Ann Smith
@annsmithsf.bsky.social
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Poetry • Philosophy • Literature • Music
Poetry • Philosophy • Literature • Music
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @washingtonpost.com's Naftali Bendavid and Northwestern University's Jessica Winegar about what's driving Trump's makeover of the White House.
❓How do you interpret Trump's visual choices?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @washingtonpost.com's Naftali Bendavid and Northwestern University's Jessica Winegar about what's driving Trump's makeover of the White House.
❓How do you interpret Trump's visual choices?
📻 Listen:
What’s Behind President Trump’s Aesthetic? | KQED
We take a look at what’s driving the makeover, and we want to hear from you: How do you interpret Trump’s visual choices?
www.kqed.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @washingtonpost.com's Naftali Bendavid and Northwestern University's Jessica Winegar about what's driving Trump's makeover of the White House.
❓How do you interpret Trump's visual choices?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @washingtonpost.com's Naftali Bendavid and Northwestern University's Jessica Winegar about what's driving Trump's makeover of the White House.
❓How do you interpret Trump's visual choices?
📻 Listen:
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🎙️ON AIR:
We’re talking to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist @lajourno.bsky.social, who interviewed 61 child farmworkers in California, about his reporting and the state’s response.
❓How do you want the state to address this?
📻 Listen:
We’re talking to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist @lajourno.bsky.social, who interviewed 61 child farmworkers in California, about his reporting and the state’s response.
❓How do you want the state to address this?
📻 Listen:
Investigation: Lax State Oversight Endangers California’s Child Farmworkers | KQED
We talk to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Robert J. Lopez, who interviewed 61 child farmworkers in California, about his reporting and the state’s response.
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We’re talking to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist @lajourno.bsky.social, who interviewed 61 child farmworkers in California, about his reporting and the state’s response.
❓How do you want the state to address this?
📻 Listen:
We’re talking to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist @lajourno.bsky.social, who interviewed 61 child farmworkers in California, about his reporting and the state’s response.
❓How do you want the state to address this?
📻 Listen:
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December 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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week 10 of #rachelcusktogether starts tomorrow!
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
week 10 of #rachelcusktogether starts tomorrow!
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“The idea that caregiving access will not take a hit seems either naïve or intentionally obtuse — especially for seniors hoping to age at home,” writes Michelle Cottle.
Opinion | America’s Caregivers Are in Crisis
Caregivers are at the brink of despair.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“The idea that caregiving access will not take a hit seems either naïve or intentionally obtuse — especially for seniors hoping to age at home,” writes Michelle Cottle.
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w e e k 9 o f #rachelcusktogether
starts tomorrow!
happy any-excuse-for-overeating-and-families-gathering in advance!
starts tomorrow!
happy any-excuse-for-overeating-and-families-gathering in advance!
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
w e e k 9 o f #rachelcusktogether
starts tomorrow!
happy any-excuse-for-overeating-and-families-gathering in advance!
starts tomorrow!
happy any-excuse-for-overeating-and-families-gathering in advance!
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @economist.com's Vijay Vaitheeswaran, @politico.com's @cvonka.bsky.social and @nrdc.org CEO @manishbapna.bsky.social about how climate advocacy is weathering Trump's presidency.
❓How would you like to see U.S. leadership address climate change?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @economist.com's Vijay Vaitheeswaran, @politico.com's @cvonka.bsky.social and @nrdc.org CEO @manishbapna.bsky.social about how climate advocacy is weathering Trump's presidency.
❓How would you like to see U.S. leadership address climate change?
📻 Listen:
How is Climate Advocacy Weathering Trump? | KQED
We take stock of how climate advocacy is weathering the abdication of U.S. leadership.
www.kqed.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @economist.com's Vijay Vaitheeswaran, @politico.com's @cvonka.bsky.social and @nrdc.org CEO @manishbapna.bsky.social about how climate advocacy is weathering Trump's presidency.
❓How would you like to see U.S. leadership address climate change?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @economist.com's Vijay Vaitheeswaran, @politico.com's @cvonka.bsky.social and @nrdc.org CEO @manishbapna.bsky.social about how climate advocacy is weathering Trump's presidency.
❓How would you like to see U.S. leadership address climate change?
📻 Listen:
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week 8 of #rachelcusktogether starts tmw!
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
week 8 of #rachelcusktogether starts tmw!
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social's Shira Maguen, filmmaker Stephen Olsson and decorated Vietnam War veteran Levie Isaacks about reckoning with PTSD and moral injury, and what it looks like to heal.
❓How has PTSD impacted your life or the lives of those you love?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social's Shira Maguen, filmmaker Stephen Olsson and decorated Vietnam War veteran Levie Isaacks about reckoning with PTSD and moral injury, and what it looks like to heal.
❓How has PTSD impacted your life or the lives of those you love?
📻 Listen:
Veterans’ PTSD and Moral Injury Centered in Documentary ‘Healing a Soldier's Heart’ | KQED
The new documentary “Healing a Soldier's Heart” follows four veterans reckoning with PTSD and with moral injury – the psychological harm we experience when we violate our moral code. We talk with the…
www.kqed.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social's Shira Maguen, filmmaker Stephen Olsson and decorated Vietnam War veteran Levie Isaacks about reckoning with PTSD and moral injury, and what it looks like to heal.
❓How has PTSD impacted your life or the lives of those you love?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social's Shira Maguen, filmmaker Stephen Olsson and decorated Vietnam War veteran Levie Isaacks about reckoning with PTSD and moral injury, and what it looks like to heal.
❓How has PTSD impacted your life or the lives of those you love?
📻 Listen:
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i lost track of days, not for the last time. here's the corrected week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
i lost track of days, not for the last time. here's the corrected week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
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tmw we start TRANSIT!
week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
tmw we start TRANSIT!
week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're speaking with KQED's April Dembosk,
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's Dr. Mariana Socal and @healthaccess.bsky.social's Chris Noble about CalRx.
❓ Do you or does a loved one use insulin? Will CalRx Insulin affect you?
📻 Listen:
We're speaking with KQED's April Dembosk,
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's Dr. Mariana Socal and @healthaccess.bsky.social's Chris Noble about CalRx.
❓ Do you or does a loved one use insulin? Will CalRx Insulin affect you?
📻 Listen:
CalRx to Offer Cheap Insulin, and Other Prescription Drugs Could Be Next | KQED
We’ll talk about CalRx, and whether it could ease the prescription drug affordability crisis and bolster
the supply of crucial medications.
www.kqed.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're speaking with KQED's April Dembosk,
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's Dr. Mariana Socal and @healthaccess.bsky.social's Chris Noble about CalRx.
❓ Do you or does a loved one use insulin? Will CalRx Insulin affect you?
📻 Listen:
We're speaking with KQED's April Dembosk,
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's Dr. Mariana Socal and @healthaccess.bsky.social's Chris Noble about CalRx.
❓ Do you or does a loved one use insulin? Will CalRx Insulin affect you?
📻 Listen:
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JUST IN: California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
California voters OK new congressional lines, boosting Democrats ahead of midterms
California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
JUST IN: California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to journalist and expert on conspiracy theories @rothschildmd.bsky.social about the Eaton Fire, and why conspiracy theories spread when major disasters strike.
❓Have you ever found yourself struggling to tell fact from fiction during a traumatic event?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to journalist and expert on conspiracy theories @rothschildmd.bsky.social about the Eaton Fire, and why conspiracy theories spread when major disasters strike.
❓Have you ever found yourself struggling to tell fact from fiction during a traumatic event?
📻 Listen:
Conspiracy Theory Expert Experiences Eaton Fire Disinformation Firsthand | KQED
We talk to journalist Mike Rothschild about why his community was vulnerable to disinformation about the causes of and responses to the Eaton fire — and why conspiracy theories spread when major…
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to journalist and expert on conspiracy theories @rothschildmd.bsky.social about the Eaton Fire, and why conspiracy theories spread when major disasters strike.
❓Have you ever found yourself struggling to tell fact from fiction during a traumatic event?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to journalist and expert on conspiracy theories @rothschildmd.bsky.social about the Eaton Fire, and why conspiracy theories spread when major disasters strike.
❓Have you ever found yourself struggling to tell fact from fiction during a traumatic event?
📻 Listen:
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last week (week 6) of #rachelcusktogether starts tomorrow!
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
last week (week 6) of #rachelcusktogether starts tomorrow!
#rachelcusktogether
“His character was completely ruined by that experience, she said. He is now a cold and calculating man, concerned only with what he can get out of life.” 💔
Childhood trauma and not having the right support to process his grief? Hard to know, but I feel for that little boy.
“His character was completely ruined by that experience, she said. He is now a cold and calculating man, concerned only with what he can get out of life.” 💔
Childhood trauma and not having the right support to process his grief? Hard to know, but I feel for that little boy.
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#rachelcusktogether
“His character was completely ruined by that experience, she said. He is now a cold and calculating man, concerned only with what he can get out of life.” 💔
Childhood trauma and not having the right support to process his grief? Hard to know, but I feel for that little boy.
“His character was completely ruined by that experience, she said. He is now a cold and calculating man, concerned only with what he can get out of life.” 💔
Childhood trauma and not having the right support to process his grief? Hard to know, but I feel for that little boy.
#rachelcusktogether
“Theo said it sounded like the problem was that she had chosen the wrong dog in the first place. He himself had a pug, he said, and he had never experienced any difficulties.” 😂
Bless the Theo’s of this world.
“Theo said it sounded like the problem was that she had chosen the wrong dog in the first place. He himself had a pug, he said, and he had never experienced any difficulties.” 😂
Bless the Theo’s of this world.
November 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#rachelcusktogether
“Theo said it sounded like the problem was that she had chosen the wrong dog in the first place. He himself had a pug, he said, and he had never experienced any difficulties.” 😂
Bless the Theo’s of this world.
“Theo said it sounded like the problem was that she had chosen the wrong dog in the first place. He himself had a pug, he said, and he had never experienced any difficulties.” 😂
Bless the Theo’s of this world.
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🎙️ ON AIR:
We're talk to professor @joycewhitevance.bsky.social about the latest legal challenges to the Trump administration and about her book, “Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy.”
❓ What are you doing to preserve our democracy?
📻 Listen:
We're talk to professor @joycewhitevance.bsky.social about the latest legal challenges to the Trump administration and about her book, “Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy.”
❓ What are you doing to preserve our democracy?
📻 Listen:
Joyce Vance on Why We Can’t Give up on Our Democracy | KQED
We talk to Joyce Vance about the latest legal challenges to the Trump administration and about her book, "Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy.”
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎙️ ON AIR:
We're talk to professor @joycewhitevance.bsky.social about the latest legal challenges to the Trump administration and about her book, “Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy.”
❓ What are you doing to preserve our democracy?
📻 Listen:
We're talk to professor @joycewhitevance.bsky.social about the latest legal challenges to the Trump administration and about her book, “Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy.”
❓ What are you doing to preserve our democracy?
📻 Listen:
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @newyorker.com staff writer Molly Fischer about how new management and Wall Street pressure are changing things at Costco. Her new piece asks, "Can the Golden Age of Costco Last?"
❓Do you love Costco, or get why some people weirdly love it so much?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @newyorker.com staff writer Molly Fischer about how new management and Wall Street pressure are changing things at Costco. Her new piece asks, "Can the Golden Age of Costco Last?"
❓Do you love Costco, or get why some people weirdly love it so much?
📻 Listen:
What Does Costco Mean to You? | KQED
New management and Wall Street pressure means that things are changing at Costco, even as its hot dog-and-soda deal remains $1.50. We talk with New Yorker staff writer Molly Fischer about her new…
www.kqed.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @newyorker.com staff writer Molly Fischer about how new management and Wall Street pressure are changing things at Costco. Her new piece asks, "Can the Golden Age of Costco Last?"
❓Do you love Costco, or get why some people weirdly love it so much?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @newyorker.com staff writer Molly Fischer about how new management and Wall Street pressure are changing things at Costco. Her new piece asks, "Can the Golden Age of Costco Last?"
❓Do you love Costco, or get why some people weirdly love it so much?
📻 Listen:
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🎙️ON AIR:
For Episode 4 of #InSearchofHome, we talk to housing developers, housing experts and Bay Area residents about how to bring more permanent housing that formerly homeless people can actually afford.
❓Do you or have you lived in low-income housing? What was your experience like?
📻 Listen:
For Episode 4 of #InSearchofHome, we talk to housing developers, housing experts and Bay Area residents about how to bring more permanent housing that formerly homeless people can actually afford.
❓Do you or have you lived in low-income housing? What was your experience like?
📻 Listen:
In Search of Home Part 4: Strategies For Building Permanent Homes for the Unhoused | KQED
We bring together housing developers, housing experts and Bay Area residents to discuss what works to bring more permanent housing that formerly homeless people can actually afford.
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
For Episode 4 of #InSearchofHome, we talk to housing developers, housing experts and Bay Area residents about how to bring more permanent housing that formerly homeless people can actually afford.
❓Do you or have you lived in low-income housing? What was your experience like?
📻 Listen:
For Episode 4 of #InSearchofHome, we talk to housing developers, housing experts and Bay Area residents about how to bring more permanent housing that formerly homeless people can actually afford.
❓Do you or have you lived in low-income housing? What was your experience like?
📻 Listen:
#rachelcusktogether
“The worst thing it seemed to her, was to be dealing with one version of a person when quite another version existed out of sight.”
Terrifying indeed.
“The worst thing it seemed to her, was to be dealing with one version of a person when quite another version existed out of sight.”
Terrifying indeed.
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#rachelcusktogether
“The worst thing it seemed to her, was to be dealing with one version of a person when quite another version existed out of sight.”
Terrifying indeed.
“The worst thing it seemed to her, was to be dealing with one version of a person when quite another version existed out of sight.”
Terrifying indeed.
#rachelcusktogether
“You could spend your whole life, she said, trying to trace events back to your own mistakes…But there is another explanation, she said, which is simply that he is mad.”
This is true.
“You could spend your whole life, she said, trying to trace events back to your own mistakes…But there is another explanation, she said, which is simply that he is mad.”
This is true.
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#rachelcusktogether
“You could spend your whole life, she said, trying to trace events back to your own mistakes…But there is another explanation, she said, which is simply that he is mad.”
This is true.
“You could spend your whole life, she said, trying to trace events back to your own mistakes…But there is another explanation, she said, which is simply that he is mad.”
This is true.
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week 5 of #rachelcusktogether starts tomorrow. reposting with oct 31 fixed!
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
week 5 of #rachelcusktogether starts tomorrow. reposting with oct 31 fixed!