Anthony Bourdain and Documentary Artifice
'Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain' stirred controversy for manufacturing voiceover of its late subject. Documentary film has more pressing issues.
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How Many Ways Can You Redefine The Family
✈️ All backed up at BNA · Grammy adds Best Traditional Country category · Beware of who's driving your rideshare · Much more!
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📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville. 🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week. 👨🏻🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide. Monday, 11/3 🎸 John Fogerty w/ Hearty Har @ Ryman Auditorium, 7p, $112+, Info 🪕 Kyle Tuttle Bluegrass Monday
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Today's Takes: Thursday, August 5
Vol. I, No. 61 • A Journal of Freedom • Money Moves • Consumer Convenience • Mandate Mania • Two Hours of MTV • Much More!
Today's Takes: Wednesday, August 4
Vol. I, No. 60 • A Journal of Freedom • The Sins of the Father • Money Talks • Marilyn Monroe • Orangutans • Much More!
Today's Takes: Tuesday, August 3
Vol. I, No. 59 • A Journal of Freedom • On the Hill • Infrastructure as Usual • Dogfood Recipes • Cash to Move • Much More!
Today's Takes: Monday, August 2
Vol. I, No. 58 • A Journal of Freedom • Theater Kids • Sign of the Times • COVID Gutter • Much More!
Today's Takes: Friday, July 30
Vol. I, No. 57 • A Journal of Freedom • Number Go Up • From the Hill • Burnt Offerings • French Fries • Hitchens • Much More!
Losing Christopher Hitchens
Journalism’s intellectual giant died ten years ago. Our civic discourse will never recover.
Today's Takes: Thursday, July 29
Vol. I, No. 56 • A Journal of Freedom • From the Hill • Up and to the Right • Some Good Science • Pods and Bugs • Beauty • Much More!
Today's Takes: Wednesday, July 28
Vol. I, No. 55 • A Journal of Freedom • Numbers, numbers, numbers • Banana for Scale • Ranking Deaths • Democracy on the "Rocks" • Much More!
Today's Takes: Tuesday, July 27
Vol. I, No. 54 • A Journal of Freedom • Biden's Bonanza • Weather or Death • Margarine • Fiscus Fracas • New Epics • Eggs • Much More!
Today's Takes: Monday, July 26
Vol. I, No. 53 • A Journal of Freedom • Carlson CIA • What People Want • Board Game Terror • Dinner Parties • Much More!
Today's Takes: Friday, July 23
Vol. I, No. 52 • A Journal of Freedom • Entourage • China, Wow • COVID Gutter • Great Movies • Flying Fish • Much More!
Entourage’s Last Stand
HBO’s former-zeitgeist show spent the last decade as a critical punchline; it’s time to acknowledge its enduring relevance.
Today's Takes: Thursday, July 22
Vol. I, No. 51 • A Journal of Freedom • Newsom the Gruesome • China's Family Plan • South African Race • Virus that Shall Not Be Named • Greater Idaho Movement • Much More!
Today's Takes: Wednesday, July 21
Vol. I, No. 50 • A Journal of Freedom • Dangerous People & Groups • Space is the Place • Panic Porn • WTF Happened in 1971 • Much More!