Paloma Media Podcast

A reading of "Persephone in New York," originally published on the Make More Pie Substack, Feb. 6, 2023

A reading of "The Collateralists," by Nancy Rommelmann, published on Make More Pie Substack on January 18, 2023.

Related: "A Murder in Portland," by Nancy Rommelmann, published in Washington Examiner Magazine on December 29, 2023.

"A Pox Upon Portland: Progressivism is Killing the City," by Jonah Goldberg, published in The Dispatch on January 20, 2023

A reading of “How Do We Solve a Problem Like George Santos?” By Matt Welch, published at Reason Jan. 12, 2023.

A reading of "The Reality Portland Does Not Want to See," by Nancy Rommelmann, published on her Substack, Make More Pie, on December 30, 2022.

Related: "A Murder in Portland," by Nancy Rommelmann (Washington Examiner Magazine)

"Good Luck, Portland," by Nancy Rommelmann (Tablet)

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The Fifth Column podcast

A reading of "A Murder in Portland," by Nancy Rommelmann, published January 3, 2023 in Washington Examiner Magazine

Related: "The Reality Portland Does Not Want to See," by Nancy Rommelmann

A reading of “In 2023, People May Finally Be Breaking Their Obsession with Politics,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Dec. 28, 2022.

Find this and all chapters on Nancy Rommelmann's Substack, Make More Pie

A reading of, “Biden and Journalists Agree: Republicans Would Deliberately 'Crash' the Economy,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Oct. 26, 2022

Bonus: Remy "Raise the Debt Ceiling Rap"

A reading of "'The Police Van Abductions': A Response," by Nancy Rommelmann, published on Substack on Oct. 20, 2022.

A reading of “BTS's Military Conscription Is a Reminder That Mandatory 'Service' Is Servitude,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Oct. 19.

A reading of “'Pro-Democracy' Journalism's Problem With the Facts,” by Matt Welch, a review of Margaret Sullivan’s Newsroom Confidential, published at Reason Oct. 18.

A reading of “We Told You Why and How California's High-Speed Rail Wouldn't Work. You Chose Not To Listen,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Oct. 13, 2022

Bonus video: Meet the People Getting Screwed Over By Jerry Brown's High Speed Rail

A reading of, "Men Without Work," by Nancy Rommelmann, published October 12, 2022 on Rommelmann's Substack, Make More Pie.

Related: Men Without Work, by Nicholas Eberstadt

"All the (Unemployed) Young Dudes" (The Fifth Column)

"Men Are Very Necessary" (Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em)

"Americans Are Losing Their Work Ethic," by Matt Welch (Reason)

"Americans Are Losing Their Work Ethic" (audio) (Paloma Media podcast)

"The Code of the Cop Bar," by Nancy Rommelmann (Make More Pie)

A reading of “Americans Are Losing Their Work Ethic,” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Oct. 7, 2022

Listen also to: “All the (Unemployed) Young Dudes,” over at The Fifth Column

"Men Are Very Necessary" on Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

A reading of "Punch Drunk" by Nancy Rommelmann, which first appeared on my Substack, Make More Pie.

I am serializing "Forty Bucks and A Dream: Stories of Los Angeles" on Substack. New chapters drop Mondays. Below is the Table of Contents, with links to what’s posted before. Please subscribe!

PROLOGUE

Hungry Town

STARLETS

1: Forty Bucks and a Dream: The lives of a Hollywood motel

2: The Camera and the Audience

3: Jena at 15: A childhood in Hollywood

4: The Waxer

5: The Biggest Dick in the World

LEADING MEN

6: Brown Dirt Cowboys: Meet your Mexican gardening crew

7: Punch Drunk

8: Us Versus Them: The code of the cop bar

LEADING LADIES

9: Who She Took With Her: The husband, the son, the boyfriend… a drunk’s tale

10: Giving: the Hollywood way

11: No Exit Plan: The lies and follies of Laura Albert, a.k.a., J.T. Leroy

12: Porn for Women

BACKGROUND PLAYERS

13: Sanctuary: Days and nights at the King Edward Saloon 

14: Why Not to Write About the Supreme Master of the Universe: A day with the disciples of Ching Hai

15: Playboy: The next generation

16: J. Lo in the House

CUT

17: The Marrying Room

18: Meet the Neighbors

19: The Pathos of Failing

20: Bite and Smile

A reading of “Public Schools Experiencing 'White Flight,'” by Matt Welch, published at Reason Sept. 29, 2022

Related video: Matt Welch talks about school choice 

A reading of "Hollywood's Immortal Sucking Machines: On the eternal rot in the movie Blonde," published Sept. 29, 2022 on Nancy Rommelmann's Substack, Make More Pie.

See You Next Tuesday vlog, with Nancy Rommelmann and Matt Welch, (almost) every Tuesday at noon EST on the Paloma Media YouTube. Tune in live to heckle and bring your questions! 

"Urban Blinders," recorded 9/27/22. From the weekly See You Next Tuesday vlog, with Nancy Rommelmann and Matt Welch, (almost) every Tuesday at noon EST on the Paloma Media YouTube. Tune in live to heckle and bring yer questions! 

The Crying Game, recorded 9/20/22. From the weekly See You Next Tuesday vlog, with Nancy Rommelmann and Matt Welch, (almost) every Tuesday at noon EST on the Paloma Media YouTube. Tune in live to heckle and bring yer questions! 

A reading of, "Why the Political Grift Won't Stop" by Matt Welch, published at Reason on Sept. 24, 2022