Scott Hanley
@sehanley.bsky.social
Former NPR station(s) General Manager, board member and journalist. Still an educator, technologist, jazz radio station GM (WZUM), vocalist (mostly jazz), social justice advocate.
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Scott Hanley
@sehanley.bsky.social
· May 6
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
only Congress makes laws
only Congress makes laws
Another diminished part of community as Meta and Alphabet clear the table
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Who Will Tell Your Story? On the Disappearing Music Press
The Silent Crisis: Why We Need to Save Music Journalism
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November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Another diminished part of community as Meta and Alphabet clear the table
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open.substack.com/pub/theancho...
Reuters and my phone just alerted me that it is Thanksgiving day, and the American-born pope has arrived in Turkey
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Reuters and my phone just alerted me that it is Thanksgiving day, and the American-born pope has arrived in Turkey
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours.
Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours.
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
www.wbez.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours.
Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours.
Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
The last three paragraphs should be among the first 5:
"Autism spectrum disorder...has been diagnosed at higher rates among U.S. children in recent decades... The reasons behind this sharp increase remain widely debated and unclear.
"Autism spectrum disorder...has been diagnosed at higher rates among U.S. children in recent decades... The reasons behind this sharp increase remain widely debated and unclear.
September 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The last three paragraphs should be among the first 5:
"Autism spectrum disorder...has been diagnosed at higher rates among U.S. children in recent decades... The reasons behind this sharp increase remain widely debated and unclear.
"Autism spectrum disorder...has been diagnosed at higher rates among U.S. children in recent decades... The reasons behind this sharp increase remain widely debated and unclear.
I am listening to and "watching" fewer podcasts now. At the same time, many of my podcast friends are making more podcast than ever. But, extra hot-takes on a near-daily basis from people with no more information than I have doesn't seem to be a value add.
August 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I am listening to and "watching" fewer podcasts now. At the same time, many of my podcast friends are making more podcast than ever. But, extra hot-takes on a near-daily basis from people with no more information than I have doesn't seem to be a value add.
Calling it a "purely financial decision." CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season
Mind you, the settlement over 60 minutes could be seen as "financial," too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
Mind you, the settlement over 60 minutes could be seen as "financial," too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season
www.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Calling it a "purely financial decision." CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season
Mind you, the settlement over 60 minutes could be seen as "financial," too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
Mind you, the settlement over 60 minutes could be seen as "financial," too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
Reposted by Scott Hanley
Father David speaking today and has quite a few important questions for our National Media!
He is spot on with this one and this is well worth the watch! ⬇️⬇️
#USDemocracy
youtube.com/shorts/QkF1X...
He is spot on with this one and this is well worth the watch! ⬇️⬇️
#USDemocracy
youtube.com/shorts/QkF1X...
Journalists Stand Up!
YouTube video by Fr David
youtube.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Father David speaking today and has quite a few important questions for our National Media!
He is spot on with this one and this is well worth the watch! ⬇️⬇️
#USDemocracy
youtube.com/shorts/QkF1X...
He is spot on with this one and this is well worth the watch! ⬇️⬇️
#USDemocracy
youtube.com/shorts/QkF1X...
Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
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This would hardly save any money, but hurts what they think are the right people.
This would hardly save any money, but hurts what they think are the right people.
Trump and GOP’s tax bill would sell off USPS’s brand-new EVs
A little-noticed part of Trump’s tax and immigration package would see the U.S. undo billions of dollars in electric vehicle investments by the Postal Service.
wapo.st
June 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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This would hardly save any money, but hurts what they think are the right people.
This would hardly save any money, but hurts what they think are the right people.
Hank Green - with an evolving appraisal of our current state of affairs.
Watching it all the way through
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Watching it all the way through
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Why I’m so Mad Right Now
YouTube video by hankschannel
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June 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hank Green - with an evolving appraisal of our current state of affairs.
Watching it all the way through
youtu.be/9ChIo3Ubdbo?...
Watching it all the way through
youtu.be/9ChIo3Ubdbo?...
In today’s news about the news - we hope to see Terry on other media, soon. His ABC contract was going to expire Friday and won’t be renewed. Perhaps he knew this was coming, anyway.
Good night and more than good luck to Terry Moran. www.cnn.com/2025/06/10/m...
Good night and more than good luck to Terry Moran. www.cnn.com/2025/06/10/m...
ABC News drops Terry Moran over late-night post attacking Trump and Stephen Miller | CNN Business
The network is parting ways with its veteran correspondent two days after he posted a missive on X calling the president and his deputy chief of staff “world-class haters.”
www.cnn.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In today’s news about the news - we hope to see Terry on other media, soon. His ABC contract was going to expire Friday and won’t be renewed. Perhaps he knew this was coming, anyway.
Good night and more than good luck to Terry Moran. www.cnn.com/2025/06/10/m...
Good night and more than good luck to Terry Moran. www.cnn.com/2025/06/10/m...
Saturday June 7, 2025. We hope this night will not be etched into history - but if it is, where US citizens stand will matter over what’s next. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/break...
Breaking Out of Los Angeles
This is serious enough to break in on the weekend. You’ve seen...
talkingpointsmemo.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Saturday June 7, 2025. We hope this night will not be etched into history - but if it is, where US citizens stand will matter over what’s next. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/break...
Canada has been the number one national recipient of US imports. PM Mark Carney knows how to pull the levers.
BREAKING: Trump is now Begging Mark Carney for a Way Out of Canada's "Anti-Trump" Boycott/Tariff War, in Texts/Secret Phone Calls
The desperation is real. Trump’s illegal tariffs are tanking the U.S. economy, and Mark Carney is getting peppered by Trump with texts and late night calls.
open.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Canada has been the number one national recipient of US imports. PM Mark Carney knows how to pull the levers.
"inevitability is a myth"
www.joanwestenberg.com/the-curse-of...
www.joanwestenberg.com/the-curse-of...
The Curse of the Spanish Armada: When Scale Becomes Self-Sabotage
In 1588, King Philip II of Spain launched a naval campaign that should have been the climax of Catholic Europe's struggle against Protestant England. The Spanish Armada, 130 ships strong and carrying ...
www.joanwestenberg.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"inevitability is a myth"
www.joanwestenberg.com/the-curse-of...
www.joanwestenberg.com/the-curse-of...
“A 2023 RAND report didn’t mince words. Authoritarians are waging cognitive war—not just cyberattacks or propaganda, but full-spectrum manipulation of how people think, feel, and trust.”
An important read from Joe Trippi
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An important read from Joe Trippi
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The Noosphere Is Here — and the Fight for Its Soul Runs Through Musk, Putin, and Trump
“No one gets to vote on whether technology is going to change our lives.”— Bill Gates
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June 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“A 2023 RAND report didn’t mince words. Authoritarians are waging cognitive war—not just cyberattacks or propaganda, but full-spectrum manipulation of how people think, feel, and trust.”
An important read from Joe Trippi
open.substack.com/pub/joetripp...
An important read from Joe Trippi
open.substack.com/pub/joetripp...
Oh, look, media friends - a news story from over the weekend! Hint - it is not from anything Bruce, Bono, Oprah or Beyoncé did...
Trump is now going to have DOJ investigate Springsteen, Beyoncé, Bono, and Oprah.
May 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Oh, look, media friends - a news story from over the weekend! Hint - it is not from anything Bruce, Bono, Oprah or Beyoncé did...
Reposted by Scott Hanley
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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May 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
only Congress makes laws
only Congress makes laws
May 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
only Congress makes laws
only Congress makes laws
60 Minutes this past Sunday, on what one interviewee cites as a "very big deal." Do not look away
youtube.com/watch?v=U1QS...
youtube.com/watch?v=U1QS...
How law firms targeted by Trump are responding to White House pressure | 60 Minutes
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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May 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
60 Minutes this past Sunday, on what one interviewee cites as a "very big deal." Do not look away
youtube.com/watch?v=U1QS...
youtube.com/watch?v=U1QS...
A good read. Mind you, I found it on a smartphone screen.
Time to put it down for a bit...
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Time to put it down for a bit...
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On The Death of Daydreaming
What we lose when phones take away boredom and interstitial time
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May 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A good read. Mind you, I found it on a smartphone screen.
Time to put it down for a bit...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
Time to put it down for a bit...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
"When the truth becomes dangerous, authoritarian leaders don’t just deny it—they bury it beneath spectacle. They don’t win arguments. They flood the zone with noise."
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Buried: The Trump Report You Were Never Meant to See
Trump flooded the headlines to hide Volume One of Jack Smith’s report—and now he’s determined to silence the truth forever.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"When the truth becomes dangerous, authoritarian leaders don’t just deny it—they bury it beneath spectacle. They don’t win arguments. They flood the zone with noise."
open.substack.com/pub/critical...
open.substack.com/pub/critical...
The “next 100 days” appear to be filled with more unprecedented executive branch actions.
On Monday, three CPB Board members received Termination notices from the deputy director of presidential personnel for the executive office of the president.
This is about more than an appropriation.
On Monday, three CPB Board members received Termination notices from the deputy director of presidential personnel for the executive office of the president.
This is about more than an appropriation.
CPB Board Member Firings Result In Lawsuit Against Trump | Radio & Television Business Report
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has filed a lawsuit against the President of the United States and other Trump Administration officials over electronic communication that sought the terminatio...
rbr.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The “next 100 days” appear to be filled with more unprecedented executive branch actions.
On Monday, three CPB Board members received Termination notices from the deputy director of presidential personnel for the executive office of the president.
This is about more than an appropriation.
On Monday, three CPB Board members received Termination notices from the deputy director of presidential personnel for the executive office of the president.
This is about more than an appropriation.
The “next 100 days” appear to be filled with more unprecedented executive branch actions.
On Monday, three CPB Board members received termination notices from the deputy director of presidential personnel for the executive office of the president.
This is about more than an appropriation.
On Monday, three CPB Board members received termination notices from the deputy director of presidential personnel for the executive office of the president.
This is about more than an appropriation.
CPB Board Member Firings Result In Lawsuit Against Trump | Radio & Television Business Report
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has filed a lawsuit against the President of the United States and other Trump Administration officials over electronic communication that sought the terminatio...
rbr.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The “next 100 days” appear to be filled with more unprecedented executive branch actions.
On Monday, three CPB Board members received termination notices from the deputy director of presidential personnel for the executive office of the president.
This is about more than an appropriation.
On Monday, three CPB Board members received termination notices from the deputy director of presidential personnel for the executive office of the president.
This is about more than an appropriation.
