Sonari
sonari.bsky.social
Sonari
@sonari.bsky.social
Journalist, Impact Producer, momma’s boy
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You have got to check out this fantastic conversation with @sonari.bsky.social about #baseball #npr #vanilla #blackeconomics #art #congress and a million other things

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ChipChat November 13, 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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My former NPR colleague @sonari.bsky.social is raising funds for a reporting project. Take a look and give if you can.

gofund.me/1d6846c4d
Donate to Fuel Reporting on Race, Culture & Economy, organized by Sonari Batubo Glinton
Support the Vanilla is Black Podcast I’m Sonari Glinton. I’ve … Sonari Batubo Glinton needs your support for Fuel Reporting on Race, Culture & Economy
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October 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“Los Angeles has the potential to be this amazing city… The question is, can we access all this in a day? And the answer right now is no. Unless you wanna be in traffic for two hours.”

🎧 My Indicator story: www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...

#LosAngeles #Transit #PlanetMoney #Equity #UrbanPlanning
Can LA host a 'car-free' Olympics? : The Indicator from Planet Money
Los Angeles is synonymous with car culture. But now that it's hosting the 2028 Olympics, could that be changing? On today's show, LA's public transit building bonanza, and why some worry the new infra...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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watched ferris bueller with my son and @sonari.bsky.social (son of chicago) last night. really holds up esp cameron's pathos and the scene at the art institute with the smiths playing. beautiful scene. 📽️🎥
June 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf

stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective. - The Boston Globe
Michael Velchik once also told a peer that "Mein Kampf" was among his favorite recent reads.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Broadway is booming—but who’s getting paid?
Black-led shows are driving a billion-dollar comeback. I wrote about Audra McDonald, Alicia Keys, and the real economics behind this moment.
🎭 www.forbes.com/sites/sonari...
#BlackBroadway #ForbesBLK
Black-Led Broadway Shows Are Driving A Billion-Dollar Comeback
Black women built Broadway’s biggest season. Audra McDonald leads the charge—and she doesn’t need to clap back to prove it.
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June 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
She built a 4,000-seat sanctuary, a theological school, and a Black-led spiritual empire—before “megachurch” was a word.

Johnnie Colemon didn’t just preach abundance. She operationalized it.

I wrote about her legacy for Forbes BLK:
www.forbes.com/sites/sonari...
Faith, Power, And The Black Middle Class: Johnnie Colemon’s Legacy
During her life, her Christ Universal Temple was the largest church congregation in Chicago and the largest church in the world headed by a Black woman.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Someone told me to go back to Africa, so I did some research.
April 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Robert Mitchum dropped a Calypso Album? His estate should pay me reparations for this. What the ever f—-. The biggest surprise it’s not as terrible as you would imagine. Regardless it should not exist. 🤢
April 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The CDC took down information about prep.
February 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This Palisades fires is 8x the size of the great Chicago fire (October 8, 1871). For my Chicago friends it’s like if Chicago was on fire from Roger Park to Hegewisch
a man wearing a chicago fireman 's helmet stands in front of a fire
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January 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Random pet peeve of mine is people who talk shit about Chihuahuas. They are such a smart and loyal dogs. It’s not their fault that their owners treat them like toys. I miss my Norton.
January 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Local TV news has stood out during this fire coverage here in LA. It’s been accessible to most people (you can watch for free if you have a tv and an antenna) and unlike digital content, it doesn’t require paying to bypass a paywall to access coverage. #lafires
January 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Turns out the air quality in Chicago 86 is worse than mid city LA (60) or West Hollywood 68.
January 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Just doing some math. The US has 195 F- 22 planes at $135 million a piece. 1 F-22 would pay for 2600 fire fighters. One expensive aircraft carrier (13 B), would fund the LA fire department for 12-15 years.
a man in a pink hat is covering his mouth with his hand .
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January 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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mark zuckerberg’s entire adult life has been a revenge tour against women
January 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My name is Sonari Glinton. I’m a journalist, fan of big band jazz, podcaster, Angeleno via Chicago raconteur and Uncle at Large. I evacuated here from the platforms owned by billionaires.
January 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
What we are not gonna do is come for Patti LaBelle over her support of a gay man. Miss Patti was an ally long before that ish was cool. The people who are giving her grief are the reason Luther staid in the closet.
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January 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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A good resource for my fellow Angelenos is this app that provides info and updates on the fires apps.apple.com/us/app/watch...
‎Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps
‎Watch Duty is the only wildfire mapping and alert app powered by real people giving you real-time information vetted by trained professionals, not robots. While many other apps rely solely on governm...
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January 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Anyone remember Polaroids? Took these pics on Cape Cod in the 90s, my previous blue sky days.
December 5, 2024 at 3:26 AM
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Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background
Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background
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November 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Eric Mays lives!!!
November 16, 2024 at 4:09 AM