Recently Consumed
I hope to share some thoughts on my 3-month sabbatical from work soon, but for now, I'd like to record and share the media I consumed over that period of time. This should be no surprise to the folks that know I love lists :)
Podcasts
Top listened:
- What a Day with Akilah Hughes and Gideon Resnick
- iWeigh with Jameela Jamil
- The Daily by the New York Times
- Today Explained by Vox
- Fresh Air with Terry Gross
- Soft Voice (a fictional thriller podcast)
But also listened to:
- All Songs Considered from NPR
- Code Switch from NPR
- Every Little Thing (answers all sorts of listener questions)
- Forever35 with Doree Shafrir & Kate Spencer
- Friendshipping! (a friendship advice podcast)
- Gender Reveal with Tuck Woodstock
- Good Job Brain! (my friends' trivia podcast)
- Hey, Cool Life! with Mary H.K. Choi
- Hit Parade (about what makes a hit song)
- It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
- Las Culturistas with Bowen Yang & Matt Rogers
- Lightning Bugs with Ben Folds (about various creatives' artistic processes)
- Listen to Sassy (about the 1980's–90's magazine Sassy)
- Recipe Club with David Chang
- Self Evident: Asian America's Stories
- SmartLess with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett
- Song Exploder (musicians deconstruct one of their songs each episode)
- Spectacular Vernacular (a podcast exploring language)
- Switched on Pop (about making and meaning of pop music, hosted by a musicologist and songwriter)
- This Filipino American Life
Books
- Finished:
- Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
- When you are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
- The World According to Mr. Rogers by Fred Rogers (finished for the third time, as it's my comfort read)
- Started:
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Games
- Animal Crossing (of course)
- Cozy Grove
- Gone Home
- Luigi's Mansion 3
- Mario Golf: Super Rush
MasterClass
I signed up for a subscription to MasterClass for enrichment. Some of the classes I consumed were:
- Steve Martin teaches Comedy
- Will Wright teaches Game Design
- Questlove teaches Music Curation and DJing
- Tan France teaches Style for Everyone
Television
I didn't finish all of these series (finished series are denoted with an asterisk), but I watched at least some of the following...
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. continues to be our go-to, even though we started this past winter. Still working our way through season 5 now.
- Hacks*
- Lisey's Story* (based on the novel by Stephen King)
- Loki*
- Mythic Quest (having worked in the game industry, I thoroughly enjoyed this)
- Pose
- Shrill*
- Top Chef* (this past season was in Portland)
- The Umbrella Academy
Movies
- Ali Wong: Baby Cobra
- Black Widow
- Bo Burnham: Inside
- Daylight Savings
- False Positive
- Gunpowder Milkshake
- I Will Make You Mine
- In the Heights
- James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999
- Jaws
- Luca
- One Night in Miami
- Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
- Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
- Surrogate Valentine
- The Father
- The Half of It
- The Skeleton Twins
- The Vast of Night