Ross Reynolds
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Ross Reynolds
@rossrey.bsky.social
Interviewer/Convener/Moderator. Ex-KUOW. KBOO. WCUW rossreynolds.com
I was deeply moved by the New York Times 'The Daily' podcast today. It's a parents story of how far they've had to go care for one of their six children.  Parenting a Trans-child in Trump's America
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
My review of the transcription service I've been using open.substack.com/pub/rossrey/...
Transcription Services
The one I like
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Some say a public radio call-in program could ever seriously address the question 'what is the meaning of live?'. Some are wrong! See why at rossreynolds.com. I finally put that expensive philosophy degree to work.
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hop harvesting Morrier Ranch Yakima
September 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The 1967 satirical book, Report from Iron Mountain, became a real-world conspiracy theory. Written as a hoax, decades later, conspiracists used it as "proof" that environmentalism is a government plot. Learn more in Ghosts of Iron Mountain by Phil Tinline. HIghly recommended
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Donald Trump is unpopular. Why is it so hard to stand up to him? Republicans are servile. Courts are slow. Can the Democrats rouse themselves?https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/09/04/donald-trump-is-unpopular-why-is-it-so-hard-to-stand-up-to-him
Donald Trump is unpopular. Why is it so hard to stand up to him?
Republicans are servile. Courts are slow. Can the Democrats rouse themselves?
www.economist.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Putin’s petrostate faces a kamikaze petrol crisis
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Putin’s petrostate faces a kamikaze petrol crisis
Drivers queue as Ukraine’s drones take out 20% of refining capacity
www.economist.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Where do we go from here? Look to Brazil www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity
It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever
www.economist.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Gravity exerts its pull on Trumpian fake-onomics. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
The Mystery of the Strong Economy Has Finally Been Solved
Turns out it wasn’t actually that strong.
www.theatlantic.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's incredible that in 1993 Laurie Anderson wrote a book about her first 20 years as an artist. Enjoy this interview with transcript.
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Laurie Anderson 1993 — Ross Reynolds
Performance artist Laurie Anderson from 1993 on her first 20 years as an artist.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Jackie Venson cookin’ at Harbor Steps Seattle
July 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
When pollsters ask (Americans) to estimate what proportion of its budget the federal government spends helping people abroad, the average answer is 26%. In reality it is about 1%, 0.25% of America’s GDP. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Five charts explain Trump’s cuts to foreign aid
If Congress approves, the cuts would save less than Americans think—and risk countless lives
www.economist.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’m not known as a great defender of the CIA but neither am I a defender of willful ignorance." #TheGuardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
CIA historian Tim Weiner: ‘Trump has put national security in the hands of crackpots and fools’
The longtime chronicler of the spy agency on his Legacy of Ashes follow-up and what keeps him up at night
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The web is killing newspapers. Now AI is killing the web. www.economist.com/business/202...
AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?
The rise of ChatGPT and its rivals is undermining the economic bargain of the internet
www.economist.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"How America’s economy is dodging disaster
It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs" www.economist.com/finance-and-...
How America’s economy is dodging disaster
It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs
www.economist.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“We already lost 12 million people... We now face this, more deaths. Health is a human right, no one should die if we can prevent it." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths
Winnie Byanyima tells the Guardian she considered resigning when Donald Trump cancelled Pepfar funding
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Senate Republicans squeaked through Donald Trump’s megabill on Tuesday, 51-50, and cue the onslaught of misleading claims from Democratic opponents and their Beltway copywriters." www.wsj.com/opinion/big-...
Opinion | Big, Beautiful Distortions
Senate Republicans pass their megabill. Cue the liberal and media spin.
www.wsj.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"It illustrates the long-term damage Mr Trump is doing to the foundations of America’s economy. " www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Trumponomics 2.0 will erode the foundations of America’s prosperity
The Big Beautiful Bill is symptomatic of a wider malaise
www.economist.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
An amusing diatribe against The Wrap. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Worst Sandwich Is Back
Wraps are popular again. So is a certain kind of physique.
www.theatlantic.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“I don’t understand the obsession with taking health insurance away from people, I don’t get it. What’s driving this … to take health insurance away from people knowing that it’s going to cost them … up to and including, their lives.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
WA is the No. 1 target in the GOP’s health care slashing bill
WA tried as hard as any state to round up health coverage for all. But now that Republicans are gutting health care, it turns out WA has the farthest to fall.
www.seattletimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM