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The week ender

THE WEEKENDER is a special collaboration between OZY Tribe members near and far to provide delicious recommendations for your valuable weekend time. Next week, we'd love to feature yours too. Are you watching, listening to or reading something amazing? Share your suggestions with us here at OZY!

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WHAT TO READ

Rising — A New Look at Climate Change’s Frontier.

In journalist Elizabeth Rush’s stunning new book, subtitled “Dispatches from the New American Shore,” the reader gets a deeply personal look at the people directly affected by the onslaught of climate change. It’s a sobering look at rising sea levels and their impact on fishing communities and islands, as well as the coastlines that will likely disappear in the coming years.

Get Rising by Elizabeth Rush

SUGGESTED BY:

Michael Hewins
OZY Fan

Scaramouche — A Forgotten Classic.

Despite sounding an awful lot like the name of President Donald Trump’s short-tenured communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, this book was published in 1921. And the politics contained within are entirely of the French variety. Set at the dawn of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling tale will satisfy any fans of The Three Musketeers (so, everyone).

Get Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

SUGGESTED BY:

Leslie dela Vega
Such an Aramis

Farthest Field — A Battle Worth Remembering.

The role of Indian soldiers on the frontiers of World War II has often been whitewashed. This 2015 Raghu Karnad book attempts to remedy that, detailing the vital role played by Indian troops at Dunkirk. This is the story of the largest volunteer army in history, which fought for an empire at a time when its countrymen were fighting to free India of it.

Get Farthest Field by Raghu Karnad

SUGGESTED BY:

Charu Sudan Kasturi
History Buff
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WHAT TO LISTEN TO

Good One — Think Inside the Joke.

If you like the way Song Exploder digs deep into lyrics, exploring a song from the inside out, this podcast is pretty similar … but for comedy. Every week, comedians like Kevin Hart, Seth Meyers and Rachel Bloom come on to talk through one of their jokes with host Jesse David Fox. It turns out some jokes are even funnier when they’ve been exhaustively explained.

SUGGESTED BY:

Alex Lau
Funny Man

Every Little Thing — Everything You Ever Wondered.

This is a lesser-known gem from the Gimlet network, a podcast whose concept allows it to roam across any subject or genre while still being incredibly detailed. Each week, host Flora Lichtman explores a different random question — like “Why do they play the organ at baseball games?” and “Where do things confiscated by the TSA go?” You’re wondering now, aren’t you? Sorry, you’ll have to go listen to find out.

SUGGESTED BY:

Amanda Bungartz
Always Questioning

WHAT TO WATCH

Shrill — Fat-Shamers Need Not Apply.

This original Hulu series, based on the essay collection by feminist journalist Lindy West, is not just a star-making role for Aidy Bryant but a bold move for fat acceptance in mainstream culture. Over the six-episode series, protagonist Annie — an obese journalist — learns to feel comfortable in herself despite the neverending onslaught of negative commentary about her body.

The writing is sharp, clear and inventive, with Bryant’s loose and pleasingly silly charm making clear that it’s absolutely criminal she hasn’t been in starring roles long before now. 

SUGGESTED BY:

Liz Smith
Early Adopter

AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T DO THIS:

Give up solving a mystery.  For three decades, plastic orange-and-black phones resembling cartoon cat Garfield have been washing up on the shores of northwestern France, and all theories had turned up no concrete evidence as to why. Now an environmental group says it’s discovered the source: A shipping container of the phones that’s long been stuck in a nearby cave.

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