Podcast appearances and mentions of dan zak

Snoop Dogg, Flavor Flav, pins: The Paris Games are a bounty of cultural weirdness. And for people attending the Games in person, you can add to the list “hospitality houses” – party houses where people can pay a fee to watch sporting events with their countrymen.The Washington Post's Ava Wallace talks with Post features writer Dan Zak about his experience of covering the Olympics as a cultural event.Subscribe to Ava's newsletter here. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.Today's show was produced and mixed by Ted Muldoon. It was edited by Joe Tone.

When Army officer Rich Fierro deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, he thought he was fighting to keep war and terror away from his family on the home front. Afterward, like many combat veterans, he struggled to readjust to civilian life. Gradually, with the help of his wife and daughter, and his therapist, he managed to claw his way to a healthier place. The Fierro family started a business in Colorado Springs — a brewery that honored their Mexican heritage and strove to be welcoming to all kinds of people, including members of the LGBTQ community. It seemed as if Rich and his family had come through America's war on terror intact and won their peace at home. Until, one night, a new kind of enemy walked into their lives and started shooting.The story is part of our Deep Reads series, which showcases narrative journalism at The Washington Post. It was written by Dan Zak and read by a narrator from our partners at Noa, newsoveraudio.com, an app offering curated audio articles.

(00:00-09:31): “America needs your leadership now more than ever. But there are a few things you must know and a few more you must expect” writes Larry Taunton. (09:31-27:55): We are joined by Dr. Jim Wilder, author of the book “The Other Half of Church”. Why does true Christian transformation seem fleeting? And why does church often feel lonely, Christian community shallow, and leaders untrustworthy? For many Christians, the delight of encountering Christ eventually dwindles—and disappointment sets in. Is lasting joy possible? (27:55-37:42): Jayson D. Bradley writes “How a Plague Exposed the “Christian Nation” Myth” in Patheos. If COVID-19 has done anything, it’s revealed that the U.S. brand of Christianity doesn’t look anything like Jesus. (37:42-47:08): Dan Zak writes in the Washington Post “American exceptionalism was our preexisting condition”. (47:08-55:57): Brian and Ian discuss “Coronavirus, Conspiracy Theories, and the Ninth Commandment” by David French. A better political theology can make us less vulnerable to lies. (55:57-1:05:00): We were joined by Jesse Oxford of OX Creates. He wrote a compelling piece in Medium called “Brave Enough to Suck at Something New”. Fear of failure stops us from ever really trying. It hurts to go from being the smartest person in the room to the slowest person in the race. (1:05:00-1:14:35): Brian and Ian end on a humorous note with “The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries: An Alternate Ending For Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree" by Topher Payne. Here is the post with the story in pictures.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shane Harris on what U.S. officials knew about the global threat of the novel coronavirus, and when they knew it. Chris Mooney on why the coronavirus is killing more men. And, Dan Zak reflects on our shifting sense of time and space during the pandemic.Read more:U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic. Why was the government so slow to respond?The coronavirus is killing far more men than women. Epidemiologists are trying to figure out why.Coronavirus is a test that no one knows how to pass.Follow the Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus here.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

Rosalind Helderman previews Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress on Wednesday. Todd Frankel on the dangers of home elevators. Plus, Dan Zak talks to an evangelical Christian climate scientist.

Rosalind S. Helderman with in-depth analysis of the Mueller investigation and where it hit dead ends. Dan Zak on Al Gore’s climate strategy. Plus, Philip Rucker on how President Trump uses the Marine One helicopter during news conferences.

Al Gore is still leading the fight against climate change, but the topic is now also becoming an issue of racial justice. How will it play out in 2020? The fallout of the opioid crisis continues as lawsuits against opioid manufacturers pile up. Plus, how streaming services are reshaping the art form of the pop song. Sam is joined by Dan Zak of The Washington Post and Sarah Halzack of Bloomberg Opinion.

Nikolai DiPippa, Clinton School Director of Public Programs, sat down Dan Zak, author of Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age. In his book, Zak writes about a book about nuclear weapons, the activists who resist them, and the bureaucracy that maintains them.

In July 2012, three protesters, an 84-year-old Catholic nun among them, broke into a secure facility in Oak Ridge, TN, where the United States stockpiles its highly enriched uranium.  The break-in, in which fences were cut, slogans were painted, and human blood was poured on the facility’s walls, is widely known to be the most damaging and embarrassing incident in the US’s nuclear program’s history. In this episode, we speak with Dan Zak, a Washington Post reporter who originally covered this story in 2013, and recently published his book entitled, “Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age.”  It’s August, and if you haven’t had your vacation yet, buy this book and get out on the beach right away.  You’re in for a moral, ethical, and theological thriller of the highest order. This is an encore presentation of this podcast, originally published a year ago.  The book, "Almighty," is now available in paperback.

Bill Press welcomes Rachana Pradhan, Ryan Reilly and Dan Zak to discuss Donald Trump's big shake-up in the West Wing, whether or not the Senate will try to take up health care again in August, Trump's endorsement of police brutality and the new book Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age - the full Monday edition of the Bill Press Show!

Dan Zak, Washington Post reporter and author of Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age, talks to Rob Masiello and Sean Tuohy about what he learned while researching the book, the global response to nuclear weapons and their implications, and why reading newspapers is better than solely binging news on social media.

Author, Dan Zak, tells us the gripping story of the three peace activists, who broke into the most heavily guarded nuclear facility in the country.  And poet Samuel Hazo tells us who “they” are in his new book of poetry entitled “They Rule The World.”  

In July 2012, three protesters, an 84-year-old Catholic nun among them, broke into a secure facility in Oak Ridge, TN, where the United States stockpiles its highly enriched uranium.  The break-in, in which fences were cut, slogans were painted, and human blood was poured on the facility’s walls, is widely known to be the most damaging and embarrassing incident in the US’s nuclear program’s history. In this episode, we speak with Dan Zak, a Washington Post reporter who originally covered this story in 2013, and recently published his book entitled, “Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age.”  It’s August, and if you haven’t had your vacation yet, buy this book and get out on the beach right away.  You’re in for a moral, ethical, and theological thriller of the highest order.

In this time of asymmetrical warfare, terrorism, and the war images that have been projected into our living rooms since Vietnam, it's easy for those not alive fifty years ago to forget, or even not even consider, the fear, the horror and the specter of nuclear annihilation. The President's recent trip to Hiroshima and the fear of Trump having nuclear codes are both reminders that the nuclear reality still lives among us. That reality is what motivated three unlikely activists in the summer of 2012 to break into one of our nation's seemingly most secure nuclear facilities.  In so doing they triggered  political, legal and moral issues that had lied dormant for so long. Telling this powerful story and what it says about the nuclear age is my guest Washington post reporter Dan Zak in Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age. My conversation with Dan Zak: