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Picky Picky
My life as a supertaster

June 14, 2024September 10, 2024 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

From my earliest memories I have been confounded by the popularity of many common foods, as in my experience they are so intensely flavorful that I absolutely cannot imagine voluntarily …

Picky Picky
My life as a supertaster
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Eyelands in the Stream / Music / Social Studies

Knowledge is Power!
Schoolhouse Rock! used the power of music to teach Generation X

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Americans now in their 50s grew up in a time of radical innovation at the intersection of public education and mass media. In the late 1960s, citizen groups such as …

Knowledge is Power!
Schoolhouse Rock! used the power of music to teach Generation X
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Social Studies

Prometheus of the Plains
The Kansas quack who created the modern age

September 16, 2022February 5, 2025 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

A media magnate blanketing the nation with wall-to-wall political propaganda and misleading advertising. A snake oil salesman running for high public office, using an ersatz mixture of populism and religious …

Prometheus of the Plains
The Kansas quack who created the modern age
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Social Studies

Anybody Here Seen My Old Friend Jason?
The unnecessary death of the nicest guy in town

December 28, 2021September 5, 2024 - by Michael Carmody

It must have been 20 or more years ago when I first met Jason Fritts. I don’t know the year, exactly, but I recall the cirumstance. I was on my …

Anybody Here Seen My Old Friend Jason?
The unnecessary death of the nicest guy in town
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Stop the Presses!

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Michael Carmody - Stop the Presses!

Right on. The biz has changed a lot, yet manages to hang on.

Michael Carmody - Stop the Presses!

Oh man yes, I remember it very well! That little cool, dark back room with the video games was like…

Ron May - Stop the Presses!

Great story Michael! Of course, I relate to this on a very deep level having been your substitute delivery boy…

Brian Sanders - Stop the Presses!

Been there, done that. Except I had graduated to semi-novice driver and was peddling copies of the Tulsa World at…

Michael Carmody - With Love From Me to You

Doing my best, thanks kindly.

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