Crambe Repetita #194
Welcome to a (mostly daily) newsletter of recommendations from Todd L. Burns. In every email, I suggest some things that I find interesting. Maybe you will too…
Podcast Special!
Edward Norton Interview on WTF Pod
The star of the upcoming flick Motherless Brooklyn trots out a lot of the same stories he’s been hammering in this media cycle at the moment (social media is high fructose corn syrup! he’s got nothing but love for Mark Ruffalo!), but I found the talk about fame, acting, and the power in not explaining your work really wonderful here.
I had my doubts about one of the biggest names in sports doing a new daily podcast, especially with such a meh name, but it’s been pretty great so far. (Host Mina Kimes is incredibly talented at just about anything she does.) The same, for that matter, goes for the daily podcast from The Athletic, The Lead, which has had some wonderfully unexpected topics in the first few weeks. (Big League Chew?! An interview with an astrophysicist about juiced baseballs?!)
Why Is This Happening? With Chris Hayes
This is an extremely “news” podcast, but Hayes takes the opportunity to step away from his TV show and do an extended interview with someone on a topic that sits juuuuust outside of the major narrative of the day. (But probably shouldn’t be.)