Jerad Walker
@jeradwalker.bsky.social
Podcast Editor: North Carolina Public Radio (WUNC). Contributor: NPR. Alum: OPB, WAMU. Cheerwine enthusiast. Go Dawgs!
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After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
This is a choice by Bezos. He can take unimaginable financial losses. He could also sell The Washington Post. I don't know what else to say except give your money to non-profit news media organizations. They will never sell you out and will spend your money on mission and not profit.
February 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
This is a choice by Bezos. He can take unimaginable financial losses. He could also sell The Washington Post. I don't know what else to say except give your money to non-profit news media organizations. They will never sell you out and will spend your money on mission and not profit.
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
Honestly. How do you compete in the modern media landscape without a flagship daily podcast?
I want to give a special shoutout to Post Reports, which I loved listening to. And especially their project “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop,” which was one of my favorite podcasts in years. www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/the...
The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop
Listeners journey back to 1983, when Grenada’s revolutionary leader was executed in a coup, and why the location of his remains is a mystery. Now, 40 years later, there’s new information about the rol...
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Honestly. How do you compete in the modern media landscape without a flagship daily podcast?
I’m especially saddened about the demise of Post Reports, which I listened to regularly. I sincerely hope they repurpose the talented audio journalists who work on that production.
February 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I’m especially saddened about the demise of Post Reports, which I listened to regularly. I sincerely hope they repurpose the talented audio journalists who work on that production.
It’s heartbreaking to see a (very recently!) once great news organization dismantled and sold off for parts.
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
It’s heartbreaking to see a (very recently!) once great news organization dismantled and sold off for parts.
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These people reverse-engineer new racist theories for this when a) there are some obvious ones already on the table and b) it would also just be useful to admit that the social and financial value prop on paying $200,000 to go to a small liberal arts college somewhere cold and dismal is upside down
We only want the good immigrants who study hard and don't commit crimes, unless they try to take little Brayleigh's (28 ACT, 1350 SAT) God-given slot at an Ivy away by being smarter, in which case Korematsu didn't go far enough
February 4, 2026 at 1:29 PM
These people reverse-engineer new racist theories for this when a) there are some obvious ones already on the table and b) it would also just be useful to admit that the social and financial value prop on paying $200,000 to go to a small liberal arts college somewhere cold and dismal is upside down
Sufjan Stevens fans
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Sufjan Stevens fans
I think it’s just a reporter struggling to turn brain worms into something coherent.
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 AM
I think it’s just a reporter struggling to turn brain worms into something coherent.
We’ve got a live shot of the discussion happening at the NFL Players Association…
a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 AM
We’ve got a live shot of the discussion happening at the NFL Players Association…
We are so cooked.
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 AM
We are so cooked.
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something that is this funny shouldn’t be a crime
Man breaks into Little Caesars, starts making and selling pizzas, NC police say
The suspect kept all the money he made selling pizzas, police say
www.newsobserver.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
something that is this funny shouldn’t be a crime
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
N. P. *drum fill*
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Unclear why I always look furious when I’m out doing field reporting
(photo: Tyler Russell)
(photo: Tyler Russell)
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
N. P. *drum fill*
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YOU: Explaining the 4-way parlay you just set up involving NBA and professional lacrosse games.
ME:
ME:
February 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
YOU: Explaining the 4-way parlay you just set up involving NBA and professional lacrosse games.
ME:
ME:
I would rather drink rubber cement than listen to someone do either of these things.
February 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I would rather drink rubber cement than listen to someone do either of these things.
I'm no skiing expert, but one might reasonably assume that knee ligaments are required when hurtling down a mountain at 70mph.😬
Lindsey Vonn says in press conference from Italy that she tore her ACL in a crash Friday — but aims to race in the Olympic downhill Sunday anyway. Said she skied today, and will wear a knee brace.
February 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I'm no skiing expert, but one might reasonably assume that knee ligaments are required when hurtling down a mountain at 70mph.😬
This is incredible.
February 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
This is incredible.
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Moving up from Parks to the CEO role, you say
February 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Moving up from Parks to the CEO role, you say
Nope. It’s literally Bluesky posters watching Antiques Roadshow together live on PBS.
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Nope. It’s literally Bluesky posters watching Antiques Roadshow together live on PBS.
It’s incredible
February 3, 2026 at 4:35 AM
It’s incredible
I think they just flood the zone for one hot hour.
February 3, 2026 at 4:32 AM
I think they just flood the zone for one hot hour.