Alex Sujong Laughlin
Tryhard | co-owner Defector
- "Journalism is not supposed to struggle at the task of competing with primetime entertainment; its value is inherent, whether or not families and friends prefer watching Netflix at 7:00 p.m. over reading the newspaper." defector.com/the-washingt...
- also being edited is GOOD having colleagues is GOOD being part of a context and community makes the work BETTER we can't all just be typing in little boxes alone in the dark forever
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- wow fuck everything
- Reposted by Alex Sujong LaughlinIt's been really lovely reading all the tributes to Dan. Many people have asked if they can contribute to support his wife and son. You can do so here: everloved.com/life-of/dan-...
- Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
- I've been numb since hearing the news, and I still don't really have words, but I woke up with Dan's name and face at the front of my mind. Everyone's tributes have been beautiful. Hold your people close. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
- Reposted by Alex Sujong LaughlinDan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
- Really proud of the work we did on this podcast that has been so many years in the making!!!!
- confirming from the trenches of book leave that every published book is a fucking miracle and you should spend your money on good ones!
- (PSA it’s not the year of the horse until lunar new year in mid Feb)
- finally watched les miserables movie version for the first time yall were so mean to anne hathaway for no reason!!! 2026 is the year of hathassaince
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- was just thinking about the era of twitter when we would tweet out-of-context quotes from our friends and sometimes we would post something a little too specific and there'd be this scramble to delete it before their boss saw it
- twice in the last week i have cured a vague midday malaise with a steaming cup of hot water. miracle cure!
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- The latest episode of OIYGC is about The BACHELOR and whether it's possible to cheat on it! defector.com/is-it-even-p...
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- imagine being 14 and someone tells you that in 20 years, "going to work" would be sitting in a chatroom all day
- The last episode of the first season of Try Hard is out today. It's a break in format because my guest didn't actually accomplish his goal, at all. We ended up having a really nice meta conversation about failure and how uncomfortable it is to rely on your people: defector.com/ronald-young...
- It was great!! I ran so much faster than I meant to and now I feel destroyed 💀
- Tomorrow I'm running my first half marathon in 6 years!! I'm really excited about it!! I wrote this essay about finding my way back to running after I thought my long distance days were over defector.com/falling-back...
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- Tomorrow I'm running my first half marathon in 6 years!! I'm really excited about it!! I wrote this essay about finding my way back to running after I thought my long distance days were over defector.com/falling-back...
- die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a jilted lover in an ephron film
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- I expected this podcast festival to feel like a funeral, but it was surprisingly optimistic. Once you hit rock bottom, you can only really go up. defector.com/resonate-pod...
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- We lost a diva
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- not to brag but i went through a whole 24 pack of pimple stickers this weekend
- i've been spiraling about "what is the point of learning" lately so i wrote a blog about it defector.com/learning-is-...
- five years ago i switched to fountain pens because they were "more sustainable" but now instead of losing a $.50 pen every two months now i just lose a $10 pen every two months
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- when they tell you publishing is slow they mean S L O W i've been working on this for five years and we sold it six months ago but now i get to announce to the world! i'm writing a book! never say the word "talent" around me if you don't want a whole ass dissertation!!!!!
- Is it too late to get raptured
- I went on @morningbrew.extwitter.link's Per My Last Email podcast to talk about something I know a lot about: being a tryhard at work! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvN0...
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- this is fucking crazy
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- it's stunning what a rare and radical statement this is defector.com/five-years-o...
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- We've been working toward this day for NINE YEARS so allow me a moment of pride: IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THIS NEW PROFESSOR. The students at Franklin & Marshall are very lucky if I say so myself 🥹
- 1) the fact that (rich) parents are down to subject their small children to an unproven educational experiment 2) the kids take “brain breaks” from their iPads by watching YouTube as a group 3) the “coaches” in classrooms don’t have to be licensed www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
- Lots of people have reached out and said nice things about this, but lots of other people have asked me why I care enough to spend 2000 words writing about a dying industry. (and a strange number of comments on the blog from people proudly proclaiming they don't listen to podcasts at all. ok??)
- There have been a ton of 20th anniversary "best of" podcast lists lately, and it has started to feel a bit like an obituary for an industry. [gift link] defector.com/the-future-o...
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- There have been a ton of 20th anniversary "best of" podcast lists lately, and it has started to feel a bit like an obituary for an industry. [gift link] defector.com/the-future-o...
- Production-wise, Normal Gossip is a direct descendant of Another Round. These are the two most influential shows of my career and I'm honored that they've both been recognized by the industry as two of the top 100 podcasts of all time. www.leftofdialmedia.com/elp-normalgo...
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- lmao i've discovered i was in the same sorority as tree paine
- my biggest takeaway from the new heights ep was that it was VERY carefully edited to look off-the-cuff so i am not surprised to learn this iramadison.substack.com/p/is-travis-...
- Every new announcement about the gutting and consolidation of the podcast industry makes me want to throw up. The cynicism, the accumulation of wealth among a top few people, the careers destroyed. It's real bad yall.
- What a beautiful tribute to Thirst Aid Kit ❤️ And it was so nice to see all our names together again! www.avclub.com/podcast-cano...
- lancaster pa is like a richard scarry town
