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John Patrick Pullen

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Founding editor of @longlead.com, an award winning journalism studio publishing features that make an impact. Formerly: @Fortune.com, and @TIME.com. Yup, they call me JPP.

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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 13h
Long Lead put out ONE EPISODE of Long Shadow this year, and it got THREE SIGNAL NOMINATIONS. Not bad, huh? Still — we need your vote! PLEASE VOTE BELOW!
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 30/09/2026
For DEPTH PERCEPTION's third anniversary edition, some of the sharpest journalists shared their thoughts on the state of the industry. Media critic @sulliview.bsky.social feels hopeful for the future when she sees writers "who clearly care a lot, and when I see people doing important cultural work"
Graphic with DEPTH PERCEPTION branding and headshots of journalists Ryan Broderick, Eliot Williams, Margaret Sullivan, Nicholas Thompson, Laura Jedeed, Chuck Todd, Julia Angwin, Dave Jorgenson, Jelani Cobb, and Anthony Breznican with blue overlay, and text: "People are still curious." Top journalists on what keeps them hopeful
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 29/09/2026
Can someone please put the Katie Britt video to this sound? Thanks. www.youtube.com/shorts/gJ-b2...
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BRAD PITT AND ROBERT DE NIRO IN SLEEPERS (1996)
YouTube video by OmayGosh
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 29/09/2026
Long Lead is going global! I'm so proud to see our feature on Russia's threats to its neighbors recognized by The Lovie Awards. Long Lead has won "Best Individual Editorial Feature" at The Webby Awards for the past four years, and with this nod, we are poised to win it in Europe too. PLEASE VOTE!
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 29/09/2026
stupid intelligence Say it real fast, and it sounds the same. stupidintelligence.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 29/09/2026
I give in. I will stop calling it Artificial Intelligence. I'm going to call it StupidIntelligence from now on.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 28/09/2026
I'm not sure if this is paid ad or not, but we need (more) paid political ads like this.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 28/09/2026
I have always dropped my mail-in ballot at a dropbox at a voting center. I know not everyone CAN do this, but if you're able, you should — especially in this election.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 25/09/2026
Does anyone know why Hallmark Movies and John Wilson's 'The History of Concrete' take the mundane so seriously?
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 25/09/2026
Take the "Star Wars" out of it, and Andor is an objectively great show. Add the SW back into it, and it's an objectively incredible one. I say that not because I'm a SW fan (that eliminates the objectivity). It's that inserting the SW baggage, it's wild they pulled off something this relevant.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 25/09/2026
Also strange, Tim Cook's nose is flattened, making him look like Carl Fredrickson from Pixar's UP.
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Up's Carl Fredricksen Soaring High
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 25/09/2026
As much as I love prestige television, it's a bit wild that not one variety show didn't crack NYT's top 100. NYT to John Oliver:
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John Oliver Says No Emphatically
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 25/09/2026
He's dressed in the key of...
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Steve Buscemi: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 24/09/2026
Found some of this stuff in a subway station by Times Square.
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Ghostbusters: Pink Bubbling Liquid
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 23/09/2026
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 22/09/2026
Is "super" really enough though? What people really want is super duper intelligence.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 21/09/2026
"... the settlement includes the creation of independent editorial boards for CNN and CBS... "
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Jennifer Lawrence: Yeah Sure Ok Eye Roll
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
Brendan Carr is the guy who spent 5 years hyperventilating on cable news about the FAINTEST POSSIBILITY that China had undue influence over TikTok China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar having a near 50% investment stake in a major U.S. media conglomerate: no problem
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FCC Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Foreign Investment
The agency approved a request for foreign investors to indirectly hold a non-voting stake in excess of 25% in the aggregate
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 18/09/2026
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Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious People
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 18/09/2026
I am so very, very tired.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 17/09/2026
Congress shall make no law. That's it. That's all.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 16/09/2026
tbh, I was going to make a Philly guy-related comment, but I've just totally lost my edge at this point.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 16/09/2026
I wasn't following up, Andrew.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 14/09/2026
The September 11 terrorist attacks bring us to this moment we're in now in the U.S., where the consolidation of national security in the federal government has created a massive federal apparatus and national secret police force stronger and larger than our country could have imagined in 2001.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 11/09/2026
In a span of just 47 minutes, two planes hit the Twin Towers on September 11 and changed the world. For those living in those chaos-filled moments, Garrett Graff shares, "We didn’t know when the attacks began. We didn’t know when they would end. We didn’t even know how many had occurred."
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Long Shadow podcast: 9/11's Lingering Questions
Named "Best History Podcast" by the Signal Awards, this conspiracy-free series on September 11 was updated in 2026 and is hosted by journalist and historian Garrett Graff.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 11/09/2026
In a special episode of LONG SHADOW: 9/11'S LINGERING QUESTIONS commemorating the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that changed the world, host Garrett Graff reflects on the legacy of the response to that day and the creation of government departments like the DHS, Border Patrol, and ICE.
Graphic with text at the top "Reacting in the middle of one nightmare, we created another — an apparatus that in the wrong hands, has become one of the most authoritarian tools in the history of our country." -Garrett Graff, host of LONG SHADOW: 9/11's LINGERING QUESTIONS and photo of ERO/ICE officers making an arrest during a Targeted Enforcement Operations in and around Minneapolis, Minnesota during the week of January 14, 2026.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 10/09/2026
The U.S. government's reaction to one nightmare — the September 11 attacks — created another: an unchecked and unaccountable federal police force that has been turned on everyday Americans by an authoritarian administration. This is the legacy of 9/11, says @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 10/09/2026
Thank you Eric! We worked really hard on this, so that means so much...
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 10/09/2026
The #1 History podcast LONG SHADOW: 9/11's LINGERING QUESTIONS returns with this new episode. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/70a5obP... YouTube: www.youtube.com/@longlead www.longshadowpodcast.com
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Long Shadow
History Podcast · Series · Through a series of riveting, complex narratives, LONG SHADOW makes sense of what people know — and what they thought they knew — about the most pivotal moments in U.S. hist...
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 10/09/2026
The U.S. government's reaction to one nightmare — the September 11 attacks — created another: an unchecked and unaccountable federal police force that has been turned on everyday Americans by an authoritarian administration. This is the legacy of 9/11, says @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 09/09/2026
Listen and subscribe to LONG SHADOW wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... www.longshadowpodcast.com Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/70a5obP... YouTube: www.youtube.com/@longlead www.longshadowpodcast.com
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Long Shadow
History Podcast · Series · Through a series of riveting, complex narratives, LONG SHADOW makes sense of what people know — and what they thought they knew — about the most pivotal moments in U.S. hist...
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 09/09/2026
On September 11, Donald Trump was in Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan calling into WWOR-TV to share live, on-air, that he had watched the planes fly into the World Trade Center. @longlead.com and @vermontgmg.bsky.social included audio of it in a new, special episode of LONG SHADOW. Hear it below:
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 08/09/2026
Weird. On September 11, 2001, Donald Trump called into a local news show that morning talking about how he saw it happen from Trump Tower...
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 08/09/2026
9/11 is a somber day of patriotism and reflection. Observe the day however you will, but every year many people remember by re-listening to LONG SHADOW: 9/11's LINGERING QUESTIONS, a podcast by @vermontgmg.bsky.social and @longlead.com. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 08/09/2026
In the podcast LONG SHADOW: 9/11's LINGERING QUESTIONS, @vermontgmg.bsky.social calls September 11 "the hinge on which so much changed." But the 2020 protests in Portland was ANOTHER pivotal moment in US history. It brought us where we are with DHS, ICE, and CBP today. Listen to the episode here:
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Long Shadow podcast: 9/11's Lingering Questions
What is the legacy of 9/11? Reacting in the middle of one nightmare, the U.S. government created another — an apparatus that in the wrong hands, has become one of the most terrifying tools in the history of the country.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 08/09/2026
Historian and 'Only Plane in the Sky' author @vermontgmg.bsky.social shares that when discussing 9/11, "we don’t forget but I’m not sure we remember either." Graff says the history textbook version of 9/11 is factually true, but it's not the day that anyone who was alive remembers living.
Graphic with text on the left: "When we talk about 9/11 in the history book way, we rob it of the human element and we rob it of the fear, the chaos, the confusion, and the trauma." -Garrett Graff, author, historian, and host of LONG SHADOW: 9/11’S LINGERING QUESTIONS and photo on the right of the Twin Towers on fire on September 11, 2001
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 05/09/2026
Yet the government still uses it on its employees today. 🤷
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Pentagon Subjects Roughly 50 Members of the Joint Staff to Polygraph Tests in Expanded Leak Hunt (Gift Article)
The aggressive effort comes in the wake of news reports about the military’s diminished stocks of crucial munitions as the U.S. fights Iran.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 03/09/2026
TIL when Border Patrol launched after 9/11 they didn’t use polygraphs. Years later they did and learned many applicants had smuggled drugs and people into the US, dozens committed violent crimes like drive-by shootings and 👀ONE EVEN PLOTTED TO ASSASINATE PRESIDENT OBAMA.👀 🤯 @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 02/09/2026
25 years after the September 11 terror attacks, national security journalist @vermontgmg.bsky.social shares that the U.S. should break up the Department of Homeland Security — a bureau that was once consolidated to protect the country, but has "been turned against ordinary Americans" in our streets.
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“We got almost everything wrong.” Garrett Graff on 9/11's shocking legacy
At the 25th anniversary of September 11, the history podcast “Long Shadow” explores how the government's response led to the rise of authoritarianism in the U.S.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 02/09/2026
seems bad
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 02/09/2026
How well did this work out for Apple in 2019, when they ceded Crimea to Russia via Apple Maps renaming? Oh right, not great:
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iPhone users in Russia can no longer buy Apple apps or subscriptions
Apple shuts down all billing in the country in response to a government order.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 02/09/2026
Thank you, Jeremy — really appreciate you recommending Long Shadow! We're working hard to battle the "two mics, no point" trend in podcasting. It's... not great.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 01/09/2026
Five years ago, Long Lead launched its first feature, LONG SHADOW: 9/11'S LINGERING QUESTIONS. Today, the podcast returns for a special season one episode looking at the legacy of 9/11 and its creation of the DHS — a bureau that's slowly laid the groundwork for a different kind of terror in the U.S.
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What is the legacy of 9/11? We’re living in it
Long Lead's Signal Award-winning history podcast 'Long Shadow' returns with a special episode about the legacy of September 11 — and how it’s impacting America today.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 02/09/2026
On a night in 2010, Alenka Artnik, sunken by grief, found herself alone on a bridge, contemplating suicide. Ten years later, she became the world's greatest female freediver and is getting stronger with each record-breaking plunge. Her story is one of resilience, emerging from mental struggles.
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She Dove to Escape Grief—And Became One of the World’s Greatest Athletes
Embracing her pain, Alenka Artnik pushes the limits of the human body, on just one breath.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 01/09/2026
What is the legacy of 9/11? Look around — you’re living in it. How did we get here? Listen to a new, special episode of LONG SHADOW — out today — to find out. Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/70a5obP... YouTube: www.youtube.com/@longlead
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Long Shadow Podcast
Long Shadow is a limited-series history podcast produced by Long Lead and hosted by Garrett Graff.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 31/08/2026
These tech companies have been capitulating to political bullies since Russia "annexed" Crimea from Ukraine in 2019 — and Apple changed their maps to reflect it. What did Apple get out of it? Nothing but bad press and bad will.
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 27/08/2026
Context: youtu.be/HxEr2gFD1uQ?...
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Ep. 4 - Enragement Equals Engagement
YouTube video by Long Lead
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John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 27/08/2026
Where is @noupside.bsky.social? Is she safe? Please someone tell me they've taken the sharp knives from her.
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