Books
Books I’m reading now or have finished recently (via Goodreads)
- Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
- Culture
- Materialism
- The Odyssey, Wilson translation
- Zen Guitar
- Barkskins
- Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim
- How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
- Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
- The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories (The Tales of Chekhov, #3)
Online
Things I’m reading online or saving to read later (via Feedly by way of Pinboard and RSS)
- [toread] Welcome to the Wong Notes Podcast | Premier Guitar
- [toread] David Lynch Releases an Animated Film Online: Watch Fire (Pozar) | Open Culture
- [toread] Sex and Sincerity | by Sigrid Nunez | The New York Review of Books
- [toread] The System Failed the Test - The Atlantic
- [toread] Men quitting masturbation: “Porn addiction” support groups reinforce dangerous stereotypes.
- [toread] Trump Has a New Word Lump - The Atlantic
- [toread] Barr's Department of Justice moves to dismiss charges for Trump ally Michael Flynn.
- [toread] The President Is Unraveling - The Atlantic
- [toread] The Morbid Ideology Behind the Drive to Reopen America | The New Republic
- [toread] Jon Hassell: Words with the Shaman article @ All About Jazz
Listening
I also really, really enjoy listening to podcasts. Here are a few that have caught my attention recently (via Pocket Casts)
- Decoder Ring explores the strange and wacky world of novelty testicle products: Truck Nutz, Bulls Balls, Neuticles, Bike Balls, Gunsticles, and more.
- Postmodernism and Religion | Robert Wright & John D. Caputo [The Wright Show] - YouTube
- Ep. 110 Enspiral: “Better Work Together” – Team Human
- Ep. 114 Geert Lovink on “Sad by Design” – Team Human
- The Biology of Good and Evil: Sam Harris
- Very Bad Wizards Episode 117: Extended Minds, Extended Foreskins
- Your Attention Please, 'PRI: To the Best of Our... - Podcat
- How to Be More Productive - Freakonomics Freakonomics
- Ellen Langer — Science of Mindlessness and Mindfulness | On Being
- Everything on Demand | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE