Ben Calhoun

It was Craig Dellimore at @wbbmnewsradio.bsky.social… a truly wonderful man… who told me as a young radio reporter…

“You have to be able to get sound out of a meat loaf.”

From then on I carried an arsenal of connectors. That small kind advice saved me so many times.

It doesn’t seem especially goal-oriented so far

Father of a 13-year-old boy here.

Can anyone tell me when the beatboxing ends?

After Five Generations, a Family Gave Back the Treasures in Its Closet (Gift Article) The descendants of a 19th-century federal official decided to return a prized collection of heirlooms to a descendant of a Lakota leader, Chief Spotted Tail.

Forgive me is this is a dumb thing to say. But it’s remarkable how things can change so slowly, and then suddenly, because one person speaks up.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/a...

The Official Unofficial Record - This American Life How do you count almost 12 million votes if you’re not the government?

This is a good one, by the incomparable Nancy Updike:

www.thisamericanlife.org/848/the-offi...

Banana pudding. Always a correct answer.

So many people to try to find here! Public radio people, Chicago politics people, journalism people, podcast people. Hello! Who’s here and who are we following?