The web’s top three #10
The news is exhausting, and so fast-moving that we can find ourselves missing the slow and thoughtful. This weekly update can provide that for you. We do this by distilling the best of the web and...
Podcast Showcase: The Underground Writing Podcast
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to The Underground Writing Podcast. Sum up your...
Imagining Russia after Putin
"Russia without Putin!" the liberal, pro-Western opposition crowds chanted repeatedly as they marched through Russian cities over the years. Their dream, to live in a country that will not be ruled...
Book Review: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The Year of Magical Thinking is a touching yet distant book, an exhaustive reflection on illness, death, and the need for mourners to reconstruct the meaning of their own existence. In it, journalist...
Staycations for artists and writers
The staycation – a vacation spent either at home or in a BnB/hotel in one's own hometown – is becoming an increasingly popular option for burned-out creatives, especially in these pandemic times...
Podcast Showcase: Fix It Home Improvement
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Fix It Home Improvement Sum up your podcast in...
The web’s top three #9
We're a quarter of the way into 2022 and it's proving to be another strange one. Covid lingers and people around the world face violence and repression. The news is exhausting, and so fast-moving...
Who is helping Russia circumvent sanctions?
After Russian troops invaded Ukraine, 60% of Russia's foreign exchange reserves in international banks were frozen. And because of a number of other economic sanctions, the world began to talk about...
Think before you retweet: fake news about armed conflict on the net
The Russia-Ukraine war is happening at a very media-rich time. There is a lot of false information across the Internet, but also very moving images appear in real time. Definitely, in this new era,...
I found tragedy and inspiration in the same place
This week, I did a panel at George Washington University, hosted by the Organization of Slavic Studies. My co-panelists were career Ukrainian diplomat Kateryna Smagliy and prominent Ukrainian...