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Going Down With the Censorships
When to leave Twitter is a question lots of executives faced when Elon Musk took over the company — those who weren't immediately fired, anyway. We hear an insider’s account from the man who ran Trust & Safety at the company, until he couldn’t stand it anymore. (28 minutes)
Casey Newton makes the newsletter Platformer and co-hosts the podcast Hard Fork from The New York Times.
Song:
“Fall of the S.S. Twitter” by Samson the Truest, strings and engineering by Jesse Kotansky (Original song commissioned by This American Life)
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Act Three: Amelia Bedelia Works From Home
Literally, Amelia Bedelia works from home. (4 minutes)
Act Four: 12 Million Thank You Meals
What does “thank you” actually look like? And who gets one? For Flato Alexander and other essential workers, all sorts of symbols that hadn’t bothered them much before suddenly became unbearable.
Act Two: The $25 Tip
The pandemic forced restaurant server Shelly Ortiz to put on her “Covid Goggles.” What she saw through them made her reevaluate her ideas of what’s important.
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Act V
A group of inmates at a high-security prison stage a production of the last act of Hamlet.
A Mess to Be Reckoned With
Lissa Yellow Bird searches for missing people. She's great at it. But then, her niece goes missing.