As we arrive at the halfway point of the year, it can feel almost natural to slip right into a rut. Middle of the year and hot weather is the perfect storm for feeling muggy and stagnant. Thankfully, we have the perfect listens for reigniting that flame to get you …
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Listens for a First-Year College Student
Heading off to college, no matter how far away from home, or how large the student body, is one of the most daunting moments of a young adult’s life. Filled with nearly every possible emotion humanly possible, there is much to navigate on that U-Haul drive to your future shoebox …
Read More »New Season New You
*insert obvious metaphor of springtime blossoms mirroring your own aspirations of personal development in this new season of growth* Let’s self-help this mess! Will – Will Smith You’d never know it by his winsome persona (Oscar scuffles notwithstanding) but early in his life Smith struggled with anxiety more than most …
Read More »Maid by Stephanie Land
This audiobook is hard to listen to but harder to stop. There’s a reason this one is a bestseller that’s been adapted into a raw and moving Netflix series. Have a listen to Land’s brutal and desperate reflections as she writes about her years struggling to survive as she attempted …
Read More »Road Tripping
Something about spring-like weather can make you yearn to get in the car and cruise. There you are, hitting mile 213, and like your gas tank, your 90s throwback jams playlist is running on empty. What to do? Have you ever tried to car dance to NPR? Don’t. Free yourself …
Read More »Everybody’s Irish
Honestly we’d make an Irish person sit and read their grocery list aloud, if we could. That accent…*chef’s kiss*. A country chalk full of warmth and whiskey, what’s not to love? We know this year that COVID will put a damper on the grand American tradition of green beer at …
Read More »A Gripping Guidebook for Troubled Times: Talking to Strangers
Just Who is Malcolm Gladwell? As the host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the number-one New York Times best seller Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell has now reinvented the audiobook in his immersive production of Talking to Strangers, a powerful examination of our interactions with people we don’t know. He has written five New York Times …
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