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Nutty In NYC

Thoughts, opinions, and ideas of Martin Nutty, a Dublin-born and New York resident podcaster. Covering matters political, economic and social with a smattering of literature thrown in.

Recent Episodes

Jan. 30, 2024

13: Garchs Ain't Good

I call then Garchs - types who have unconscionable wealth, wiling to subvert democracy to accumulate more. The word oligarch is used by academics, but that doesn't sound sinister enough to me for those whose only purpose is …
Aug. 1, 2023

13: Why Journalists Should Leave Twitter

The fact that Twitter is a mess is not news or a surprise. The transition to a new "X" logo and the elimination of the blue bird is just another exercise in Elon Musk's narcissism. I'm skeptical of the platform's ability to…
May 10, 2023

TUF 01: The Untilled Field: In The Clay

The Untilled Field (1903) is a volume of short stories by George Moore. Chapter one, In The Clay , features the story of a Dublin sculptor whose work has been destroyed. Who is to blame and what has caused this unprovoked de…
Dec. 16, 2022

12: Big Media - Knuckle Under Or Revolt?

Yesterday, Twitter suspended the accounts of several high-profile journalists . In Twitter’s understaffed and diminished state, no immediate reason was given for the actions. Apparently, Twitter’s decision relates to the jou…
Nov. 17, 2022

11: Time To Twexit

On Nov 1st, I created an account on Mastodon.ie. I’d been triggered by a news story. What was that story? Two days before, Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, had shared a scurrilous tale about Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy…
Sept. 20, 2022

10: Cruelty Is Not Cool

Thoughts on Governor Ron De Santis of Florida, how he shipped migrants to Martha's Vineyard, and the long-troubled, painful relationship America has had with many arriving migrants to its shore NPR: On the Martha's Vineyard …

Recent Blog Posts

Bernie Sanders: The Need For New Narrative

Like many Kamala Harris voters, I've been licking my psychic wounds the past few weeks. I've been careful about the media I consume, paying little attention to Trump cabinet announcements and the speculation surrounding triggering nominees. I'm more…

Oligopomedia And The Public Square

Do you trust these guys? Over the past few days, several media articles have detailed the exodus of social media users from Twitter/X. Writers in the New York Times and Slate have now cited Bluesky as the latest beneficiary.  Unlike Thre…

The Aftermath

I went to bed a little after midnight on Tuesday. By then, It was clear that Kamala Harris had lost the election. While I might have been in bed, sleep was elusive. Disappointment did not come close to describing my mental state. There were many re…

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