Listening, Watching, Reading

March 29, 2024

This week, P Diddy, Jon Stewart, inventing the Steadicam & U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon.

Hosted byJody Avirgan

Curated byMatthew Horovitz, Hark Contributor

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The Downfall of P. Diddy

What is going on with music mogul P. Diddy? Bill Simmons takes a look.

The Bill Simmons Podcast

6 MINS

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Jon Stewart Back on “The Daily Show”

Jon Stewart is back on the Daily Show. On The Slate Culture Gabfest, Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf and Dan Kois debate whether Stewart’s schtick still works.

Culture Gabfest

4 MINS

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“The New York Game - Baseball and the Rise of a New City”

Novelist Kevin Baker releases the first in a two-part series on the history of baseball in New York.

“The New York Game - Baseball and the Rise of a New City”

QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life

5 MINS

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Garrett Brown - Inventor of the Steadicam

Trapped inside a motel for a week, Garret Brown invented the Steadicam.

Garrett Brown - Inventor of the Steadicam

Team Deakins

5 MINS

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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon Reads “Hell or High Water”

Ada Limon reads an excerpt from her familial memory piece “Hell or High Water.” From The New Yorker: Poetry.

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon Reads “Hell or High Water”

The New Yorker: Poetry

3 MINS

Hosted by

Jody Avirgan

Curated byMatthew Horovitz