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2 min readJan 3, 2016
This week’s comprehensive media diet diary of everything I watched/read/heard:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 2
- PODCAST: Slate Money, “Hogmanay Edition”
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1
- MOVIE: Call Me Lucky
- TV: The People v. O. J. Simpson, “From the Ashes of Tragedy” (s1 e1) | FX
- TV: The People v. O. J. Simpson, “The Ruin of His Life” (s1 e2) | FX
- TV: The People v. O. J. Simpson, “The Dream Team” (s1 e3) | FX
- PODCAST: Slate Culture Gabfest, “Checkin’ It Thrice”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31
- VIDEO: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Barack Obama
- POST: “Jonah Peretti on How BuzzFeed Is Like an Early Movie Studio an Why He Encourages ‘Crushes’” | Business Insider
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30
- MOVIE: Chi-Raq
- MOVIE: The Big Short
- MOVIE: Anomalisa
- PODCAST: Recode, “Ev Williams”
- PODCAST: The Spin-off, “The Year that Was Peak TV”
- PODCAST: Fresh Air, “Critics Pick the Best Film & Television of 2015”
- PODCAST: Slate Money, “The Force Is With Janet Yellen”
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29
- POST: “Dear Architects: Sound Matters” | NYT
- POST: “Discogs Turns Collectors’ Obsessions Into Big Business” | NYT
- POST: “Meet the $3B App that Could Be the Next Walmart” | Recode
- POST: “2015: Apple’s Year in Beta” | The Verge
- POST: “In the Twin Cities, Local Leaders Wield Influence Behind the Scenes” | NYT
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28
- POST: “The Hustlers at Scores” | New York
- POST: “In Sweden, a Cash-Free Future Nears” | NYT
- POST: “At Theranos, Many Strategies and Snags” | WSJ
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27
- MOVIE: Trumbo
- POST: “How Craig Finn, Musician, Spends His Sundays” | NYT
- TV: Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants | FOX
- TV: Green Bay Packers vs. Arizona Cardinals | FOX
- TV: Meet the Press | NBC
- TV: This Week | ABC
- TV: Reliable Sources | CNN
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