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And For Best Picture, The Oscar Goes To: YouTube!

Learn how this is a story about institutions that define culture, don’t get to stand still. The Oscars’ pivot to YouTube shows that legacy alone doesn’t guarantee relevance — adaptation does. To remain meaningful, even icons must loosen their grip on the past and follow their audience into the future. Supporting links 1.      YouTube Statistics 2025 [https://www.globalmediainsight.com/blog/youtube-users-statistics/] [GMI]  2.      YouTube [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube] [Wikipedia] 3.      Why The Academy Awards Is Losing It's Audience [https://www.google.com/search?q=what+lead+to+the+Academy+Awards+declinging+viewership%3F&oq=what+lead+to+the+Academy+Awards+declinging+viewership%3F&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQIRgKGKABMgkIAhAhGAoYoAEyCQgDECEYChigATIJCAQQIRgKGKABMgcIBRAhGJ8F0gEJMTQyODFqMGo3qAIIsAIB8QWl6K-ZuH2QTA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:e5abd3e4,vid:o-0ht6w1E9M,st:242] [YouTube] 4.      OSCARS [https://www.oscars.org/] [ Oscars org] 5.      OSCARS [https://www.oscars.org/footer/social] [Social] 6.      Streaming Television [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_television] [Wikipedia] Contact That's Life, I Swear * Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/]  * Twitter at @RedPhantom [https://twitter.com/RedPhantom]  * Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rickbarron.bsky.social]  * Email us at https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Episode Review * Submit on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-life-i-swear/id1619171495] * Submit on That's Life, I Swear website [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/reviews/new/] Other topics? * Do you have topics of interest you'd like to hear for future podcasts? Please email us  [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Interviews * Contact me here https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/], if you wish to be a guest for a interview on a topic of interest Listen to podcast audios * Apple https://apple.co/3MAFxhb [https://t.co/HlcVW65x0k] * Spotify https://spoti.fi/3xCzww4 [https://t.co/z1Rs04Tibb] * My Website: https://bit.ly/39CE9MB [https://t.co/RKkUPaBJpf] Other * Music and/or Sound Effects are cour...

Margaret Gipsy Moth: A Fearless CNN Camera Operator who Covered Conflicts Across the Globe

Margaret “Gipsy” Moth’s story resists any simple moral—but that’s exactly where its power lies. It forces us to sit with uncomfortable truths about courage, purpose, and the cost of bearing witness.  Supporting links 1.      Bosnia War [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War#Course_of_the_war] [Wikipedia] 2.      Margaret Moth [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Moth] [Wikipedia] 3.      Margaret Moth [https://biographycentral.com/biography/margaret_moth#google_vignette] [Biography Central] 4.      War Videographer Margaret Moth Gets the Shot in ‘Never Look Away’ [https://www.kqed.org/arts/13971409/war-videographer-margaret-moth-gets-the-shot-in-never-look-away] [KQED] Never Look Away | Directed by Lucy Lawless | Official Trailer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Sf2VD1Ljk] [YouTube]  Contact That's Life, I Swear * Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/]  * Twitter at @RedPhantom [https://twitter.com/RedPhantom]  * Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rickbarron.bsky.social]  * Email us at https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Episode Review * Submit on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-life-i-swear/id1619171495] * Submit on That's Life, I Swear website [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/reviews/new/] Other topics? * Do you have topics of interest you'd like to hear for future podcasts? Please email us  [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Interviews * Contact me here https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/], if you wish to be a guest for a interview on a topic of interest Listen to podcast audios * Apple https://apple.co/3MAFxhb [https://t.co/HlcVW65x0k] * Spotify https://spoti.fi/3xCzww4 [https://t.co/z1Rs04Tibb] * My Website: https://bit.ly/39CE9MB [https://t.co/RKkUPaBJpf] Other * Music and/or Sound Effects are cour...

Book Review from Rick’s Library: No Ordinary Assignment by Jane Ferguson

No Ordinary Assignment offers lessons that extend far beyond journalism, though it is indispensable reading for anyone who practices or admires the craft.  supporting links 1.      Jane Ferguson details career reporting in war zones [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG8ylqJqyDQ&t=2s] [YouTube] 2.      Life on the Frontlines of War Reporting | Jane Ferguson [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwje8jDjm5Q&t=1s]  [TED] 3.      Jan Ferguson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Ferguson] [Wikipedia] 4.      Jane Ferguson [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/jane-ferguson] [PBS News] 5.      Jan Ferguzon [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-ferguson-22a10717/] [LinkedIn] 6.      Jane Ferguson [https://www.instagram.com/janieferg/?hl=en] [Instagram] Contact That's Life, I Swear * Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/]  * Twitter at @RedPhantom [https://twitter.com/RedPhantom]  * Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rickbarron.bsky.social]  * Email us at https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Episode Review * Submit on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-life-i-swear/id1619171495] * Submit on That's Life, I Swear website [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/reviews/new/] Other topics? * Do you have topics of interest you'd like to hear for future podcasts? Please email us  [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Interviews * Contact me here https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/], if you wish to be a guest for a interview on a topic of interest Listen to podcast audios * Apple https://apple.co/3MAFxhb [https://t.co/HlcVW65x0k] * Spotify https://spoti.fi/3xCzww4 [https://t.co/z1Rs04Tibb] * My Website: https://bit.ly/39CE9MB [https://t.co/RKkUPaBJpf] Other * Music and/or Sound Effects are cour...

Book Review from Rick’s Library: 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin

Learn about the most devastating financial collapse in history—the Great Crash of 1929—through the lens of Andrew Ross Sorkin’s electrifying new book, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation.  supporting links 1.      Wall Street crash of 1929 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_crash_of_1929] [Wikipedia] 2.      Andrew Ross Sorkin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ross_Sorkin]  [Wikipedia] 3.      Applying lessons from the Wall Street crash of 1929 to today's market [https://www.cbsnews.com/video/lessons-from-1929-wall-street-crash-60-minutes-video-2025-10-12/] [60 Minutes] 4.      Sorkinsays [https://www.instagram.com/sorkinsays/] [Instagram] Contact That's Life, I Swear * Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/]  * Twitter at @RedPhantom [https://twitter.com/RedPhantom]  * Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rickbarron.bsky.social]  * Email us at https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Episode Review * Submit on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-life-i-swear/id1619171495] * Submit on That's Life, I Swear website [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/reviews/new/] Other topics? * Do you have topics of interest you'd like to hear for future podcasts? Please email us  [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Interviews * Contact me here https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/], if you wish to be a guest for a interview on a topic of interest Listen to podcast audios * Apple https://apple.co/3MAFxhb [https://t.co/HlcVW65x0k] * Spotify https://spoti.fi/3xCzww4 [https://t.co/z1Rs04Tibb] * My Website: https://bit.ly/39CE9MB [https://t.co/RKkUPaBJpf] Other * Music and/or Sound Effects are cour...

Betty Reid Soskin: The Ranger Who Rewrote American Memory

Learn how Betty Reid Soskin understood that simply being seen—as an elderly Black woman in a ranger’s uniform—challenged assumptions about who belongs in American institutions. Representation isn’t symbolic; it’s transformative.    Supporting links 1.      Betty Reid Soskin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Reid_Soskin] [Wikipedia]  2.      National Park Service [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Park_Service] [Wikipedia]  3.      What life feels like at 101 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE9yMFyQQ3w] [YouTube] 4.      Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life [https://www.amazon.com/Sign-My-Name-Freedom-Pioneering/dp/1401954219/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3S4KNNKV7ME0K&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.deFka-WriNiN_pfhcE7n3qVgTqbmIeKr9TuN-LHniszcR5uhl0tFNU2GtG7tYTMAZZQzPVZ10Eh2MNaiFGYh6Jtl9nL8E5I0fUOpqQvQPXROLBEdstDZVoM4W7XZZGGJX8z-7zlPHBC2MlJwbccp2iJxrvgaFp8ekMscrTPAID-R8QHv_WHHlEsM7rg4kHrDSkkn_9rHiAgFfwd4Qrdg2TPMwS4j8bJyl0zn3y32yRI.iyjl2u2F655ReT_099kPgdEZnQI5LPVQqnPUhx3EbiQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=betty+reid+soskin&qid=1766415340&sprefix=betty+reid+soskin%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1] [Amazon] Contact That's Life, I Swear * Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/]  * Twitter at @RedPhantom [https://twitter.com/RedPhantom]  * Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rickbarron.bsky.social]  * Email us at https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Episode Review * Submit on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-life-i-swear/id1619171495] * Submit on That's Life, I Swear website [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/reviews/new/] Other topics? * Do you have topics of interest you'd like to hear for future podcasts? Please email us  [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Interviews * Contact me here https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/], if you wish to be a guest for a interview on a topic of interest Listen to podcast audios * Apple https://apple.co/3MAFxhb [https://t.co/HlcVW65x0k] * Spotify https://spoti.fi/3xCzww4 [https://t.co/z1Rs04Tibb] * My Website: https://bit.ly/39CE9MB [https://t.co/RKkUPaBJpf] Other * Music and/or Sound Effects are cour...