Books
Books I’m reading now or have finished recently (via Goodreads)
- Liberalism as a Way of Life
- My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels, #1)
- About Sicily: Travellers in an Ancient Island
- Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
- The End of the End of the Earth: Essays
- Liberation Day
- Look Homeward, Angel
- Straight Man
- Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
Online
Things I’m reading online or saving to read later (via Feedly by way of Pinboard and RSS)
- Song Exploder - Laufey
- How Music Works - Wikipedia
- 152. Julian Lage — Music Makers and Soul Shakers Podcast — Music Makers and Soul Shakers Podcast
- 153. Alison Brown — Music Makers and Soul Shakers Podcast — Music Makers and Soul Shakers Podcast
- Psych: Chapter 3: Freud
Paul and David discuss Freud's legacy in psychology and culture, why he should continue to be taught, his theories of the unconscious and psychosexual development, the oedipal conflict, the efficacy of psychoanalysis, and the unfalsifiability of his theories. (And we edited out all of the Freudian slips so nobody will ever know our deepest desires).
- Lost Notes: Lost Notes S2 Ep. 2: To Chan Marshall: A Letter to Cat Power on Apple Podcasts
Poet and author Hanif Abdurraqib's letter to Cat Power about how her album The Greatest worked its way into his life.
- Song Exploder - Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell break down the song "Everything I Wanted."
- [toread] Trump Admits He Was “Doing Services” for Foreign Governments Who Paid Him | The New Republic
- [toread] Ralph Towner: Winter Solstice article @ All About Jazz
- [toread] This Is How the Right Is “Rebranding” the Pro-Life Movement | The New Republic
Listening
I also really, really enjoy listening to podcasts. Here are a few that have caught my attention recently (via Pocket Casts)
- Song Exploder - Laufey
- How Music Works - Wikipedia
- 152. Julian Lage — Music Makers and Soul Shakers Podcast — Music Makers and Soul Shakers Podcast
- 153. Alison Brown — Music Makers and Soul Shakers Podcast — Music Makers and Soul Shakers Podcast
- Psych: Chapter 3: Freud
- Lost Notes: Lost Notes S2 Ep. 2: To Chan Marshall: A Letter to Cat Power on Apple Podcasts
- Song Exploder - Billie Eilish
- Real Python Episode #51: Navigating Options for Deploying Your Python Application – The Real Python Podcast
- 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