Memento mori, pig-shaped evening bags, coral diadems? It makes me weak. It’s filled with close-ups of weird and magnificent old jewels and curios, with gossipy, historical backstories for context. “I love Monica McLaughlin’s monthly antique-jewelry newsletter, Dearest. Kind of like reading ahead on the syllabus for a test I’m going to have to take later on in the semester.” - Luke O’Neil ( Welcome to Hell World) “I’m not in recovery, although as someone who has lived through, and lives with, whatever-you-got in terms of addictions, I find The Small Bow to be an extraordinarily great resource that also happens to be beautifully written. It’s like getting a note about something interesting from a smart friend every day(ish).” - Rusty Foster ( Today in Tabs) I like that it’s concise and that it’s experimental in both content and business model ( they recently crowdfunded it by selling NFTs), and Kyle and Daisy have an eye for underappreciated freelancers. It’s loosely about streaming and social media but just as often about suburban aesthetics or the Sims architecture rabbit hole Alex Marraccini went down during the pandemic. “I have a long list of my favorite newsletters on the Tabs page, but if I had to pick one that people probably don’t already know about, it would be Kyle Chayka and Daisy Alioto’s Dirt. It’s charming but not precious, thoughtful, funny, often hot, and cuts through a great deal of treacle.” - Danny Lavery ( The Chatner) “I’d love to recommend David Davis, a newsletter that was originally just about people named David but has since expanded to cover bad dads, fucking your friends, feeling “valid,” and David Hyde Pierce, a long-standing personal interest. It is data driven and accessible and smarter than 96 percent of all mainstream tech reporting out there.” - Tressie McMillan Cottom ( essaying)
It’s a weekly brief with really sharp analysis on technology by a Black woman tech pro and with a racial-justice lens. I also recommend The Plug, by Sherrell Dorsey. She highlights new writers, champions transparency, and builds community. Roxane turned her newsletter into a platform, which feels more collaborative than the newsletter genre. “ The Audacity, by Roxane Gay, is a favorite, and not just because she’s my friend and pod partner. Here are 23 prominent sletter slingers with weird, beautiful, funny, and jealousy-inspiring picks. Amid the current boom, discerning recommendations are a blessing. Newsletters these days are a vast sea, and your inbox is but a small vessel.
Maximum Fun’s Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.Īssociate Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.Photo-Illustration: by the Cut Photo Getty images Keith van Straaten, in collaboration with Maximum Fun. Go Fact Yourself was devised and produced by Jim Newman and J. Laura San Giacomo, award-winning actor, whose many credits include the shows “NCIS,” “Just Shoot Me,” and the film Pretty Woman. Heather Langenkamp, award-winning actor and producer, whose many credits include playing the lead character in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Ricky: Slasher movies, planets of our solar system, and Jimi Hendrix.
Roxane: 1990s hip-hop, the movie Pretty Woman, and the fictional world of Clive Cussler novels. What’s the difference (to a bartender) between a jigger and a shot? What’s the difference between “ensure” and “insure”?
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 74174. Our guests will answer trivia questions about childhood movies that could thrill, chill and delight! Ricky will tell us what he got from his mentor, Blake Shelton who still helps him to this day! Ricky’s new single “ Waiting on You” is available now.
The show is all about joining up with one of four professional musicians to both win the show and help with your career. Ricky Duran is a singer-songwriter who first made a name for himself on the NBC show “ The Voice” in 2019. You can also see Roxane’s writing in her newsletter, “ The Audacity.” She’ll explain that and why she still has blind spots when people ask her for the answers to their problems. Her best advice for aspiring professional writers? Be relentless.
Her books and blogs feature tons of biting insight that’s endeared her to millions of readers. Roxane Gay is an award-winning writer and culture critic. Listener beware, you’re in for a scare - It’s a brand new episode of Go Fact Yourself!