Between the Lines
Michael ShapiroThere's always more to the story, and this Substack will delve deep into politics and history, as well as music and travel, in hopes of seeing the world in new ways.
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Shapiro's Earth Day radio show today on KRCB, 12:30-3p Pacific time
In January, a couple of days after Grateful Dead guitarist and singer Bob Weir died, I approached my editor at Sierra magazine and asked if he’d be interested in a feature story about how the Grateful Dead’s music celebrates the natural wor...
Springsteen for President, Seriously
“Welcome to the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour,” Bruce Springsteen called out to nearly 20,000 exultant fans as he took the stage in San Francisco on Monday night.
As hymn-like instrumental music played in the background, he said, “...
Meeting McCartney, and his message on grammar
“You can’t tell anyone, not even your wife, for 151 days,” the sound guy at the McCartney show in New Orleans told me. “And don’t ask for a photo.”
I instantly agreed — he’d just offered me the chance to meet the legendary Beatle after his...
Tackling a Giant
The family across from me on an Amtrak ride from New York to Boston two years ago was clearly Jewish: the father wore a yarmulke to cover his head.
Their daughter, who appeared to be about nine years old, was deeply absorbed in Roald’s Dah...
Seeing the U.S. from afar
I just spent a week in Guatemala, where you’d never know a powder keg of a war is threatening world order and global stability.
Then I came home to the U.S. and found that other than skyrocketing gas prices, one might not know that our cou...
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Michael Shapiro writes about politics, travel, music, and environmental issues. A longtime newspaper reporter and editor, he’s author of The Creative Spark and A Sense of Place. His stories appear in National Geographic, AFAR, WaPo, and SF Chronicle.
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