"Don Morrison's 3 Minutes of Madness"
252 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsFunny, 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.
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Episodes
The End of the World
April 17, 2024 17:59 - 2 minutes - 4.22 MBSomebody sent me a silly internet article. Now I'm scared.
What Would Trump Do?
April 12, 2024 20:13 - 2 minutes - 4.18 MBThe candidate has been surprisingly specific about how he would govern. We should pay attention.
A Period of Uncertainty
April 06, 2024 02:50 - 2 minutes - 4.25 MBAmerica is at war. Over punctuation.
The Cruelest Season
March 27, 2024 18:20 - 2 minutes - 4.27 MBAh, spring! Nature's ultimate con job. And we're not helping.
The Volunteer
March 22, 2024 18:05 - 2 minutes - 4.22 MBWhere is Joseph of Arimathea when we need him? He's here, but you may not have noticed.
Our Man in Havana
March 15, 2024 15:06 - 2 minutes - 4.28 MBCuba is dying, and we're mostly to blame.
Two Women, One Dream
March 01, 2024 18:46 - 2 minutes - 4.24 MBHow a chance encounter by a couple of women from very different worlds changed the face of music.
Go Fund Trump
February 25, 2024 19:01 - 2 minutes - 3.91 MBI started a GoFundMe campaign to pay our ex-president's legal bills. It didn't go the way I expected.
Taylor Swift for President
February 16, 2024 20:09 - 3 minutes - 4.43 MBPolitics used to be a serious undertaking. Now, it's a TV miniseries. May the best show get renewed.
A Rhapsody for America
February 10, 2024 23:58 - 2 minutes - 4.3 MB100 years on, a jazz-infused musical mess still has its charms..
Royal Pains
February 02, 2024 16:38 - 2 minutes - 4.33 MBMonarchy has its critics but also its charms. Is there a lesson for America here?
Keep Our Highways Humorous
January 26, 2024 19:02 - 3 minutes - 4.39 MBMore states are introducing witty road-safety signs. The feds want to stop them.
The New Puritans
January 18, 2024 19:32 - 2 minutes - 4.23 MBHow book banning became our new national pastime. Only it isn't so new.
Using the H-Word
January 03, 2024 04:16 - 2 minutes - 4.32 MBAs scientists agitate to retitle a beetle, its unsavory namesake pops up in the U.S. presidential campaign.
You've Never Had It So Good
December 21, 2023 04:17 - 3 minutes - 4.5 MBIn 1959, a national election hinged on whether the economy was really as good as it seemed. Sound familiar?
Christ in the Elevator
December 15, 2023 19:30 - 2 minutes - 2.76 MBChristmas is days away, but its music has been annoying us for weeks. Maybe that's a good thing.
A Scrooge for Our Time
December 08, 2023 02:48 - 5 minutes - 5.4 MBMarley was dead. But could his successor as House Speaker learn the true meaning of Christmas?
Gracie is Missing
November 30, 2023 21:59 - 2 minutes - 3.97 MBLosing touch with loved ones is bad enough. Not knowing whether they're alive or dead can be torture.
Recycle This!
November 23, 2023 19:02 - 2 minutes - 4.13 MBIt's great that you separate the reusables from your trash, but you may be doing it all wrong.
The Mother of All Conspiracies
November 16, 2023 02:57 - 2 minutes - 4.36 MBHow JFK's death 60 years ago made the world go insane -- and stay that way.
Of Laughter and Forgetting
November 09, 2023 23:43 - 2 minutes - 2.7 MBOur two leading presidential candidates can't seem to remember stuff. Is that such a big deal?
The Last of the Mohicans
November 03, 2023 13:34 - 2 minutes - 2.65 MBAfter centuries of slaughter and dislocation, Native Americans are on the rise
Random Acts of Kindness
October 26, 2023 14:01 - 2 minutes - 1.25 MBHere's something that might arrest our downward slide into nastiness.
Fear Itself
October 20, 2023 02:56 - 2 minutes - 2.57 MBCan humankind survive the weaponization of anxiety?
The Trouble with X
October 13, 2023 14:28 - 2 minutes - 4.31 MBIsrael-Hamas misinformation flourishes on a social media site run by a certain free-speech absolutist.
Tell Me a Story
October 05, 2023 01:13 - 2 minutes - 3.98 MBReading to your kids in the age of book banning.
Georgia on my Mind
September 27, 2023 15:39 - 2 minutes - 4.18 MBOn Russia's southern border, a small nation dreams of the West -- and lives in uncertainty.
The Tooth about Stress
September 08, 2023 18:47 - 2 minutes - 4.24 MBWhy America is suffering an epidemic of tooth-grinding.
A Night(mare) at the Opera
August 31, 2023 16:03 - 2 minutes - 4.14 MBWhy can't America pay its culture workers what they're worth?
Hard-wired for Hades
August 24, 2023 16:35 - 2 minutes - 4.31 MBNo wonder it's hard to accept the reality of climate change. We're programmed not to.
Killing the Messengers
August 18, 2023 03:28 - 2 minutes - 4.35 MBA newspaper is raided, somebody dies, and the American press is suddenly back in 1837. For me, it's personal.
Local Hero
August 11, 2023 21:25 - 2 minutes - 4.26 MBA small white town sent a smart black boy into the world. More than a century later, he's finally coming home.
When Politicians Get Old
August 04, 2023 02:23 - 2 minutes - 4.12 MBOur leaders are growing long in the tooth and won't step aside. Here's how to fix that.
Clusters of Trouble
July 26, 2023 15:55 - 2 minutes - 4.37 MBThe U.S. just gave Ukraine a banned weapon. Should we be alarmed?
It Did Happen Here
July 19, 2023 21:50 - 2 minutes - 4.25 MBHow America almost dumped democracy in the 1920s.
Sputnik Moment
July 07, 2023 20:26 - 2 minutes - 4.22 MBAmerican loves upward mobility. So why have we made college so impossibly expensive?
The Shock of the New
June 25, 2023 05:23 - 2 minutes - 4 MBWhy our obsession with the new, the shiny, the technologically advanced is not very smart.
The Chandelier in the Bathroom
June 16, 2023 03:00 - 2 minutes - 4.28 MBSloppy document handling earns a former president 37 criminal charges, but a related crime of his is largely ignored.
The Death Limit
May 25, 2023 02:56 - 2 minutes - 4.24 MBInstead of arguing about federal debt, maybe we should focus on saving taxpayer lives.
The Song of Lunch
May 19, 2023 02:40 - 2 minutes - 4.17 MBWhen the world of work paused to make way for something more important.
The Center Cannot Hold
May 10, 2023 21:28 - 2 minutes - 4.3 MBArguing can be healthy, but the current epidemic of incivility is killing us. Literally.
Flat-Earthers, Arise!
May 03, 2023 21:42 - 2 minutes - 4.25 MBHow Antarctica became the latest front in the war against truth.
Lookin' for a Home
April 27, 2023 18:34 - 2 minutes - 4.32 MBLet's make it easier for people to find a better place to live.
A Home Run for Climate Change
April 18, 2023 22:25 - 2 minutes - 4.31 MBWhy baseballs travel farther, and other unexpected consequences of global warming.
The Last Picture Show
April 12, 2023 22:38 - 2 minutes - 4.07 MBTough times for movie theaters. Can they be saved?
Beer Hall Justice
April 07, 2023 03:19 - 2 minutes - 7.52 MBShould an ex-president be prosecuted for a crime? Here's a lesson from 1923.
Factory Kids
March 29, 2023 15:51 - 2 minutes - 4.2 MBChild labor is making a comeback. That's not good.
Basketball is America
March 23, 2023 02:42 - 2 minutes - 4.24 MBMarch madness -- a reminder that, among other truths, underdogs can win.
Don's Start with the Weather
March 16, 2023 03:00 - 2 minutes - 4.09 MBEver think you're living in a bad novel? Just wait.
The Trouble with Girls
March 09, 2023 21:35 - 2 minutes - 3.93 MBSure, boys face problems these days, but young women may have it even worse.