Brian Platzer

Bed-Stuy Is Burning (‘17), The Body Politic (‘20), Taking the Stress out of Homework (‘21), The Optimists (‘26). Chronically dizzy.

[Columbia Magazine @columbiamag]

Check out the latest releases from @Columbia alumni authors @AuthorNunez ’72BC, ’75SOA; @SussilloDavid ’03SEAS, ’09GSAS; Bindu Bansinath ’18CC, ’23SOA; @BPlatzer ’04CC; and @KornbergMaya ’16SIPA. https://t.co/mDiQ4MIQvf

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@WFAN660 Boomer Esiason is an oldschool jock bully. Who finds this appealing?

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@RyanMonkYT @WFAN660 @tommylugauer well said

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@WFAN660 @tommylugauer How can anyone listen to @tommylugauer and believe that he believes what he's saying? It's a bizarre performance that is impossible to take seriously as opinion or entertainment.

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@WFAN660 @tommylugauer Who finds this Positive Tommy stuff appealing? Listeners know he doesn’t believe what he says. What’s the point of continuing to listen?

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@WFAN660 @tommylugauer After it has long become clear that @tommylugauer doesn't actually believe what he says on air and that it's all an odd performance of forced positivity, why should we bother listening to him?

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@WFAN660 @tommylugauer Once again, the issue with @tommylugauer is that no one believes that he believes what he's saying. It's all a strange act, which makes him very difficult to listen to.

[jolene of arc @okaypompeii]

Imagine your girl says "don't look now, but here comes my ex" and it's Masayoshi Takanaka playing his world famous surfboard guitar

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@BerbariOnAir You’re great on the radio!

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@WFAN660 @tommylugauer At least when Evan or Tiki or even Carton says something we can believe that’s what they actually think—Tommy is just doing a tiresome routine. Why bother listening?

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@MarcGoldwein @mattyglesias Thanks for being there, Marc! It was great to see you!

[Marc Goldwein @MarcGoldwein]

Great book talk with @BPlatzer and @mattyglesias at Politics and Pros.

Buy The Optimist - https://t.co/WTWrYwgFZQ

[The Gist @PescaGist]

Novelist @BPlatzer says writers shouldn’t take character names too seriously.

Sometimes the goal is simple: make them memorable… even if that means inventing someone like “Syzlvia Gorog.”

But the novel behind the jokes comes from a much heavier place.

Platzer’s book The Optimists was inspired by a beloved teacher and mentor who suffered a stroke and lost the ability to communicate. Platzer gave him a voice again through fiction.

Brian Platzer joins The Gist to talk about writing, teaching middle school, and turning real life into a novel.

The Gist Podcast is published daily @ 6pm ET

#Writing #Authors #Books #Teachers #TheGist

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

I finally achieved my lifelong goal of chopping it up with the great @pescami @PescaGist on the occasion of my new novel, The Optimists!

https://t.co/cATyav9Hor

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@colemanglenn @mattyglesias Wow thanks, Coleman!

[Brian Platzer @BPlatzer]

@berezina @PoliticsProse @mattyglesias you mean we shouldn't discuss a novel on Wednesday because of the war in Iran?

[Fiction/Non/Fiction @FnFtalk]

NEW EPISODE: Novelist, essayist, and educator Brian Platzer joins co-hosts @Wsterrell and @V_V_G to discuss his new novel, The Optimists, which follows private school teacher Mr. Keating over three decades.
@lithub
https://t.co/RkeO27h9ml

[Skyline Corporate Communications Group, LLC @Skyline_CCG]

What a week in New York City. We weathered one of the biggest snowstorms in decades, but it did not slow us down.

On Tuesday, Skyline’s President, Scott Powell, attended the book launch for The Optimists by distinguished Grace Church School teacher, @BPlatzer, at The Great Hall at Cooper Union. Mr. Platzer was introduced by the incredibly talented Sarah Jessica Parker, followed by a reception at Grace Church High School in Greenwich Village, where Scott’s daughter Caitlyn Powell is a proud 2025 graduate.

On Wednesday, Scott represented Skyline in meeting with Stacey Mueller, Director of Development at @RiceUniversity, to discuss philanthropic support for the University’s continued expansion, including its recently launched undergraduate business program, where his daughter Alena Powell is currently a junior majoring in Finance.

That evening, Scott attended a violin performance at The Down Town Association by award-winning soloist Claire Edwards.

The week concluded at the @OTCMarkets Australia Investor Day Conference in New York, reconnecting with colleagues and friends including Matthew Liteplo, Stephen Shipley, and Robert Power.

A week defined by leadership, education, philanthropy, culture, and capital markets engagement.

#InvestorRelations #CapitalMarkets #CorporateLeadership #Philanthropy
#OTCMarkets

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"'Every teacher’s story about a former student is unreliable by design, because the student is not there to interrupt."

@BPlatzer shared a playlist for his novel The Optimists at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/dqy1CVZcU4 @littlebrown