.org/2026/01/19/n...) Let me know! You can send me an email at dhensel at npr dot org.
Thanks!
Thanks!
best picture nominees in my 2026 movie ranking (out of 96 movies)
1. one battle after another
5. marty supreme
9. the secret agent
19. bugonia
27. sentimental value
41. train dreams
62. f1
66. frankenstein
75. sinners
89. hamnet
1. one battle after another
5. marty supreme
9. the secret agent
19. bugonia
27. sentimental value
41. train dreams
62. f1
66. frankenstein
75. sinners
89. hamnet
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
best picture nominees in my 2026 movie ranking (out of 96 movies)
1. one battle after another
5. marty supreme
9. the secret agent
19. bugonia
27. sentimental value
41. train dreams
62. f1
66. frankenstein
75. sinners
89. hamnet
1. one battle after another
5. marty supreme
9. the secret agent
19. bugonia
27. sentimental value
41. train dreams
62. f1
66. frankenstein
75. sinners
89. hamnet
i've reached 50 movies from 1999. top 10:
1. eyes wide shut
2. being john malkovich
3. election
4. the insider
5. all about my mother
6. the straight story
7. show me love
8. the limey
9. the matrix
10. galaxy quest
1. eyes wide shut
2. being john malkovich
3. election
4. the insider
5. all about my mother
6. the straight story
7. show me love
8. the limey
9. the matrix
10. galaxy quest
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 AM
i've reached 50 movies from 1999. top 10:
1. eyes wide shut
2. being john malkovich
3. election
4. the insider
5. all about my mother
6. the straight story
7. show me love
8. the limey
9. the matrix
10. galaxy quest
1. eyes wide shut
2. being john malkovich
3. election
4. the insider
5. all about my mother
6. the straight story
7. show me love
8. the limey
9. the matrix
10. galaxy quest
Hey so stupidly i started a substack where i just write about the movies i watch and the music i listen to and the books i read. that's it! subscribe or don't! i don't care. my dad told me to do this because he said his friends would read it
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January 20, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Hey so stupidly i started a substack where i just write about the movies i watch and the music i listen to and the books i read. that's it! subscribe or don't! i don't care. my dad told me to do this because he said his friends would read it
dannyhensel.substack.com
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i've reached 20 movies from 1978. my top 10:
1. invasion of the body snatchers
2. the last waltz
3. days of heaven
4. i wanna hold your hand
5. superman
6. the deer hunter
7. blue collar
8. the wiz
9. a wedding
10. halloween
1. invasion of the body snatchers
2. the last waltz
3. days of heaven
4. i wanna hold your hand
5. superman
6. the deer hunter
7. blue collar
8. the wiz
9. a wedding
10. halloween
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
i've reached 20 movies from 1978. my top 10:
1. invasion of the body snatchers
2. the last waltz
3. days of heaven
4. i wanna hold your hand
5. superman
6. the deer hunter
7. blue collar
8. the wiz
9. a wedding
10. halloween
1. invasion of the body snatchers
2. the last waltz
3. days of heaven
4. i wanna hold your hand
5. superman
6. the deer hunter
7. blue collar
8. the wiz
9. a wedding
10. halloween
i've reached 40 films from 1996. my top 10:
1. fargo
2. trainspotting
3. lone star
4. mars attacks!
5. jerry maguire
6. walking and talking
7. bottle rocket
8. dead man
9. bound
10. secrets & lies
1. fargo
2. trainspotting
3. lone star
4. mars attacks!
5. jerry maguire
6. walking and talking
7. bottle rocket
8. dead man
9. bound
10. secrets & lies
January 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
i've reached 40 films from 1996. my top 10:
1. fargo
2. trainspotting
3. lone star
4. mars attacks!
5. jerry maguire
6. walking and talking
7. bottle rocket
8. dead man
9. bound
10. secrets & lies
1. fargo
2. trainspotting
3. lone star
4. mars attacks!
5. jerry maguire
6. walking and talking
7. bottle rocket
8. dead man
9. bound
10. secrets & lies
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Yall not only is BOYZ N THE HOOD in the Criterion Collection but so are BABY BOY and POETIC JUSTICE too!! This is amazing news.
January 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Yall not only is BOYZ N THE HOOD in the Criterion Collection but so are BABY BOY and POETIC JUSTICE too!! This is amazing news.
favorite bits of scores of 2025:
"Trust Device" - Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
"Force Of Life" - Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme
"Black Bag" - David Holmes, Black Bag
"The Chase" - Fergus McCreadle, Highest 2 Lowest
Basically everything happening in "The Mastermind"
"Trust Device" - Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
"Force Of Life" - Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme
"Black Bag" - David Holmes, Black Bag
"The Chase" - Fergus McCreadle, Highest 2 Lowest
Basically everything happening in "The Mastermind"
January 14, 2026 at 3:18 AM
favorite bits of scores of 2025:
"Trust Device" - Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
"Force Of Life" - Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme
"Black Bag" - David Holmes, Black Bag
"The Chase" - Fergus McCreadle, Highest 2 Lowest
Basically everything happening in "The Mastermind"
"Trust Device" - Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
"Force Of Life" - Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme
"Black Bag" - David Holmes, Black Bag
"The Chase" - Fergus McCreadle, Highest 2 Lowest
Basically everything happening in "The Mastermind"
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Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
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I was rooting for NPR.
January 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I was rooting for NPR.
Can't wait for the Olympics
January 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't wait for the Olympics
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Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
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On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
BLACK NARCISSUS has replaced NIGHTMARE ALLEY as my favorite movie of 1947
January 6, 2026 at 5:08 AM
BLACK NARCISSUS has replaced NIGHTMARE ALLEY as my favorite movie of 1947
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As if there's not enough to be upset about right now, I finally showed my kids Broadcast News last night and one of them promptly fell asleep while the other, possibly to troll me, started vocally rooting for William Hurt.
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 PM
As if there's not enough to be upset about right now, I finally showed my kids Broadcast News last night and one of them promptly fell asleep while the other, possibly to troll me, started vocally rooting for William Hurt.
directing again today! music used:
Mogwai
ML Buch
Uly
King Krule
Bon Iver
Disasterpeace
Ben Hackett
Alison Krauss
Fuubutsushi
Mount Kimbie
Tortoise
Ugly
Airiel
Anna von Hausswolff
Mogwai
ML Buch
Uly
King Krule
Bon Iver
Disasterpeace
Ben Hackett
Alison Krauss
Fuubutsushi
Mount Kimbie
Tortoise
Ugly
Airiel
Anna von Hausswolff
January 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
directing again today! music used:
Mogwai
ML Buch
Uly
King Krule
Bon Iver
Disasterpeace
Ben Hackett
Alison Krauss
Fuubutsushi
Mount Kimbie
Tortoise
Ugly
Airiel
Anna von Hausswolff
Mogwai
ML Buch
Uly
King Krule
Bon Iver
Disasterpeace
Ben Hackett
Alison Krauss
Fuubutsushi
Mount Kimbie
Tortoise
Ugly
Airiel
Anna von Hausswolff
Charlie Polinger on THE PLAGUE www.npr.org/2026/01/03/n...
Coming of age takes a terrifying turn in Charlie Polinger's 'The Plague'
NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with writer and director Charlie Polinger about his new horror film, "The Plague."
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January 4, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Charlie Polinger on THE PLAGUE www.npr.org/2026/01/03/n...
music used on today's broadcast:
Loving
Madeline Kenney
Blue Lake
Smerz
Tortoise
Hannah Frances
Grant Gordy
Paco Cathcart
Kele
David Holmes
Sunlight Ascending
Perfume Genius
Ratboys
Galt McDermot
Loving
Madeline Kenney
Blue Lake
Smerz
Tortoise
Hannah Frances
Grant Gordy
Paco Cathcart
Kele
David Holmes
Sunlight Ascending
Perfume Genius
Ratboys
Galt McDermot
January 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
music used on today's broadcast:
Loving
Madeline Kenney
Blue Lake
Smerz
Tortoise
Hannah Frances
Grant Gordy
Paco Cathcart
Kele
David Holmes
Sunlight Ascending
Perfume Genius
Ratboys
Galt McDermot
Loving
Madeline Kenney
Blue Lake
Smerz
Tortoise
Hannah Frances
Grant Gordy
Paco Cathcart
Kele
David Holmes
Sunlight Ascending
Perfume Genius
Ratboys
Galt McDermot