B.A. Parker
@baparker.bsky.social
co-host of code switch on npr (she/her)
The rumors are true! @dieworkwear.bsky.social and I have started a monthly book club podcast together. We read works of fashion philosophy and talk about what they mean today. We start with a book from 1705 called Fable of the Bees substack.com/home/post/p-...
Philosophy Club: Bernard Mandeville
A New Series with Derek Guy
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So the next day, during their lunch break at school, the students lawyered up. Find out what happened next here: www.wired.com/story/epstei...
A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.
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When the temperatures rise, our doors are open. 💙 This summer, BAM's Peter Jay Sharp lobby serves as an official NYC Cooling Center, offering a safe, air-conditioned place for our neighbors to escape the heat. 🕘 Cooling Center Hours: Monday–Friday, 10am–6pm, 30 Lafayette Ave
The Knicks finally figured out how to do the right thing.
Wu Tang and the burnt sage outside of MSG really turned this all around
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis will fix the Knicks
On its face, very cool. When you think about how “Scandal” was a show made in the Obama era about a Black woman stealing 3 presidential elections for the GOP, my feelings get complicated. But maybe it’s best not to overthink it.
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 2mo agoNot gonna lie, this is a badass museum donation. 🇺🇸 Shonda Rhimes donated the Oval Office set from Scandal, the same one fictional President Fitzgerald Grant called home for seven seasons. Now it’s part of the Obama Presidential Center Museum
Love it: the night after he was kicked off of CBS for good, Stephen Colbert hosted a public access show in southeast Michigan.
Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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One of my favorite episodes to record, ever. With @aishaharris.bsky.social and @baparker.bsky.social!
‘Is God Is’ interrogates misogyny in a vivid, scathing revenge tale : Pop Culture Happy Hour
You should make sure to check out the new film Is God Is. It’s a kinetic movie about twin sisters (Kara Young and Mallori Johnson) who set out to kill their abusive dad (Sterling K. Brown). It’s an ex...
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NEWS: NPR plans newsroom restructure and modest jobs cuts as it confronts era without federal funding. CEO Katherine Maher says NPR intends to save $8M from newsgathering & related units; shows and podcasts not eligible for buyouts or targeted for layoffs. www.npr.org/2026/05/18/n...
NPR trims jobs in newsroom overhaul as it confronts era without public funding
NPR is offering buyouts to journalists as it overhauls its newsroom, with the threat of layoffs to follow. Two recent gifts totaling $113 million are primarily dedicated to NPR's tech infrastructure.
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I think Casey Affleck’s character knows he looks like Casey Affleck. But absolutely no one in the group knows who that is. But oddly enough they know who Scott Caan is. Rusty was a big Hawaii 5-0 fan.
Mike Ryan@mikeryan.bsky.social · 4mo agoSince 2011 anytime I interviewed anyone involved in OCEANS TWELVE I’ve asked them a version of, “Since Tess knows she looks like Julia Roberts, does everyone else on the team know they look like famous people?” I finally put all of their answers together in this post
In celebration of the O’s opening day win today, here is my obligatory post of the coolest thing I did in 2025.
B.A. Parker@baparker.bsky.social · last yr.On Tuesday night, I got to achieve a childhood dream: I threw the first pitch at Camden Yards. #Orioles
In the summer of 2020, I was determined to find out what’s the point of police. I learned it’s to protect the community, not the individual. I learned that protecting folks is either at the police’s discretion, or we end up in a police state. And we’re kinda on our own. radiolab.org/podcast/no-s...
No Special Duty
A look at what happens when the police don’t do the one thing you expect them to.
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Gothamist@gothamist.com · 4mo agoThe NYPD is not constitutionally required to help a person being attacked by an angry mob, lawyers for the city argued in a recent court filing: gothamist.visitlink.me/W7zbRT
Haven’t posted in a month. Life updates: - I just watched all of Lonesome Dove for the first time, and I’m a better person for it. - I’m learning “Bet On It” from High School Musical 2 on the banjo. - For my birthday, I finally own wine glasses. - Code Switch is now 2 eps a week. Yes, we are tired.
Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power. They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
I respect the thought on Ms. Parks’s heavenly birthday… but I’m a Black lady with a bad back, I’m taking that seat.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority@mta.info · 6mo agoTo commemorate Transit Equity Day and Black History Month, a seat has been reserved today to honor the legacy of Rosa Parks. Each and every day, we’re committed to providing accessible and equitable transit for all.
The entire time they’ve been on this journey, the monks have been met with racism, cops, and content creators. A sad indictment of the current state of affairs.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe Buddhist monks on a "Walk for Peace" toward Washington are urging streamers not to follow them everywhere they go "We don't want this to become something people chase after"
For the first time in my life I saw a gun ad on tv tonight. Is that… common?
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If I never hear a media person use the term “North Star” again, it’ll be too soon. Also, the reader of NYT and viewer of 60 minutes isn’t a Venn diagram. Especially when it comes to access to news. Just absolutely disingenuous.
Ben Goggin@bengoggin.bsky.social · 8mo agoBari Weiss this morning on the 60 Minutes segment: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera." Of course, most journalists know that oftentimes people who are the subject of negative reporting don't want to speak on camera or on the record.
What a cool, exceptional lady. May she rest in power.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 8mo agoBetty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
What a waste of time and money and energy. All for the syntax to make it seem like he’s also in memoriam.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 8mo agoI’m currently outside of the Kennedy Center:
Really curious with so many elevators currently “under renovation” in NYC, how are people with mobility challenges navigating the city independently right now?
And those facts are still locked in.
Out of Context Podcast Quotes@podcastquotebot.bsky.social · 9mo ago"So much of my childhood was spent, like, memorizing facts about Leonardo DiCaprio." - B.A. PARKER, You and I Are in a Parasocial Relationship, The Cut Podcast #thecutpodcast #parasocial #LeonardoDiCaprio #BaParker
Between seeing Jay Kelly, Sentimental Value, and Hamnet, it’s been a real “absentee dad for the sake of his art” kinda day.
