Max Jacobs

Audio Producer @NBCNews & @MSNBC. Formerly @Slate, @PoliticReActive, & @KALW. Please invite me to play on your softball team.

[Trymaine Lee @trymainelee]

“If you ain’t laughing you’re crying. If you ain’t crying you’re laughing.

The hilarious comedian, author & all around bad a$$ @MichelleButeau joined #IntoAmerica to talk about the comedy, drama and absurdity of life right now.

Need a laugh? Listen now! https://t.co/oyZeq7C1bA

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

@pcota @nytimes @MaxBrimelow @khwangreports @alex_leedsmatts @BayAreaJulie Congrats Pedro!

[Suzy Khimm @SuzyKhimm]

My husband @BenjySarlin and I went on @trymainelee's new podcast to explain what happened when #COVIDー19 hit home — and how our family's experience prompted me to investigate the impact on nursing homes across the country.

Listen here: https://t.co/jm8DCWgFbM

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

It’s a wild and intense story, and as usual, I learned a ton. A big thanks to Suzy and Benjy for sharing their personal story with us. And of course to the IA team, in particular this week @trymainelee, @EarOnDalton, @ellenfrankman, & @Eye_E_Sha.

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

Investigative reporter @SuzyKhimm & her husband @BenjySarlin (also at NBC) join @trymainelee to talk about their harrowing experience learning a family member was in a facility with a COVID outbreak that didn’t have enough PPE, and what they did to try to safely get them out.

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

All this was happening while Suzy and her reporting partner @strickdc started to dig into the number of nursing home facilities and patients who were affected by COVID-19. They found that the federal government…wasn’t keeping track.

https://t.co/0fYP7DB8cq

[Trymaine Lee @trymainelee]

COVID19 has killed more than 26,000 people in nursing homes.

Yet the federal govt has failed to track the death toll in these facilities.

Investigative reporter @SuzyKhimm joined #IntoAmerica to talk about her search for data & how that mission hit home.https://t.co/oyZeq7C1bA

[Isabel Angell @IsabelAngell_]

Main Street is the backbone of the US economy, @gmorgenson tells @trymainelee. But it's also more vulnerable than the big corporations. So what does that mean for small business during the pandemic? Hear one pet store's story on the latest #IntoAmerica ➡️
https://t.co/W1Qv1CFrhv

[Trymaine Lee @trymainelee]

Social distancing has been tough on all of us. But one thing that has kept us connected has been the power of music. This week on #IntoAmerica we explore how DJ's, artists and musicians have kept us sane during quarantine. Listen now! https://t.co/oyZeq7C1bA

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

Big shoutout to the whole IA team but in particular, great work from @IsabelAngell_ & @Abbaile2 with stellar mixing from @EarOnDalton.

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

Our music episode is out! @trymainelee & @DreamzRreal look at the creative ways musicians are trying to connect even when we can't be together in person. It was such a joy to work on this, I hope it brings folks some relief in this moment. https://t.co/0fYP7DB8cq

[Isabel Angell @IsabelAngell_]

So we did something a little different on #IntoAmerica this week. As 95% of the country is under some orders to stay at home, we focus on something bringing us together: music. https://t.co/W1Qv1CFrhv

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

I remember going to see John Prine at the Crest Theater in Sacramento w/ my mom and step dad some ten odd years ago. It was one of the most joyous shows I've ever been to. Afterwards my mom said: "we saw Bob Dylan last week and it was a lot more expensive and a lot less fun."

[Hanif Abdurraqib @NifMuhammad]

I am so sad about John Prine. He'd survived so much. His work taught me a great deal about compassionate, thoughtful writing -- writing that understood a love rooted in the critical and curious was the love worth pursuing. I'm thankful we got him for as long as we did. Still sad.

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

I remember hearing this while driving a bakery delivery van, having just recently discovered SOYA and KALW, not yet working in radio. Great great interview. We'll miss you Bill...

[Trymaine Lee @trymainelee]

This episode of Into America has been the most emotionally resonant for me. In the end, it all boils down to the bookends of life and death, and then the story that fits in between. The privilege (and power) of telling folks' story is never lost on me. https://t.co/oyZeq7C1bA

[Trymaine Lee @trymainelee]

There’s such a thin line between life and death, birth and burial. And that line is even thinner in the time of COVID-19. This week on #IntoAmerica, we tell the stories of families grappling at either end of the cycle of life... Listen now. https://t.co/oyZeq7TC38

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

@aprilaser https://t.co/UNUkRjMoV8

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

@aprilaser @ali_budner & @martinacastro did a deep dive on this a few years ago for @KALW

[Max Jacobs @Maxwell_J]

A great day to support musicians! You can send as a gift as well.

[bandcamp @Bandcamp]

To support musicians during the Covid-19 pandemic, Bandcamp is waiving our revenue share on all sales this Friday, March 20, from midnight to midnight PST.

Read more here: https://t.co/hPhgm7WBR4

[Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar]

I’m going to pickup another small quantity of N95s from my generous Oakland neighbors and then am going to personally deliver dozens to a hard-working Kaiser Oakland nurse.

If you have such materials to donate I will come get them. My cell is in my profile. Text me anytime.