Send us a text I’m Gen X. Which means I didn’t grow up reading about history. I watched it happen live. On CNN. On Channel One. In classrooms where world events interrupted algebra, and cable news ran nonstop in the background of our lives. At the same time, I was learning journalism. The difference between fact and opinion. Why sources matter. Why a free press, trusted expertise, and respect for evidence are essential to a healthy democracy. Growing up in suburban Texas while listening to NW...
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Send us a text I’m Gen X. Which means I didn’t grow up reading about history. I watched it happen live. On CNN. On Channel One. In classrooms where world events interrupted algebra, and cable news ran nonstop in the background of our lives. At the same time, I was learning journalism. The difference between fact and opinion. Why sources matter. Why a free press, trusted expertise, and respect for evidence are essential to a healthy democracy. Growing up in suburban Texas while listening to NW...
My Uncle’s Mercedes and the Church of Creative Accounting
Confessions of a Gen-X Mind
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My Uncle’s Mercedes and the Church of Creative Accounting
Send us a text “The Rich Kids at Church” I grew up around people who prayed hard, hustled harder, and occasionally crossed lines the federal government cared about. This episode looks at how that shaped me, how BMX and rock music kept me sane, and why I eventually had to make sense of the contradictions.
Confessions of a Gen-X Mind
Send us a text I’m Gen X. Which means I didn’t grow up reading about history. I watched it happen live. On CNN. On Channel One. In classrooms where world events interrupted algebra, and cable news ran nonstop in the background of our lives. At the same time, I was learning journalism. The difference between fact and opinion. Why sources matter. Why a free press, trusted expertise, and respect for evidence are essential to a healthy democracy. Growing up in suburban Texas while listening to NW...
