Books
Books I’m reading now or have finished recently (via Goodreads)
- Leaving the Atocha Station
- The Coyotes of Carthage
- The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece
- The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories (The Tales of Chekhov, #3)
- Wolf Willow
- The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
- The Leftovers
- Exhalation
- Python Tricks
- Spring Snow: The Sea of Fertility, 1 (Vintage International)
Online
Things I’m reading online or saving to read later (via Feedly by way of Pinboard and RSS)
- [toread] The Political Gabfest on the first public impeachment hearings, the fresh faces in the Democratic presidential primary, and DACA at the Supreme Court.
- [toread] On “Human Scum” and Trump in the Danger Zone | The New Yorker
- [toread] The Inevitability of Impeachment - The Atlantic
- [toread] Romney Can Solve the GOP’s Collective-Action Problem - The Atlantic
- [toread] Lindsey Graham isn’t breaking from Donald Trump, he’s backing him.
- [toread] Has Democrats' Impeachment Inquiry Been Too Secretive? - The Atlantic
- [toread] Meritocracy Is Killing High-School Sports - The Atlantic
- [toread] Mark Ronson’s Midlife Crisis | The New Yorker
- [toread] Bon Iver's 'i,i' Is Justin Vernon at His Most Alive - VICE
- [toread] Where to Download the Millions of Free eBooks that Secretly Entered the Public Domain - VICE
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