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2 min readJan 10, 2016
This week’s comprehensive media diary, with the usual recommended items in bold:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9
- PODCAST: Slate Money, “New Year’s Resolution Edition”
- POST: “El Chapo Sat for Interview With Sean Penn” | NYT
- TV: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cincinnati Bengals | CBS
- TV: Shark Tank (s7 e12) | ABC
- TV: Shark Tank (s7 e13) | ABC
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8
- TV: The McLaughlin Group | PBS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7
- PODCAST: Song Exploder, Courtney Barnett
- PODCAST: On the Media, “Who Bought the Las Vegas Review-Journal”
- PODCAST: Recode Decode, Albert Wegner
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6
- PODCAST: The Bill Simpson Podcast, “Chuck Klosterman”
- POST: “Inside TV’s Retrial of OJ Simpson” | Hollywood Reporter
- POST: “NBC’s King(maker) of Comedy Evan Shapiro Bets Big with New Streaming Channel SeeSo” | The Observer
- TV: The Daily Show | COM
- TV: Man Seeking Woman, “Wings” (s2 e1) | FXX
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5
- PODCAST: Vulture TV Podcast, “Netflix’s Making a Murderer”
- POST: “A Politics for Technology” | Stratechery
- POST: “The Pastries at Sadelle’s Are Terrific, But the Rest of the Food Is a Mixed Bag” | Grub Street
- TV: The Daily Show | COM
- TV: With All Due Respect | BLOOM
MONDAY, JANUARY 4
- POST: “What Is Going To Happen In 2016” | AVC
- TV: The People v. O. J. Simpson, “100% Not Guilty” (s1 e4) | FX
- TV: The People v. O. J. Simpson, “The Race Card” (s1 e5) | FX
- TV: The People v. O. J. Simpson, “Marcia Marcia Marcia” (s1 e6) | FX
- TV: With All Due Respect | BLOOM
- TV: The Daily Show (s1 e41) | COM
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3
- POST: “Economic Inequality” | Paul Graham
- POST: “An Open Letter to Paul Graham” | Rick Webb
- POST: “Paul Graham is Still Asking to be Eaten” | Holly Wood
- POST: “How Medium Is Breaking Washington’s Op-ed Habit” | Politico
- POST: “What The Big Short Gets Right, and Wrong, About the Housing Bubble” | NYT
- TV: Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers| FOX
- TV: Arizona Cardinals vs. Seattle Seahawks| FOX
- TV: Downton Abbey (s9 e1) | PBS
- TV: Jeopardy (s31 e60) | ABC
- TV: Jeopardy (s31 e59) | ABC
- TV: Jeopardy (s31 e58) | ABC
- TV: 60 Minutes | CBS
- TV: Meet the Press | NBC
- TV: This Week | ABC
- TV: Reliable Sources | CNN
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