Thousand Movie Project

Ira Madison III, co-host of Crooked Media's "Keep It!" podcast, is the author of "Pure Innocent Fun," a collection of essays, equal parts pop culture analysis (mostly of 1990s and 2000s movies and television, stuff millennials grew up with) and coming-of-age memoir. He joins me for a talk about niche vs mono culture, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Oprah and popular culture as a bridge. Pure Innocent Fun: Essays https://a.co/d/fl8bJtY ----- My book CUBAFRUIT comes out a week from today! Pre-order it now for $3.99! https://a.co/d/asHwJEu

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The first installment in a new series, interviewing Miami-based professionals about their work, today I'm speaking with Manny Sanchez, from Truly Nolen, about his nearly 20-year career in pest control. Special thanks to Toby Srebnik for helping to set this up! My book CUBAFRUIT is available for preorder on Amazon! https://a.co/d/eOPaeFb Email me thousandmovieproject at gmail

My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77 Send proof of purchase, along with your mailing address, for a token of thanks in the mail: thousandmovieproject at gmail dot com Release date: 16 December 2024

My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77 Send proof of purchase, along with your mailing address, for a token of thanks in the mail: thousandmovieproject at gmail dot com

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My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order! https://a.co/d/cFrJPTI ======= send me proof of purchase and your mailing address for a token of thanks! thousandmovieproject at gmail (or just say hi!)

My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order! https://a.co/d/6Yvdv2d ================= Wherein the narrator contends with a colleague who won't stop whistling, a masturbating shopper, and the one colleague who secretly shares his resentment. ================= email: thousandmovieproject at gmail IG: thousandmoviepod

My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order, on Amazon, just $3.99! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77 Email me to let me know if you pre-ordered a copy of CUBAFRUIT ---thousandmovieproject at gmail dot com--- send me your mailing address and I'll send you a little token of gratitude via snailmail

Wherein a favorite colleague--following a turbulent month of Covid, monkeypox, two strokes and a coma--explains his nightly visitations. My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77 Id love to send a personal thanks for your order! Send a screenshot and your mailing address to thousandmovieproject at gmail dot com

My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order, on Amazon, just $3.99! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77 Email me to let me know if you pre-ordered a copy of CUBAFRUIT ---thousandmovieproject at gmail dot com--- send me your mailing address and I'll send you a little token of gratitude via snailmail

My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77 email me about whatever! would you like some handmade missive of thanks and goodwill? send me a hello, below THOUSANDMOVIEPROJECT AT GMAIL DOT COM tell me a little about yourself, ask whatever, share a theory--then add your mailing address and i'll respond forthhaste

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wherein the narrator uses some imaginative and maps, in 13 points, how Donald Trump's mass deportation thing will fall apart and be abandoned within weeks. ...... help the show along by preordering my book CUBAFRUIT for $3.99 here: https://a.co/d/1Zi0H4n email me about whatever ya like thousandmovieproject at gmail

Wherein the narrator tries to not think of Trump by reading horrific true crime stories and decides none of this is really a great idea. The reddit thread: Scariest True Crime Story You've Ever Heard https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/s/0zueaLwUkP My books CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order! Just $3.99 before publication! Cubafruit https://a.co/d/fbCBgPp reach out to talk about whatever! thousandmovieproject at gmail

Donald Trump's election last night portends social, economic, and geopolitical crises. Here, succinct as possible, are some of the biggest threats. ..... My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_dp_3ZQEIW35SK6Z6W7AD7WG_2&starsLeft=1&skipTwisterOG=1&language=en_US ..... email me about whatever: vent, commiserate, call me names... thousandmovieproject at gmail

the day is upon us. Pre-order my book CUBAFRUIT! Cubafruit https://a.co/d/4d4GUui

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Wherein the narrator gets out finally and votes, early, but at the last possible hour. My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order at $3.99! Every sale helps the Amazon algorithm show it to other readers, and gives a chance for bestsellerdom on release day! Pre-order now and send me a screenshot of your receipt for a proper thanks in the mail! https://www.amazon.com/Cubafruit-Alexander-Sorondo-ebook/dp/B0DKY64F77?dplnkId=ffd2a489-de1d-4ca0-a390-101b3e279ca4 email me about whatever! thousandmovieproject at gmail

Wherein the narrator talks about the latest piece by a New Yorker Magazine favorite, Jay Caspian-Kang, who talks about Donald Trump's targeting of Gen Z men: their wayward resentments, their hearts, their vote... My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_YDGZZY21X53QCQNQ22TV_3&starsLeft=1&skipTwisterOG=1 email: thousandmovieproject at gmail

Pre-order CUBAFRUIT here! https://a.co/d/cBXtRNJ Check out the transcript for this and other episodes at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com Email me about anything! thousandmovieproject at gmail

In which New York Times columnist David Brooks reminds us, in a new article, that everything is broken and will never get better--prompting, by accident, some questions about the point of what columnists even do. My book CUBAFRUIT is available for preorder here! https://a.co/d/c5XmAhL Wanna reach out? thousandmovieproject at gmail

The transcript for this and other episodes can be found at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com My book, CUBAFRUIT, is now available for pre-order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77 Email me about whatever! thousandmovieproject at gmail dot com

Transcripts for this and other episodes are available at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com (Help the show/newsletter by subscribing!) Get in touch via email: thousandmovieproject at gmail Big announcement: 9 days.

Breaking down Jay Caspian-King's fantastic piece in this week's New Yorker, about media bias. The transcript for this and other episodes can be found at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com (subscribe!) email me about whatever! thousandmovieproject at gmail

Not a proper episode, just a quick note on something I read this week and thought was pretty strong, enjoyable, timely and incisive. New proper episode tomorrow and, until then, you can read this and other episode transcripts below (and subscribe!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com Chat with me about whatever! thousandmovieproject at gmail

Wherein the narrator talks about Kamala Harris's huge improvement as an interview subject, in just the past three weeks, and compares it with some tangential things he's learned about President Biden between two books: WHAT IT TAKES, the 1,500-page tome focusing partly on Joe Biden's 1988 presidential campaign, and WAR, Bob Woodward's latest (still most-revealing) peek into the current Biden administration. Also, riffs on the benefit of quick personal journaling about politics. email: thousandmovieproject at gmail

Wherein the narrator, for lack of news awareness, talks about the differences and similarities between two writers who were very relevant when he was younger. get in touch! thousandmovieproject at gmail

Wherein the narrator takes the permission of two pundits, riffs about some shady sanewashing in the Ts of NY, and finally, like any decent low-watt broadcaster, brings it all back to aliens. You can read the transcript for this and other episodes at BIG READER BAD GRADES (do me a kindness! subscribe!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com wanna tell me something? that you like the show, that it sucks, what you ate? feel free to reach out! thousandmovieproject at gmail COUNTDOWN TO BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: 17 Days.

Wherein the narrator talks about a personal emergency (ish), some recent insights from Ross Douthat, and others from Jill Lepore. Transcripts for this and other episodes are available at BIG READER BAD GRADES, on substack (do me a kindness! subscribe!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com feel free to reach out! thousandmovieproject at gmail

In which Kamala Harris makes a great pitch, in the wrong direction, and Donald Trump -- frustrated at his Democratic rival raising $1 billion in just three months -- pursues the most sensible solution possible: berating his donors.

Something Personal, Something Political. It's been a stressful week at the grocery store, and politics afford no respite. Here's a decidedly lower-tech episode, acapella, in the interest of resuming the rhythm and getting things out. Read transcripts of the show on Substack (free!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com email: thousandmovieroject at gmail

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tinkered with this disaster for 4 days, thinking there was something to salvage, but ad a gesture of peacemaking and personal release I surrender it out and on we go... support the show, check out the ebook, it's free*! ~~~~~ *unless you wanna pay for it* ~~~ talk at me!: email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

The (partial) eBook is here! Download free or pay what you want at https://ko-fi.com/s/4f4999c591 It's my 33rd birthday and what was supposed to be an easy-peasy recording, with just a quick intro and then a brief reading from the ebook, turned into this long, searching, semi-confessional thing that came somewhat out of nowhere--but is also reflective of the sorts of changes implied. Birthday Tradition: One of the few times I feel comfortable asking but, if you want to do me ~birthday kindness~ this week, it would mean a lot if you could review the show, on your podcast platform of choice, and share it with friends. Thanks for listening! Support the show at https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepod ~~~ chat me up GOOD: email: thousandmovieproject at gmail IG: @thousandmoviepod

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi -- but, until then, you can support the show by dropping in a tip! https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepod Experimenting with this digital tip jar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation." ~~~ chat me up but GOOD via email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi -- but, until then, you can support the show by dropping in a tip! https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepod Experimenting with this digital tip jar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation." ~~~ chat me up but GOOD via email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepod Experimenting with this digital tipjar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation." ~~~ chat me up but GOOD via email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

The Key to Prioritizing (How My Manager Nearly Died) by Alexander Sorondo

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Everyone's Angry About the Eclipse by Alexander Sorondo

My Neighbor Killed His Wife by Alexander Sorondo

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And You Get a Car by Alexander Sorondo

grocer gets fired by Alexander Sorondo

Nigel Hamilton on Clinton's Sexcapades by Alexander Sorondo

Training a new hire shed slight on a trend I've noticed in every retail/hospitality job I've ever had. email: thousandmovieproject at gmail instagram: @thousandmoviepod

April is PEOPRIL! A month of reading about life-writing: memoir, biography, autobiography. The narrator describes his plans, shares some news, and eeks his way back onto the rhythm here.