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Review: Cramped
“Because having a microphone gets you more answers than having a uterus” is true. Downey takes what she finds, runs with it, and is a champion for comprehension and empathy.
Review: American Railroad
Paintings are one thing, but we have a problem with records by way of sound. What happens when we lose the connection between song and context? Recording sound is new, and oral tradition often plays a game of telephone down the centuries.
Review: The Other Moonshot
President Kennedy was right that we don't do things because they are easy, we do them because they are hard.
The Monthly Magpie: February 2025
If the past six months of my life have been busy and
The Monthly Magpie: January 2025
Magpie Journals 15: The Love of a Limited Series
We don’t start preparing for a marathon by running the marathon. We aim for the 5k, or the .5k. We start with a smaller, manageable thing before we go for the big one.
The Monthly Magpie: December 2024
Review: Hymns for the Road
As the listener discovers the new rules of this future America, layers of reflection are folded in across the perspective of each character. One is maybe more positive, another more cynical, more naive. The subject matter is timely, from overt to subtle...
Review: The Energy Curfew Music Hour
What doesn’t speak for itself is how this is activism wrapped up in comedy, music, and snappy writing.
Magpie Journals 14: Joy is Protest
I have been negotiating my relationship with the online world and the
