Paloma Media Podcast

Nancy Rommelmann and Matt Welch

Media, current events, politics and various blah-blah with Matt Welch, Nancy Rommelmann and whoever wanders into the Paloma Media compound in Chinatown for cocktails and talk-talk. Come on in!

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A Standard Worth Keeping: Don't Steal Other People's Stuff

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04/13/22 • 11 min

Nancy Rommelmann Portland coverage for Reason

"America's Shoplifting Epidemic" (WSJ)

NR tweet about petty theft and consequences

How Q-Tips are made video!

Bucha's Month of Terror (NYT)

Walgreen's cites theft as a reason for closing San Francisco locations (SFGate)

"How SF's Black Market Thrives on Retail Theft" (SF Standard)

Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College (wikipedia)

No, We Don't Need To Become More Like Putin To Contain Him

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03/31/22 • 9 min

A reading of "No, We Don't Need To Become More Like Putin To Contain Him," by Matt Welch, published at Reason on March 31

Are You a Baby Murderer? Tomagathci Edition

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01/10/22 • 5 min

Coco Welch, about to turn the big 7 and daughter of MattWelch, asks, "Are you a baby murderer?" (And yeah, maybe it was Tomagatchi; so sue me)

The Queens of Montague Street

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12/13/21 • 56 min

The Queens of Montague Street is available on Amazon, and was excepted in The New York Times Magazine, as "Dazed and Confused"

New York Creating Race-Based School 'Affinity Groups' To Combat Racism

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11/19/21 • 9 min

A reading of, "New York Creating Race-Based School 'Affinity Groups' To Combat Racism," published at Reason on November 19, 2021

Biden's Support Among Independents Has Crashed

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10/22/21 • 9 min

A reading of, Biden's Support Among Independents Has Crashed, by Matt Welch, published at Reason on Oct. 22, 2021

Paloma Media Podcast/3.1: Enemies, Enemies Everywhere

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02/18/21 • 38 min

Nancy and Matt talk about the New York Times' continuing migration from reporting to tattling, from widening the field of discourse to narrowcasting, from being curious about people to finding most of them suspect. But we're having a good time! Like to watch instead? Head over to our YouTube channel! https://bit.ly/36HzaG3