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Kieran Mulvaney

@kieranmulvaney.bsky.social
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Writer and speaker of words. Saver of whales (ret). Lover of polar regions. Interviewer of boxers. Fan of Liverpool Football Club. Author of upcoming book, "Arctic Passages." islandpress.org/books/arctic-passag…

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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Want a piece on my why Tombstone is such fun? I'm your huckleberry. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...
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‘Bursts off the screen’: why Tombstone is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers drawing attention to their most rewatched comfort films is a celebration of an easily quotable western
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Eric Raskin @ericraskin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Thanks very much to Lee Groves & James "Smitty" Smith for reuniting me & @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social to talk a little boxing! This was great fun. Spoiler: Kieran & I still tend to agree on everything, it seems, and thus there's still no place for us on fake debate TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2_3...
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In This Corner The Podcast Episode #186
YouTube video by In This Corner TV
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Samantha Worthington was winning her fight. But then the evening took a dramatic turn. In this special episode of the Fighter Health Podcast, Worthington talks about her life, her career, her faith, and the night that changed everything.
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Episode 22: Samantha Worthington
On February 22, 2026, after eight rounds of her scheduled 10-round 140 pound title defense against Edith Soledad Matthysse, Samantha Worthington was on course to improve her record to 13-0 and potenti...
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The only way this would make sense was if this imaginary hospital ship were full of Americans who can't afford health care seeking treatment in Greenland.
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Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
In a new op-ed for the #IslandPress Short-form Program, author @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social writes that unfounded rhetoric and threats surrounding Greenland have undermined Arctic stability and risk U.S. security:
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The Real Threat to Arctic Security
Conflict in the Arctic is entirely avoidable and unnecessary.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"Notwithstanding breathless assertions to the contrary, conflict in the Arctic is entirely avoidable and unnecessary. The greater threat to the region is a self-fulfilling assumption that conflict is inevitable." By me for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
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The Real Threat to Arctic Security
Conflict in the Arctic is entirely avoidable and unnecessary.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The reality is America is a huge multicultural multilingual country, not a white ethnostate, and venomous white supremacist MAGA crybabies lose it whenever that reality becomes unignorable. We should always seek to increase, not decrease, their discomfort. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
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Hating the Game
The cooperation game, the murder game, and acting in good faith with people you know are acting in bad faith.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
On Groundhog Day, a throwback to one of the pieces I most enjoyed writing for NatGeo.
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Groundhog predictions of spring no better than chance
A lighthearted study of spring flowers’ blooming times confirms that groundhog soothsaying is essentially a cute, furry coin flip.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Terribly sad news. What a wonderful comic actor. I shall go fold in some cheese in her honor. ♥️ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/a...
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Catherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
How a conversation at a Vermont ski lodge led to the creation of the US Army's 10th Mountain Division and the explosion of the ski industry.
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How the 10th Mountain Division Became America's Skiing Force
The recruits trained in Colorado and captured key peaks in Italy.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Enjoyed writing this piece about this fascinating way of life. www.history.com/articles/kaz...
history.com
Inside the Ancient Mongolian Art of Hunting with Eagles
Central Asian nomads have long partnered with birds of prey.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Truly we live not just in the Age of Stupid but the Age of Wilful Ignorance. These ghouls are determined not to leave behind a world worth inhabiting. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
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Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
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Jaime Jennings @jaimejennings.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Well-deserved congrats to @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social on his book ARCTIC PASSAGES being named to @theeconomistnews.bsky.social Best Books of 2025! A great gift idea for historians and environmentalists. cc @islandpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social www.economist.com/culture/2025...
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The best books of 2025
Gladiators and dictators, wolves and Beatles feature in our list this year
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thrilled to see "Arctic Passages" featured as one of if The Economist's Best Books of 2025.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
On this day in 1881, three men were hurled into eternity in the duration of a moment.
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In Tombstone, Ariz., Earp’s gunfight at O.K. Corral and ‘world’s largest rose tree’ live on
Ididn’t look up when Margarita came through the door....
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The Oxford Publicity Partnership Ltd (OPP) @oxfordpublicity.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
OUT NOW in Europe, @islandpress.bsky.social's ARCTIC PASSAGES by @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social tells of the battle for power in the threatened ecosystem of the Far North. Buy from your local bookshop or @ipsuk.bsky.social. Media copies DM @oxfordpublicity.bsky.social!
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Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Confrontation in the Arctic is not inevitable, argues ARCTIC PASSAGES author Kieran Mulvaney in a new essay for The Economist. www.economist.com/by...
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Confrontation in the Arctic is not inevitable, argues Kieran Mulvaney
The big players don’t need to view every adversary’s moves as a threat
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
My first-ever piece in The Economist, complete with watercolor author portrait, argues against assuming that conflict is inevitable in an ice-free Arctic.
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Confrontation in the Arctic is not inevitable, argues Kieran Mulvaney
The big players don’t need to view every adversary’s moves as a threat
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
This is unquestionably the single greatest thing in the history of humanity: a 1971 anti-drug commercial that MUST be watched stoned (but probably not on shrooms) and is guaranteed to make you want to do more drugs - or, if you've never done any, to start immediately. m.youtube.com/watch?v=f1fc...
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Curious Alice, 1971
YouTube video by US National Archives
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
@caoimhesport.bsky.social Your piece on Darwin today was quite lovely
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
MAGA: It's so great to have a president with all his faculties. Donald Trump: Rosie O'Donnell is a threat to humanity.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
@sachinnakrani.bsky.social Lovely piece on Diogo today, mate.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
RIP Diogo J. Life can end far too suddenly and far too soon. #YNWA #LFC
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Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN) @sehnetwork.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
SEHN's @ssteingraber1.bsky.social spoke to @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social about our work detailing the risks and harms of #fracking. “This is a public health crisis.” www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
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What fracking is doing to the Earth—and to our bodies
Beneath layers of ancient rock, a high-pressure process is reshaping the modern energy landscape. As fracking expands across the globe, so does the growing debate around its impact.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Thrilled to be reviewed in The Economist this week
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Busy day
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
“A warming world is seen as an inconvenience to be endured rather than what it truly is: a planetary experiment the impacts are now only beginning to be felt." Read an excerpt from @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social‬’s “Arctic Passages,” published by @islandpress.bsky.social‬: www.landclimate.org/...
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Remembering dreams of a green peace - Land and Climate Review
The Bering Strait region has always been a hotbed of geopolitical tension - but its future is now more uncertain than ever, says Kieran Mulvaney.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
For Nat Geo, I wrote about the world’s first Harley-Davidson ride using solar fuel.
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This Harley-Davidson took the world’s first motorcycle ride powered by solar fuel
The bike motored along the shores of Switzerland’s Lake Zurich thanks to a new type of sustainable energy.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
For Nat Geo, I wrote about the world’s first Harley-Davidson ride using solar fuel.
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This Harley-Davidson took the world’s first motorcycle ride powered by solar fuel
The bike motored along the shores of Switzerland’s Lake Zurich thanks to a new type of sustainable energy.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
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Freddie Roach reflects ahead of Manny Pacquiao's last dance
Thirty years after opening the Wild Card Boxing Club, Freddie Roach is preparing for one last ride with the fighter with whom he will always be indelibly associated.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Donald Trump says the US needs Greenland. He needs to acknowledge the dangers from climate change first. By me for @commondreams.org
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Invading Greenland Won’t Protect Us From the Climate Crisis | Common Dreams
It is of course possible that further melting will lead to increased tensions in which Arctic territory becomes an especially valued possession. But other threats are far more urgent, including the on...
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
As well as a multi-weight world champion, a former senator, and a boxing hall-of-famer, Manny Pacquiao is a connoisseur of books.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
How does the clothing and equipment that Everest summiteers use now compare to what Hillary and Tenzing Norgay used? My latest for History.com
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Gear that Powered Hillary and Norgay to the Top of Everest
See what gear Hillary and Norgay used to climb Everest in 1953.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Many thanks to @thewalrus.ca for featuring this excerpt from "Arctic Passages."
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 16/05/2025
While new players in the Arctic may help economic growth, the risk of oil spills and pollution rises. @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social says one thing is certain: with no steps to address climate change, the Arctic is on the precipice of major transformation. thewalrus.ca/china-stakes-cla...
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It's publication day! "Arctic Passages" is out today, the culmination of years of travel, research, writing, and stress. Order your copy from Island Press and use sales code ARCTIC for 20% off. islandpress.org/books/arctic...
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Arctic Passages
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
My new book is released on Tuesday. Here's an interview I just did with Barbara Bernstein of KTOO in Portland, Oregon.
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Arctic Passages
While many of us are worrying about how the melting polar ice caps are a warning of climate catastrophes ahead, for others melting ice is turning historical dreams of a navigable Arctic into reality a...
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
🎶 We're going to win the league, We're going to win the league 🎶 #LFC
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Honored and happy to have won Best Column in this year's writing awards from the Boxing Writers' Association of America. This a piece that is very important to me, and I'm proud of it.
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Prichard Colon, Gerald McClellan, and boxing's duty of care
There are, for those who choose to look for them, a number of examples of boxing looking out for its own in times of need, yet still one wonders if the sport should do more, writes Kieran Mulvaney
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Bye, Val. Rest well.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
For various reasons, this book proved to be more challenging to write than most. There were times I wondered if I'd make it. But today is a special day. Official publication date: May 13. Order from islandpress.org
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Talked with my pal Marty Corwin about 30+ years of making TV for Bob Arum and Don King.
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TV producer Marty Corwin reflects on decades with Bob Arum and Don King
Marty Corwin didn’t even realize Don King had hired him until it was too late...
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I was on this morning's edition of Start Here to discuss ... cooking eggs. Segment starts at 19:50
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Federal Workers’ Fork in the Road by Start Here
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Italian scientists claim to have found the perfect way to boil an egg. I tried it out.
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It takes 32 minutes to boil a perfect egg, according to science. We agree.
Italian scientists claim to have found the scientifically best way to make a hard-boiled egg. After trying it for ourselves, we can confirm that the egg was delicious.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Joe DeGuardia is an old-school promoter, developing fighters and putting on fights the old school way.
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Keeping the grassroots alive: Joe DeGuardia reaches a milestone
DeGuardia's Star Boxing will promote its 50th event at the Paramount Theater on Long Island, a testament to his "throwback" approach to grassroots promotion.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The latest episode of the Fighter Health Podcast features the one and only Tim Bradley, Hall-of-Famer, two-weight world champion, and one of the most honest and open people in boxing.
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Episode 5: Tim Bradley
Tim Bradley, who won world titles at 140 and 147 pounds and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2023, has long been one of the most open and honest people in the sport.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Are seed oils bad for you? Experts say we're missing the big picture. By me for NatGeo.
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Are seed oils bad for your family? Here's what the science says
Whether you prefer cooking with beef tallow or olive oil, dietitians say picking the healthiest cooking oil matters less than the meals you prepare with them.
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Kieran Mulvaney @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Here's why everybody is currently avoiding black plastic kitchen utensils. By me for NatGeo www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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Here's why everybody is currently avoiding black plastic kitchen utensils
Recent concerns about contaminants in black-colored plastics sparked consumer concerns, but there’s more than one reason to think twice about these items.
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