Title: Alex Beam's hate mail.

" I'm Alex beam on the living arts columnist for the Boston globe and this is my hate mail podcasts I think we have some nice stringent commentary here provided by men and women who aren't exactly into what I do for a living we've invited to Steve beard who runs our digital operations here to Boston globe to lead. All the letters were received from men who hate me. And we've inflated mirrors Goldstein who helps write these sidekick section of Boston globe Meredith will be reading all the nasty letters. From women and our producer is. And Sylvia I have friends who listened to some of these hate mail podcasts and one recurring theme news. Why am I not slamming the people who were actually. Slamming me I mean just in the next few minutes here -- some some fairly some fairly tough stuff people. Questioning my sexuality questioning my sanity. And people even here at the paper and elsewhere said well how could you let. So so read a letter that calls you moo moo writing piece of -- And then kind of not. Give it back to them. My theory is really that you know -- control the microphone here and that it's really not fair to take someone else's work someone who's written. In good faith -- as far as you can say they've written in bad faith that animated by bad faith they've written us a letter here at the globe. And -- on the podcast almond and and even by using it were in a sense making fun of them. But I don't I don't feel that it's an occasion for me to show boat and and sort of it's a hard you misspelled a few words in your letter or in -- literate here for prince Edward island you'll understand that in a few minutes. That's just not right you know arm. You know we sell papers which we we charge a certain amount of money and we're happy to have are paying customers these are these are paying customers who may be any given day. Don't like something I'd put on paper but. Yes no relationship to the fact practically all of them paid to read the Boston globe was probably. Parts of the Boston globe with their -- love others choose to that. That's why we have hate mail and that's why. We treat our emailers with --"

" So on may 23. I wrote columns recalled I know what I won't be doing this summer which was more or -- this sort of cry at the heart. About all this rubbish that were being holds to do this summer we're we're being told to -- the sequel to issue Iraq we're being told to seat. The sequel to our hearts are down a list of things. But I absolutely wouldn't be doing and really just as a throw away to fill out the column I mentioned that I wouldn't be visiting. Prince Edward island I'd been sent -- Presley's by delta airlines saying that there were start they were starting up -- direct. Airplane service between Boston and Charlotte town and I've actually been to prince Edward island. And I notice that they had renamed or re branded prince Edward island as the gentle island. And this is one really flat. Boring place of which the highlight of our eight day visit was it was a trip to the potato museum where we ate potato taffy. And potato ice cream but any case my very casual slur on prince Edward island created a minor furor. In this far away Canadian province here for instance is a letter from Joshua Russell --"

" Dear mr. -- What is your problem with prince Edward island honestly. I would on prince Edward island spent a year and a half and Boston I tell you that I would she's PEI -- over Boston engaged. Tony mr. beam -- just how much time do you spend on PEI a few weeks I have never seen -- guardian article criticizing Boston. I couldn't extend the same courtesy to us."

" Well thank you mr. Curley the guardian is the daily newspaper prince Edward island which on its website front -- my criticism of the profits. I guess because there wasn't too much happening compete -- that day. Just like every other day and he here's a somewhat refer message from a man named Mac."

" Well my name is Matt from PEI you don't know anything about PE IPE -- the best place in the summer come here and find out for yourself pass on -- they should about PEI if you haven't been year. This is the most beautiful island in the world --"

" You for your comments we gotta watch out for those seven letters that the Federal Communications Commission doesn't allow us to say here in the United States. You do have a beautiful island when the sun is shining on the six days a year you do in fact have a lovely piece that I mentioned in my piece called. Cavendish -- if if you could somehow. Visit cavities between I'm going to prince Edward island. That would be best case scenario jurors yet another letter from prince Edward island fan Christine Doyle Framingham."

" Dear mr. beam it is quite clear from your piece that you have not visited the island tip to tip as they say. I challenge you to ride a bike from sourced east point 116 it is not flat cavendish speech is only one of many pieces of haven't. We have been going to PEI for ten years and has had so much to do we actually have not visited the potato museum yet. My well traveled daughter chose PI for her wedding even though we going to place on Cape Cod. Now that's a spot one would not want to visit in the summer with the traffic crowds et cetera et cetera."

" Well thank you for the letter Christina long and happy marriage -- your daughter who issued traffic choked Cape Cod for. Comparatively MT PI as long as we're on the subject they should add that there are two other things besides cavendish speech in the potato museum. That supposedly worth doing MP ITI's become a golf Mecca. Of the Atlantic provinces and really New England you could say by extension. Arm unfortunately I hate golf so that's out for me. And it's also some listeners may now it's a fictional site and of green gables on the famous novel that every parent. Of every English speaking girl and many Japanese speaking girls has read that I am not the parent of a girl. So some of the greatest attraction to consider violence or simply -- available to me. Lastly on the PEI front we have this letter from Kathy trainer."

" Are you chance gang. I just read your article in which she slammed P what we -- the most and don't want our gay bars. There's not a single 1 on P even the gay community NPI secure enough -- who they are that they do not need to stand out in the crowd that is why asked if you're gay. Because I'm sure if you are that you're used to more dramatic gave presents. And on that note I can see why you would find PEI boring I read your entire article and a whole time I pictured Peewee Herman airy eating it. That's what it sounds like so mr. been and that's not a typo please by all means do not come to P."

" It was too late Kathy I've already been there no I'm probably not -- I think that's about as a stern commitment a committee to that question. And I don't look like pee wee Herman all that's certainly why choose to. Do you podcasting rather than video casting because you would see. That hook -- let's just say I have a great face for radio."

" On June 6 I wrote a column about the on line encyclopedia called. Conservative PDI which is sort of like of this -- world. Right wing answer to wikipedia which is the widely known on line in sort of user generated encyclopedia. The people who founded conservative tedious and in fact it was one of the sons of the relatively prominent conservative activist. Phyllis schlafly they deemed that wikipedia was quote unquote. Too liberal I guess specifically because wikipedia at an entry for evolution. Which was just far too radical for the people who decided to come up with conservative PBS and now. On the Internet. There's a it's not really user generated all and actually it's sort of aimed at their Christian home schooling crowd. -- of course there's no real answer either for evolution explains. How the world was created instant it's like god and so on not that there's anything wrong with that in any case this reader named Harry actually took offense. At a relatively brief comment I made. Characterizing and I suppose. Making fun of and belittling the kind of liberals who -- on both sides of my own house so here's Harry actually this letter."

" Maybe you are feeling particularly disturbed yesterday that I present present being lumped into a group of liberal intelligentsia who traded their pick up tax. Will never traded our 14 year old truck shall does in the driveway. Okay I -- pricy little Japanese prius but if you don't you're probably just jealous that I get 40 miles a gallon instead of the ten or 12 that you get your good -- American car. And that last canard that I wouldn't walk into a Walmart. Where do you think I got my Timex so I belong to move on dot org and occasionally -- bloomingdale's. But I want you to know that we liberal intelligentsia are much more nuanced -- giving us credit for."

" Well I apologize for stereotyping. The liberal intelligentsia and here right I'm forced to reveal 100 really filthy secrets of my entire column rating experience which is that. I asked an awful lot of time keeping abusive scorn on people who are exactly like myself. When I refer to liberals driving around in quote their pricy little Japanese prius is a moralist talking about me. I bought a prius a few years ago I do get to Wal-Mart ever so often but I am I'm probably. As guilty of this collective. Volvo's think as anyone of the millions of Massachusetts residence. Who -- constantly mocking in my column. On July 11. I devoted an entire column bemoaning. The forthcoming although already half over at that point summer of Diana. Meaning that this summer of 2007 was going to be just an orgy stick reenactment celebration to tribute. The questionable life of Diana. Princess of Wales the the only virgin include British isles apparently when she married prince Charles in the early 1980s. I started this column want to particularly downbeat note picking up this familiar trophy involved with the Kennedy assassination which is it. Practically every American alive in 1963 remembers where he -- she was. When John Kennedy was shot in the course I like probably millions of people remember where I was violence. That princess Diana had died in a car accident. In any case the column came after Tina Brown's biography was already in number one best seller on the New York Times. Listed came after. The poignant appearance of her sons -- not -- today show. After the impossibly rock and cool Wembley concert. In Britain where Elton John did not perform thank god. Candle in the wind and pretty billionth time and -- prince Charles and his his new wife Camilla where we're nowhere to be found. In any case on what story you write about Diana and I have written about her a fair amount I've written I've used even use the phrase. I'm Charles man repeatedly I kind of like the stiff. Sexual tightness embodied by prince Charles in any case here's one of several hostile letters this one from Jim McCarrick of matter."

" Dear sir it's bad enough that you criticized the tenure tributes to princess di. But do you also feel compelled to drag the Pope in your -- sarcasm. Picking -- Pope Benedict for his book ratings -- year. Anybody questions to Jesus Christ is deserves -- I guess writers like yourself. Just won't let us Christians alone. There's often that little jab that finds its way into so many globe's stories through your poison pen a journalism that you and others can -- Pakistan but. You'll never knock us out."

" Onward Christian soldiers Jim I'm with you I should explain that -- Eric's letter. Is referring to a yet another sort of drive by -- slide I made I'm pointing out that Tina Brown's biography princess Diana had sold outsold Pope Benedict so called biography Jesus Christ by a factor. Hundreds but again I should point out that he's going to make fun of people who drive treatises I am a church attending Christian. So thank you for the letter -- but -- rest assured I'll be continued -- make fun of viewing your ilk. For as long as the globe let's me here's yet another hostile letter from Lisa Stewart."

" Dear mr. beam. I Richard recent article on princess Diana and wondered if it had any point. If you are truly concerned with the amount of media interest in the tenth anniversary of Diana's death do you not think -- just added to it with your article. I must also ask so what if people want to remember Diana. Why would that be the least bit bothersome to you. -- have the same position on those who flock to Graceland to remember Elvis Presley. To James dean Marilyn Monroe or John Wayne memorabilia get on your nerves also. Maybe it isn't Diana who is the problem here maybe it is -- you problem instead."

" Lisa I'm drowning in new problems -- from where I -- all the meat problems anyway thank you for your letter I'm sure you put your finger. Right on the actual problem."

" July 16 I wrote a column with -- have lineup and it. Before it multiplies actually written this column months before it was just waiting for what we call -- an excuse to write it. And that excuse came when -- Massachusetts legislature. Was making noises about are becoming the first state. To ban trans fats in restaurants from New York City had banned trans fats -- been keeping. A kind of secret list of odd ball things have been banned all over America and I pointy. Not particularly you you finesse. Term the United States has been America because -- never going back like a decade they've banned smoking in prison and a friend of mine and I. Couldn't believe that of the three things you can do imprisoned meaning watch TV have sexual intercourse. Probably with a member of the same sex and smoke why would they take with 33%. You know of your pleasure and then. The bears have just going on and on of course sling shots are being enter the race three sons of Massachusetts without access to sling shots. Without access to firecrackers on the I was in Chicago of the dating ban smoking on stage would seem kind of resort to me how you could possibly stage. Who's Afraid of Virginia -- without smoking seemed extremely difficult I live in Newton, Massachusetts the first city in America and smoking in public places. This column to sort of went after. Everything in America as sort of made fun of all these bands of them in elicited a fairly sharp response from."

" Paul -- of -- dear mr. beam. You apparently have not experienced and year actual accident resulting from -- driver paying more attention to a cell phone conversation and driving. And why. Witching not a -- healthier food choices for our schoolchildren I had to read the in your column to see that you agree with me. That we need a place where people can behave pretty much to say like without harming others. That place is the United States of America and many of the opinions about which you right. Help to ensure that we minimize the harm we do others here's an idea for you to consider how about being columns that contradict themselves and ridicule strictures designed to prevent harming others now bears something we're -- before it multiplies."

" Wait a minute Paul we camp and incoherent columns with an internal contradictions in them. Every columnist -- out of a job cut us some slack Jack."

" On July 23. I did yet another Somerset peace column. This is about a website called boycott liberalism dot com. I guess I thought was maybe the top ten most absurd ideas for a website I have never heard. On boycott liberalism dot com. Every week hosts some new outrage you know committed by the sort of liberal media Hollywood intelligentsia urges you to stand. Movies from Disney's not watch ABC it's absolutely insane of course pulls the Boston globe an extremely low regard but then again holds literally every newspaper and broadcast outlet in America and extremely low regard. It's it's a complete. Joke and down among other things boycott liberals -- dot com is in the business of making predictions about what's going to happen. In the future and the web masters there had predicted. That -- from the first season of the show -- will become a big movie star and this was a huge challenge for me. Because I had no idea who Dax was -- have learned. Good Dax shepard is the man's name he's he's an actor and as I told my readers. He hasn't actually become the big star that boycott liberalism dot com predicted he would. That in fact he voiced a part in robot chicken which I think is an animated production. And that he also appeared in an episode of the naked trucker and he bones show. Which is on Comedy Central and you see advertised a lot if you watch reruns of The Daily Show and the diabetic cruelly. Summarized -- sheppard's career. By saying quote stardom remains an elusive goal I fear and now we're going to."

" Hear from Dax shepard. What is your motivation for taking a pot shot at me I mean by which you go. How -- your way Calista two things I did to support friends of mine and not the five studio movies I've done. Without a paddle. Employee of the month. -- era ER Chrissie and let's go to prison were all big studio movies. To listen to guest spots on to shady TV shows as all I've done since -- It's very calculated malicious and I don't know why he would take the time to do that."

" That's thank you for taking time to write. I am not familiar. With any of quote big studio movies and quote that you mention but I don't want to be complete -- I've heard of without a title. Afterward ADR proceed in fact it's quite good I'm not familiar with let's go to prison I think -- employee of the month. In any case I wish you nothing but fortune and a continuing upward slope. On the curve of your career."

" In the context of these hate mail podcasts there's. Columnist and radio talk show host and Hartford and Colin mcenroe. Who's become a friend of mine is extremely talented he has a blog called to wit. And he he links to -- hate mail podcasts he trademarked the term the meanest man in journalism which is what he. Calls me and his talk show. And he claimed that -- being a few drunken friends of mine are getting together and reading my hate mail. And he challenged the readers of this blog in later of the listeners who stalks or he says he challenged them. To write a letter hostile enough so that they can get included in this hate mail podcast. And a man named Terrence McCarthy wrote to that sounds and where including this letter from -- in our special summer edition podcast."

" Here Alexander Coston been first stop I don't care what you think of my clever greeting a million name is beam. But Boston being just doesn't work so I changed -- by the way. You any relation to June 2 I disagree with everything you've written lately I ever read anything you've written lately but if I did I disagree with it."

" Now thinking here is saying this industries of Hartford area PS. You can have when he actions that lackeys read this post it on your website. The insurance a year Bob O'Brien are Joyce Carol Oates what do those last -- and sports writers who works for the globe. To wrap up. I hate your recent columns don't right now more now BR right with me. Rightfully yours Karen McCarthy a steady Cohen met carelessness and it WT ICE. And not a big fan of Boston globe which is a liberal rag if there ever was one."

" Terrence you win second prize spirit Scripps Hartford. -- to answer your direct question I'm actually not related to family. Jim beam them my father was dreamed that that we should be operating awaited them for free miniatures which in fact. Never sent us. Anyway -- thank you for not reading. And thank you for not listening to this podcast"