11/25/2024 Weekly what's up

What I’m playing

  • I brought Ethnos to the table at our weekly board game night and was reminded what a solid simple Euro this is. Need to play more!

What I’m watching

  • Winter is approaching (or here?) and I’m getting ready for ski season. Cody Townsend’s new Fifty-plus series is providing the stoke.

What I’m listening to

  • I’m a semi-regular Odd Lots listener, and thoroughly enjoyed their recent 3-part Beak capitalism series. A break from their usual interview format, this is a produced deep-dive into the markets and forces behind the poultry industry in America. Warning - frank discussion of the grim reality of large-scale factory farming.
    • Since I’m mentioning Odd Lots, I have to bring up their 2021 show with Matt Levine and Sam Bankman-Fried. This was insane when it first aired (“I make a token out of a box that does nothing, and we all make money”) and is a great re-listen after everything that happened with FTX.

What Rory is doing

  • We’re working on drinking out of a real (glass!) cup. Today we got two hands and his mouth on the rim. Baby steps!