If you’ve ever watched a congressional hearing featuring Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in a bad mood, you know the Arizona Republican can get pretty quarrelsome with witnesses who annoy him in some way. Take today, for example. During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on the ongoing border crisis, McCain was outraged by a recent…
The “podcast bubble,” as it’s now being called, was a period of extraordinary productivity for Gimlet in particular, which produced forty-five different shows during its nine years of activity, including limited series like The Habitat; weekly chat shows like The Cut on Tuesdays; recurring documentary series like Crimetown; kids’ shows like Story Pirates and Chompers; scripted dramas like Homecoming and Sandra that starred big-name actors like Oscar Isaac and Kristen Wiig; and branded podcasts for companies including eBay, Tinder, and Gatorade. And with all those shows came a sudden abundance of podcast-related jobs.
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RULING THE WEEK
It was a big week for Rep. Liz Cheney. On Wednesday, the No. 3 ranked House Republican (and the only woman in GOP leadership) survived a push by some conservative lawmakers to oust her as conference chair for voting to impeach Donald Trump.
February 02, 2021
Jay Carney, Sarah Cleveland, Benedict Morelli, Nazanin Rafsanjani, and Mara Frankel Wallace Join Human Rights First Board
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today announced the addition of five new members to its board of directors: Jay Carney, Sarah Cleveland, Benedict Morelli, Nazanin Rafsanjani, and Mara Frankel Wallace.
“We are thrilled to welcome such distinguished colleagues to the board of Human Rights First, given the urgency and importance of the organization’s mission advancing human rights and justice in the U.S. and around the world,” said
Human Rights First’s board co-chair Mona Sutphen.
Michael Rozen, co-chair of the board of Human Rights First added, “The expertise these new board members bring from media, law, policy, and nonprofit management will add to the depth and quality of the organization’s already strong work. We very much look forward to their contributions.”