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You Are What You Write
You Are What You Write
In 2021, my Medium articles did deep dives on UFOs, The Beatles, A.I., JFK, 9/11, the Emmy Awards, and even Santa Claus. Go figure.
Bryce Zabel
Dec 30, 2021
All My Beatles
All My Beatles
Just as I’ve been compelled to listen obsessively to The Beatles, I’m now helpless to resist the urge to write about them on Medium.
Bryce Zabel
Nov 30, 2021
The Beatles Didn’t Have to Break Up
The Beatles Didn’t Have to Break Up
It’s been over 50 years since The Beatles called it quits and broke our hearts. They let it be, but they could have worked it out.
Bryce Zabel
Nov 27, 2021
12 Ways Not to Spoil Santa for Your Kids
12 Ways Not to Spoil Santa for Your Kids
Parents need effective tactics to help their kids believe in Santa Claus (if they want to) without ruining the whole thing before its time.
Bryce Zabel
Nov 24, 2021
Why The Beatles Still Matter
Why The Beatles Still Matter
To people who lived through the 1960s, John, Paul, George and Ringo will always be there to help measure the times of their lives.
Bryce Zabel
Nov 21, 2021
Must the Show Go On?
Must the Show Go On?
Remembering the 9/11 Emmy Awards, a show that had to be postponed twice by a TV Academy chairman who’d been elected just days before.
Bryce Zabel
Sep 10, 2021
The Cult of Cody (Rigsby)
The Cult of Cody (Rigsby)
Peloton’s most popular instructor is having a Zeitgeist moment. What does it say about him and about us?
Bryce Zabel
Jul 21, 2021
Remembering the 9/11 Emmy Awards
Remembering the 9/11 Emmy Awards
Former TV Academy chairman Bryce Zabel looks back at the 2001 Emmys that were canceled twice after the 9/11 attacks.
Bryce Zabel
Jul 13, 2021
Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun
Desert tortoises wait out the long, cold, lonely winter every year and they emerge in the spring ready to live life again. Like us.
Bryce Zabel
Mar 7, 2021
When Irish Eyes Weren’t Smiling
When Irish Eyes Weren’t Smiling
Every St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrate the Irish with shamrocks, parades, and green beer. How about remembering Ireland’s recent wars?
Bryce Zabel
Mar 4, 2021
How to Write ‘Fade Out’ on a Pandemic
How to Write ‘Fade Out’ on a Pandemic
In the 2000s, my wife and I wrote a TV miniseries about an apocalyptic disease, and then years later watched it happen in real life.
Bryce Zabel
Feb 1, 2021
Oregon’s Jerry Rust Put His Stamp on the State One Tree and One Vote at a Time
Oregon’s Jerry Rust Put His Stamp on the State One Tree and One Vot...
How a Peace Corp volunt started a worker’s tree-planting cooperative and grew it into a political base for a career in green activism.
Bryce Zabel
Feb 1, 2021
What if Trump Had Just Conceded the Election?
What if Trump Had Just Conceded the Election?
Imagine Trump decided to spin the election results instead of lie about them.
Bryce Zabel
Jan 21, 2021
Three Lessons Steve Prefontaine’s Running Teach Us About Life
Three Lessons Steve Prefontaine’s Running Teach Us About Life
The controversial and intense distance runner was born seventy years ago. His hard-elbowed passion still inspires us to be our best.
Bryce Zabel
Jan 1, 2021
Next Christmas
Next Christmas
A 24-hour pop-up music video says goodbye to the hard knocks of 2020 and looks to a better future.
Bryce Zabel
Dec 23, 2020
What if The Beatles Did “Get Back” Instead of “Let It Be”?
What if The Beatles Did “Get Back” Instead of “Let It Be”?
In 1969, The Beatles tried to make an album in front of cameras with mixed results.
Bryce Zabel
Dec 21, 2020
Take the Shot
Take the Shot
We’ve failed on masks and social distancing, so the vaccine is now the thing.
Bryce Zabel
Dec 21, 2020
Why JFK’s Murder Still Matters
Why JFK’s Murder Still Matters
We still haven’t learned the history so we can’t understand the lessons. It’s clear that time is running out.
Bryce Zabel
Nov 17, 2020
If Lennon Lived
If Lennon Lived
It’s been 80 years since John Lennon was born and 40 years since he died. What would he think about today’s world if he was still with us?
Bryce Zabel
Sep 23, 2020
Close Encounters of the Hollywood Kind
Close Encounters of the Hollywood Kind
How I searched for the truth about UFOs by writing fiction, and learned the world really is stranger than you imagine.
Bryce Zabel
Sep 3, 2020
Inside 2020's Virtual Emmys
Inside 2020's Virtual Emmys
What viewers can expect to see and what’s really going on behind the scenes in the strangest Emmy awards ever.
Bryce Zabel
Aug 24, 2020
It’s Time for a Black Superman
It’s Time for a Black Superman
If every generation gets the Superman it deserves, then it’s time to let a man of color wear the cape as the new Man of Steel.
Bryce Zabel
Jul 4, 2020
When A.I. Takes The Beatles Challenge
When A.I. Takes The Beatles Challenge
One day soon, artificial intelligence will take the Beatles Challenge, relax its mind, and float downstream.
Bryce Zabel
Jun 18, 2020
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