July was a big one: the Pope visited Canada, Bennifer got married, and we're here to recap it all!

Keep up with us before our next episode on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn, and @yazminelomax.

Reading 

• Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Watching 

• Nope

Listening 

• Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV

Politics 

• https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-tuesday-edition-1.6532503/pope-faces-calls-to-renounce-the-doctrine-of-discovery-at-the-heart-of-colonialism-1.6532787

Pop Culture 

• How Las Vegas Became the World's Quickie Wedding Capital

As Bon Jovi once said, we're halfway there! "There" being the year 2022, which makes this our June episode.

This month has been a tough one for a lot of people so we hope this episode offers some reprieve while still being educational. We also encourage you to join us in donating to abortion funds in the United States, which you can find right here: https://abortionfunds.org/funds/

Follow us on Instagram as @dtbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn.

Reading

• The Switch by Beth O’Leary 

Watching 

• Top Gun: Maverick (go see it in theaters please!) 

Listening 

• Harry’s House by Harry Styles 

Politics 

• https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61985652

• https://jewishcurrents.org/trumps-disloyalty-comments-are-what-the-jewish-right-believes 

Pop Culture 

• Celebrity clothing lines: https://fashionista.com/2017/08/celebrity-clothing-lines-history

Surprise! We're together IRL again and ready to blow your mind (but hopefully not your eardrums) with reading, watching, and listening recs as well as all the details on upcoming elections and *that* celebrity wedding. 

Reading 

• Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Watching

• Petite Maman 

Listening 

• I’ve Felt All These Things by Anna Leone 

Politics

Australia 

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-24/australia-s-next-parliament-will-be-its-most-diverse-ever

Philippines 

• https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/11/asia/philippines-election-results-marcos-claims-victory-intl-hnk/index.html 

Brazil

• ​​https://www.as-coa.org/articles/poll-tracker-brazils-2022-presidential-election 

Pop Culture 

• cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a35534446/kourtney-kardashian-travis-barker-relationship-timeline/

Just like your place of work, we're back in-person! That's right; for the first time since 2018, we've recorded an entire episode in the same room. Tune in to hear us deviate from our usual politics and pop culture format, and instead, take things down a more personal--and dare we say, scenic?-- route. 

Follow our IRL adventures together on Instagram where we post as @dtcbpodcast, @majkahahn, and @yazminelomax. 

Reading

• Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 

Watching

• The Northman 

Listening 

• Lorde - Solar Power Tour 

Other RWL Mentioned 

• The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers 

This episode mentions the Oscars a lot but doesn't rehash The Thing That Happened at the Oscars. You're welcome.

Follow our upcoming reunion on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn.

Reading

• Live, Laugh, Kidnap by Gabby Noone

Watching

• Life of Beth 

Listening 

• As it Was by Harry Styles 

Politics 

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/02/brittney-griner-team-usa-training-camp/

Pop Culture

• https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/27/whats-inside-the-nearly-140000-dollar-gift-bag-given-to-top-oscar-nominees.html

The past month has been...a lot. Particularly in politics. So, we're attempting to make even a sliver of your day a little lighter by focusing on the politics of language revitalization and the drama over at Peloton. We hope this can serve as a small escape for you!

Reading

• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi 

Watching

• Top of the Lake

Listening

• The Trojan Horse Affair from Serial Productions & The New York Times

Politics: 

• Hebrew

• https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/israel-hebrew/reviving-hebrew-persian-ancient-languages-eliezer-ben-yehuda-manekji-limji-hataria/

• https://www.kohanga.ac.nz/en/

Pop Culture:

• https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a30172338/peloton-girl-commercial-meme-explanation/

Happy 2022! We're kicking off the first month of the year by chatting about the potentially tenuous situation on the Ukrainian AND the phenomenon that is Wordle. If you believe variety is the spice of life, you've come to the right place!

Find us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn. 

Listen to our very first episode (mentioned in this episode) here. 

Reading 

• The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

• Thank you to Brooklyn and Bailey for recommending this series here

• Buying Myself Back, the essay mentioned in this episode, can be read here

Watching 

• Emily in Paris S2 on Netflix

Listening 

• Crimes of the Centuries

Politics 

• https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ukraine

Pop Culture 

• All About Wordle: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/wordle-explained-everything-you-need-to-know/

Another bizarre year is over and we’re waving it goodbye by drinking festive cocktails and recapping some of our top things of the year!

Reading

• House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland 

Watching

• Zola

Listening

• Red (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift

Politics

• The Beginning of the End of Roe v Wade

Pop Culture

• John Mulaney and Olivia Munn

In one of our final episodes for 2021, we’re discussing our NYC reunion, The Hunger Games (in painstaking detail), the art collective who just won the Turner Prize, and budding romance between Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson. Enjoy! 

• Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner

Watching 

• House of Gucci

Listening

• Valentine - Snail Mail

Politics 

• https://www.archpaper.com/2021/12/2021-turner-prize-goes-to-array-collective-for-its-fake-pub-and-take-on-northern-irish-social-issues/

Pop Culture

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kardashian 

How was your spooky szn, friends? Tune into this episode to find out how ours was and learn about two very different events that happened this October: the hunger strike for climate justice taking place outside the White House and British girl band Little Mix's very public feud.

Stay in the loop on all things Different Things Can Be Sad by following us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn, and @yazminelomax.

Trigger warning for this episode: discussions of depression, eating disorders, and suicide.

Reading 

• Luster by Raven Leilani

Watching 

• The French Dispatch 

Listening 

• Freestyle Fellowship 

Politics:

• Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hunger-strike-for-climate-justice 

Pop Culture:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mix