Gina Kaufmann
@ginak.bsky.social
Journalist-reader-writer-watcher-worrier-joker
Editor @theworld.org
Formerly: Real Humans, Central Standard & Midwesternish @KCUR + freelance for Nieman Reports, PRX, Mass Humanities, WBUR’s Cognoscenti, Boston Globe, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls
Editor @theworld.org
Formerly: Real Humans, Central Standard & Midwesternish @KCUR + freelance for Nieman Reports, PRX, Mass Humanities, WBUR’s Cognoscenti, Boston Globe, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls
I’m not missing any chances to have a better 2026.
Time to do all the rituals. Looking for some sturdy furniture to climb onto/jump off of, like they do in Denmark.
Happy new year!!
theworld.org/segments/202...
Time to do all the rituals. Looking for some sturdy furniture to climb onto/jump off of, like they do in Denmark.
Happy new year!!
theworld.org/segments/202...
New Year's Eve rituals around the world - The World from PRX
New Year’s may seem like a universal party that everyone celebrates in more or less the same way, but many cultures have their own traditions meant to bring about good luck in the coming year. Hosts M...
theworld.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I’m not missing any chances to have a better 2026.
Time to do all the rituals. Looking for some sturdy furniture to climb onto/jump off of, like they do in Denmark.
Happy new year!!
theworld.org/segments/202...
Time to do all the rituals. Looking for some sturdy furniture to climb onto/jump off of, like they do in Denmark.
Happy new year!!
theworld.org/segments/202...
Reposted by Gina Kaufmann
Until I was a parent, I dismissed the adage “if you hate everyone around you, you’re probably hungry; if you’re sure everyone hates *you*, you probably need to go to bed.”
December 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Until I was a parent, I dismissed the adage “if you hate everyone around you, you’re probably hungry; if you’re sure everyone hates *you*, you probably need to go to bed.”
This is at once disgusting and riveting!
Gross, yet delightful!
And also educational.
Everything you ever wanted to know about “snus”… nicotine pouches in Sweden.
Gross, yet delightful!
And also educational.
Everything you ever wanted to know about “snus”… nicotine pouches in Sweden.
Swedish tobacco companies are exporting the idea that nicotine pouches like Zyn are a safer alternative to smoking, citing the “Swedish experience.”
But in Sweden, there's concern that young people are the ones picking up the habit.
My reporting @theworld.org theworld.org/stories/2025...
But in Sweden, there's concern that young people are the ones picking up the habit.
My reporting @theworld.org theworld.org/stories/2025...
‘The Swedish Experience’: Tobacco companies want snus to be an alternative to smoking, as young people drive sales - The World from PRX
In the US, sales of certain nicotine pouches are soaring. The small white pouches — Swedish cousins of chewing tobacco and dip but without the tobacco leaf — are everywhere on TikTok, flaunted by youn...
theworld.org
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is at once disgusting and riveting!
Gross, yet delightful!
And also educational.
Everything you ever wanted to know about “snus”… nicotine pouches in Sweden.
Gross, yet delightful!
And also educational.
Everything you ever wanted to know about “snus”… nicotine pouches in Sweden.
I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a temperature drop so dramatic or so fast. It’s surreal. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Weather tracker: Polar wind set to end warmth in US south and midwest
Spring-like weather experienced by many Americans to end, while heavy snow in Japan brings deadly conditions
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a temperature drop so dramatic or so fast. It’s surreal. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In my hometown, on a walk, admiring the long shadows on the wide open landscape here
December 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In my hometown, on a walk, admiring the long shadows on the wide open landscape here
Reposted by Gina Kaufmann
“Joy is not in the circumstances. Hope is not in the circumstances.”
This conversation with a Kyiv resident preparing for Christmas after a night of Russian missile and drone strikes is a must listen, truly. You’ll never see a kid’s suitcase the same way again.
theworld.org/segments/202...
This conversation with a Kyiv resident preparing for Christmas after a night of Russian missile and drone strikes is a must listen, truly. You’ll never see a kid’s suitcase the same way again.
theworld.org/segments/202...
Finding light in the dark: A Kyiv resident's Christmas - The World from PRX
In Ukraine, the season of hope and light is being observed, even amid the war. Maia Mihaluk, a Christian ministry leader and Kyiv resident speaks with The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler about last night’...
theworld.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Joy is not in the circumstances. Hope is not in the circumstances.”
This conversation with a Kyiv resident preparing for Christmas after a night of Russian missile and drone strikes is a must listen, truly. You’ll never see a kid’s suitcase the same way again.
theworld.org/segments/202...
This conversation with a Kyiv resident preparing for Christmas after a night of Russian missile and drone strikes is a must listen, truly. You’ll never see a kid’s suitcase the same way again.
theworld.org/segments/202...
“Joy is not in the circumstances. Hope is not in the circumstances.”
This conversation with a Kyiv resident preparing for Christmas after a night of Russian missile and drone strikes is a must listen, truly. You’ll never see a kid’s suitcase the same way again.
theworld.org/segments/202...
This conversation with a Kyiv resident preparing for Christmas after a night of Russian missile and drone strikes is a must listen, truly. You’ll never see a kid’s suitcase the same way again.
theworld.org/segments/202...
Finding light in the dark: A Kyiv resident's Christmas - The World from PRX
In Ukraine, the season of hope and light is being observed, even amid the war. Maia Mihaluk, a Christian ministry leader and Kyiv resident speaks with The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler about last night’...
theworld.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Joy is not in the circumstances. Hope is not in the circumstances.”
This conversation with a Kyiv resident preparing for Christmas after a night of Russian missile and drone strikes is a must listen, truly. You’ll never see a kid’s suitcase the same way again.
theworld.org/segments/202...
This conversation with a Kyiv resident preparing for Christmas after a night of Russian missile and drone strikes is a must listen, truly. You’ll never see a kid’s suitcase the same way again.
theworld.org/segments/202...
Reposted by Gina Kaufmann
We’re looking for New Year’s traditions from different countries and cultures from around the globe.
Send us a couple of lines or a short voice note telling us about a tradition that you celebrate in your country.
Email us at editors@theworld.org!
Photos by AP and courtesy of Tibisay Zea
Send us a couple of lines or a short voice note telling us about a tradition that you celebrate in your country.
Email us at editors@theworld.org!
Photos by AP and courtesy of Tibisay Zea
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We’re looking for New Year’s traditions from different countries and cultures from around the globe.
Send us a couple of lines or a short voice note telling us about a tradition that you celebrate in your country.
Email us at editors@theworld.org!
Photos by AP and courtesy of Tibisay Zea
Send us a couple of lines or a short voice note telling us about a tradition that you celebrate in your country.
Email us at editors@theworld.org!
Photos by AP and courtesy of Tibisay Zea
My hair stylist from Mexico says there is a NYE tradition of covering the floor with dry lentils, sweeping them up, then burning the broom.
Please send @theworld.org the NYE traditions YOU know of! We need all the luck we can get for 2026. Seriously, I will personally do all the things.
Please send @theworld.org the NYE traditions YOU know of! We need all the luck we can get for 2026. Seriously, I will personally do all the things.
We’re looking for New Year’s traditions from different countries and cultures from around the globe.
Send us a couple of lines or a short voice note telling us about a tradition that you celebrate in your country.
Email us at editors@theworld.org!
Photos by AP and courtesy of Tibisay Zea
Send us a couple of lines or a short voice note telling us about a tradition that you celebrate in your country.
Email us at editors@theworld.org!
Photos by AP and courtesy of Tibisay Zea
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My hair stylist from Mexico says there is a NYE tradition of covering the floor with dry lentils, sweeping them up, then burning the broom.
Please send @theworld.org the NYE traditions YOU know of! We need all the luck we can get for 2026. Seriously, I will personally do all the things.
Please send @theworld.org the NYE traditions YOU know of! We need all the luck we can get for 2026. Seriously, I will personally do all the things.
Lots of gems worth reading in here, but this one jumped out to me:
“Art does not ride on a political crest. If you have something to say, you will say it even if you have to be indirect and use the language of an Aesop fable.” — Yuri Grigorovich, Soviet-era dancer
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/a...
“Art does not ride on a political crest. If you have something to say, you will say it even if you have to be indirect and use the language of an Aesop fable.” — Yuri Grigorovich, Soviet-era dancer
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/a...
Artists We Lost in 2025, in Their Words
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Lots of gems worth reading in here, but this one jumped out to me:
“Art does not ride on a political crest. If you have something to say, you will say it even if you have to be indirect and use the language of an Aesop fable.” — Yuri Grigorovich, Soviet-era dancer
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/a...
“Art does not ride on a political crest. If you have something to say, you will say it even if you have to be indirect and use the language of an Aesop fable.” — Yuri Grigorovich, Soviet-era dancer
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/a...
It’s been 10 years.
I can’t believe it!
Working on this one Christmas when my newsroom had mostly cleared out was such a joy. Listening back to this family’s 1968 Christmas tape is still a joy.
www.kcur.org/show/central...
I can’t believe it!
Working on this one Christmas when my newsroom had mostly cleared out was such a joy. Listening back to this family’s 1968 Christmas tape is still a joy.
www.kcur.org/show/central...
LISTEN: Kansas City Man Finds Family's Long-Lost Christmas Tape
Editor's note: Since this story first aired on Jan. 2, 2015, KCUR has re-aired it as a holiday tradition.About a decade ago, Kansas City musician Billy…
www.kcur.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It’s been 10 years.
I can’t believe it!
Working on this one Christmas when my newsroom had mostly cleared out was such a joy. Listening back to this family’s 1968 Christmas tape is still a joy.
www.kcur.org/show/central...
I can’t believe it!
Working on this one Christmas when my newsroom had mostly cleared out was such a joy. Listening back to this family’s 1968 Christmas tape is still a joy.
www.kcur.org/show/central...
If anyone’s timeline needs musical goodness and a reminder that humans have been known to make wildly beautiful things
m.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Rw...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Rw...
Lean On Me
YouTube video by José James - Topic
m.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If anyone’s timeline needs musical goodness and a reminder that humans have been known to make wildly beautiful things
m.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Rw...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Rw...
Read the powerful testimony of an Iraq War veteran who spoke against opening an ICE detention center — “reception center” is what they’re calling it — in Leavenworth, KS
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
Kansas residents ask Leavenworth to deny ICE prison permit, based on CoreCivic's poor track record
CoreCivic applied this week to receive a special use permit from Leavenworth to reopen its prison as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee center, called the Midwest Regional Reception C...
www.kcur.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Read the powerful testimony of an Iraq War veteran who spoke against opening an ICE detention center — “reception center” is what they’re calling it — in Leavenworth, KS
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
Reposted by Gina Kaufmann
The President promised prices would go back down. In a healthy economy, they almost never do. The normal pattern is: prices jump, then over time your paycheck catches up. The pain comes when wages don't follow—then it's not “inflation” so much as an affordability crisis.
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The President promised prices would go back down. In a healthy economy, they almost never do. The normal pattern is: prices jump, then over time your paycheck catches up. The pain comes when wages don't follow—then it's not “inflation” so much as an affordability crisis.
“…vivid insight into how — even under China’s Communist Party — compliance with the leadership’s wishes is not guaranteed.”
The general who refused to crush Tiananmen’s protesters
economist.com/china/2025/1...
economist.com/china/2025/1...
The general who refused to crush Tiananmen’s protesters
A leaked video of his court-martial has suddenly appeared
economist.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“…vivid insight into how — even under China’s Communist Party — compliance with the leadership’s wishes is not guaranteed.”
I finally got to hear Marco Werman on this podcast and can’t recommend listening highly enough. I enjoyed hearing his take on the kind of global news show we put on @theworld.org. A fun window into how (and why) this crazy hour of radio gets made every day podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Marco Werman Thinks International News is America’s Secret Weapon
Podcast Episode · Say More · 12/04/2025 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I finally got to hear Marco Werman on this podcast and can’t recommend listening highly enough. I enjoyed hearing his take on the kind of global news show we put on @theworld.org. A fun window into how (and why) this crazy hour of radio gets made every day podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
When I left work this evening, it was dark, windy and cold… there were even snow flurries. I briefly regretted riding my bike. But seeing the bright moon over the river all the way home was actually amazing. It was a “cold super moon.” www.astronomy.com/observing/th...
The Sky Today on Thursday, December 4: December’s Full Cold Super Moon
The December Full Moon, also called the Cold Moon, lights the sky tonight, closing out the year with a Super Moon.
www.astronomy.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
When I left work this evening, it was dark, windy and cold… there were even snow flurries. I briefly regretted riding my bike. But seeing the bright moon over the river all the way home was actually amazing. It was a “cold super moon.” www.astronomy.com/observing/th...
A gripping conversation with Jon Lee Anderson, who traveled to eastern DRC for the @newyorker.com and told Carolyn Beeler @theworld.org what he saw and heard. Insightful stuff.
Produced by the incredible @joyhackel.bsky.social
theworld.org/segments/202...
Produced by the incredible @joyhackel.bsky.social
theworld.org/segments/202...
Why war in eastern DRC continues to smolder - The World from PRX
Leaders of Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are slated to travel to Washington this week to sign a peace deal overseen by US President Donald Trump. New Yorker journalist Jon Lee Anderson visit...
theworld.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A gripping conversation with Jon Lee Anderson, who traveled to eastern DRC for the @newyorker.com and told Carolyn Beeler @theworld.org what he saw and heard. Insightful stuff.
Produced by the incredible @joyhackel.bsky.social
theworld.org/segments/202...
Produced by the incredible @joyhackel.bsky.social
theworld.org/segments/202...
Fascinating background on Thanksgiving, religion, immigration, and power dynamics in America theconversation.com/how-the-plym...
How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind
In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country’s story.
theconversation.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Fascinating background on Thanksgiving, religion, immigration, and power dynamics in America theconversation.com/how-the-plym...
The combination of Ritz crackers and red wine is not given its due
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The combination of Ritz crackers and red wine is not given its due
Acceptance was, and is, conditional
Jews, Italians, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, Muslims, Greeks were considered by some to be too confrontational —in some contexts all groups were told they were dangerous/incompatible with American life. With degrees of more and less difficulty, all found ways in but their acceptance was conditional.
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Acceptance was, and is, conditional
Happy Thanksgiving to all who partake. This is my favorite thing to make for dessert, and then enjoy again with coffee the next day. It’s non-fussy pie without the goo. I love it. archive.nytimes.com/dinersjourna...
The Minimalist: Free-Form Apple or Pear Tart
This pie looks like a pizza.
archive.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all who partake. This is my favorite thing to make for dessert, and then enjoy again with coffee the next day. It’s non-fussy pie without the goo. I love it. archive.nytimes.com/dinersjourna...
This is gorgeous and exactly what I needed to read this morning. Thank you @naomialderman.bsky.social
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is gorgeous and exactly what I needed to read this morning. Thank you @naomialderman.bsky.social