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Boss corrects everybody's grammar / If you're old, it turns out you can be a pretty good mentor / World's worst co-worker

I’m not going to lie, that would totally be me

Keith Conrad
Apr 1
 
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The Ford Executive Who Kept Score of Colleagues’ Verbal Flubs: Mike O’Brien kept a meticulous log of mixed metaphors and malaprops uttered in meetings over a decade; ‘too many cooks in the soup’

I’m not going to lie, that would totally be me. As a matter of fact, I’m a little upset with myself that I haven’t been doing that already

‘Grandpas’ got together to help kids. Scientists say it boosts the elders’ health, too

No snarky comment. This is a great idea. More of this


Constitutional Law Expert Eric Segall on the State of the Supreme Court

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
John Howell sat down with constitutional law professor Eric Segall of Georgia State University for a wide-ranging and sobering conversation on the Supreme Court, Donald Trump’s legal maneuvering, and the fragile state of American democracy.

Constitutional Law Expert Eric Segall on the State of the Supreme Court

Big John Howell

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Amateurs No More: College Sports, Cash, and the End of Illusions

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander dive into the billion-dollar business of college athletics—and the increasingly blurry line between amateurism and professionalism.

Amateurs No More: College Sports, Cash, and the End of Illusions

John Howell / Rick Telander

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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
As four criminals escape from a prison on Titan and celebrate their newfound freedom aboard their stolen ship, one of them begins hearing an eerie knocking from outside the spacecraft

Escape by Lu Evans

Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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