Greg Jackson

Tucson

Host at History That Doesn't Suck

@UVU prof. | Host of @HTDSpod (support HTDS at: https://t.co/FwRHjAZgTn).

Articles

The White Male Writer is Fine, I Promise

3 weeks ago | currentaffairs.org | Alex Skopic |Greg Jackson |Etienne Toussaint |Ciara Moloney

In Compact magazine, Jacob Savage complains that the “white male writer” is becoming an endangered species. But that’s a lazy, self-absorbed narrative that obscures the real threats to literature today. Have you heard the news? My people, the White Male Writers, are vanishing. It’s a terrible situation.
Wind farm owners are ripping off the public - and fighting to stop change

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Greg Jackson

Many of our greatest inventions were driven by urgent need, but went on to become invaluable parts of our world. Microwave ovens, for example, came from wartime research, as did modern computers. Britain played a key role in many, but often failed to commercialise because of short-sighted policy. So it may be with renewables.
Greg Jackson: TIME100 Climate 2024

Nov 11, 2024 | time.com | Greg Jackson

by Greg JacksonNovember 12, 2024 6:15 AM ESTIn the race to curb emissions, Greg Jackson, founder and CEO of U.K.-based Octopus Energy Group, believes the answer lies not in asking consumers to pay more, but in harnessing technology to “align their interests with those of the planet.”At the heart of the group’s strategy is dynamic pricing, enabled by Kraken, its power-grid operating system. When there’s an abundance of wind, for example, Octopus Energy has paid customers to use energy.
“The Honest Island,” by Greg Jackson

Nov 3, 2024 | newyorker.com | Greg Jackson |“The Dimensions

Craint did not know when he had come to the island or why he had come. He had ransacked his mind but he could not remember and he could not recall many other things besides. The period before his arrival, for instance. He knew he came from elsewhere. His appearance made that abundantly clear, and he did not speak the islanders’ language, although between gestures and the few words of his own language the islanders knew, he could communicate most of his basic needs. The island was small.
Morris receives Dingell-Young Sportsmen’s Legacy Award

Sep 13, 2024 | fultonsun.com | Greg Jackson

Johnny Morris sets the bar when it comes to supporting conservation. As the founder of Bass Pro Shops, Morris has opened countless doors to outdoor enjoyment for people across our country and the world.
New looks as Blair Oaks boys to start basketball season | Jefferson City News-Tribune

Nov 27, 2023 | newstribune.com | Greg Jackson

WARDSVILLE -- It will be a whole new look this season for the Blair Oaks Falcons, both on the basketball court and on the sideline.
New Bloomfield boys fall behind early in loss to Calvary

Nov 23, 2023 | fultonsun.com | Greg Jackson

JEFFERSON CITY -- The Calvary Lutheran Lions came storming out of the gates in their season opener. The Lions scored the first six points of Tuesday's season opener against the New Bloomfield Wildcats and led wire-to-wire to close out the 64-54 victory at Calvary Lutheran High School. "In every game you want to get out to a fast start, it's important in games like that," Calvary coach Beau Monson said. "You try and tell the boys, you have to win every quarter.
146: The Armistice of November 11, 1918

Nov 5, 2023 | player.fm | Greg Jackson

“The German delegation has come to receive the proposals of the Allied Powers looking to an armistice.”This is the story of guns falling silent across war-ravaged fronts–the story of the Great War’s armistice between Germany and the Allied Powers. Sailors are mutinying. Soldiers are breaking. A revolution–possibly a Bolshevist revolution–is knocking on the Second Reich’s door. German leaders are coming to accept a painful reality: they can’t carry on this war.
144: A Conversation with Ken Burns - Storytelling and the American Buffalo

Oct 8, 2023 | player.fm | Greg Jackson

Professor Greg Jackson sits down with legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest film The American Buffalowhich has a two-part premiere in the US on PBS beginning Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Some refer to Ken Burns as a historian, but he would be quick to tell you that he considers himself a storyteller. His latest documentary The American Buffalo is a sort of biography of the American bison, or the buffalo as they are more commonly known.
Introducing: Real Survival Stories from Noiser

Aug 21, 2023 | player.fm | Greg Jackson

A picturesque paragliding flight becomes a terrifying nightmare when a massive storm rolls in. Sucked into the clouds, Ewa Wiśnierska is pelted by hailstones the size of oranges. With lightning crackling all around her, she is sent hurtling upwards - still clinging to her parachute. Soon, she’ll be higher than Everest and nearing the cruising altitude of a jumbo jet. Covered in ice, approaching the edge of the breathable atmosphere… how on earth does she make it down in one piece?