Daniel Paisner
writer/ghostwriter/podcaster/so-called journalist
Author: SHOW; BALLOON DOG; A SINGLE HAPPENED THING; MOURNING WOOD; THE BALL
Co-Author: HEAVEN HELP US (John Kasich); UNFORGIVING (Lindsey Jacobellis); BLUE (Steve Aoki)
Host: AS TOLD TO
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AS TOLD TO podcast guests - collaborative writers
since 2021, we've been featuring long-form interviews with writers and other creatives who write and create in collaboration... some of them are here on BlueSky... ghostwriters, speechwriters, songwriters, joke writers, television writers, screenwriters, copywriters...
People Named Brian
Here is a starter pack of people named Brian - you know, just because...
@lorak.bsky.social
reporter at cnbc.com. email: lora.kolodny@nbcuni.com - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla (some climate tech startups). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55
@larrysummers.bsky.social
Charles W. Eliot Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard, former Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton
@pivotpod.bsky.social
Official Bluesky for the Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. Part of New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
@nymag.com
This is New York: Intelligencer, The Cut, Vulture, Curbed, Grub Street, The Strategist. Subscribe: http://nymag.com/subscribe Get 'One Great Story' every day: http://nym.ag/3tRlORP
@stephruhle.bsky.social
Host 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC NBC News Senior Business Analyst Chaos is my Love Language
@ragingmoderates.bsky.social
Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov are here to give those of us who reside somewhere between the center left and the center right their takes on the latest politics all through a centrist lens. New Episodes every Tuesday and Friday.
@jvl.bsky.social
Editor of The Bulwark https://www.thebulwark.com/ Host of a Secret Podcast. Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
@dmoren.com
Author, podcaster. I have the death sentence in 12 systems. He/him. https://dmoren.com
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of Indivisible. I'm here to win AND make friends.
@asarahlarson.bsky.social
New Yorker staff writer, podcast reviewer, New York Rangers enthusiast
@michaelluo.bsky.social
New Yorker executive editor; author of “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America,” forthcoming from Doubleday on 4/29/25.
@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social
I'm a writer. I don't believe in voices for the voiceless. Abolish the conditions of voicelessness instead. Books include The Sympathizer, The Committed, A Man of Two Faces, The Refugees, and the forthcoming To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other.
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.) YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.) Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan) Opposed to Tuberculosis
@jonathanblitzer.bsky.social
Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/625425/everyone-who-is-gone-is-here-by-jonathan-blitzer/
@dkthomp.bsky.social
Staff writer at The Atlantic. Host of Plain English podcast. Books.
@leahfeiger.bsky.social
senior politics editor @wired.com -- signal leahfeiger.86 with tips
@rachelmonroe.bsky.social
The duke of dark corners / Texas writer for the New Yorker / Co-host of Bad Therapist podcast badtherapistpod.bsky.social
@zteirstein.bsky.social
Reporter at the national environmental magazine Grist covering climate politics and the intersection of climate change and human health. Signal username: zoyateirstein.58
@clairedederer.bsky.social
Award-winning author of MONSTERS: A FAN'S DILEMMA, a New York Times Notable Book and a national bestseller. Named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Fresh Air, The Washington Post, Esquire, Kirkus, Vulture, Electric Lit & more.
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
Newsletter editor at MSNBC. Part-time journalism teacher at Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
Staff writer @theatlantic.com covering immigration and the Department of Homeland Security. Tips? Signal: NickMiroff.78
@isaacbutler.bsky.social
Cultural critic and historian, author, podcaster, non-Zionist Jew. Co-host: CHARM OFFENSIVE. Writer: THE METHOD: HOW THE 20TH CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT
@henryalford.bsky.social
Guy of letters (New Yorker, Air Mail). Author of, most recently, "I Dream of Joni: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots."
@aacu.org
Advancing the democratic purposes of higher education by promoting equity, innovation, and excellence in liberal education. aacu.org
@jacquelinecutler.bsky.social
Journalist. Lover of the First Amendment, rescue dogs, lost causes, and dance. President of the Television Critics Association.
@kristengbaldwin.bsky.social
TV Critic, EW. Formerly of @YahooEnt. Member of @OfficialTCA, @CriticsChoice Association. Obsessed dog mom, rabid Bachelor enthusiast.
@judyberman.bsky.social
TV critic & union woman @ TIME. Writer & catastrophist @ Brooklyn. Exhausted & bored @ Twitter. Guess I'm here now, too.
@damianholbrook.bsky.social
TV Guide Magazine Senior Writer, "Cheer & Jeers" columnist, unabashed television enthusiast, moderator and podcast-guester. Dogs, books, tattoos, Hallmark, home design, superheroes, horror movies and real housewives are my shit. Oh, and huge gay.
@bentravers.bsky.social
IndieWire Critic & Deputy Editor, TV • TCA Member • Formerly of a Few Podcasts • He/Him • Ann Dowd calls me “honey” (and don't tell me if she calls everyone that).
@thefienprint.bsky.social
Chief Television Critic, The Hollywood Reporter. General social media dabbler. Most of my content/writing/word-spewing can be found here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/e/the-fien-print/
@kphipps3000.bsky.social
Movies, etc. for GQ, Vulture, Ringer and more. Co-host Next Picture Show. With @scotttobias.bsky.social I write The Reveal: http://thereveal.substack.com. Author of AGE OF CAGE. He/Him
@jowrotethis.bsky.social
Writer and podcaster at the @ringer • one of Cameron Crowe’s Uncool • taller than you think • author of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios for W. W. Norton
@drewmcweeny.com
Caustically optimistic. Potty mouth. FILM NERD 2.0. Netflix's VOIR. MASTERS OF HORROR. '80s ALL OVER. FEAR ITSELF. I helped break the Internet. Sorry about that. Keto for life. Read my Substack newsletters! (he/him)
@sorayanadiamcdonald.com
I write about culture, history, and power. Pulitzer finalist for criticism. currently: working on a book previously: The Undefeated, WaPo (Pre-Bezos, mostly) she/her | sorayanadiamcdonald.com
@amymacdonaldftw.bsky.social
Award-winning children's author, editor, book reviewer | Freelance journalist | Kennedy Ctr Teaching Artist | Activist | LITTLE BEAVER & THE ECHO, RACHEL FISTER'S BLISTER, NO MORE NICE... I don't sing and I'm not Scottish. AmyMacDonald.com #kidlit
@jessbravin.bsky.social
Supreme Court correspondent, The Wall Street Journal. Author, "The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay"; "Squeaky: The Life & Times of Lynette Alice Fromme." Founder: Raymond Chandler Square, L.A. City Historic-Cultural Monument No. 597.
@scottshewfelt.bsky.social
I write: https://medium.com/@scott.w.shewfelt | I’ve won on Jeopardy! | I collect sub-premium bots | High wizard of MS Paint | 2009 Selke Trophy finalist
@mfranklin628.bsky.social
Chief Thought Leadership Officer w/ a focus on Executive Communications, Speechwriting, and Coalition-Building at Words Normalize Behavior + Executive Director of Speechwriters of Color KC | DC | Howard U
@jediofgallifrey.bsky.social
Chaotic Good (AuDHD) literally arguing against the Encyclopedia Britannica since 2/25/25 Erroneously suspended by LLM automoderation [3] times