Not everything sucks. Or does it? I can’t remember anymore. Here’s some non-sucky things.
FAVORITE of the MOMENT
Meet Tricki Woo, from PBS’s All Creatures Great & Small. Tricki (real name Derek!) is the real star of this heart-warming show about vets in rural England in the 1930s-40s.
TV
Have I Got News for You: It’s news but a game show. Think vulgar Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me.
The Daily Show: Jon Stewart is back. Could it be any better?
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Like the Daily Show, but darker and more British.
Podcasts
POD Save America: Per Charlie Kirk, MAGA influencer, it’s “just like a bunch of Obama bros agreeing with each other for 90 minutes and saying, 'We're not very smart.'" Insightful, funny and very smart. 5/5 Obamas.
Ologies: I feel smarter every time I listen. Come learn about crow funerals or thyroids.
The Dollop: History + stand up comedy.
Sawbones: Learn about weird medicine. Not like medication, be the art/science/horrors of medicine.
No Such Thing As a Fish: British people making you feel dumb with only one fact each. But even after 10 years, there will never be enough.
If Books Could Kill: Evil book reviews. Top review: Hillbilly Elegy.
Behind the Bastards: Learn about terrible, terrible people. Like Elon Musk.
Music
Little Shop of Horrors
SIX: Six wives. Six kick-ass women.
Come From Away: A musical about 9/11 (!) that gives you faith in humanity.
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts: Reason alone to keep NPR.
Games
The Quacks of Quedlinburg: BEST BOARDGAME EVER
Duolingo: Learn a new language! Dutch is fun!