Loved getting to join @anamariecox.com & @mike-eagle.bsky.social for this conversation on @pastduepodcast.com! So appreciated getting to talk about freelancing, multiple jobs, and myths of “hard work,” ambition, & worthiness, and appreciate them centering all kinds of discussions like this.

What If Working Harder Was Never Actually the Answer? with Rainesford Stauffer

Podcast Episode · Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle · July 22 · 55m

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We are @pastduepodcast.com!

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There is a great podcast on this very subject by @anamariecox.com and @mike-eagle.bsky.social It is comforting to know we are not alone but no one has figured out a solid current fix to what used to be a gig economy that at least paid the bills

LA… i have a bunch of cool sets this week. enjoy.

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I agree with @joshgondelman.bsky.social about this particular thing:

Appropriately enough given the Tom Kean news, the latest issue of the Lithium Diaries is out! It's turning into something of a newsletter and I may yet use the Patreon newsletter funtion to continue it. Let me know what you think. Also: Subscribe! www.patreon.com/anamariecox2...

LITHIUM DIARIES, WEEK FOUR | Ana Marie Cox

Before anything, I want to thank my Patrons, most of whom did not sign up for this kind of content. Your continued support is especially val

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Last year, Kevin Harrington of Shark Tank reached out to Mike about investment. Mike talked to one of Kevin's staffers regarding RAYGUN's thoughts on private equity. Clip from @pastduepodcast.com: www.instagram.com/p/DZslcIbymwL/ Episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Also this basically confirms my theory I talked about on @pastduepodcast.com and @halftheanswer.bsky.social — he decided to murder WaPo in 2023 because he couldn’t handle employees who organized. A sad little man. bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris Wood@chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Amazon founder Jeff Bezos called the Washington Post his worst investment in a conversation with Trump months before gutting the newsroom. 'The people there are terrible,' Bezos told Trump. 'They don’t listen. My other companies, they listen.'” He means 'obey'. nypost.com/2026/06/17/u...

This interview of @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com by @mike-eagle.bsky.social be my favorite cultural crossover moment of the last couple years, just because of the collaborators www.iheart.com/podcast/274-...

How Do You Build Something That Lasts? with Adam Gurri - Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle | iHeart

Adam Gurri, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Liberal Currents, joins us to talk about eight years of building a publication nobody paid him to make, and what happened when the world finally caught up...

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To my peoples trying to make a life and/or career in the arts: @pastduepodcast.com is essential listening. Humane, often hilarious and occasionally heart wrenching, it gets at the truth of “where we’re at” in a way I haven’t seen anything else capture

I really appreciate @anamariecox.com and @mike-eagle.bsky.social letting me tell the long version of what happened to WaPo and my journey out of mainstream media. 🙏 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

How Do You Cover the Biggest Story of Your Life With No Institution Behind You? with Gillian Brockell

Podcast Episode · Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle · June 3 · 1h 10m

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We talked about exactly this on @pastduepodcast.com!

Manchester UK tonight with @video_dave last show of the tour. #neighborhoodgodsinternational mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...

Full episode with @anildash.com out now. Listen to the extended conversation on Patreon, and the normal version everywhere else. www.patreon.com/posts/what-h...

What Happens When the People Building the Technology Stop Being Fans? with Anil Dash | Past Due with AMC and OME

What Happens When the People Building the Technology Stop Being Fans? with Anil Dash by Past Due with AMC and OME on Patreon. Join Past Due with AMC and OME's community for exclusive content and updat...

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Good morning! We’re in the midst of our Spring Fundraising drive at @thebarbedwire.com — and I’d like to take a minute to share some gratitude to our readers for fueling my ferocious, delusional sense of hope. 🧵 thebarbedwire.com/2026/04/07/i...

Our Independent Newsroom Was Built on a Ferocious, Delusional Sense of Hope. Help Us Keep It Going.

Thanks to all of you, our team has pitched, written, edited, fact-checked, illustrated, built, and published more than 700 stories.

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Today on the podcast, @wkamaubell.bsky.social talks with @mike-eagle.bsky.social and @anamariecox.com about what it's like having three kids, nine jobs, and one very bad assistant (it's him). Ad free and extended on patreon.com/pastdue www.patreon.com/posts/can-yo...

Can You Win Three Emmys and Still Wonder If the Check Will Clear? with W. Kamau Bell | Past Due with AMC and OME

Can You Win Three Emmys and Still Wonder If the Check Will Clear? with W. Kamau Bell by Past Due with AMC and OME on Patreon. Join Past Due with AMC and OME's community for exclusive content and updat...

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New episode this week with photographer (and skater) Kim Newmoney. Hear the full episode on patreon.com/pastdue www.patreon.com/posts/what-i...

There are so many good people who need work, throwing out my hat always feels slightly grotesque. But I also hope precarity binds us together rather than separates us. We are in this together.

Hey! A reminder that I am available for freelance work as a writer or editor or writing coach! One of my regular gigs has decided to “slim down” on assigning and thus… here we are!

I did a *LinkedIn* post about the anniversary of @pastduepodcast.com, an irony I will savor all day. It is also a call for guests. I figure creative economy people on LI willing to talk about money struggles will be an interesting self-selective pool. www.linkedin.com/posts/anamar...

#workanniversary | Ana Cox

A year ago, Open Mike Eagle and I started a podcast about something almost no one in the creative industries talks about honestly: Money. The creative economy is a fifty billion dollar industry built...

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“Musk can’t buy email or podcasts. But if you’re locked into Substack, they can buy you.” @anildash.com @pastduepodcast.com

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 4mo ago

If your friends on Substack don't want to read any of the long essays and articles about The Substack Problem, send them this @anildash.com explainer video. (From his @pastduepodcast.com interview.) It's not just Nazis, it really isn't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWdS...

I've talked about Substack (& closed platforms in general) a lot over the years, but *this* was the most fired up I've gotten; I think it's because @anamariecox.bsky.social + @mike-eagle.bsky.social set such an amazing tone for the conversation. I'm so glad with how this came out. Please do listen!

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 4mo ago

If your friends on Substack don't want to read any of the long essays and articles about The Substack Problem, send them this @anildash.com explainer video. (From his @pastduepodcast.com interview.) It's not just Nazis, it really isn't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWdS...

If your friends on Substack don't want to read any of the long essays and articles about The Substack Problem, send them this @anildash.com explainer video. (From his @pastduepodcast.com interview.) It's not just Nazis, it really isn't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWdS...

Anil Dash: Get Off Substack Before Someone Buys You | Past Due Podcast

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A year in, and @anamariecox.bsky.social and @mike-eagle.bsky.social still have things to figure out. BUT, what have they actually learned from making Past Due? Listen/Support: www.patreon.com/posts/past-d...

Past Due Turns One, Pt. 1 | Past Due with AMC and OME

Past Due Turns One, Pt. 1 by Past Due with AMC and OME on Patreon. Join Past Due with AMC and OME's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Many thanks to @mike-eagle.bsky.social and @anamariecox.bsky.social for having me on to talk about @liberalcurrents.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

How Do You Build Something That Lasts? with Adam Gurri

Podcast Episode · Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle · April 8 · 52m

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Today on the podcast, Comedian and speechwriter @chandlerjdean.bsky.social joins @anamariecox.bsky.social and @mike-eagle.bsky.social to talk about building a streaming show without burning down his career to do it and why keeping a day job might be the most radical creative decision you can make.

What If You Never Have to Quit Your Day Job? with Chandler Dean | Past Due with AMC and OME

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@mike-eagle.bsky.social and I joke that @pastduepodcast.com is a divorce podcast, but it's really a podcast about partnership in all its forms. This was an especially adorable conversion :)

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 5mo ago

I was on @pastduepodcast.com last year with @anamariecox.bsky.social and @mike-eagle.bsky.social, and the episode's now gone up on YouTube. Among every other thing we get into, I talk a lot about how Krissy makes my career possible, both as a spouse and as a business partner. youtu.be/UZ3OciJW1WI

I was on @pastduepodcast.com last year with @anamariecox.bsky.social and @mike-eagle.bsky.social, and the episode's now gone up on YouTube. Among every other thing we get into, I talk a lot about how Krissy makes my career possible, both as a spouse and as a business partner. youtu.be/UZ3OciJW1WI

What If Steady Work Beats the Big Break? with John Scalzi

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LAST STREAM OF THE PRIMARY (WITH ILANA GLAZER) LIVE!!! twitch.tv/katabughazaleh youtube.com/@katmabu

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Campaign Stream #46: THE LAST WEEK, WE GOT THE JUICE 🌟 !donate

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Today on the podcast @bencollins.bsky.social talks with @anamariecox.bsky.social and @mike-eagle.bsky.social about what happens when you stop trying to fit into a box, and accidentally end up running one of the biggest newspapers in America. Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Was the Serious Version of You Holding You Back? with Ben Collins

Podcast Episode · Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle · March 11 · 1h 6m

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