Books
Books I’m reading now or have finished recently (via Goodreads)
- The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Religion Without Religion
- On Religion
- Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
- These Truths: A History of the United States
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Troll Nation: How the American Right Devolved into a Clubhouse of Haters
- Swamplandia!
- Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation
- The Producer: John Hammond and the Soul of American Music
- Black Mountain: An Exploration in Community
Online
Things I’m reading online or saving to read later (via Feedly by way of Pinboard and RSS)
- [toread] Trump Directing Cohen to Lie to Congress Is Impeachable - The Atlantic
- [toread] James Blake 'Assume Form' Album Review: Intriguing Mush - The Atlantic
- [toread] Higher Taxes on the Rich Won't Suffocate Innovation - The Atlantic
- Postmodernism and Religion | Robert Wright & John D. Caputo [The Wright Show] - YouTube Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and John D. Caputo (Syracuse University) Recorded December 18, 2018
- [toread] Michel Houellebecq's 'Serotonin': An Indictment of the E.U. - The Atlantic
- [toread] Mozilla revives Mozilla Labs - gHacks Tech News
- [toread] NYC to name streets after Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan, and Woody Guthrie / Boing Boing
- [toread] Childish masculinity, Brett Kavanaugh, James Mattis, and Republican defectors.
- [toread] There Will Never Be Another You - Melody, Chords & Solos For Guitar
- [toread] How Did the Republican Party Get So Corrupt? - The Atlantic
Listening
I also really, really enjoy listening to podcasts. Here are a few that have caught my attention recently (via Pocket Casts)
- 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
- Shrink - Radiolab | Pocket Casts