evan chung
@silentreading_
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producer of ONE YEAR from @slate. formerly @cnn, @studio360show, @wbez, @soundopinions. chicagoan emeritus. musician, real humdinger
Brooklyn, NY
Joined April 2009
Here is perhaps the goofiest story I've ever produced. Thanks to @Studio360show for indulging my obsession with an obscure 1961 teen pop song about coffee mugs.
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Who was trying to turn decorated coffee mugs into the latest teenage craze via a 1961 pop song?
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Honored to have my One Year story about the 1942 music recording ban on @99piorg this week! It’s got two of my favorite things: Chicago and Charlie Parker
If you're not listening to One Year, you are missing out! We are featuring a story by Evan Chung that I wished we did, but alas we do get to share it https://t.co/SXZAc8FfmD
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If you're not listening to One Year, you are missing out! We are featuring a story by Evan Chung that I wished we did, but alas we do get to share it https://t.co/SXZAc8FfmD
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On Aug. 1, 1942, the nation’s recording studios went silent. Musicians were fed up with the new technologies threatening their livelihoods, so they refused to record until they got their fair share....
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On the latest Decoder Ring: how a fake country star inspired a pop culture craze for truckers
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CB radios and a global oil crisis helped kick off a pop culture craze.
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Thanks to Decoder Ring for the chance to refresh my story on “Convoy”! A fitting tribute to Bill Fries, the real “C.W. McCall,” who died last month. We’ll catch you on the flip flop, Rubber Duck.
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It’s a season wrap on One Year: 1995! Slate Plus subscribers can hear me gab about it. If you haven’t already, now’s a perfect time to binge the whole show.
On today’s Slate Plus episode of One Year: 1995, host @josh_levin and producer @silentreading_ recap some of their favorite moments creating the 1995 season.
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We returned to the table today for our last session to find out that management refused to move on parental leave and COLAs. This is unacceptable. We will fight as long as we have to. Fair COLAs now! Slate Contract Now! #1u Sign here to support:
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To send a letter, just fill out the required fields on this page and click "Start Writing". Slate's staff union has less than two days before their contract expires. The union is determined to get a...
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We have 48 hours until our contract expires. Our team has written a letter for Slate's readers, listeners, and subscribers to sign, reiterating support for our final demands. We are grateful, as ever, for your solidarity. Slate Contract Now! #1u
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To send a letter, just fill out the required fields on this page and click "Start Writing". Slate's staff union has less than two days before their contract expires. The union is determined to get a...
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New today! Working on this particularly fun One Year episode, I’ve really come to appreciate “Macarena” as a perfect pop song.
On One Year: The story of a musical phenomenon that wormed its way into our brains, and maybe never left.
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We're currently in our penultimate bargaining session and we're still energized to achieve the measures enumerated in the thread below. These basics aren't #SlatePitches. They're common sense, and they'll help us create a more equitable Slate.
Slate is known for its contrarian #SlatePitches; we even once published a polemic against pie. But the things our union is fighting for aren't counterintuitive at all. They're common sense. A thread🧵⬇️ (1/7)
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In our last two sessions at the table, our unit will continue to fight for fair cost-of-living adjustments, better salary minimums, meaningful diversity measures, and improved parental leave. We bargain again tomorrow. We're ready to reach a deal. Is Slate management? #1u
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Grateful to be featured here! And everybody should listen to ICYMI all the time!
today we're featuring another Slate podcast in our feed. One Year: 1995 is a fantastic series and this episode in particular is right in the wheelhouse of our listeners. enjoy!
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On the latest episode of One Year, I report on a classic tale of the early internet: the innovative, forgotten 1995 “cybersoap” The Spot. Hit the Spot!
In episode 4 of One Year: 1995 @silentreading_ talks to the creator of the first “show” on the web, an interactive Melrose Place–style soap opera called "The Spot." “I have this idea...to tell a story in ways that nobody has told before." https://t.co/puOveKktGc
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Congrats to the One Year team: host @josh_levin, @silentreading_, @MaddyDucharme & more! Catch up on our first season, which covered the people/events of 1977 here: https://t.co/Esz2OKtbBY And our current season on 1995 here:
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Slate’s new history podcast covers 1977: a year when gay rights hung in the balance, Roots dominated the airwaves, and Jesus appeared on a tortilla.
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One Year is back for a second season, hosted by @josh_levin! This season covers 1995––a year when homegrown terrorists attacked Oklahoma City, America went online, and the Macarena took over nightclubs. The first episode drops 11/18. Subscribe now: https://t.co/GhZf9OZjhF
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Happy 10-4, good buddy! Always a good excuse to revisit my story on “Convoy” by C.W. McCall https://t.co/WtH47gsaMG
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How did a fictional character from a bread commercial score a #1 hit song and spark the '70s CB radio craze?
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This was a super fun conversation to have about the music of 1977 — a year so rich that, amazingly, @cmolanphy and I didn’t even get to Meat Loaf’s BAT OUT OF HELL
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This is legitimately one of the most gripping stories from any genre or any podcast I’ve ever listened to. It’s as relevant today as it was 40+ years ago, and I will be thinking about the people in it for a long time.
This week's episode of ONE YEAR is extraordinary and gutting. It's hosted by our producer Evan Chung (@silentreading_) and it's about how a quack cancer drug called Laetrile took the country by storm in 1977. Why didn't Americans listen to scientists?
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Evan Chung (@silentreading_) hosts this week's devastating episode of ONE YEAR: 1977: a medical misinformation story that scientists "forgot at their own peril," according to @maryrziegler.
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How Laetrile became a national sensation.
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