ICE, Klein, Coates (w/ Nancy Rommelmann)

About this episode

Nancy Rommelmann returns to discuss media portrayals of violence in Portland and the Klein-Coates interview.

Writer, reporter, Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em co-host, and pie baker extraordinaire Nancy Rommelmann returns to Uncertain Things to talk (again) about a topic she knows all too well: Portland. In 2021, she lambasted the way the media was distorting what was happening on the ground by underplaying the violence. Four years later, she’s lamenting the way the President and his cronies are distorting what’s happening on the ground by overplaying the violence. We get into ICE’s antics, Portland’s response (so far), and the “heroes” making headlines. Then we switch tacts to share our thoughts on the (much discussed) Klein-Coates interview, and Adaam is remarkably reserved in his epithets. On the agenda: -Rommy returns to talk Portland [00:00-04:09] -Portland, 2004-2020 [04:10-9:15] -Portland today: Who’s really there [9:16-18:37] -The Trump Show [18:38-42:53] -Ezra Klein v. Ta-Nehisi Coates [42:54-1:00:56] -The responsibility of the commentator [1:00:57-1:22:25] Mentioned in this episode: * We’re addicted to destruction (w/ Nancy Rommelmann) — Uncertain Things * Adaam on Annihilism * Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em — Substack * Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines — The Ezra Klein…

People in this episode

Hosts: Adaam James Levin-Areddy, Vanessa M. Quirk

Guest: Nancy Rommelmann

Topics covered

• Portland
• media distortion
• violence
• Klein-Coates interview
• commentary responsibility

Keywords

• Portland
• Nancy Rommelmann
• media distortion
• Klein-Coates
• violence
• commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em, The Ezra Klein Show, Vanity Fair, The New York Times

Places: Portland

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