Glen Weldon
@ghweldon.bsky.social
Author, THE CAPED CRUSADE, NPR’s PODCAST START UP GUIDE. Unauthor, SUPERMAN: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY. Host, POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR.
I remember after I came out to Mom it was bad for a long time.
The one day she called me and told me she went into Philly (she never left West Chester) to see Les Miz and wanted to talk to me about how wonderful it was.
But I was and remain a Sondheim gay.
Some divides can never be crossed.
The one day she called me and told me she went into Philly (she never left West Chester) to see Les Miz and wanted to talk to me about how wonderful it was.
But I was and remain a Sondheim gay.
Some divides can never be crossed.
February 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I remember after I came out to Mom it was bad for a long time.
The one day she called me and told me she went into Philly (she never left West Chester) to see Les Miz and wanted to talk to me about how wonderful it was.
But I was and remain a Sondheim gay.
Some divides can never be crossed.
The one day she called me and told me she went into Philly (she never left West Chester) to see Les Miz and wanted to talk to me about how wonderful it was.
But I was and remain a Sondheim gay.
Some divides can never be crossed.
F was born in Puerto Rico and has been dealing with blithely ignorant people considering him a foreigner for 55 years now.
Blithely ignorant people have been here forever. We used to ignore and dismiss them, given their ignorance. That’s what they deserved.
I miss those days.
Blithely ignorant people have been here forever. We used to ignore and dismiss them, given their ignorance. That’s what they deserved.
I miss those days.
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
F was born in Puerto Rico and has been dealing with blithely ignorant people considering him a foreigner for 55 years now.
Blithely ignorant people have been here forever. We used to ignore and dismiss them, given their ignorance. That’s what they deserved.
I miss those days.
Blithely ignorant people have been here forever. We used to ignore and dismiss them, given their ignorance. That’s what they deserved.
I miss those days.
The only way I can hope to get through this, the Most Culturally Sportsy Weekend Ever, is by staying inside and mainlining like Drag Race, Dropout and Critical Role. INDOOR KIDS RiSE UP.
February 7, 2026 at 1:34 AM
The only way I can hope to get through this, the Most Culturally Sportsy Weekend Ever, is by staying inside and mainlining like Drag Race, Dropout and Critical Role. INDOOR KIDS RiSE UP.
In workshop one time after I’d said my piece about a story Marilynne Robinson told me I had the best verbal italics she’d ever heard so yeah, I’m uh think I’m prepared to discuss “Wuthering Heights” on PCHH next week.
February 7, 2026 at 1:09 AM
In workshop one time after I’d said my piece about a story Marilynne Robinson told me I had the best verbal italics she’d ever heard so yeah, I’m uh think I’m prepared to discuss “Wuthering Heights” on PCHH next week.
Uh-oh. Some intern is DEFINITELY not getting fired.
February 6, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Uh-oh. Some intern is DEFINITELY not getting fired.
First, the Coens.
Then, the Safdies.
If these two jamokes go their separate ways, don’t tell me. I couldn’t take it.
Then, the Safdies.
If these two jamokes go their separate ways, don’t tell me. I couldn’t take it.
February 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
First, the Coens.
Then, the Safdies.
If these two jamokes go their separate ways, don’t tell me. I couldn’t take it.
Then, the Safdies.
If these two jamokes go their separate ways, don’t tell me. I couldn’t take it.
Astonishingly, gratifyingly, and often, over the years, by-the-skin-of-its-teethingly, my old stomping ground, the WCP, abides and endures. Get on that.
The Washington City Paper lives! It's one of the only places in the DC area where you can find local news and arts coverage that The Post just decimated.
Follow @wcp.bsky.social nerds.
Follow @wcp.bsky.social nerds.
We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Astonishingly, gratifyingly, and often, over the years, by-the-skin-of-its-teethingly, my old stomping ground, the WCP, abides and endures. Get on that.
TODAY: The Amazon guy shutters the Post Books section.
TOMORROW: The Apple guy starts the Butlerian jihad.
TOMORROW: The Apple guy starts the Butlerian jihad.
February 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
TODAY: The Amazon guy shutters the Post Books section.
TOMORROW: The Apple guy starts the Butlerian jihad.
TOMORROW: The Apple guy starts the Butlerian jihad.
I mean god the number of times I’ve broken an awkward silence by busting out “IN THE LEE OF A PICTURESQUE RIDGE….”
I will continue to do so, of course; it will just feel smaller and sadder.
I will continue to do so, of course; it will just feel smaller and sadder.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I mean god the number of times I’ve broken an awkward silence by busting out “IN THE LEE OF A PICTURESQUE RIDGE….”
I will continue to do so, of course; it will just feel smaller and sadder.
I will continue to do so, of course; it will just feel smaller and sadder.
Wrote something, got to say some stuff on the radio. It’s not enough. It don’t begin.
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Catherine O'Hara played drunk better than anyone
O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, their humanity.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Wrote something, got to say some stuff on the radio. It’s not enough. It don’t begin.
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You don’t have to sit through the credits to see the MELANIA blooper reel because it is all around us in the very air we breathe
January 30, 2026 at 2:17 PM
You don’t have to sit through the credits to see the MELANIA blooper reel because it is all around us in the very air we breathe
“And so we are resolved! First, we reflect varied ideological perspectives! Second, we assure viewers that we understand them, give them a fair shake, respect them. Third … and Sinestro, buddy, I know you’re way ahead of me on this … We let loose the Undead Army of Face-Eating Fire Badgers.”
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 AM
“And so we are resolved! First, we reflect varied ideological perspectives! Second, we assure viewers that we understand them, give them a fair shake, respect them. Third … and Sinestro, buddy, I know you’re way ahead of me on this … We let loose the Undead Army of Face-Eating Fire Badgers.”
There are middle-aged theater queens working at Disney animation and I want to befriend each and every one of them.
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Donna Murphy - Mother Knows Best (From "Tangled"/Sing-Along)
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January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
There are middle-aged theater queens working at Disney animation and I want to befriend each and every one of them.
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Passive voice cited as cowardly distancing maneuver, say some experts
January 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Passive voice cited as cowardly distancing maneuver, say some experts
Became a late-in-life manifesting Board Game Gay(tm) over lockdown.
But when friends suggest Hues and Clues? To this color-blind schmuck?
My worst nightmare. Arguing over subtle shadings and nuances that are invisible to me.
A hate crime.
But when friends suggest Hues and Clues? To this color-blind schmuck?
My worst nightmare. Arguing over subtle shadings and nuances that are invisible to me.
A hate crime.
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Became a late-in-life manifesting Board Game Gay(tm) over lockdown.
But when friends suggest Hues and Clues? To this color-blind schmuck?
My worst nightmare. Arguing over subtle shadings and nuances that are invisible to me.
A hate crime.
But when friends suggest Hues and Clues? To this color-blind schmuck?
My worst nightmare. Arguing over subtle shadings and nuances that are invisible to me.
A hate crime.
“Hey Glen your very favorite thing in the long and storied history of ever stopped by the office today but we couldn’t be bothered to give you a quick heads up.” - My “friends” at NPR
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 PM
“Hey Glen your very favorite thing in the long and storied history of ever stopped by the office today but we couldn’t be bothered to give you a quick heads up.” - My “friends” at NPR
I will watch every Oscar-nominated short film this year, as I do every year. I love the form, I love discovering new filmmakers.
I also love hearing about them for the first time at the nominations are listed, because their titles never fail to scream “OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILM OVER HERE GUYS.”
I also love hearing about them for the first time at the nominations are listed, because their titles never fail to scream “OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILM OVER HERE GUYS.”
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I will watch every Oscar-nominated short film this year, as I do every year. I love the form, I love discovering new filmmakers.
I also love hearing about them for the first time at the nominations are listed, because their titles never fail to scream “OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILM OVER HERE GUYS.”
I also love hearing about them for the first time at the nominations are listed, because their titles never fail to scream “OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILM OVER HERE GUYS.”
Unknowingly switched my weather app from my location in the Shenandoah Valley to Cape May Point NJ at some point so when I checked the weekend snow totals this morning they were like 1-2 inches and the stomach-dropping despair I felt all day was a potent, vicious thing. An attack. An assault.
January 21, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Unknowingly switched my weather app from my location in the Shenandoah Valley to Cape May Point NJ at some point so when I checked the weekend snow totals this morning they were like 1-2 inches and the stomach-dropping despair I felt all day was a potent, vicious thing. An attack. An assault.
If, like me, you spent the 2010s putting up boring non-fiction/literary fiction-only folks dismissing GoT because it was about “dragons and fantasy shit,” tell them to check out A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS and pretend it’s alt-history.
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'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' is 'Game of Thrones' for the haters
There are no dragons, no maps and no internecine family trees in this Game of Thrones prequel about an underdog knight and his would-be squire.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
If, like me, you spent the 2010s putting up boring non-fiction/literary fiction-only folks dismissing GoT because it was about “dragons and fantasy shit,” tell them to check out A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS and pretend it’s alt-history.
www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n...
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See now I suggested Molly Mondays and the squares in the NPR newsroom just clucked their tongues and stroked their beards.
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
See now I suggested Molly Mondays and the squares in the NPR newsroom just clucked their tongues and stroked their beards.
In first grade the teacher told us she was giving each of us our own folder that would hold our papers & that we had to be careful not to lose. It was a huge responsibility, she said.
I imagined we were each getting our own tiny robot; we’d hand it our work & it would fold it for efficient storage.
I imagined we were each getting our own tiny robot; we’d hand it our work & it would fold it for efficient storage.
January 10, 2026 at 3:21 PM
In first grade the teacher told us she was giving each of us our own folder that would hold our papers & that we had to be careful not to lose. It was a huge responsibility, she said.
I imagined we were each getting our own tiny robot; we’d hand it our work & it would fold it for efficient storage.
I imagined we were each getting our own tiny robot; we’d hand it our work & it would fold it for efficient storage.
That Love Island Traitors dude is giving Guy You Crushed On From Afar In High School But Then Actually Met And He Was The Heat Death of Charisma And You Were Like Oh
January 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM
That Love Island Traitors dude is giving Guy You Crushed On From Afar In High School But Then Actually Met And He Was The Heat Death of Charisma And You Were Like Oh
The PCHH newsletter drops in a few minutes, and everything I review and recommend this week has been engineered to offer an infusion of joy, of humor, of, essentially, Not This.
Sometimes this job feels like a calling. This week, especially.
Sometimes this job feels like a calling. This week, especially.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The PCHH newsletter drops in a few minutes, and everything I review and recommend this week has been engineered to offer an infusion of joy, of humor, of, essentially, Not This.
Sometimes this job feels like a calling. This week, especially.
Sometimes this job feels like a calling. This week, especially.