***on maternity leave*** Executive Editor @businessinsider | Awards judge: AHCJ, Digiday, SABEW | mdegraaf@businessinsider.com
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18 Nov 2025
NO SUCH THING — my chatty explainer show with @devanjjoseph & @birthdaymoney — was just named one of Apple Podcasts' best of 2025. huge honor to be listed among some greats like @PabloTorre and @heavyweight. check us out at the link below
18 Nov 2025
It’s 2025 in audio form, curated by our editors. 🔊
Presenting our Best of the Year picks, a collection of ten shows that sparked conversations, pushed creative boundaries, and made it another great year to love podcasts.
apple.co/BOTY2025
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Mia de Graaf retweeted
7 Apr 2025
Best friends @mannyfidel, @birthdaymoney, and @devanjjoseph use their podcast @nosuchthingshow to settle silly debates with expert research, such as:
🍽️ Can you cure picky eating?
🐶 Are dogs happier in the suburbs?
🚗 Why are headlights so bright?
apple.co/NOSUCHTHING
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Mia de Graaf retweeted
6 Feb 2025
🚨 PSA: i'm in my freelancing "era" and can offer the following
- writing and editing (politics/culture/sports)
- on-cam talent and/or producing (video/podcast/social)
- work seen in GQ, MSNBC, Business Insider, The Guardian, The Onion, The Daily Beast, MoveOn more
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14 Jan 2025
I was featured in Reality Test, one of my favorite new substacks on mental health(!), sharing my predictions for 2025.
Link below for more predictions from me & other media/health/psychology people
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20 Dec 2024
NEW: Panic over America’s reading crisis is driving deep societal divide. We spent a few months looking at how that’s playing out. Link below👇
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4 Dec 2024
NEW: I asked @BernieSanders what his strategy is with @elonmusk after he came out in support of Musk’s pitch to cut defense spending
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4 Dec 2024
NEW: On defense spending, @BernieSanders reiterates his willingness to work with @elonmusk. Sanders tells me "many of the things [Musk] did...were really ugly. On the other hand, he's a very smart guy."
Link below 👇
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Mia de Graaf retweeted
30 Oct 2024
Very pleased to report that I, along with many of my @BusinessInsider colleagues on our Entertainment team, have been nominated for @LAPressClub awards!
Shoutout to @JasonGuerrasio, @callieahlgrim, @lmoses, @libbytorres95 and @KirstenAcuna on their insightful reporting!
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30 Oct 2024
This feels like a red line. Pigs are perfect breeding grounds for viruses to adapt to humans.
Generally speaking, humans have one kind of receptor and birds have another. Pigs have both.
30 Oct 2024
#H5N1 #birdflu has been found in a pig in Oregon, @USDA and the state's Ag Dept announced today. The significance of this is unclear at this point, but in general, H5 in pigs would not be a good thing. statnews.com/2024/10/30/h5n1…
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Mia de Graaf retweeted
28 Oct 2024
so @andreavbecker and @miadegraaf did this piece about the rise of men injecting testosterone (great story check it out) and i'm cracking up at this clinic offering a "manly" environment for their patients that includes...fruit snacks
businessinsider.com/young-me…
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28 Oct 2024
I had the pleasure of editing this feature by @andreavbecker on the blossoming industry of men's health clinics prescribing testosterone to young men.
Crucially, these clinics don't cater to trans men, they provide gender-affirming care for cis men.
businessinsider.com/young-me…
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Mia de Graaf retweeted
27 Aug 2024
Pitch tip of the day: Your email subject should never just say "pitch" or "pitches" or "looking to write."
Give me some teasers or a hint at what's inside!
(Ex — PITCH: The time I ate a $3,000 burger on a bucket-list cruise then got stranded in Iceland)
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Mia de Graaf retweeted
5 Aug 2024
Are you someone who's worried about your testosterone levels and trying to increase them (with TRT, supplements, lifestyle mods, etc.)?
Working on a story and I'd love to chat! DM or email andrea.becker@ucsf.edu
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Mia de Graaf retweeted
30 Jul 2024
I’m writing about the resurgence of slurs (e.g. r-word) among liberal circles. If you identify as liberal/progressive and have 1. heard these used among friends or 2. felt more comfortable using them yourself, I’d love to speak to you. You can DM or reach me via my email (in bio)
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29 Jul 2024
NEW: @bettanneta has spent years digging into Miss USA, the beleaguered pageant that is crumbling under the weight of its own scandals.
It's a juicy, excellently reported story that says a lot about the evolution of celebrity.
Take a look >>>
businessinsider.com/miss-usa…
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18 Jul 2024
Hot take: People who think this is Botox have clearly never seen a contouring tutorial.
Make-up contains multitudes. Botox could never set in that fast.
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13 Jul 2024
Last year, she shared why she loved turtles.
“Because they have to stick their neck out before they move forward.”
Garcia laughed. “That's what you've had to do your whole career,” he told her. “Boy oh boy, did she stick her neck out to educate America”
shorturl.at/H39iB
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