Archive - Matt Shapiro's Marginally Compelling

March 2025

Celebrating the Southern Surge with Karen Vaites

Karen Vaites and Rod Naquin present an optimistic future in reading education

Mar 24 •

46:23

Covid Exposure: 5 years later

The sudden arrival of a novel coronavirus cast a bright light on the contours of our country and culture

Mar 19 •

Frank Fleming Reports from the AI Content Mines

The creator of the world's most famous and popular AI razor commercial talks about art and creativity in an era of AI

Mar 13 •

49:21

Nashville Meetup - March 8

Let's try this again without all the snow

Mar 5 •

The Measles Blame Game

I really hate measles.

Mar 4 •

February 2025

Nashville Meetup Cancelled

I have to apologize to everyone but, due to inclement weather in and around Nashville, I’m going to have to cancel the meetup tomorrow.

Feb 20 •

Nashville Meetup - Feb 20th

Meet your friends

Feb 12 •

Podcast: Kat Rosenfield and the Face Stomping Boot

A conversation on cancel culture whiplash and power. And then also about writing and art.

Feb 7 •

46:01

Who Is Owed a Job?

It is perilous to blame individuals for the broken promises of a social contract

Feb 5 •

December 2024

The Hollow Regret of Biden Coverage

An apology is better than no apology, but did it change you?

Dec 20, 2024 •

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