Fav & Recommends
Last updated: March 25, 2023
Podcasts
PODS
Pod Save America | Crooked Media (POLITICS)
The Lincoln Project | (POLITICS)
Strict Scrutiny | Crooked Media (SCOTUS Coverage)
Hysteria | Crooked Media (CURRENT EVENTS/FEMINISM)
Lovett or Leave It | Crooked Media (COMEDY SHOW)
What a Day | Crooked Media (NEWS)
The New Abnormal | The Daily Beast (POLITICS/COMEDY)
Offline with Jon Favreau | Crooked Media (SOCIAL COMMENTARY)
The Problem with Jon Stewart | Apple TV+ (CURRENT EVENTS/POLITICS)
Guys We F*cked | (COMEDY/FEMINISM)
Pod Save The World | Crooked Media (WORLD POLITICS)
The Future Of Everything | The Wall Street Journal (SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY)
Smartless | A Test Pattern Media (COMEDY/POPCULTURE)
Armchair Expert (POP CULTURE)
Flightless Bird | Armchair Expert (CULTURAL COMMENTARY)
Political Gabfest | Slate Magazine (POLITICS)
Left, Right & Center | KCRW (POLITICS)
Without a Country | Gas Digital (CURRENT EVENTS/POLTICS/POP CULTURE)
Pod Damn America | (LEFTIST COMMENTARY/COMEDY)
Speaking of Psychology | American Psychology Association (PSYCHOLOGY)
Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci (CURRENT EVENTS/CULTURE/POLITICS)
Behind the Bastards | (HISTORY)
a16z Podcast | (TECHNOLOGY)
The Majority 54Â | (PROGRESSIVE POLITICS)
Hard Fork | (TECHNOLOGY)
SPECIFIC EPISOIDE RECOMMENDATIONS
(links direct to Google Podcasts)
Algorithms Are Everywhere. How You Can Take Back Control | THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING (JANUARY 23, 2023)Â
America Keeps Me Up at Night with Dr. Richard Haass | OPEN BOOK WITH ANOTHONY SCARAMUCCI (April 2, 2023)
America’s Midlife Crisis with Tom Nichols | THE LINCOLN PROJECT (March 23, 2023)
America's Toxic Food System | SOME MORE NEWS (August 10, 2023)
Are Drag Queens Coming For Your Kids? | SOME MORE NEWS (June 21, 2023)
Are We All Addicted to Ultra-Processed Foods? | NO STUPID QUESTIONS (March 12, 2023)
A Slow Civil War with Jeff Sharlet | THE LINCOLN PROJECT (April 12, 2023)
Being Human in the Age of AI | THE GRAY AREA (May 8, 2023)
Can AI Be Regulated? | ON POINT (May 1, 2023)
Compost Yourself | TODAY EXPLAINED (January 17, 2023)
Escaping America | CANADALAND (April 24, 2023)
Fighting For The Right To Die | WHAT NEXT (April 27, 2023)
How Climate Change Will Reshape Where Americans Live | FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLITICS (May 4, 2023)
How The Internet Is Radicalizing Young Men | OFFLINE WITH JON FAVREAU (April 23, 2023)
How We're Learning to Talk to Animals | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW (August 15, 2023)
"Is Trump Insane?" with Anthony Scaramucci | UNCOMFRORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH JOSH SZEPS (April 11, 2023)
Made In America | ON THE MEDIA (April 7, 2023)
Margaret Atwood on Good, Evil and Stupidity | OFFLINE WITH JON FAVREAU (March 12, 2023)
NASA Plans to Bring Bits of Marks to Earth. It May Change How We See Space | THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING (May 12, 2023)
Polling, Parties, and Polarization with Alexander Theodoridis | THE LINCOLN PROJECT (JANUARY 26, 2023)
Saving Democracy with David Pepper | THE LINCOLN PROJECT (May 25, 2023)
The Agents of Chaos with Ron Insana | THE LINCOLN PROJECT (JANUARY 24, 2023)
The Communication Epidemic Pt 1 | CHAMPAGNE SHARKS (April 30, 2023)
The Cult of Preppers | SOUNDS LIKE A CULT (January 24, 2023)
The End of the Calorie (Encore) | GASTROPOD (January 17, 2023)
The Inflammation Theory of Disease | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW (May 16, 2023)
The Problem Isn’t Biden or Trump. It’s How America Keeps Secrets | THE PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART (January 24, 2023)
The Resurgence of QAnon with Will Sommer | THE LINCOLN PROJECT (April 6, 2023)
Trump’s Potential Trials Are a One-Man “Stress Test of the Legal System” | THE POLITICAL SCENE (March 24, 2023)
Two Writers Wonder If They’ll Be Replaced By AI | OFFLINE WITH JON FAVREAU (January 15, 2023)
Weight, Weight, Don’t Tell Me with Prof. Harriet Brown | AMERICA DISSECTED (January 24, 2023)
What Does “Woke” Mean, and How Did the Term Become So Powerful? | THE POLITICAL SCENE (January 30, 2023)
When AI Hears A Problems | IN MACHINES WE TRUST (May 16, 2023)
When AI Watches the Streets | IN MACHINES WE TRUST {May 19, 2023)
Why Do We Cry | NO STUPID QUESTIONS (January 22, 2023)
Why Is Child Labor Making a Comeback? | THE WEEDS (May 17, 2023)
Why the Future of Mental Health Care Could Be in Your Gut | THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING (February 17, 2023)
Why We Can't Give up on Persuasion | THE GRAY AREA (April 17, 2023)
Why You Should Make Silly Things  (ft Simone Giertz) | OFFLINEWITH JON FAVERAU (June 18, 2023)
Books
Links direct to Goodreads (not affiliate links)
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic - Wann, de Graaf, Naylor | NONFICTION/SOCIOLOGY
A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn | NONFICTION/HISTORY
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal - Eric Schlosser | NONFICTION/HEALTH
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal - Mary Roach | NONFICTION/SCIENCE
Impossible Vacation - Spalding Gray | FICTION/NOVEL
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto - Michael Pollan | NONFICTION/HEALTH
It Can't Happen Here -Â Sinclair Lewis | FICTION/CLASSIC
Lies My Teacher Told Me - James Loewen | NONFICTION/HISTORY
Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell | NONFICTION/SOCIOLOGY
Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences - John R Hibbing | NONFICTION/POLITICS
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us - Michael Moss | NONFICTION/HEALTH
Spanking Watson - Kinky Friedman | FICTION/MYSTERY/COMEDY
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach | NONFICTION/SCIENCE
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon | FICTION/MYSTERY/YA
The Glass Castle A Memoir - Jeannette Walls | NONFICTION/BIOGRAPHY
The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn - Mary Roach | NONFICTION/EDUCATION/POLITICS
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story - Douglas Preston | NONFICTION/HISTORY
The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism - Steve Kornacki | NONFICTION/POLITICS
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - Elizabeth Kolbert | NONFICTION/HISTORY
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell | NONFICTION/SOCIOLOGY
True to Life: Why Truth Matters - Michael Patrick Lynch | NONFICTION/PHILOSOPHY
You Just Don't Understand: Men and Women in Conversation - Deborah Tannen | NONFICTION/SOCIOLOGY
YouTube
spECIFIC EPISOIDE RECOMMENDATIONS
Activities That Can Be Traced to Paganism | Weird History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mm6aWTip7oDo Stop Leaks Products Work | Project Farm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqD4Ha766w8Homesteading in a Changing World | Little Mountain Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Sy7DtixIkÂ
Film/TV/SERIES
SERIES/TV
Brand New Cherry Flavor | NETFLIX
Doom Patrol | MAX
Fargo | HULU
Ghosts | PARAMOUNT +
GLOW | NETFLIX
Good Omens | Amazon Prime
Hunters | Prime Video
iZombie | CW
Justified | HULU
Minx | STARZ NSFW Nudity
Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes | Norwegian Language
Poker Face | Peacock
Resident Alien | PEACOCK
Russian Doll | NETFLIX
Stan Against Evil | HULU
Stranger Things | NETFLIX
The Good Place | NETFLIX
The Last of Us | MAX
The Orville | HULU
The Righteous Gemstones | MAX
Quantum Leap (1989) | PEACOCK
Quantum Leap (2023) | PEACOCK
United States of Tara | Varies
Why Women Kill | PARAMOUNT+
FILM
Barbie (2023) | Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) | Action/Comedy/Thriller
The Menu (2022) | Psychological Thriller
Armageddon Time - TRIGGER WARNING (2022) | Drama/Coming-of-Age
Don't Worry Darling (2022) | Thriller/Mystery
Vengeance (2022) | Thriller/Mystery
Violent Night (2022) | Action/Dark Comedy
The Adam Project (2022) | Sci-Fi/Drama
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) | Action/Thriller
Free Guy (2021) | Action/Sci-Fi
Don't Look Up (2021) | Comedy/Disaster
Dinner In America (2020) | Comedy/Drama/Music
Enola Holmes (2020) | Action/Adventure/Crime
The Dead Don't Die (2019) | Horror/Comedy
Best of Enemies (2019) | Drama/History
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) | Thriller/Mystery
A Simple Favor (2018) | Thriller/Mystery
Hotel Artemis (2018) | Action/Crime
Ingrid Goes West (2017) | Drama/Comedy
Deadpool (2016) | Action/Adventure
Troll Hunter (2010) | Drama/History/Horror Norwegian Language
Inglorious Bastards (2009) | War/Drama
Collateral (2004 ) | Thriller/Crime
High Fidelity (2000) | Romance Comedy
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) | Romance/Comedy
Box of Moonlight (1996) | Comedy/Drama
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) | Comedy/Drama
Natural Born Killers (1994) | Action/Crime/Romance
Schindler's List (1993) | War/Drama
Man Bites Dog - TIGGER WARNING (1992) | Comedy/Crime/Drama French Language
School Ties (1992) | Drama
Newsies (1992) | Musical/Family
Say Anything (1989) | Romance/Comedy
Big (1988) | Comedy/Fantasy
Dirty Dancing (1987) | Drama/Music/Romance
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) | Comedy/Family
The Princess Bride (1987) | Romance/Adventure
The Sound of Music (1965) | Musical/Romance
The Wizard of Oz (1939) | Fantasy/Musical
Video Games
Borderlands
BioShock
Fallout 4
Fallout 76
Fallout New Vegas
Far Cry 5
SIMS 4