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Cheyna Roth
@cheyna-roth.bsky.social
Podcast producer and host for Slate.
Host of MichMash. Author of two true crime books.
Substack: Culture & Chaos
https://linktr.ee/cheyna_r
Why did nobody warn me billionaires are actually super lame and annoying?
March 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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36% of all banned books contain a character or a real person of color. But sure, this is about protecting the children. people.com/sex-claims-e...
'Explicit' Sex Claims ‘Exaggerated,’ Black and LGBTQ+ Characters Overwhelmingly Targeted, New Book Ban Analysis Finds
A new PEN America analysis of books banned during the 2023-2024 school year shows which stories were disproportionately removed from shelves — and debunks “exaggerated” claims about books that feature...
people.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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I'm gonna urge you, if you do one thing today, to listen to the way US Army Major Alivia Stehlik talks about the meaning of service: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda
Might want to cool it on kicking people out of our institutions for a second?
slate.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's State of the State night in Michigan and look at our Tim Skubick! Check out our chat after the speech on your @pbs.org local station
February 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The producer in the control room eating Cheetos during the #bravo Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reunion is my spirit animal.
January 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New website who this????!!!! Check out the amazing work my friend Angela did (including some INCREDIBLE photos)
cheynaroth.com
Cheyna Roth
Author, Producer, and Multi-Media Journalist
cheynaroth.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Expanded MichMash this week!

In the first segment, @cheyna-roth.bsky.social and I discuss Jocelyn Benson’s gubernatorial campaign launch.

Then I speak with @danielleatkinson.bsky.social and Cheyna with Rep. Bill Schuette to discuss the paid sick time law and efforts to change it.
January 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
No one warned me that I would spend this much time in my thirties refolding throw blankets.
January 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Some interesting insight here from Rep. Joe Aragona on this week's MichMash. We discuss the first moves from the new
House GOP majority in the state House. Available on all podcast platforms. In the first segment, @cheyna-roth.bsky.social and I discuss the first week of the 103rd Legislature.
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NEW MICHMASH: This week on MichMash, Rep. Joseph Aragona (R-Clinton Township) joins the show to discuss the first moves from the new House Republican majority following it assuming control this week. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/4bjG2ZB
January 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not great, Bob.
January 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Saw a hotel list "vintage dvd/vhs player" as part of its charm and if you'll excuse me I need to go take my back pills.
December 31, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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We pushed back recording to get the latest! And came close, the Senate was still going at 1 p.m. Friday. All podcast platforms! Elena Durnbaugh joins @cheyna-roth.bsky.social and me on MichMash this week to walk us through the drama in the House.
December 21, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Shop local and pick up a freshly signed copy of my true crime book at Schuler Books!
December 13, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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A bountiful episode:

@cheyna-roth.bsky.social and I recap lame duck trials and tee up our guest segment with Lisa McGraw of the
@michiganpress.bsky.social to discuss FOIA expansion.

In between, Cheyna and I riff on Mike Duggan's surprise independent bid for governor.

On all podcast platforms!
NEW MICHMASH: This week on MichMash, Co-Hosts Zach Gorchow and Cheyna Roth dissect Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's big surprise that he's running for governor as an independent.
December 6, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Grading first student's final paper: This was a very thoughtful analysis of your topic. I particularly enjoyed the part [continues on for 5 paragraphs]

Grading last student's final paper: YO! This was great. loved it. peace out.
December 6, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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Tariffs and trade are a gender issue. If you present a policy as largely benefiting industries that mostly employ men, it is a gender issue. In this essay, I will
December 3, 2024 at 7:50 PM
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The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
December 2, 2024 at 10:41 PM
"Sometimes, you can be so basic that copyright law doesn’t even protect you." - This influencer lawsuit is FASCINATING and the reporting here by Mia Sato is soooo good. www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...
The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry
Behind the scenes of a court battle for the “clean girl” look.
www.theverge.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:06 PM
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as someone who has done a lot of filling in for Slate’s Dear Prudence: there is a 30 percent chance that whatever Thanksgiving issue you are dealing with this week can be solved by just staying at a hotel (or putting someone up in a hotel).
November 25, 2024 at 4:45 PM
More than ever I'm convinced there are two types of people: those that grew up knowing Mr. Rogers and those that didn't.
November 24, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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Also thanks to @lizzieohreally.bsky.social and @cheyna-roth.bsky.social for having me on @slate.bsky.social What Next TBD to talk about a Chrome sale: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
What’s Google Without Chrome?
Can Google just run out the clock until the Trump administration?
slate.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Dan Kois cooking all the recipes on @slate.bsky.social's definitive list of the "25 Most Important Recipes of the Past 100 Years" (slate.com/life/2024/11...) is the most Kois thing ever (compliment!) & why I love working here

Read (and participate in?) the Kois challenge
slate.com/life/2024/11...
I Cooked 25 Recipes That Changed Everything in American Cooking in One Month. I Was Not Prepared.
I Cooked Every Single One of America's 25 Most Important Recipes. My Family Paid the Price.
slate.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:36 PM
If you aren't subscribed to Danielle's Substack what are you even doing with your life!?
Let’s get this thing to 3k subscribers. Go.
I am not working for a couple of weeks. But that doesn't mean i can't still write absolutely insane newsletters. open.substack.com/pub/danielle...
November 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Here is my account of a long weekend I spent camping in Oregon with Bigfoot believers, out today in FT Weekend www.ft.com/content/5a80...
Three days with the true believers who won’t let Bigfoot die
After decades without conclusive evidence, surely there aren’t people still holding out hope. Right?
www.ft.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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More than 10,000 New Zealanders on Friday joined a 660-mile protest march heading toward Parliament in Wellington, amid growing opposition to proposed legislation that would strip Maori people of special rights accorded to them under an 1840 treaty.
New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill
The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, with even the prime minister deriding it.
wapo.st
November 15, 2024 at 5:11 PM