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Jordan Zakarin

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Covers:  At SYFY WIRE, we cover genre entertainment. I also write Progressives Everywhere, a politics and policy newsletter. I also cover comedy and sports.
Doesn't Cover: It wouldn't be hard to find writers who are far more knowledgable about science, math, and deep economics.
Producer for @MorePerfectUs and write Progress Report. I'm a fan of the Mets & Liverpool, shareholder in Scunthorpe United, believer in Godzilla.

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I am the Features Editor at SYFY WIRE, the digital platform run by the SYFY network at NBCUniversal. We cover genre entertainment, focused on sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and anything else with a tinge of the weird and supernatural. Since I came aboard for the mid-2017 relaunch, the site has grown in leaps and bounds.

While still full-time at NBCUniversal's SYFY network, I also created and now run ProgressivesEverywhere.org. It's a newsletter and website focused on spotlighting and fundraising for …

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This is going to hurt

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By Jordan Zakarin Verified
| Progress Report
An update You’d think I’d be used to this by now, I’m going to be honest: the news that I need to undergo my third heart surgery since early 2024 really walloped me, to put it mildly. I’m a pessimist by nature, but mentally bracing for the worst out of habit and maybe superstition doesn’t really prepare you for when the bomb actually drops from the sky (or your doctor calls you at 6pm on a Wednesday evening with “disappointing news”).
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Time to get pumped, vol. 3

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By Jordan Zakarin Verified
| Progress Report
Here we go again Welcome to a Friday edition of Progress Report. I was halfway through writing Wednesday’s newsletter when I got a call from my cardiologist. That part wasn’t a surprise; I’d underwent an MRI on Tuesday to establish a new physiological baseline nine months after my sixth major open heart surgery, so I was anticipating the call. I wouldn’t say I was looking forward to it, but I was hopeful I’d get the all-clear after a difficult rehab period.
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What does "electable" even mean?

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By Jordan Zakarin Verified
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And does needing $30 million in dark money really count? Welcome to a Sunday night edition of Progress Report. A few things before we start. Andy Burnham will become the new Prime Minister of Britain today. I was really impressed with his speech at the Labour conference last week, which was less a technocratic laundry list of policies than a narrative that explained the country’s decline and his vision for its revival.
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