media to consume

3. Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright

I recommend this one for the journalers, introspective thinkers, and January dreamers among us!

A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today’s world, written by one of the most admired public servants in American history, the first woman to serve as... See more

I’m in a new era of my life where journalism has really taken center stage. This started with my first podcast, a true crime caper called Varnamtown , that reported on Pablo Escobar’s invasion of a small town in the 1980s - it’s being made into a tv show now!

The Inside Literary Prize is the first major US book award judged exclusively by readers who are incarcerated. This year, 300 judges in 15 prisons across the country awarded the prize to Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. We’re proud to support this effort with our partners Freedom Reads, the National Book Foundation, and bookstore... See more

I’ve been watching this channel for the better part of a decade now, and it fills my cultural curiosity bucket. I’ve been obsessed with Japanese culture since I was a little kid, and it was because of this channel that I ultimately got to study abroad in Tokyo. I love having this intimate look into daily life and traditions in a country I am still... See more

the seasons of your day album by mazzy star is the perfect album to listen to with a loved one at home on a slow rainy day -Manon

If you’ve followed me for any time at all, you know I’m a massive Julia Ducournau fan. Somehow I’ve never recommended Titane despite it being incredibly close to my heart. This is a film about a serial killer who is pregnant with a car baby and it is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. It makes me sob profusely and it makes me believe... See more

If you’re going to lock in to anything *good* it needs to be shocking enough to hold your attention. The BBC TV show from earlier this year, What It Feels Like For a Girl , is a smart dramedy wrapped in a coating of real bitchiness and sexual bravado. It’s about a gobby teenager in Nottingham, England discovering their queerness in the time before... See more

Grimes is a generational talent. She just released a new song that is some of the best material she’s put out imo. The new album explores the scrambling of culture and society through the internet and AI. Throughout the 20th century, artists served as an avant garde, on both the right and left, offering radical new visions for the future. It’s a... See more

I’m halfway through this new novel by Anika Jade Levy. Levy is an influential figure in the NYC downtown literary scene — she’s my favorite writer to come out of this cohort. You might already know her as the editor of Forever Magazine. The book reads like an in-depth character portrait of certain people that I feel like I’ve probably met before...