The Pod Piper: August 9 2023
It's becoming a trope to note how long it's been since this newsletter has graced your inbox. So...instead I'll plug the survey one last time! Click here to reveal your suppressed rage at my sporadic publishing schedule share a couple thoughts about the Pod Piper. And now, on to the shows. THE LIST 1. Wild - "How Do I Love Somone? Starring Megan Tan" I listened to the whole first season of Wild since we last convened, which means this list of episodes could well just be my favorite installments of that show. It’s really that good. But this one stands above the rest for its intimate and gripping portrait of a pandemic love story. I don’t know that I’ve found something that touches on a serious subject in quite this way - with lightness that doesn’t extend to parody while also giving proper respect for the gravity of the situation. I still find myself thinking about this weeks after listening. 2. The Last Archive - "The Word for Man Is Ishi&quo