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Ben Calhoun
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Executive Producer of The Daily from NYT. Formerly This American Life, Serial, WBEZ. Player of tubas, petter of dogs, grower of vegetables.
It was Craig Dellimore at @wbbmnewsradio.bsky.social… a truly wonderful man… who told me as a young radio reporter…

“You have to be able to get sound out of a meat loaf.”

From then on I carried an arsenal of connectors. That small kind advice saved me so many times.
January 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Father of a 13-year-old boy here.

Can anyone tell me when the beatboxing ends?
January 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Forgive me is this is a dumb thing to say. But it’s remarkable how things can change so slowly, and then suddenly, because one person speaks up.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/a...
After Five Generations, a Family Gave Back the Treasures in Its Closet (Gift Article)
The descendants of a 19th-century federal official decided to return a prized collection of heirlooms to a descendant of a Lakota leader, Chief Spotted Tail.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Reposted by Ben Calhoun
This is a good one, by the incomparable Nancy Updike:

www.thisamericanlife.org/848/the-offi...
The Official Unofficial Record - This American Life
How do you count almost 12 million votes if you’re not the government?
www.thisamericanlife.org
November 28, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Banana pudding. Always a correct answer.
November 23, 2024 at 7:12 PM
So many people to try to find here! Public radio people, Chicago politics people, journalism people, podcast people. Hello! Who’s here and who are we following?
November 13, 2024 at 2:07 AM