podcast » strangers. Apple Podcast, Sound Cloud.
I tend to overshare, and as a result, other people tell me the most personal things about their lives, too. And that is exactly what this podcast is: people telling true stories, some heartbreaking, some funny, but all interesting. If only there was a way I could interrupt to ask a question or two!
tv » brain on fire; like father; the week of. Netflix.
This streaming network has started releasing its own movies, some better than others. All three of these will keep you entertained. Brain on Fire closely follows the book by the same name, and Chloe Grace Moretz is outstanding as a young newspaper reporter with an illness no one can figure out. Kristen Bell makes Kelsey Grammer very likable as a neglectful father who shows up at the most awkward times in Like Father. And finally, everyone needs to see Chris Rock and Adam Sandler in a movie together, well, because you just do—even though The Week Of is not that good.
book » my dead parents: a memoir by anya yurchyshyn
This is a daughter’s journey to try and make sense of her parents. Her father was absent, and her mother was neglectful and an alcoholic. She pulls together pieces of their lives through a trove of letters she finds. While the letters help her understand them a bit more, nothing makes up for her unfortunate childhood.
