Michael Washburn

Michael Washburn is a Brooklyn-based writer and journalist. He is the author of the short story collections Scenes from the Catastrophe (2016), The Uprooted and Other Stories (2018), When We're Grownups (2019), and Stranger, Stranger (2020). Michael's story "Confessions of a Spook" won Causeway Lit's 2018 fiction contest.

Reading the Globe #008: Ben & Jerry’s Mintifada, Cuomo as Lazarus, Newsom says ‘damn’ a lot

Reading the Globe #008: Ben & Jerry’s Mintifada, Cuomo as Lazarus, Newsom says ‘damn’ a lot

Michael Washburn August 12, 2021

Press play to hear this AudioHopper podcast or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Ben & Jerry’s is...

Is Belgium’s Vlaams Belang the Future or the Past?

Is Belgium’s Vlaams Belang the Future or the Past?

Michael Washburn August 6, 2021

Flemish nationalist party positions itself as an alternative to pro-E.U. rivals, but problems with its image persist...

Reading the Globe #007: Indonesia ties, Cancelling Pelayo, Theranos on trial, Skyrocketing South Korean real estate

Reading the Globe #007: Indonesia ties, Cancelling Pelayo, Theranos on trial, Skyrocketing South Korean real estate

Michael Washburn August 5, 2021

The United States and Indonesia are building a formidable alliance, driven largely by the two nations’ shared...

Reading the Globe #006: Morocco Hearts Israel, Australia Lockdowns, Surfside Whistleblower, Port Chicago Revisited

Reading the Globe #006: Morocco Hearts Israel, Australia Lockdowns, Surfside Whistleblower, Port Chicago Revisited

Michael Washburn July 30, 2021

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Reading the Globe #005: Voter suppression California style, Weinstein undone, Hawley takes on Alien

Reading the Globe #005: Voter suppression California style, Weinstein undone, Hawley takes on Alien

Michael Washburn July 22, 2021

Press play to hear this AudioHopper Original podcast or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. When people...

Reading the Globe #004: Goldman Sachs’ low starting pay, Homeless New Yorkers in hotels, a Mayan ambassador

Reading the Globe #004: Goldman Sachs’ low starting pay, Homeless New Yorkers in hotels, a Mayan ambassador

Michael Washburn July 20, 2021

Press play to hear this AudioHopper Original podcast or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. People generally...

Reading the Globe #003: Lebanon implodes, Dutch journalist Peter de Vries assassinated, Portugal’s uneven Covid protocols

Reading the Globe #003: Lebanon implodes, Dutch journalist Peter de Vries assassinated, Portugal’s uneven Covid protocols

Michael Washburn July 16, 2021

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Reading the Globe #002: Robinhood’s bad week, Woke Corporate America, Nauru poses PC dilemma, Quebec nationalists

Reading the Globe #002: Robinhood’s bad week, Woke Corporate America, Nauru poses PC dilemma, Quebec nationalists

Michael Washburn July 1, 2021

Press play to hear this AudioHopper Original podcast or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Welcome to...

Reading the Globe #001: Hong Kong Crackdown, Spielberg on Netflix, Eric Adams on the verge in NYC

Reading the Globe #001: Hong Kong Crackdown, Spielberg on Netflix, Eric Adams on the verge in NYC

Michael Washburn June 24, 2021

Press play to hear this AudioHopper Original podcast or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Introducing Reading...

Michael Washburn

Reading the Globe #008: Ben & Jerry’s Mintifada, Cuomo as Lazarus, Newsom says ‘damn’ a lot

Is Belgium’s Vlaams Belang the Future or the Past?

Reading the Globe #007: Indonesia ties, Cancelling Pelayo, Theranos on trial, Skyrocketing South Korean real estate

Reading the Globe #006: Morocco Hearts Israel, Australia Lockdowns, Surfside Whistleblower, Port Chicago Revisited

Reading the Globe #005: Voter suppression California style, Weinstein undone, Hawley takes on Alien

Reading the Globe #004: Goldman Sachs’ low starting pay, Homeless New Yorkers in hotels, a Mayan ambassador

Reading the Globe #003: Lebanon implodes, Dutch journalist Peter de Vries assassinated, Portugal’s uneven Covid protocols

Reading the Globe #002: Robinhood’s bad week, Woke Corporate America, Nauru poses PC dilemma, Quebec nationalists

Reading the Globe #001: Hong Kong Crackdown, Spielberg on Netflix, Eric Adams on the verge in NYC

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