| | | | Dear Newsletterfolken,
We all have something, at least one small thing, that causes the MRI versions of our brains to light up. For whatever reason we keep that thing safe from the working world. We call them "hobbies" and we never tell a soul.
We're all friends here at OTM, so those special, pastime-y treats don't always stay secret. We easily deduced OTM producer Leah's interest in woodworking, for example, after we noticed the intricate glyphs she had carved into her desk.
Bob Garfield, as you probably already know, is an enigma, shrouded in mystery. He records his interviews from a basement in an undisclosed location somewhere outside of Washington, D.C. He refuses to share his thoughts on the week's news until one of us says "Please." None of us has ever seen his hands.
He couldn't keep up the act forever. Recently we here at OTMHQ made the startling discovery that Bob, all this time, likes to paint! And what's more.......... he's good at it. | | Indeed. And here's a cool thing: you can snag a couple of those paintings — as prints! signed prints! — with a donation to OTM. Neat, huh?
Onwards. | | [ In Case You Missed It ] | |  | | We began last week's transit-oriented program with a story of Good Samaritans and gratitude. Specifically, the beloved, "heartwarming" media trope of the person who walks miles and miles and miles to work — usually out of heartbreaking necessity — and is rewarded for their perseverance with a car, or a bike, or at least an appearance on the 5 o'clock news. Uplifting as these tales may sometimes be, they are also "terrible," as Streetsblog national reporter Angie Schmitt explained to Brooke. Don't miss it. | |  | | A government climate change report was released last week and summarily dismissed...by the government. It was a worrying development, to be sure — but it was also only the latest chapter in the long history of scientists' unheeded warnings. Back in 1988, Andrew Revkin started covering global warming, beginning with a cover piece for Discover Magazine (and later for The New York Times). Last summer, he spoke with Brooke about the lessons he's learned in thirty years of coverage — and what they mean for how humankind might be able to navigate a much warmer future. Listen here. | |  | | Once upon a time... something confusing, shady, and very much illegal happened over at Newsweek. Elsewhere in the world, an artist purchased a suspiciously over-priced tube of lipstick. That artist, Jenny Odell, investigated the path that lipstick took and then wrote one of the strangest pieces we've ever read in the New York Times. It is hypnotic. | | | A viral video in Latin America has us asking: is it the end of satire as we once knew it? | | | Thanks for listening, and for reading. We love feedback, so please contact us with any questions or comments. We're busy, but we read them all, promise. | | | | | | |
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