In this episode, I go through my top 12 books of the year across multiple genres. My reading goal was 50 books, and I'm pages away from achieving that goal. If you are watching/listening, you are probably a bookish person yourself, but I also have a quick bookish gift guide for the readers in your life.

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After almost two years of podcasting, it was high time to create my own audio for the podcast intro. I'm embarrassed and ashamed to admit my prior intro was AI-generated. As I've continued to podcast, I've become more and more anti-AI. This, combined with how the podcast has evolved, gave me enough inspiration to create a new intro. And learn a whole new workflow and tool! In this episode, please enjoy or laugh at my first attempts at making beats, and I hope you are inspired to try something new yourself!

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Where does the book I'm Starting to Worry About this Big Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin intersect with the message of the No Kings Protest? Attention is Trump's most powerful tool. Don't give him your attention and stay focused on what matters. Support our immigrant communities, swipe away from rage bait, and vote!

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With Taylor Swift's latest album release The Life of a Showgirl we cannot lose sight of Taylor Swift's status as a billionaire. In this deep dive, I discuss why Taylor Swift is not an example of an ethical billionaire, my album review, and the cardigan I crocheted to celebrate. I am a Swiftie and I have questions and critiques.

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With the imminent release of The Life of a Showgirl, I'm curious what impact we will see in internet language and culture. The Eras Tour changed the way we think about our lives and interests in a way that is completely different from before the tour started. If Taylor Swift has only become a bigger phenomenon since the end of the tour, Showgirl could make a huge linguistic impact.

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In this episode, find your next fall read all without BookTok. Plus, how to stay reading once you've found those books.

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I took a spontaneous trip to Fargo and Winnipeg with my boyfriend over the weekend. We had a wonderful time and found some interesting Canadian zines. I think everyone can benefit from a bit of exploration, even if it is just a few towns over.

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Indie sites are for hyper specific niches that require their own corner of the web. In this episode, I explain the inspiration for all the design elements of https://theunstagram.com and what my adventure looked like creating it. The Unstagram is a dedicated gallery indie site for my digicam; a digital escape from social media.

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40 episodes of Voz Memos! In this episode, I discuss my four reads from July: Bright Young Women, Pope Joan, The Grace Year, and Men Who Hate Women. The Grace Year sparked my interest in Floriography, which I turned into a zine (OFC).

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Floriography Zine

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It is hard to avoid AI right now, it's EVERYWHERE but there is hope. We have seen this same sense of complete overwhelm and total product proliferation successfully stopped and reversed before. Just look at the rise and fall of radium use in the US in the 1920s. As artists and writers, we must speak out to preserve creativity and learning.

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