When David Bowie walked into the studio with Queen—fronted by the unstoppable Freddie Mercury—something electric happened.
“Under Pressure” wasn’t planned… it was captured.
A late-night jam turned into a timeless anthem about stress, truth, and the weight of being human.
And then the message lands:
Pressure can break you… or reveal you.
Decades later, it still hits the same—because nothing about that feeling has changed.
Pressure is real. So is what you become under it.
There are events you attend and events that attend you — ones that find you, reshape you, and send you home different than when you arrived. The Gathering, held on
Letters from the Earth is one of Mark Twain’s most provocative works—written around 1909 but not published until 1962 because it was considered too controversial. Quick take:It’s a satirical series
David Gornoski visits Birmingham for a wide-ranging conversation exploring faith, culture, creativity, and the power of nonviolent imagination in a divided world. In this discussion, David reflects on storytelling, media,