Recs is daily-ish newsletter with one simple recommendation — a tv show, podcast, movie, game, app, band, whatever. It is also a super dumb pun on my name
Past issues are archived below.
| Issue | Date | Topics |
| 056 | 3/18/20 | closing time |
| 055 | 3/13/20 | friday calendar |
| 054 | 3/11/20 | 5 – 4 |
| 053 | 3/10/20 | devs |
| 052 | 3/06/20 | friday calendar |
| 051 | 3/04/20 | zombie preparedness binge guide (part i) |
| 050 | 3/01/20 | sunday flashback |
| 049 | 2/29/20 | friday calendar |
| 048 | 2/26/20 | lurking |
| 047 | 2/23/20 | sunday flashback |
| 046 | 2/21/20 | friday calendar |
| 045 | 2/20/20 | subreddit roundup, part ii |
| 044 | 2/18/20 | mythic quest |
| 043 | 2/16/20 | sunday flashback |
| 042 | 2/15/20 | high fidelity |
| 041 | 2/14/20 | friday calendar |
| 040 | 2/13/20 | creating every melody |
| 039 | 2/11/20 | subreddit roundup, part i |
| 038 | 2/10/20 | the stowe byron controversy |
| 037 | 2/09/20 | sunday nostalgia |
| 036 | 2/07/20 | friday calendar |
| 035 | 2/06/20 | the divisive index |
| 034 | 2/03/20 | miss americana vs. truth or dare |
| 033 | 1/31/20 | friday calendar |
| 032 | 1/28/20 | don't fuck with cats |
| 031 | 1/27/20 | cheer |
| 030 | 1/24/20 | friday calendar |
| 029 | 1/23/20 | star trek: picard |
| 028 | 1/22/20 | waiting room |
| 027 | 9/03/19 | trebekian affirmations • chappelle • aziz • comedy as news, news as comedy • a full fall calendar |
| 026 | 8/25/19 | american factory • cameo • diagnosis • why is joe rogan popular? • investigating bank stock photography |
| 025 | 8/18/19 | the stradivarius • blind testing • summer true crime • no one saw a thing • mindhunter • zappafied |
| 024 | 8/11/19 | are they listening? • the great hack • retreating to the cabin • noise machines • background noise • escape rooms |
| 023 | 8/04/19 | because internet • once upon a time in hollywood • bitcoin and cbd • good podcast episodes • no more woodstock • shrooming in the boundary waters • shangri-la • outlawing veggie burgers • emojis and gifs |
| 022 | 7/21/19 | summer tv • years and years • peak newsletter • what's the diff? • sandwiches as pickles • dylanologists unite |
| 021 | 7/14/19 | bob ross • toy restoration • quote investigator • dad reacts to rap music • amazon nomads • uninteresting photographs |
| 020 | 7/07/19 | reader recs • hasan minaj • the casketeers • turkish barber asmr |
| 019 | 6/30/19 | now with user recs • superhero candidates • google art projects • when they see us |
| 018 | 6/23/19 | utopian podcasts • prince • dylan • rolling thunder • black mirror redux • metal band names |
| 017 | 6/16/19 | black mirror • the allusionist • wellness newsletters • podcasts about audio • crazy tumblrs • going viral on twitter |
| 016 | 6/09/19 | 60 minutes • vice news tonight • axios • frontline • follow this • explained • the circus • the weekly |
| 015 | 6/01/19 | chernobyl • screenwriting • podcasts • craig mazin • scriptnotes • booksmart • totes • totes • totes |
| 014 | 5/26/19 | the rise of history content • more deepfakes • fiasco podcast • docs & biopics • mockbusters • vice news tonight • fleabag |
| 013 | 5/19/19 | generation x special edition • how to go viral on twitter • lots of generational cliches |
| 012 | 5/12/19 | what the constitution means to me • diary of a song • jt leroy • chernobyl • flow state • james beard award |
| 011 | 5/05/19 | podcast manipulation • cops • i think about this a lot • sandler on snl • dooce • obamas on netflix • invisibilia • tumblr for sale • media franchise • the sorgatz effect |
| 010 | 4/27/19 | french scrabble • posters • banksy authentication • lotsa movie trailers • the instagram aesthetic • buttigieg's favorite music |
| 009 | 4/21/19 | text-based friendships • making da vinci • reply all • eating pig snouts • earworms • the pmrc • salvator mundi • billions • and too many podcasts |
| 008 | 4/14/19 | macro-trends • institutional authority • sports betting • nba refs • joseph pulitzer • scooter braun • influence culture • quippy newsletters • billie eilish • sally rooney • jeopardy • punk docs |
| 007 | 4/06/19 | the twilight zone reboot • nothing about the vessel • lil nas x • how do billboard charts work? • heathers • and vastly too much generational angst |
| 006 | 3/31/19 | anti-science quacks • american psychos • clicker games • flat earth documentaries • truck nutz • blogging via instagram • stoicism • the underarm serve • mmt • the trenchcoat • garfield phones • gen z |
| 005 | 3/24/19 | the future of podcasting • pessimists • joe rogan's galaxy brain • the clinton affair • newslettering • fake mona lisas • beto • errol • the flintstone house |
| 004 | 3/16/19 | haaaaating twitter • adam mckay tropes • hyper-wealth in sf and on premium cable • birdpunk • unexpected leftist stances • something about motley crue • nothing about bitcoin • my favorite blog right now |
| 003 | 3/10/19 | deepfakes • eerie art projects • uncanny parodies of eerie art projects • our fake history • terrible coworking concepts • dinosaurs |
| 002 | 3/02/19 | using computers to do uncomputery things • asking trumpsters hard questions • decoding recaptchas • internet political sleuthing • that bonkers weezer songwriting process |
| 001 | 2/24/19 | wild fan theories • podcast theme songs • chinese sci-fi • data science & painting • museum lifehacks • too much about twitter • the everlasting presence of willie nelson |