"Don Morrison's 3 Minutes of Madness"

"Don Morrison's 3 Minutes of Madness"

Funny, often uplifting and mercifully short. Don Morrison is an author ("The Death of French Culture," "How Obama Lost America,") professor (Tsinghua University in Beijing, Sciences Po in Paris), and former editor at Time Magazine. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Smithsonian, Le Monde, Le Point, Liberation, Caixin and other leading publications. He is a commentator for NPR's Robin Hood Radio and a columnist for the Berkshire Eagle.

Episodes

June 1, 2024 2 mins
As a major restaurant chain goes bankrupt, some questions about its namesake. 
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How to survive in the age of him, her, they, them and other linguistic minefields. 
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May 11, 2024 3 mins
College campuses across the U.S. are engulfed in anti-war protests. But that's nothing compared to 1968.
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April 27, 2024 2 mins
As Ben Franklin would advise, we shouldn't make fun of an old guy who stinks up the courtroom.
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April 17, 2024 2 mins
Somebody sent me a silly internet article. Now I'm scared. 
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April 12, 2024 2 mins
The candidate has been surprisingly specific about how he would govern. We should pay attention. 
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April 6, 2024 2 mins
America is at war. Over punctuation. 
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March 27, 2024 2 mins
Ah, spring! Nature's ultimate con job. And we're not helping. 
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March 22, 2024 2 mins
Where is Joseph of Arimathea when we need him? He's here, but you may not have noticed. 
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March 15, 2024 2 mins
Cuba is dying, and we're mostly to blame. 
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March 1, 2024 2 mins
How a chance encounter by a couple of women from very different worlds changed the face of music. 
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February 25, 2024 2 mins
I started a GoFundMe campaign to pay our ex-president's legal bills. It didn't go the way I expected. 
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February 16, 2024 3 mins
Politics used to be a serious undertaking. Now, it's a TV miniseries. May the best show get renewed.
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February 10, 2024 2 mins
100 years on, a jazz-infused musical mess still has its charms..
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February 2, 2024 2 mins
Monarchy has its critics but also its charms. Is there a lesson for America here? 
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January 26, 2024 3 mins
More states are introducing witty road-safety signs. The feds want to stop them.
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January 18, 2024 2 mins
How book banning became our new national pastime. Only it isn't so new. 
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January 3, 2024 2 mins
As scientists agitate to retitle a beetle, its unsavory namesake pops up in the U.S. presidential campaign. 
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December 21, 2023 3 mins
In 1959, a national election hinged on whether the economy was really as good as it seemed. Sound familiar? 
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December 15, 2023 2 mins
Christmas is days away, but its music has been annoying us for weeks. Maybe that's a good thing.
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