It's been a stressful week and everyone is tired. Here's an uplifting, funny recommendation from This American Life about some people who witnessed some things go very, very wrong in the best way possible.

A novel I find helpful when everything feels like it is on fire. A short reflection on how it ends, and what it could be telling us about the work we must begin.

This is a weekend recommendation from me to you, from producers I love. It's about a lie that took root and shook up an entire community. I hope it makes you think about the facts and fictions that we allow to guide us.

A brief thought on the normalcy of violence as an American answer and how the status quo does not trend to change unless we decide to change and reflect on our inheritance. A shortlist of thinkers who can help us overcome this. This content contains adult themes on gun violence and terrorism.

Sherri Papini and the case that captivated the nation in 2016 has a new documentary. I watched it and have some thoughts. Is what happened really all that out there? Or does this story rely on dynamics that existed long before a car pulled up and whisked the perfect wife away?