Hello from LA, where I am in the midst of my favorite retreat of the year! I’m squeezing in a day-late missive before heading once more into the fray so I’m going to throw some recommendations at you and give you plenty of time to listen to the the latest episode of Choose the Bear with the fabulous writer and fellow book girlie Chanel Dubofsky.
So here’s What to Do With Yourself
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I have two hilarious YouTube vids for you. This first one is my favorite Dungeons & Dragons YouTuber teaching the game to her 97 year old grandmother. It’s wonderful. Next, I present Mean Viejas, the hilarious vieja church parody of Mean Girls.
For my fellow C.B. Strike fans, The Ink Black Heart is on Max and it is possibly the best adaptation of the books so far. But obviously nowhere near as good as the actual book.
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Abel Selaocoe’s Hymns of Bantu is finally out and it’s so incredibly beautiful, I recommend starting your morning with this blasting.
Would it surprise you to hear that the founder of Athletic Greens aka AG-1 is a total scammer? No, it would not. Hear the story from the New Zealand journalist who broke it on Powder Keg, a fascinating podcast. And then put down the powders and just eat your vegetables.
We’re in the middle of a hostile government takeover so you may as well jam to the EDM remix of our doomed democracy.
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This Al Jazeera article about how white supremacists infiltrated the wellness industry.
The documentary about the cryptocurrency scam that turned a small town against itself is going to be deeply sad and suuuuper interesting.