The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Jimmy Kimmel to blow all of their money at the disco after they revisit the 1977 hit ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ starring John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong
459: The Bluetooth Adds Warmth
‘JFK’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Brian Koppelman
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey are joined by Brian Koppelman to discuss a movie that is a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma. We celebrate the 30th anniversary of Oliver Stone’s ‘JFK,’ starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, and Joe Pesci. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
🔗 How Does Film ACTUALLY Work? (It's MAGIC) [Photos and Development] - Smarter Every Day 258
I can totally relate to this guy being so excited about film photography. And it was great to get a tour of a professional film lab.
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Halsey - You Asked for This
Halsey is an award-winning singer and songwriter from New Jersey. She's been nominated for two Grammys, and sold over a million records. In August, she released her fourth album, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, which was produced by the Grammy and Oscar winning duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from Nine Inch Nails. Halsey wrote one of the songs on the album, "You Asked for This," with Greg Kurstin, who’s won 8 Grammys himself, including Producer of the Year. In this episode, Halsey tells the story of making this song while pregnant with her son, and how that shaped the lyrics and the music.
For more, visit songexploder.net/halsey.
#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling
#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East
🎬 Wind River

This was emotional. Since becoming a father, movies including “something bad or sad with children” hit me way harder than before.
Anyhow, this was still a good one. Although a bit conventional. But acting and dialogues and all the subtle interpersonal relationships and emotions as well as the dealing-with-grief topic were really well done. The setting in the winter was great, too. And the real-life cases this story is based on is commendable – and is something I wasn’t aware of to this degree.
🎬 Snowpiercer

That one was unique. One of those unique things was the many different characters and stories. And then they die or you don’t really know what happened or will happen to them. The humour is unique, too – and I liked it, although I found this unfitting at first. The combat-scenes were a bit over-the-top for me. It is also pretty cruel at times. It includes plenty of social criticism. It’s a bit of a trip this one. The more I think about it now, the more I want to watch it again (which is often a good sign). And it somehow reminded me of one or more other film(s), but I can’t put my finger on which one(s).
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Animal Minds
In this hour of Radiolab, stories of cross-species communication.
When we gaze into the eyes of a wild animal, or even a beloved pet, can we ever really know what they might be thinking? Is it naive to assume they're experiencing something close to human emotions? Or is it ridiculous to assume that they AREN'T feeling something like that? We get the story of a rescued whale that may have found a way to say thanks, ask whether dogs feel guilt, and wonder if a successful predator may have fallen in love with a photographer.
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‘Hoosiers’ With Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo are way past big speech time after rewatching the 1986 classic ‘Hoosiers,’ starring Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper, and Barbara Hershey. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
🎥 “A Land Forlorn” ending riff
Started learning Dissection’s “A Land Forlorn” from “The Somberlain”. But it has too many riffs to learn quickly. But this ending riff and melody is fun to play using a looper. And I thought I’d just record that for now.
Recorded directly into the iPhone with the headphone mic in front of the Katana Mini.
#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram
458: This Is Not Your First Plane Crash
🎬 Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary

Fiona Oakes’ running achievements are incredible. But her personality might be even more inspiring. Quote from the movie’s official website:
With overcoming her own adversity, Fiona’s true drive to achieve incredible feats of speed and human endurance are motivated by a deep desire to raise awareness for the plight of animals. Her achievements help fund a 450+ animal sanctuary that she takes care of every day.
#242 – Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Mixtape: Help?
Ordered some 300+ prints the other day. It’s always something different holding physical photographs in your hand. Even when it’s relatively cheap ones, like these.
I usually use ALDI Fotos and I have been very satisfied with their service so far. The main argument for them is that they can print on matte paper with a white border. And it turned out they can even print my panoramic images with only little cropping.
I should really make more of a routine of ordering prints. The more photos I get out of my computer and into the physical world the better. Gotta feed the archive!
🎧 Noktvrn – Der Weg einer Freiheit
Their new album came out today. Will surely be listening to this quite a bit the coming weeks.