I have a new bike. It’s a lightweight singlespeed roadbike.
453: As the Prophecy Foretold
#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Willow - Transparent Soul feat. Travis Barker
Willow Smith is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles. She’s also a member of one of the most famous families in the world. From a very young age, she followed in the musical footsteps of her parents, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, and released her first single when she was just ten years old. Since then, she’s released four albums, and was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most influential people in the world. This year, on her most recent album, she put out this song, "Transparent Soul," which was co-written with her longtime collaborator Tyler Cole, and features Travis Barker from Blink-182 on drums. I talked to her about how her upbringing and her musical evolution from her early pop star days influenced the way she made this song.
For more, visit songexploder.net/willow
‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey have got too much balls and not enough brains to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Color of Money,’ starring Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Of Bombs and Butterflies
#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love
452: It’s Totally Leashed
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Hrishikesh Hirway TED Talk - What You Learn When You Listen Closely
‘Cobra’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt are the disease, and this podcast is the cure. We rewatch the 1986 action-horror film ‘Cobra’ starring Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, and Reni Santoni. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
📖 Mein Algorithmus und Ich – Daniel Kehlmann
Ein unterhaltsames kurzes Essay mit (u.A.) philosophischer Auseinandersetzung zum Thema “Künstliche Intelligenz”. Thema und Autor sagten mir zu. Von Daniel Kehlmanns Büchern habe ich die meisten gelesen. Dies hier ist natürlich nicht mit seinen Romanen zu vergleichen. Und man muss es nicht gelesen haben. Aber wenn man seinen Schreibstil mag und einem das Thema zusagt, wird einem dieses dünne Sachbuch auch gefallen.
#229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution
451: A Series of Terrible Magic Tricks
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
John Lennon - God
#228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death
“The Re-Departed” With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey have got this rat—this gnawing, teething rat—and need to rewatch the 2006 Best Picture–winning film ‘The Departed,’ starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg, and directed by Martin Scorsese. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
🎬 Dunkirk

Was ok. Overall, of course, very well made and very cinematic – worthy of a bigger screen than we have at home. And I liked the non-linear narrative. But if it was meant to be emotional at the end, I didn’t feel it.
🎬 Prisoners

A great plot! Great acting. Very well filmed and very well made overall. But a little too conventional – despite the outstanding story. And maybe “Thriller” is just not my genre (anymore). If it is yours, I can recommend this.
🎬 A Serious Man

This must be the least good Coen brothers movie I’ve seen. I don’t know what to make of this. Not unlike “Au Poste!” you could somewhat revel in the absurdities and misfortune happening to the protagonist and his reactions to them. But the whole Jewish references just confused me. I guess it’s much better when you’re Jewish or at least familiar with their customs.