The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan feel the heat around the corner and decide to rewatch the movie that started 'The Rewatchables,' the L.A. crime thriller 'Heat,' starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, directed by Michael Mann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
362: Xcode in Anger
Paul Krugman: Economics of Innovation, Automation, Safety Nets & Universal Basic Income
Last week I discovered Royal Blood and was blown away! Just check out this festival gig:
They’re only a duo – a drummer and a bassist (!) – but produce an impressive (and innovative) sound. Have not seen anything quite like it. It’s like The White Stripes meet Muse and it’s brilliant!
Ayanna Howard: Human-Robot Interaction and Ethics of Safety-Critical Systems
361: A Button in the Thumb Shelf
‘King of New York’ With Quentin Tarantino, Bill Simmons, and Sean Fennessey
For the 100th episode of 'The Rewatchables,' Quentin Tarantino returns for the third and final movie in his three-part series with us. In the final episode, we return from prison to reclaim our spot atop the New York criminal underworld as we rewatch the 1990 crime thriller ‘King of New York,’ starring Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, and David Caruso, and directed by Abel Ferrara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Semisonic - Closing Time
The song “Closing Time” by the American rock band Semisonic came out in March 1998. It hit #1 on the Alternative charts, and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Song. It gets played in stadiums, Weird Al covered it, and it’s the last song of the night in countless bars.
Since then, Dan Wilson, the lead singer and songwriter of Semisonic, has become a powerhouse songwriter who has written or co-written for artists like John Legend and Taylor Swift. And he’s won Grammys for his songwriting with the Dixie Chicks and Adele. But over two decades ago, Dan and his bandmates John Munson and Jacob Slichter were in Minneapolis, getting ready to start work on their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine. In this episode of Song Exploder, Dan breaks down how that process led to "Closing Time."
Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow, Deep Learning, and AI
360: Big Hole in the Middle
I just learned about the CSS scroll-behavior property and immediately applied it to a site. Super simple JS-independent smooth scrolling. :-)
‘Unstoppable’ With Quentin Tarantino, Bill Simmons, and Chris Ryan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan are joined by Quentin Tarantino for the second movie in our three-part 'Rewatchables' series curated by Quentin Tarantino. Up next, we try to prevent a half-mile-long freight train from barreling into a city as we celebrate Tony Scott’s 2010 action thriller, ‘Unstoppable,’ starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, and Rosario Dawson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Grant Sanderson: 3Blue1Brown and the Beauty of Mathematics
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
60 Words
This hour we pull apart one sentence, written in the hours after September 11th, 2001, that has led to the longest war in U.S. history. We examine how just 60 words of legal language have blurred the line between war and peace.
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📄 New camera: the Yashica FR1
Last year, I acquired a few new cameras. One of them was a Yashica FR1 (or FRI, as it’s often written as) with a selection of lenses. It was a random opportunity. And I took it. Here are some first images taken with the 24mm lens I bought with it.
Stephen Kotkin: Stalin, Putin, and the Nature of Power
359: I Could Live in There
‘Dunkirk’ With Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, and Quentin Tarantino
The Ringer’s Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan are joined by writer-director Quentin Tarantino to rewatch the first movie in a three-part Rewatchables series handpicked by Quentin Tarantino. To begin the series, they set out for the coast of France to retrieve their men to rewatch Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk,’ starring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, and Kenneth Branagh. Where does it rank on Quentin’s best movies of the decade list? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Knuth: Algorithms, TeX, Life, and The Art of Computer Programming
🔗 March 2019 – Daniel Pietzsch’s Photo Journal
March was a mixed bag. I was doing lots of trips back and forth between Ratingen and Düsseldorf, preparing the move into our new apartment. Plus, I started a new/old job again, being busy working full time again.