if you like pop-culture podcasts and comedy…
Listen to my 3 new(ish) podcast shows (all available on Spotify):
Brooke & Connor Make a Podcast (aka BnC) - comedians and influencers Brooke Averick & Connor Wood (aka Fibula) feel like my best friends and older brother & sister shooting the shit. They are both so funny and I feel a kinship with them.
Obsessed with Brooke Averick - this is Brooke’s second podcast project where she talks about what she and her guests are obsessed about. As someone who deeply relates to having certain fixations or obsessions with actors, tv shows, cultural moments, etc. This is a fun one. She feels like one of the few people who could hold their own in terms in a conversation about musical theater and pop-culture with my dear Grace Kolbe.
Therapuss with Jake Shane - If you’re on TikTok I’m sure you’ve come across goofball Jake Shane aka @passthatpuss. He’s expanded into the podcast game and interviews other people in the social media/pop-culture world and takes questions from listeners to which he prescribes a movie/tv show to help them through their troubles.
Recently Connor, Brooke, and Jake were all on each other’s podcasts and I listened to all of the episodes. Links: (Therapuss with BnC episode / Obsessed with Jake Shane episode). BnC’s episode with Jake Shane coming soon…
if you watched the animated series Avatar the Last Airbender or enjoy fantasy epics…
Watch the live-action Avatar the Last Airbender (Netflix). The original animated series is also on Netflix (and Prime). The special effects are superb and I thought the casting was perfect. They really brought it to life in the best way.
if you like social experiments, reality TV, and unhinged couples…
Watch Season 6 of Love is Blind (Netflix). This show attracts the most chaotic people making very dramatic TV. This season had one particular pairing that I found so ridiculous. If you want to judge people for their actions, this is the show for you.
if you like social-psychological experiments, reality TV, and kooky contestants…
Watch Survivor Season 46 (Prime/Paramount+). We’re still in the early episodes of the season with one tribe losing every immunity challenge. The underdog tribe has now dwindled to 3 people and I expect the merge to happen soon.
if you like British Aristocrats x drug/crime rings and Theo James…
Watch The Gentlemen (Netflix). The limited series spinoff of the 2019 movie by the same name. It’s funny, violent, and absurd.
if you like dark comedy and movies with overt cultural/political commentary…
Watch American Fiction (Prime/Apple TV/MGM+). This movie is clever, comical, and heartfelt. It surprised me how sad elements of this story were, but it made main character Monk’s quest .
if you like dark coming-of-age stories and My Year of Rest & Relaxation…
Read Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. I did not particularly like My Year of Rest & Relaxation by Moshfegh, I did enjoy Eileen. It was short, snappy, and intriguing.
coming up next...
I want to watch all the Sci-Fi movies on this NYT list and I’m currently reading a Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy & Joan (as in Joan of Arc).