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Stephen Kallao
@kallao.bsky.social
Contributing host at World Cafe from NPR. We're really doing this again? Mostly agreeable lad with only one stint in rehab.

Philadelphia.
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all in favor of this being a world cafe needledrop please chime in after checking the retweets.
What’s the WORST song to get beat up to? I’ll go first:

“Optimistic” x Sounds of Blackness
February 18, 2026 at 12:36 AM
lo fidelity all stars: ORGANIZZZZZZZEEEEE
We are like 9 months out from the election, a lot races don’t even have candidates yet. But instead of dooming about how they’re going to steal the election or how it’s a fait accompli, the only actionable path is to start organizing now.
February 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the first time on reddit where there's unanimous agreement. Incredible stuff.
From reddit:
February 17, 2026 at 3:29 PM
men would literally saw through their legs, separate them by 3 inches, and wait six months on their ass for them to grow back together… than go to therapy.
February 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
February 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Tender Mercies/The Apostle double feature tonight.
February 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Working on Friday's @worldcafe.bsky.social playlist for hour 2. Love this second set because Body Movin's main sample is a steel drum version of One Como Va - www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXl5...
February 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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This needs to be a multigenerational and genderless Royal Rumble increasing in score and cash won until the winner walks away with $10 million or something.
February 15, 2026 at 10:51 PM
ok, first to five is awesome
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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Is that defense I see 👀
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
just getting word that there were more blocks in the last 2 minutes (4) than in every previous all star game combined.
February 15, 2026 at 10:47 PM
we just watched the introduction of the teams for the NBA All-Star game and I don’t know what they were trying to do but it’s not working
February 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM
we’ve gotten to the point people are underwhelmed by a 2160 absolutely weirdo behavior!
February 15, 2026 at 7:47 PM
using motion smoothing on historical footage?
a man in a military uniform says " believe it or not jail " in front of a crowd
ALT: a man in a military uniform says " believe it or not jail " in front of a crowd
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Boys Noize final song of his set is La Tour’s “People are Still Having Sex”
Incredible valentines days cut.
February 15, 2026 at 1:58 AM
mirrored chrome helmet hot dang
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
What is marriage but a never ending march toward skincare maximalism?
February 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM
It's wild to me that if you're in snowboarding, you get three attempts to put down a perfect run while in figure skating you get one shot. I'm not in favor of one over the other, after all these are judged competitions, always an imperfect comparison.
February 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Lucinda Williams on World Cafe | Backtracking
YouTube video by World Cafe
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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one of my favorite bilingual gags is to point at flatbread and ask "naan desu ka?"
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 AM
just housed a 'peanut butter explosion cake'. I think we ask too much of our foodstuffs. Explosion is a big ask for peanut butter. it's mostly dormant.
February 13, 2026 at 3:57 AM
it’s dawned on me that my only video game tattoo is from destiny (what up warlocks) and bungle is dangerously close to blowing itself up over a million poor decisions compounded by a desire to release a live service extraction shooter. younger me says “why no mega man” older me just laughs.
another look at Marathon, server slam on Feb 26-March 2
February 12, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
i think wallace would have come to an answer if he’d made to this point. biblioklept.org/2024/09/11/j...
Just asking | David Foster Wallace
“Just Asking” by David Foster Wallace First published in The Atlantic, 2007 Are some things still worth dying for? Is the American idea* one such thing? Are you up for a thought ex…
biblioklept.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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February 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM