Doug, Simon, Dave, John, Caitlan, And Pete — I’m A Fan May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 I heard this 3-minute story on NPR: When his doctor told him he had just 12 to 18 months to live after his cancer metastasized, Doug Ruch decided to devote his remaining time to doing community service in all 50 states. So he started Dying To Serve. May he defy the odds and live forever. We will survive Trump. One of the reasons I think so: Simon Rosenberg’s Hopium Chronicles. It provides its audience of 150,000 just the right mix of hope and urgency: exactly the combination we need. Take a look. I’ve come very late to David Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. Here he is with John Mulaney. Here, with Caitlan Clark. It doesn’t get better than this. OPRT Here’s the latest case — as of yesterday — for why OPRT may have little downside and lots of up. Albeit, only with money you can truly afford to lose.