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Extremely cool news. TGS got nominated for not one but TWO Signal Awards -- Best History Podcast and Best History Podcast Episode! I could not be more thrilled :-)

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ALAS. Manny is sick and unable to host, which sucks enormously. HOWEVER! The incredible Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social is now hosting tonight, so grab your last minute tickets if you haven't already!

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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU

This feels very embarrassing to ask but it would mean a lot for me if you all vote for the Listener's Choice portion of the awards! Best History Pod: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... Best History Episode: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

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I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

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This is a good reminder that I actually need to email you about something!

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thank you!!! what a trip!

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 28/09/2026

Extremely cool news. TGS got nominated for not one but TWO Signal Awards -- Best History Podcast and Best History Podcast Episode! I could not be more thrilled :-)

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*ahem* TGS IS HAVING A LIVE SHOW TOMORROW IN NYC AND I HAVE TWO EXTRA GUEST LIST TICKETS. IF YOU ARE A MUTUAL AND YOU WANT THEM PLEASE HIT ME UP

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 28/09/2026

I was on strike or actions-short-of-strike every single year of my PhD at Edinburgh. In the snow, in the rain, in a pandemic, fighting for a better future for my colleagues and students. The cuts Edinburgh is facing right now are devastating and I urge you to care.

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 28/09/2026

Solidarity with all my friends and former colleagues at UoE - you and your students deserve better than this.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 27/09/2026

The internet is an evil place, dispatch no. 1364739: there is an account on TikTok with 150,000 followers who generates AI videos that replace real women’s faces with a simulated version that has down syndrome in order to promote a weight loss scam left - the original post right - the AI fake

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 27/09/2026

if u did not get a sunday morning high five already, augie’s got an extra for u

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Stick one in the other eye too

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I’m telling you right now, I would rather stick a fork in my eye than watch this new movie about a PhD student falling in love with her professor

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Even if we did make a video version (which is still not totally ruled out) we’d still release audio-only versions!

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And as a side note, it would be very easy to clap back with stories that say “um actually, men like me” but even if that weren’t true, why the fuck should I lend credence to the idea that conventional attractiveness or lack thereof determines a person’s value in the world?

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I think so? I think they're basically just trying to blue-haired-vegan-liberal me

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I am not thin-skinned, but I don't love that a show which is mostly about scholarship is constantly being judged according to my looks, and I don't want to subject guests to that either

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I get asked pretty frequently whether the pod would consider going to a video format, and a very honest reason that we haven't so far is because of how many comments on the *audio-only* show disparage my appearance.

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I could never go on Subway Takes because I would say something like “there’s no such thing as an empath” or “astrology is fundamentally antifeminist” and then 100,000 people would call me MAGA in the comments

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that is also my thought tbh

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It's kind of par for the course in my experience, but this one does have a real desperation to it

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some more greatest hits from them for y'all, including one where they call me a raspy shrew, which is a real departure from the people who usually say my voice is too girly

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There's a person who HATES me for some reason and keeps leaving bizarre comments on TGS' Spotify about this fantasy they have of me drinking oat milk (?) and then heart-ing or laugh-reacting to their own comment, which I think is maybe the saddest parasocial interaction I've experienced thus far

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TGS PRESENTS: THE GOOSISODE is now available on our Patreon. Lmao.

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you ever met a band that had it/they pronouns

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would you believe me if i told you the results were inconclusive

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what does the Penguin Random House website know that I don't

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