Matt Frassica
@frassica.bsky.social
Maker of podcasts: The Bag Game (ESPN), 544 Days (Gimlet/Crooked), Land of the Giants (Vox), The Briny (Hub & Spoke). Live in Maine, from away. he/him
Reposted by Matt Frassica
susan is an icon and a legend. our world is a better, more curious and more thoughtful place because of her. rest in power.
Impossible to overstate the role she had on radio and the many many lives of the people who make it. Just a genuinely good soul and one of a kind artist www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
www.npr.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
susan is an icon and a legend. our world is a better, more curious and more thoughtful place because of her. rest in power.
!!!
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
!!!
"None of these top three shows exist because their creators were trying to make a version of something already successful. They happened because their creators were game to try something new." @alexlaughs.bsky.social nails it, depressingly defector.com/the-future-o...
The Future Of Podcasting Is Here, And It Sucks | Defector
This week, Left of Dial published its Essential Listening Poll, a compilation of the 100 best podcasts of all time, according to industry creators, writers, and scholars. (Disclosure: I was invited to...
defector.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"None of these top three shows exist because their creators were trying to make a version of something already successful. They happened because their creators were game to try something new." @alexlaughs.bsky.social nails it, depressingly defector.com/the-future-o...
Reposted by Matt Frassica
Everyone who submits a fluxwork will receive a free, three-month trial membership to AIR, an invaluable (and awesome) resource for independent producers.
Knit one, FLUX two... Circuit 06: Creative Tension is ON 🧶 Introducing our creative partner Lorna Hamilton-Brown, aka "The Banksy of Knitting," & her marvelous Tension Birds.
Details, prompts, guidelines, here: www.audioflux.org/circuit-06
Can't wait to hear the yarns you'll spin.... heh.
Details, prompts, guidelines, here: www.audioflux.org/circuit-06
Can't wait to hear the yarns you'll spin.... heh.
August 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Everyone who submits a fluxwork will receive a free, three-month trial membership to AIR, an invaluable (and awesome) resource for independent producers.
This thread feels so right
Margaret Lyons is one of the best in the TV critic game & I'm v dismayed. Also these rash changes IMO will end in more NYT nonsense. Mgmt wants people with big/growing followings on social/platforms--but also they'll never want any controversy. Those conflicting goals = set people up for failure 👎
Every part of this explanation sounds both rude to the people they’re getting rid of and doomed to fail. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
July 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This thread feels so right
The world is burning, but this is f-ing awesome www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
Opinion | The Last Words of a Dying Glacier
www.nytimes.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The world is burning, but this is f-ing awesome www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
Reposted by Matt Frassica
Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes! Born on July 5, 1958.
July 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes! Born on July 5, 1958.
Reposted by Matt Frassica
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
My biggest scriptwriting weakness—aside from em dashes—is the phrase "Turns out"
June 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My biggest scriptwriting weakness—aside from em dashes—is the phrase "Turns out"
This squid footage is mesmerizing www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/s...
This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This squid footage is mesmerizing www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/s...
This looks cool (and mysteriously ocean-related)! Wish I could be there for it
Today's the day! We still need volunteers to help. RSVP and more info here: tinyurl.com/seachangeswarm
FYI for folks in New York this week: join this "audio swarm" organized by @kallipearl.bsky.social on Wednesday 6/11. RSVP here tinyurl.com/seachangeswarm
June 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This looks cool (and mysteriously ocean-related)! Wish I could be there for it
Reposted by Matt Frassica
It’s been a long day of bargaining with Vox Media, fighting hard to get a fair contract with better salaries, AI protections, the inclusion of the Dodo in our union, and much more. Come tomorrow, there’s only two days left in our contract — Vox Media, stop dragging your feet.
June 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s been a long day of bargaining with Vox Media, fighting hard to get a fair contract with better salaries, AI protections, the inclusion of the Dodo in our union, and much more. Come tomorrow, there’s only two days left in our contract — Vox Media, stop dragging your feet.
A fish as old as the dinosaurs is swimming back from the brink of extinction www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Once in Dire Straits, Atlantic Sturgeon Are Staging a Comeback on the East Coast
From Maine to Florida, the endangered, prehistoric fish is rebounding, but a recent study shows just how vulnerable the U.S. population remains
www.smithsonianmag.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A fish as old as the dinosaurs is swimming back from the brink of extinction www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
"Let the science speak"
Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist:
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Let the science speak"
AVID is the absolute worst
My Pro Tools isn't working (it's telling me I don't have a license when I clearly have one, listed on my profile on their website) and in order to get support they want me to BUY a support ticket for FORTY DOLLARS.
May 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
AVID is the absolute worst
Reposted by Matt Frassica
This is a teachable moment in media history. Chatbot slop makes it into print because journalism has been gutted, there are too few fact checkers or editors, and they are outsourcing articles to underpaid bot-wielding “writers.” Pay writers fairly; pay editors. Also, reader: pay for newspapers.
May 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is a teachable moment in media history. Chatbot slop makes it into print because journalism has been gutted, there are too few fact checkers or editors, and they are outsourcing articles to underpaid bot-wielding “writers.” Pay writers fairly; pay editors. Also, reader: pay for newspapers.
Reposted by Matt Frassica
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
The last five titles are real books (although not new, like you'd normally see on a summer books roundup)
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The last five titles are real books (although not new, like you'd normally see on a summer books roundup)
Reposted by Matt Frassica
My broken record: I’m sure you many of you read and follow some independent or nonprofit media.
If you haven’t, make sure to choose at least one that you really enjoy & become a supporter, subscriber, or donor to help sustain them!
If you haven’t, make sure to choose at least one that you really enjoy & become a supporter, subscriber, or donor to help sustain them!
Scoop: CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" segment that focused on job losses at the Internal Revenue Service hours before it was scheduled to air, replacing it with a feature story on Cajun music.
Story: www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
Story: www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
May 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
My broken record: I’m sure you many of you read and follow some independent or nonprofit media.
If you haven’t, make sure to choose at least one that you really enjoy & become a supporter, subscriber, or donor to help sustain them!
If you haven’t, make sure to choose at least one that you really enjoy & become a supporter, subscriber, or donor to help sustain them!
This thread on gen AI and the arts 👇
The "adapt or die" parts of these comments are the most ludicrous. Die how? What are you going to do to us?
Let me be clear: You cannot stop creative people from being creative people. The most you can predict is that they won't be able to make money, which is in the hands of people with money.
Let me be clear: You cannot stop creative people from being creative people. The most you can predict is that they won't be able to make money, which is in the hands of people with money.
I reckon if you've been a writer for 15 years and you can comfortably replace part of your process with ChatGPT, it speaks volumes about your writing
May 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This thread on gen AI and the arts 👇
Reposted by Matt Frassica
fun fact three fighter jets is roughly equivalent to the NEA’s 2024 budget
May 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
fun fact three fighter jets is roughly equivalent to the NEA’s 2024 budget
I wasn’t following Derby, but it must be an allegorical troll that Journalism got beat out by Sovereignty.
May 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I wasn’t following Derby, but it must be an allegorical troll that Journalism got beat out by Sovereignty.
Your genAI image of a soccer pitch with three goals does not inspire confidence in the capabilities of your brand content studio
April 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Your genAI image of a soccer pitch with three goals does not inspire confidence in the capabilities of your brand content studio