B.A. Parker
@baparker.bsky.social
co-host of code switch on npr (she/her)
Some cool news: I got to do a fun side project. I’ll be co-hosting a limited series called “Books We’ve Loved.” It’s where we revisit some of our fave books or read classics for the first time. I’m stoked. It starts Saturday, October 18th in the Books We Love feed from NPR. The said books are below:
October 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Some cool news: I got to do a fun side project. I’ll be co-hosting a limited series called “Books We’ve Loved.” It’s where we revisit some of our fave books or read classics for the first time. I’m stoked. It starts Saturday, October 18th in the Books We Love feed from NPR. The said books are below:
With the world currently how it is, I’m gonna appreciate the wins. Thanks to the New York Festivals Radio Awards for honoring Amazing Sport Stories: The Black 14. Super proud to be its host and to talk to these brave men about a fateful college football game in 1969.
May 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
With the world currently how it is, I’m gonna appreciate the wins. Thanks to the New York Festivals Radio Awards for honoring Amazing Sport Stories: The Black 14. Super proud to be its host and to talk to these brave men about a fateful college football game in 1969.
I work to keep this guy in the life he’s accustomed to.
March 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I work to keep this guy in the life he’s accustomed to.
Are there any birders on here who could tell me what this big ass bird is that just landed on my AC and scared the bejesus outta me??
March 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Are there any birders on here who could tell me what this big ass bird is that just landed on my AC and scared the bejesus outta me??
And the pro-troop/ anti-war doc FTA, w Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland & Paul Mooney’s traveling show “Free the Army” that all but vanished until the mid-2000s.
TW: Disturbing images at the end.
TW: Disturbing images at the end.
March 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
And the pro-troop/ anti-war doc FTA, w Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland & Paul Mooney’s traveling show “Free the Army” that all but vanished until the mid-2000s.
TW: Disturbing images at the end.
TW: Disturbing images at the end.
Ready to watch tonight on TCM with @mayascade.bsky.social. And finally getting to close some of the gaps I’ve had in Black independent cinema.
March 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Ready to watch tonight on TCM with @mayascade.bsky.social. And finally getting to close some of the gaps I’ve had in Black independent cinema.
All of Schoolhouse Rock is on Disney+, if you need them. The most problematic is the explanation of westward expansion as “Elbow Room.” But the rest are pretty good refreshers for what the US is meant to stand for.
The irony that they’re largely accessible thru a giant corporation isn’t lost on me
The irony that they’re largely accessible thru a giant corporation isn’t lost on me
February 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
All of Schoolhouse Rock is on Disney+, if you need them. The most problematic is the explanation of westward expansion as “Elbow Room.” But the rest are pretty good refreshers for what the US is meant to stand for.
The irony that they’re largely accessible thru a giant corporation isn’t lost on me
The irony that they’re largely accessible thru a giant corporation isn’t lost on me
And I did watch Groundhog Day this year at 10:30pm, as I always do.
February 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And I did watch Groundhog Day this year at 10:30pm, as I always do.
I’m suppose to remember something I saw in April of 2022? I’m not even the same person I was in 2022. I couldn’t even tell you my login passwords from 2022. I’ve had 3 different jobs since the first season ended. I’m going in with 0 memory of 95% of the show.
Much like an outie.
Much like an outie.
January 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I’m suppose to remember something I saw in April of 2022? I’m not even the same person I was in 2022. I couldn’t even tell you my login passwords from 2022. I’ve had 3 different jobs since the first season ended. I’m going in with 0 memory of 95% of the show.
Much like an outie.
Much like an outie.
The first video I got was about an American/Canadian dating site called Maple Match to “save Americans.” So, my FYP still knows the vibes.
January 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The first video I got was about an American/Canadian dating site called Maple Match to “save Americans.” So, my FYP still knows the vibes.
Mind you, this man isn’t president until TOMORROW. This doesn’t bode well. I assume free speech will continue to be threatened as a negotiation tactic going forward. But… you know… the dances are back.
January 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Mind you, this man isn’t president until TOMORROW. This doesn’t bode well. I assume free speech will continue to be threatened as a negotiation tactic going forward. But… you know… the dances are back.
It ended just as David Lynch was showing how to repair his pants. 😞
January 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
It ended just as David Lynch was showing how to repair his pants. 😞
I know we’re viewed as nothing but consumers. But wouldn’t it be, I dunno, more convenient at a train station for the train info to be where the giant shifting screens are? Instead of the little pillar screens that you’ve gotta see up close then run to a far off gate? Moynihan, what are we doing?
January 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I know we’re viewed as nothing but consumers. But wouldn’t it be, I dunno, more convenient at a train station for the train info to be where the giant shifting screens are? Instead of the little pillar screens that you’ve gotta see up close then run to a far off gate? Moynihan, what are we doing?
In my defense about the Outsiders single… I saw the show in previews so early in the year that it just accumulated over time on commutes.
December 4, 2024 at 2:28 AM
In my defense about the Outsiders single… I saw the show in previews so early in the year that it just accumulated over time on commutes.
You know what? Not bad.
December 4, 2024 at 2:24 AM
You know what? Not bad.
Today, I saw my first ever ginger pigeon. I’m interpreting that as a good omen. Birders, let me keep that dream.
December 3, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Today, I saw my first ever ginger pigeon. I’m interpreting that as a good omen. Birders, let me keep that dream.
You don’t realize how mucusy you are until a day when you have to track for over two hours.
November 26, 2024 at 9:26 PM
You don’t realize how mucusy you are until a day when you have to track for over two hours.
For those asking, they weren’t even that long and were the bane of my existence. And the other photo is yesterday.
November 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
For those asking, they weren’t even that long and were the bane of my existence. And the other photo is yesterday.
Currently working on part of a Code Switch ep for this week about spending all of Election Day in a room full of civics teachers navigating the life of Shirley Chisholm… and Election Night confronting reality at Trump Tower.
November 10, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Currently working on part of a Code Switch ep for this week about spending all of Election Day in a room full of civics teachers navigating the life of Shirley Chisholm… and Election Night confronting reality at Trump Tower.