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John Archibald
@johnarchibald.bsky.social
Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Pulitzer x 2. Granddad.
Am I nuts to get bent out of shape about kids getting Bibles in schools? At a time when the president autographs them for cash and tells supporters he needs their $15 to further his unlikely bid to get into Heaven?

Call me crazy.

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September 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
September 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Episode 7 out today. I think it's a fun one.

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August 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
July 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you’re around Birmingham tomorrow come my way!
July 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three weeks to release but climbing the charts.

Thanks so much for your help. Follow at Apple Podcasts to keep it going.

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July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Long time coming.

@kbeccaandrews.bsky.social, @johnhammontree.bsky.social and I are about to drop an 8-part podcast about serial bomber Eric Rudolph and the rise of Christian/white nationalism.

We're excited about it. First episodes out July 30. Follow on Apple Podcasts to help us get it started.
July 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Here are a few pics from Studio by the Tracks.
June 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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April 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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If you have images in your head of Bloody Sunday in Selma, or the Selma-to-Montgomery march that ended at the State Capitol on this day 60 years ago, there’s a good chance they were formed through the lens of Spider Martin.
March 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I'd say AI is the devil. But I'm pretty sure the devil can do basic math.
March 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In Alabama, the Huntsville Times ran it this way:
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Or this:
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
When MLK announced plans to make Selma a test for civil rights (he didn't march at Bloody Sunday) papers across the country ran headlines like this.
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This from the Huntsville Time the day after Bloody Sunday. Sixty years ago tomorrow.

It seems almost gleeful.
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
But still…
March 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It will be great to be rid of all that pesky regulation and go back to the good old days.
February 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Finally somebody devotes their life to something important: putting dad jokes in Haiku form.

Well lived, George A. Borlase.
December 17, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Good to have @ramseyarchibald.bsky.social back in the office.
December 5, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Happy Thanksgiving y’all.
November 28, 2024 at 6:13 PM
“I am among those who think that science has great beauty.” Marie Curie

“Beauty gives you a sense of what it’s like to be alive.” Jennifer Steinkamp, the artist.

From exhibition at Tampa Museum of Art
November 16, 2024 at 4:38 PM