Zack Harold
@zackharold.bsky.social
Appalachian freelance writer, radio and film specializing in “stupid hotdog stories.” recovering magazine editor. bluegrass musician. foster dad. he/him
the Bluetooth thing is crazy but also if they don’t like sunscreen, pesticides and fluoride this problem just might sort itself out.
In case you didn't know, there's a bizarre panic on the Granola Nazi far-right about bluetooth devices causing cancer
August 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
the Bluetooth thing is crazy but also if they don’t like sunscreen, pesticides and fluoride this problem just might sort itself out.
sorry i stopped listening as soon as i heard you say “seed oils”
August 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
sorry i stopped listening as soon as i heard you say “seed oils”
one thing about it, the appalachian podcasters are gonna sell merch
August 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
one thing about it, the appalachian podcasters are gonna sell merch
gotta start teaching kids education is important, professionalism is important — but a lot of times, you get work just by proving you're a good hang.
July 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
gotta start teaching kids education is important, professionalism is important — but a lot of times, you get work just by proving you're a good hang.
don't know if i've just spent too long wearing headphones and editing audio, but have y'all noticed lots of youtubers are using AI to "clean up" the narration on their videos? it sounds so sterile and fake and bad.
July 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
don't know if i've just spent too long wearing headphones and editing audio, but have y'all noticed lots of youtubers are using AI to "clean up" the narration on their videos? it sounds so sterile and fake and bad.
it's unfortunate "karen" has become the name for all mean old white ladies, because the actual "karens" i've met are the sweetest, kindest people ever.
May 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
it's unfortunate "karen" has become the name for all mean old white ladies, because the actual "karens" i've met are the sweetest, kindest people ever.
some boys really stop smiling for photos in 5th grade and make that a permanent feature of their personality.
life is short, men. american masculinity is a prison. smile in those Easter photos with your beautiful families. that's how you want your kids to remember you.
life is short, men. american masculinity is a prison. smile in those Easter photos with your beautiful families. that's how you want your kids to remember you.
April 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
some boys really stop smiling for photos in 5th grade and make that a permanent feature of their personality.
life is short, men. american masculinity is a prison. smile in those Easter photos with your beautiful families. that's how you want your kids to remember you.
life is short, men. american masculinity is a prison. smile in those Easter photos with your beautiful families. that's how you want your kids to remember you.
When Pastor John Langenstein found out he’d been assigned North View UMC, everyone he talked to had the same response:
“Oh, you’re going to the egg church.”
“Oh, you’re going to the egg church.”
April 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When Pastor John Langenstein found out he’d been assigned North View UMC, everyone he talked to had the same response:
“Oh, you’re going to the egg church.”
“Oh, you’re going to the egg church.”
Everybody acted like climate change was a big joke — and now we have tornadoes in West Virginia.
April 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Everybody acted like climate change was a big joke — and now we have tornadoes in West Virginia.
The slavery section of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture was one of the most heart-rending things I've seen in my life. I remain shaken by it. And I am immensely grateful for that experience.
There will never be healing in this nation until we reckon with our sins.
There will never be healing in this nation until we reckon with our sins.
Trump is reportedly targeting the slavery section of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture for possible removal. “Black people are not going to stand for this,” says Nikole Hannah Jones, the author of the 1619 Project.
Trump Targets a Slavery Removal from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The museum's slavery facts and substantiating artifacts of the 250 years of the enslavement of Africans in America, curated by historians, are the bull’s-eye for the Trump adm...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The slavery section of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture was one of the most heart-rending things I've seen in my life. I remain shaken by it. And I am immensely grateful for that experience.
There will never be healing in this nation until we reckon with our sins.
There will never be healing in this nation until we reckon with our sins.
thin dime
hard times
Hell on Church Street blues
hard times
Hell on Church Street blues
March 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
thin dime
hard times
Hell on Church Street blues
hard times
Hell on Church Street blues
It finally happened. I forgot how old I am.
I just realized that for at least the last 6 months I’ve been telling people I’m a year older than I actually am.
I just realized that for at least the last 6 months I’ve been telling people I’m a year older than I actually am.
March 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It finally happened. I forgot how old I am.
I just realized that for at least the last 6 months I’ve been telling people I’m a year older than I actually am.
I just realized that for at least the last 6 months I’ve been telling people I’m a year older than I actually am.
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March 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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not enough money when your job is to commit federal crimes, tbh. i’d need mid- high- six figures.
We are preparing to release a detailed breakdown of Musk staffers’ incomes by employee.
Musk’s justification is that “the software engineers at DOGE could be earning millions of dollars a year” but are instead earning a small fraction of that as federal employees.
Musk’s justification is that “the software engineers at DOGE could be earning millions of dollars a year” but are instead earning a small fraction of that as federal employees.
March 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
not enough money when your job is to commit federal crimes, tbh. i’d need mid- high- six figures.
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BREAKING: Homeland Security suddenly and illegally announced that it's ending a legally binding collective bargaining agreement with 50,000 TSA workers and their union.
March 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
BREAKING: Homeland Security suddenly and illegally announced that it's ending a legally binding collective bargaining agreement with 50,000 TSA workers and their union.
poll: what song should be considered a war crime and why is it billy joel's "for the longest time"
March 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
poll: what song should be considered a war crime and why is it billy joel's "for the longest time"
the thing about tommy tuberville is, he says the kinds of things you'd imagine someone named "tommy tuberville" would say
Tommy Tuberville: "We're getting to a point where women and girls sports are getting ready to be extinct. Because already in states across this country, we have high school teams that are made up of totally boys participating against girls."
Where is this happening?
Where is this happening?
March 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
the thing about tommy tuberville is, he says the kinds of things you'd imagine someone named "tommy tuberville" would say
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Winston Churchill visiting the WH in 1942. Not wearing a suit
February 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Winston Churchill visiting the WH in 1942. Not wearing a suit
same people who want English to be the U.S. national language also think this is a Christian nation.
but the Kingdom of God is a congregation of "all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues."
but the Kingdom of God is a congregation of "all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues."
February 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
same people who want English to be the U.S. national language also think this is a Christian nation.
but the Kingdom of God is a congregation of "all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues."
but the Kingdom of God is a congregation of "all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues."
And they’re going to lose again.
Always remember they're going after trans people not because trans people became too public, not because trans people asked for too much, not because trans people had too many genders, not because trans people were annoying online.
They're going after trans people because they lost to gay people.
They're going after trans people because they lost to gay people.
February 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
And they’re going to lose again.
My latest radio story takes us to New Vrindaban, West Virginia.
It’s a Hare Krishna community in the state’s northern panhandle, best know for its opulent Palace of Gold.
But this story ain’t about that.
I went to see the kitchens of New Vrindaban.
It’s a Hare Krishna community in the state’s northern panhandle, best know for its opulent Palace of Gold.
But this story ain’t about that.
I went to see the kitchens of New Vrindaban.
February 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
My latest radio story takes us to New Vrindaban, West Virginia.
It’s a Hare Krishna community in the state’s northern panhandle, best know for its opulent Palace of Gold.
But this story ain’t about that.
I went to see the kitchens of New Vrindaban.
It’s a Hare Krishna community in the state’s northern panhandle, best know for its opulent Palace of Gold.
But this story ain’t about that.
I went to see the kitchens of New Vrindaban.
Read the whole thing, but in short: when a judge issues a civil contempt order, law enforcement (in federal cases, the U.S. Marshalls) works for the courts and no one else.
Ok folks. Time for me to pull my law rank and correct some shit. When a judge issues a civil contempt order, she does not hand it to the prosecutor or AG and say “enforce this if you feel like it.” The judge hands it directly to a law enforcement officer, who has no discretion on whether to serve it
February 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Read the whole thing, but in short: when a judge issues a civil contempt order, law enforcement (in federal cases, the U.S. Marshalls) works for the courts and no one else.
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At this point, there are only two options:
A) Elon is so dishonest that he is willing to peddle obvious lies to score PR points
B) Elon really is this stupid
A) Elon is so dishonest that he is willing to peddle obvious lies to score PR points
B) Elon really is this stupid
February 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
At this point, there are only two options:
A) Elon is so dishonest that he is willing to peddle obvious lies to score PR points
B) Elon really is this stupid
A) Elon is so dishonest that he is willing to peddle obvious lies to score PR points
B) Elon really is this stupid