David Kurlander

"The Historian Who Loves Architecture" - NY Mag Look Book, April 2018

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5•13•23! Zara and David Kurlander! The best day of my life…feeling incredibly grateful for our beautiful family, friends, and colleagues who showered us with such incredible love…

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This week’s Archiveadelphia explores the aesthetic and historical significance of the statues on the Ayer Building—plus Philly lore on Bob Weir and 49ers/Eagles: https://t.co/GT34DNmN18

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Happy 2026! My New Year's resolution is to write more about the history of Philadelphia...check out my Substack, Archiveadelphia! Please subscribe and prepare to read about 5 Philhistory Nuggets and the Phuilding of the Week every Thursday:

https://t.co/0eLzbm0iEx

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RIP to the brilliant Joe Egan. “Freeze” (1979) is one of my favorite songs of all time, a criminally overlooked track about anxiety and self-consciousness that somehow also has the calmest vibe imaginable:

https://t.co/5fegOdiKGy

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It’s no “Klute,” but “Nothing Personal” reminded me that Sutherland always made a movie worth watching—and that many of the filmic legends from that madcap time are sadly leaving us:

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So sad to hear of Donald Sutherland’s passing! He is great in everything; I recently watched the somewhat silly “Nothing Personal” (dir. George Bloomfield, 1980), where law professor Sutherland teams up with D.C. lawyer Suzanne Somers, who we lost last year, to save harbor seals:

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Somers, in one of her few theatrically-released leading roles, is also very charming, and Dabney Coleman, who died last month, is at his slimy best, too:

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I’m off to a new and exciting archival history project (much more on this soon), but my heart remains with the amazing team at @cafedotcom & @voxmedia!

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Thank you, Jake! Very emotional to be leaving @cafedotcom and @voxmedia! I’m so grateful to everyone I’ve worked with in this job—@PreetBharara, @TamaraSepper, Noa Azulai, Nat Weiner, DT, @MatthewBilly, @samozerstaton, @HC_Richardson, @jbf1755, @JakeKaplanNY, and so many others…

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A brilliant final Time Machine article from @DavidKurlander who we will miss dearly at @cafedotcom! https://t.co/Vr4cTVPyLB

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And being @PreetBharara’s assistant and, later, a Stay Tuned producer was an honor and a privilege. Just two weeks back, I felt particularly lucky to get to produce this episode:

https://t.co/OuC2PoOtvQ

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Honored to have had a hand in producing this conversation about Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail between @PreetBharara and @ClayborneCarson. Dr. Carson is a true living legend, and his reflections on activism & non-conformity have moved & challenged me on this special day:

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To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I talk with Dr. @ClayborneCarson, the founding director of Stanford's King Research & Education Institute, about the lyricism & legacy of Letter from Birmingham Jail: https://t.co/YoSGUyKQhP

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Listen to some crucial financial forecasting from @Bloomberg’s Big Take pod, hosted by one of my favorite journalists (and people!) @sarahsholder

https://t.co/PV6BWp6XQl

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Check out the full piece and the Stay Tuned episode for much more, and also pick up @TimAlberta's compelling book, "The Kingdom, The Power, and Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism":

https://t.co/3pXECpIglh

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Bakker quickly became a national symbol of concern over televangelism’s potentially exploitative elements, particularly given the tax-exempt status churches enjoyed.

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Almost 40 years after Yao’s warning and the larger confrontation between Congress and the cloth, @TimAlberta talked to @PreetBharara about the continued drift of much of Evangelical America into politics and profiteering:

https://t.co/Jy3WwIMsZv