With the pandemic rearing and the US teetering on fascism, how has that changed how you seek to entertain yourselves? What are you doing now that you weren't doing before the pandy? What were you doing before the pandy that you can no longer stomach now? This is somehow more than a recommendation show. It's also a reckoning of the things that no longer bring us joy with the things we're not ready to throw out. Eat Shit, Marie Kondo.

Join three friends as they make recommendations for books, music, film, television, social media, hobbies that can help our listeners make a great escape from real life.

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• nonplussed - Google Search — 1. (of a person) surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react. "he would be completely nonplussed and embarrassed at the idea"
• Earth's Skies Are Violet, We Just See Them As Blue — Why is the sky blue? It's a common question asked by children, and the simple answer is that blue light is scattered by our atmosphere more than red light, hence the blue sky. That's basically true, but then why don't we see a violet sky?
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Food Network — Friday's not the night for me for TV
• Overdub: Ultra realistic text to speech voice cloning - Descript — Overdub lets you create a text to speech model of your voice.
• Disrupting ‘The Great Gatsby’ | — The Great Gatsby is a widely taught text. For what reasons might teachers and schools include this text in their curriculum? What is the value in teaching this text? Do you have to teach this—why?
• The Silmarillion - Wikipedia — The Silmarillion (Quenya: [silmaˈrilliɔn]) is a collection of mythopoeic stories by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977
• The Stand - Wikipedia — The Stand is a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by American author Stephen King and first published in 1978 by Doubleday.
• Life Kit : NPR
• Accidental Tech Podcast — Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
• Heavyweight | Gimlet
• Data asks Worf to take care of Spot - YouTube
• Unjustly Maligned | "Star Trek: Enterprise" with Pete Mele (Episode 79) — The spirit of Star Trek has seen the franchise reinvented, revisited, and even rebooted, for more than 50 years — but of all its incarnations, perhaps none is so maligned as “Enterprise”. Pete Mele joins Antony to defend Captain Archer from threats on all sides.
• Here Comes Garfield - Wikipedia — Here Comes Garfield is a 1982 animated television special based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. It was the first half-hour Garfield TV special.
• The Format - Wikipedia — Their style can be considered a mixture of indie, alternative, punk and folk music, with elements of 1960s and 1970s pop music.
• In the Court of the Crimson King - Wikipedia — In the Court of the Crimson King (subtitled An Observation by King Crimson) is the debut studio album by English rock band King Crimson, released on 10 October 1969 by Island Records.
• Jesus Christ Superstar — Daemon Records — THE JCS PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED IN THE VIVID IMAGINATION OF ATLANTA BAND, BIG FISH ENSEMBLE’S MICHAEL LORANT. WHAT STARTED AS AN IDLE CONVERSATION EVENTUALLY SNOWBALLED INTO A FULL–BLOWN AND RATHER ELABORATE RECORDING PROJECT.
• PEN15 - Wikipedia — PEN15 is an American cringe comedy streaming television series, created by Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, and Sam Zviblema
• Woman in Red and Black Dress Standing on Green Grass Field · Free Stock Photo
• How to correctly wear a face mask to stop coronavirus spread | wusa9.com — The CDC has recommended people wear masks when social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, but a mask can be less effective if not worn properly.
• Man in Black White and Red Stripe Polo Shirt Standing Beside Woman in Black Dress · Free Stock Photo

Wait, wait, wait... Positivity can be toxic? What in the seven secret herbs and spices does that mean? Join our panel of genius, buffoon, and storyteller as they unravel the ideas that drive the positivity that poisons.

Also: Mini Topics

• Nick enjoys McDonald's breakfast. So do half of his children. Maybe.
• Nkenge cannot unsubscribe from audible. Literally.

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• Google just made it easier to get around a paywall with Chrome — Even Google admits that Incognito Mode is “one of the several tactics people use to manage their cookies and thereby ‘reset’ the meter count,” allowing them to keep reading an infinite number of articles for free that they’re supposed to be paying for.
• Toxic positivity is 'counterproductive and harmful' to mental health, experts say - The Washington Post — “While cultivating a positive mind-set is a powerful coping mechanism, toxic positivity stems from the idea that the best or only way to cope with a bad situation is to put a positive spin on it and not dwell on the negative,” said Natalie Dattilo, a clinical health psychologist with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
• Brené Brown on Empathy vs. Sympathy | Psychology Today — Despite your best intentions, you may be suffering from a lack of empathy. The following cartoon short from University of Houston researcher and Daring Greatly (2012) author Brené Brown's RSA talk in 2013 explains the difference:
• 'Toxic Positivity' Is Real — and It's a Problem During the Pandemic — “Toxic positivity is the assumption, either by one’s self or others, that despite a person’s emotional pain or difficult situation, they should only have a positive mindset or — my pet peeve term — ‘positive vibes,’” explains Dr. Jaime Zuckerman, a clinical psychologist in Pennsylvania who specializes in, among other things, anxiety disorders and self-esteem.
• God will never give you more than you can handle — ‘God will never give you more than you can handle’
• Amazon.com Help: Cancel Your Membership — When you sign up for Audible, your membership is set to automatically renew at the end of your chosen membership period. You can cancel your membership at any time, including during your free-trial period.
• Hotcakes with Real Butter | McDonald's — 590 Cal. Three golden brown, melt-in-your-mouth hotcakes with a side of real butter and the sweet flavor of maple.