Ben Montgomery

Oct 8, 2024 | gardenandgun.com | Ben Montgomery |Liv Reilly

Last fall, this all sounded like such a great idea. My brother had been trying to sell his boat—a thirty-two-foot cabin cruiser, a working man’s yacht. He kept it on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees in eastern Oklahoma. The lake is beautiful, but there’s not much to do besides float in circles. “Don’t sell it,” I told him. “Let’s bring it to Tampa.” I pictured us anchored off Anclote Key, happy. I’ve lived here since ’05, raised a family here in the vortex of sunshine and hucksterism.

Jun 1, 2024 | bookshop.org | Matt Tullis |Ben Montgomery |Pamela Colloff |Kim Cross

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Jan 31, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Ben Montgomery

Podcast Cross Over Event Time! David and Ian from the State of Amorica Podcast join us to discuss the Black Crowes “The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion.” Plenty of other discussion including (but not limited to) the guests that still need to come on the State of Amorica show, Wayne’s favorite albums of all time might include 2 Crowes albums, harmonica, LA Riots, getting distracted on Setlist.fm, and we have spent way too much time talking about “Time Will Tell.” Check out The Black...

Nov 5, 2023 | collegiatetimes.com | Ben Montgomery

Virginia Tech admissions are unbothered by the lowest reported ACT scores in 31 years and say that there are other application metrics for determining college readiness. “When you look at standardized testing as a predictor on how students will do once they're in college as a standalone variable, it's never been a very strong predictor,” said Juan Espinoza, director of undergraduate admissions at Virginia Tech.

Jan 26, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Ben Montgomery

Does ChatGPT speak Minnesotan? We put the bot to the testChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that launched late last year, is poised to transform how we learn, work and live.But it's also breaking the Internet because, to be honest, it's pretty fun!Zoom out: ChatGPT is a free site that lets users pose questions and give directions to a bot.