Thacher Report

By: Zachary Thacher
  • Summary

  • Listen to Zachary Thacher’s adventures as he explores the world, often getting lost. You can read the Thacher Report at zacharythacher.substack.com.
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Episodes
  • What's the "P" in NPR?
    Mar 31 2025

    Growing up in a halcyon, late 20th Century Massachusetts milieu meant the Boston Globe and the New York Times were read each morning at the kitchen table. NPR’s local affiliate, WBUR, played on the radio throughout the day and on every drive. At night, my parents watched the WGBH PBS News Hour in rotation with NBC, CBS and ABC.

    What happened to it?

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    30 mins
  • Is "Diversity" Really About Diversity?
    Mar 27 2025

    Is capital “D” Diversity a policy goal that needs defending?

    Should we rally to protect the past decades of initiatives that emerged from the center and far left and, until recently, have became mainstream?

    To answer, I think we first have to ask: what do DEI proponents mean by Diversity?

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    35 mins
  • Place the Democratic Party in Receivership
    Mar 23 2025

    To make America an unqualified success that delivers on these values, we need a competitive political system where the best performing policies and practices rise to the top. We don't have that now. And it's not because an external force interfered with or thwarted the Democrats. Their wounds are self inflicted. I don’t see them capable of change or mounting a credible alternative to the Republicans.

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    36 mins
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