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9 Apr, 4 tweets, 3 min read
A thread of three terrific podcasts that are peepholes into how American students and school administrators are responding to COVID in real time. (I’m sure I’m missing more, so add to the thread.)
PRIMARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL - My good friend @Christophere heads up Turquoise Trail Charter Schools in NM. Last year, he started sending me voice memos about stuff he was most nervous about. Then he turned those voice memos into a podcast. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
HIGH SCHOOL - Ace reporter @nniebrown + her colleagues @nytimes basically made a new season of #FridayNightLights, focusing on when COVID comes to Odessa (aka East Dillon) High in TX. New appreciation for school bands (and gummy worms, weirdly): nytimes.com/2021/02/26/pod…
UNIVERSITY - One of the most surprising COVID ripple effects has been in college admissions. Does the SAT make admissions fairer or less fair? And what would happen if they just disappeared? Loved this recent TAL from @iraglass, @ElnaBaker & @PaulTough. thisamericanlife.org/734/the-campus…

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Proud to say that starting today and for the next six weeks our @Radiolab miniseries #TheOtherLatif will be broadcast in full on approx 500 public radio stations. wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radio…
It’s the perfect timing as the Biden admin is now deciding what to do with Guantánamo and the 40 men still held there. nytimes.com/2021/02/12/us/…
Also the broadcast version has a bunch of bonus footage and interviews and one big special extra at the end of episode 3.
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The US election is tomorrow.  If you, like me, are tired of horse-race-style reporting, and need to zoom out, I wanna tell you a story. It’s about an ancient force influencing the election. And, as a bonus, it’ll give you an Easter egg to watch for as the returns come in. THREAD Image
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This year has been unrelentingly bleak, so I want to tell you a real-life Cinderella story that started almost exactly ten years ago today. (A THREAD)
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Such an honor to talk to these brilliant folks. In their honor, here's a quick thread of a few of my favorite @greatbigstory mini-docs to help pass the quaran-time:
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Hey folks. Last ep of #TheOtherLatif due out early next week. (@Radiolab team is working remotely bc of Covid19, so needed extra time.) It's a solid ep, tho. Worth the wait. (Here's a snapshot to look forward to.) And meantime, to keep you sated in quarantine, some Gitmo recs: Image
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