Mike Schrand
@migorstmarseille.bsky.social
Public Radio lifer. I talk for a living. Musician, singer, songwriter, too.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Bartiromo: "We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs number for the month of June. The expectations call for the numbers to be up 95,000. Right now seeing the number -- actually, uh, showing a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000, uh."
July 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Bartiromo: "We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs number for the month of June. The expectations call for the numbers to be up 95,000. Right now seeing the number -- actually, uh, showing a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000, uh."
Possibly the most beautiful thing I’ll see all day, perhaps all week…❤️
July 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Possibly the most beautiful thing I’ll see all day, perhaps all week…❤️
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this suggest that cardinals are angels' natural predators
June 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
this suggest that cardinals are angels' natural predators
Keystone Cops Time…
May 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Keystone Cops Time…
Ouch. Only for the car’s o-ring. #notdoingthat
May 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Ouch. Only for the car’s o-ring. #notdoingthat
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Trump orders an end to all federal funds for NPR and PBS.
They say he can't.
My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
They say he can't.
My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Trump orders an end to all federal funds for NPR and PBS.
They say he can't.
My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
They say he can't.
My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
My new album Things Have Changed is now streaming on all platforms. Go, stream!
March 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My new album Things Have Changed is now streaming on all platforms. Go, stream!
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hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
March 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“How”, a song from my new album Things Have Changed, out now on @bandcamp.com mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
March 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“How”, a song from my new album Things Have Changed, out now on @bandcamp.com mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
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lots of people rightfully hailing the great gene hackman performances but let me say a word for his role as the villain in sam raimi’s THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. he brings so much genuine menace to the performance, it’s electrifying
February 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
lots of people rightfully hailing the great gene hackman performances but let me say a word for his role as the villain in sam raimi’s THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. he brings so much genuine menace to the performance, it’s electrifying
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
“Walking Away”, from my album “Things Have Changed”, out now at mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
February 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“Walking Away”, from my album “Things Have Changed”, out now at mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
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I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.
February 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.
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Roberta Flack, the magnetic singer and pianist who was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s, died on Monday at 88. Flack was known for her majestic anthems like “Killing Me Softly” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” nyti.ms/4h1KzSh
February 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Roberta Flack, the magnetic singer and pianist who was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s, died on Monday at 88. Flack was known for her majestic anthems like “Killing Me Softly” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” nyti.ms/4h1KzSh
My new album is now out on @bandcamp.com! Get some for your ears.
mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
Things Have Changed, by Mike Schrand
7 track album
mikeschrand.bandcamp.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My new album is now out on @bandcamp.com! Get some for your ears.
mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
mikeschrand.bandcamp.com/album/things...
A new song, “Jackknife”, from my new album Things Have Changed, out soon on @bandcamp.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A new song, “Jackknife”, from my new album Things Have Changed, out soon on @bandcamp.com
A preview song from my upcoming album “Things Have Changed”, out soon on @bandcamp.com #originalmusic #songwritersofbluesky #stlouis
February 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A preview song from my upcoming album “Things Have Changed”, out soon on @bandcamp.com #originalmusic #songwritersofbluesky #stlouis
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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
A few members of the @stlpublicradio.bsky.social and @npr.org morning team: Yours truly, @steveinskeep.bsky.social and @abbyllorico.bsky.social having a nice #STL morning.
February 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A few members of the @stlpublicradio.bsky.social and @npr.org morning team: Yours truly, @steveinskeep.bsky.social and @abbyllorico.bsky.social having a nice #STL morning.
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
January 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM