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Greg Mitchell
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Author of more than a dozen books, director of 4 PBS films since 2021 with latest award winners "The Atomic Bowl" and "Atomic Cover-up." Film site for "The Atomic Bowl": https://gregmitchphoto.com/atomicbowl/
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80 Years Ago: Bizarre "Atomic Bowl" Football Game Near Ground Zero in Nagasaki
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80 Years Ago: Bizarre "Atomic Bowl" Football Game Near Ground Zero in Nagasaki
All-star U.S. game on January 1, 1946, in front of a school which lost 162 students to the atomic bomb just months before. From my current PBS film and book.
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December 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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A Year-End Tribute to Movie Greats Who Have Passed On (and a Visit to Big Pink)
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A Year-End Tribute to Movie Greats Who Have Passed On (and a Visit to Big Pink)
Plus our usual cartoons and the real Marty Supreme.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A Year-End Tribute to Movie Greats Who Have Passed On (and a Visit to Big Pink)
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A Year-End Tribute to Movie Greats Who Have Passed On (and a Visit to Big Pink)
Plus our usual cartoons and the real Marty Supreme.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Trump Enrages, Willie Amazes: Plus Dylan, Marge Greene comes to Jesus, “Bombshell” preview, and our usual cartoons. open.substack.com/pub/gregmitc...
Trump Enrages, Willie Amazes
Plus: Dylan, The Band, Marge Greene, and our usual cartoons.
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December 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Idiot Wind in Politics and Music
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Idiot Wind in Politics and Music
From Stephen Miller to Bob Dylan, plus our usual cartoons.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Idiot Wind in Politics and Music
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Idiot Wind in Politics and Music
From Stephen Miller to Bob Dylan, plus our usual cartoons.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Idiot Wind in Politics and Music
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Idiot Wind in Politics and Music
From Stephen Miller to Bob Dylan, plus our usual cartoons.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Via @gregmitch.bsky.social whose free daily newsletter is a gem, filled with music, political, satire, and miscellaneous good stuff. He’s an author, a documentarian, and a former senior editor at Crawdaddy.
Musicians We've Lost in 2025 - R.I.P
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December 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Mavis and Jeff, Trump and Lyle, and a 2025 "In Memoriam"
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December 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Mavis and Jeff, Trump and Lyle, and a 2025 "In Memoriam"
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December 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Jimmy Kimmel's Kings' Speech
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Jimmy Kimmel's Kings' Speech
He talks to the Brits, Leonard Cohen and Merle Haggard sing, and our usual cartoons.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Jimmy Kimmel's Kings' Speech
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Jimmy Kimmel's Kings' Speech
He talks to the Brits, Leonard Cohen and Merle Haggard sing, and our usual cartoons.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Cartoons Christmas! And Dylan Gets the Willie
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Cartoons Christmas!
Plus: Dylan on Willie Nelson, Trump mocks Colbert, Good Night and Bad Ljuck for '60 Minutes," Chris Nolan's "Odyssey."
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December 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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For Christmas Morning (or Mourning)
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For Christmas Morning (or Mourning)
A few cartoons plus Johnny Cash and Woody Guthrie on Jesus.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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For Christmas Morning (or Mourning)
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For Christmas Morning (or Mourning)
A few cartoons plus Johnny Cash and Woody Guthrie on Jesus.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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For Christmas Morning (or Mourning)
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For Christmas Morning (or Mourning)
A few cartoons plus Johnny Cash and Woody Guthrie on Jesus.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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For Christmas Morning (or Mourning)
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For Christmas Morning (or Mourning)
A few cartoons plus Johnny Cash and Woody Guthrie on Jesus.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Cartoons Christmas! And Dylan Gets the Willie
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Cartoons Christmas!
Plus: Dylan on Willie Nelson, Trump mocks Colbert, Good Night and Bad Ljuck for '60 Minutes," Chris Nolan's "Odyssey."
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December 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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A Bari Bari Bad Flub Goes Viral
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A Bari Bari Flub Goes Viral
The pulled 60 Minutes" segment comes to us via Canada. Plus more Christmas songs and the usual cartoons.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Featuring commentary by @gregmitch.bsky.social, @vincentintondi.bsky.social, Vincent Kiernan, @wellerstein.bsky.social, Michael Gordin, @pgourevitch.bsky.social, Felecia Ross, Ben Yagoda, and more.
December 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Coming on January 6 to American Experience on PBS: “Bombshell: The Fight to Control the A-Bomb’s Story,” about how the US news media worked with the government to manipulate the official narrative about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and how a few journalists refused to play along.
Bombshell: Trailer | American Experience | PBS
Watch a preview of Bombshell.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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A Bari Bari Bad Flub Goes Viral
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A Bari Bari Flub Goes Viral
The pulled 60 Minutes" segment comes to us via Canada. Plus more Christmas songs and the usual cartoons.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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"Atomic Bill": When Famed Reporter Turned Pro-Bomb Propagandist
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"Atomic Bill": When Famed Reporter Turned Pro-Bomb Propagandist
New doc explores how the New York Times science writer helped sell the Bomb.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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"Atomic Bill": When Famed Reporter Turned Pro-Bomb Propagandist
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"Atomic Bill": When Famed Reporter Turned Pro-Bomb Propagandist
New doc explores how the New York Times science writer helped sell the Bomb.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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'SNL' and Your Christmas Song Picks
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'SNL' and Your Christmas Song Picks
And your usual cartoons join The Pretenders, Jimi Hendrix, Nick Lowe, Staple Singers and more.....
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December 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM