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Thousand Movie Project

Alexander Sorondo

Miami-based, bookish, eclectic; very nervous; interviews with writers; digressions. Shower thoughts and bar banter. Anxious. You should listen.

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00:06:48

voting early, late

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/11/04

Wherein the narrator gets out finally and votes, early, but at the last possible hour. My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order at $3.99! Every sale helps the Amazon algorithm show it to other readers, and gives a chance for bestsellerdom on release day! Pre-order now and send me a screenshot of your receipt for a proper thanks in the mail! https://www.amazon.com/Cubafruit-Alexander-Sorondo-ebook/dp/B0DKY64F77?dplnkId=ffd2a489-de1d-4ca0-a390-101b3e279ca4 email me about

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00:11:01

Jay Caspian-Kang, Joe Rogan, and the Gen Z Gender Divide

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/11/03

Wherein the narrator talks about the latest piece by a New Yorker Magazine favorite, Jay Caspian-Kang, who talks about Donald Trump's targeting of Gen Z men: their wayward resentments, their hearts, their vote... My book CUBAFRUIT is available for pre-order! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_YDGZZY21X53QCQNQ22TV_3&starsLeft=1&skipTwisterOG=1 email: thousandmovieproject at gmail

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00:11:31

My Book CUBAFRUIT Now Available for Pre-Order

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/11/02

Pre-order CUBAFRUIT here!https://a.co/d/cBXtRNJ Check out the transcript for this and other episodes at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com Email me about anything! thousandmovieproject at gmail

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00:09:00

Pick Up Your Emptiness and Share It

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/29

In which New York Times columnist David Brooks reminds us, in a new article, that everything is broken and will never get better--prompting, by accident, some questions about the point of what columnists even do. My book CUBAFRUIT is available for preorder here! https://a.co/d/c5XmAhL Wanna reach out? thousandmovieproject at gmail

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00:07:33

The Small Community That Determines the Election

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/26

The transcript for this and other episodes can be found at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com My book, CUBAFRUIT, is now available for pre-order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY64F77 Email me about whatever! thousandmovieproject at gmail dot com

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00:10:06

New York Times Exclusive: Jill Stein is Awful

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/22

Transcripts for this and other episodes are available at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com (Help the show/newsletter by subscribing!) Get in touch via email: thousandmovieproject at gmail Big announcement: 9 days.

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00:11:00

Yes, Mainstream Media is Biased. No, It's Not a...

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/21

Breaking down Jay Caspian-King's fantastic piece in this week's New Yorker, about media bias. The transcript for this and other episodes can be found at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com (subscribe!) email me about whatever! thousandmovieproject at gmail

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00:08:05

Quick Book Review: Jonathan Alter's AMERICAN RECKONING

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/20

Not a proper episode, just a quick note on something I read this week and thought was pretty strong, enjoyable, timely and incisive. New proper episode tomorrow and, until then, you can read this and other episode transcripts below (and subscribe!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com Chat with me about whatever! thousandmovieproject at gmail

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00:08:49

Harris the Interviewee Gets Better Every Week

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/18

Wherein the narrator talks about Kamala Harris's huge improvement as an interview subject, in just the past three weeks, and compares it with some tangential things he's learned about President Biden between two books: WHAT IT TAKES, the 1,500-page tome focusing partly on Joe Biden's 1988 presidential campaign, and WAR, Bob Woodward's latest (still most-revealing) peek into the current Biden administration. Also, riffs on the benefit of quick personal journaling about politics. email:

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00:11:12

Dodging Politics to Compare Dean Koontz and Stephen King

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/17

Wherein the narrator, for lack of news awareness, talks about the differences and similarities between two writers who were very relevant when he was younger. get in touch! thousandmovieproject at gmail

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00:09:07

Sanewashing Trump. Secret Service Has Problems....

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/14

Wherein the narrator takes the permission of two pundits, riffs about some shady sanewashing in the Ts of NY, and finally, like any decent low-watt broadcaster, brings it all back to aliens. You can read the transcript for this and other episodes at BIG READER BAD GRADES (do me a kindness! subscribe!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com wanna tell me something? that you like the show, that it sucks, what you ate? feel free to reach out! thousandmovieproject at gmail COUNTDOWN TO BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: 17

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00:09:04

Saturday at the Hospital. Trump Makes Threats. Ross...

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/14

Wherein the narrator talks about a personal emergency (ish), some recent insights from Ross Douthat, and others from Jill Lepore. Transcripts for this and other episodes are available at BIG READER BAD GRADES, on substack (do me a kindness! subscribe!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com feel free to reach out! thousandmovieproject at gmail

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00:09:49

Harris Makes A Risky-Brilliant Pledge. Trump Berates...

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/12

In which Kamala Harris makes a great pitch, in the wrong direction, and Donald Trump -- frustrated at his Democratic rival raising $1 billion in just three months -- pursues the most sensible solution possible: berating his donors.

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00:11:45

The Polls Are Saying Ignore the Polls. Hurricane...

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/10/11

Something Personal, Something Political. It's been a stressful week at the grocery store, and politics afford no respite. Here's a decidedly lower-tech episode, acapella, in the interest of resuming the rhythm and getting things out. Read transcripts of the show on Substack (free!) bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com email: thousandmovieroject at gmail

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00:14:19

Trump Meets Theo Von: This is "Big Reader Bad Grades"

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/08/27

Subscribe to the newsletter at bigreaderbadgrades.substack.comtalk to meh: thousandmovieproject at gmail

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00:14:21

Tryna Talk About Trump & It Doesn't Work

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/04/30

tinkered with this disaster for 4 days, thinking there was something to salvage, but ad a gesture of peacemaking and personal release I surrender it out and on we go...support the show, check out the ebook, it's free*! ~~~~~ *unless you wanna pay for it* ~~~ talk at me!: email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

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00:13:54

Birthday Boy (Vol. 33)

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/04/24

The (partial) eBook is here!Download free or pay what you want at https://ko-fi.com/s/4f4999c591 It's my 33rd birthday and what was supposed to be an easy-peasy recording, with just a quick intro and then a brief reading from the ebook, turned into this long, searching, semi-confessional thing that came somewhat out of nowhere--but is also reflective of the sorts of changes implied. Birthday Tradition: One of the few times I feel comfortable asking but, if you want to do me ~birthday kindness~

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00:08:18

This Question Raises Small Talk to Medium Talk

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/04/23

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi -- but, until then, you can support the show by dropping in a tip! https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepod Experimenting with this digital tip jar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation." ~~~ chat me up but GOOD via email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

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00:11:03

Cuban Superstitions REVEALED

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/04/23

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi -- but, until then, you can support the show by dropping in a tip! https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepod Experimenting with this digital tip jar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation." ~~~ chat me up but GOOD via email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

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00:10:43

One Thing So Beautiful Nobody Wants It

Thousand Movie Project ·

2024/04/21

The TMPP ebook sample drops Wednesday, April 24th, on Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/thousandmoviepod Experimenting with this digital tipjar thing. Selling various digital/tangible goods that work as great euphemisms for "donation." ~~~ chat me up but GOOD via email: thousandmovieproject at Gmail insta: @thousandmoviepod

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