posted November 3, 2016 #
Two worthwhile projects from
This American Life emerged lately and they reside at fairly opposite ends of the spectrum:
- Chris Ware Animations - a nice gallery of Chris Ware illustrations animated by John Kuramoto presenting a cross-section of American voters. It's simple and pleasant. Love that ghost voter.
- Episode 600: Will I Know Anyone at This Party? - an investigation of the changing face of the Republican party and what seems to be the most concerning GOP issue, immigration. The piece is broken up with some awful original show tunes but that's just a poor attempt at cutting the scariness of the real content of the episode: white people freaking out. Try as they might to mask their outbursts as Not Racism, it's clear that's the root of the issue. Not exactly an uplifting listen but a good reminder of how much work needs to be done to get people to calm down and be cool with multiculturalism.
