This week, we talk about having some privacy. Naturally, we’re telling everyone about it. We’re hiding from AI in a T-shirt, escaping the internet with rabbits, wondering which Big Brother is actually watching, rereading Orwell, and - because humanity has no boundaries left - mapping our poop. From 1984 to Delta 5’s post punk Mind Your Own Business, privacy has had quite the journey. So close the curtains. Turn of the lights, pump up the volume, press play, absorb the new Fritzcast and know…someone else is always listening... 👁️🐇💩

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Welcome back from wherever you have been watching the Eclips, the Perseid meteor shower or Elon’s SpaceX rocket smash into the moon. Hope y’all had a astronomically good time this summer. Back on earth, we have been sweating to put together a brand new Fritzcast. Hope you’ll enjoy the stuff, apps, tips, tricks, shifts and music! And share. It’s free.

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Welcome back to the Summer Vacation Fritzcast Speical, your bi-weekly audioguide to the wonderfully unexpected. Whether you're heading to the beach, the mountains or just the backyard, we've packed this edition with great reads, smart finds and a few things that deserve a spot in your suitcase. Haaaaaappy holidays and like you, What Thinks Fritz will also return in 4 weeks time 🏝️

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Welcome back to another What Thinks Fritzcast, your bi-weekly passport to the wonderfully unexpected. This time we're wandering into a forest where sound bends reality, taking a quietly unforgettable road trip through Omaha, discovering the travel app that finally gets planning right and hopping into a musical time machine to the Bahamas, where Grace Jones rewrote the rules of cool. Plus, we've got a handcrafted Berlin blender designed specifically for your own glass jars, a fresh look at the hidden admin work AI forces upon us, and a fresh perspective guaranteed to shift the way you look at the world. Ready? Let's dive in.

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This week in What Thinks Fritz: Chairs grown from living trees, a giant cave crossing a Paris River, Bob Dylan on why time never moves, a nostalgic road trip powered by what might be the greatest game soundtrack ever assembled, a stark calculation of the daily micro-choices quietly draining your wallet on autopilot, and an elegant Mac player that resurfaces forgotten gems from your own music library.

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This week in What Thinks Fritz: an impossibly cool, notification-free phone that acts as the ultimate digital detox, a solar-powered magazine that delightfully goes offline when the weather turns grey, and a Tinder-style travel app that simplifies your next wilderness escape. Plus: a virtual passenger seat through global cities synced to live local radio, a brilliant and bruising new HBO Max drama that masterfully deconstructs modern masculinity, and a sultry, eccentric slice of late-night electronic pop straight from Berlin’s ultimate dandy.

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This week in the What Thinks Fritzcast: Tesla drivers rediscover the dashboard they deserved, a Scottish bookstore becomes the world’s most charming Airbnb, and AI starts designing physical objects faster than most companies hold meetings. Plus: border arbitrage for Dutch grocery nerds, a story worth disappearing into, a sharp reality check on how private equity is squeezing the quality out of heritage brands, and warm, analog soul sounds straight from East LA.

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From the I’m Back Roll to restaurant Masque, WTF #69 moves between slowing down and sensory overload. We zoom in on how AI Impact reframes our roles, while we zoom out surfing on the calm waves generated by the book Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow which explores creation and connection. Add the Snipd app and DJ Notoya to the mix, and this edition weaves technology, culture and curiosity into one sharp, immersive narrative.

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In this 68th edition, we champion the return to tactile substance and the luxury of deceleration. We explore bespoke intelligence through Gist Books’ personalized primers, find sensory recalibration in the wood-fired waters of the HotTug, and embrace the ‘quiet movement’ via the notification-free sanctuary of the Silent Book Club. While The Quilters offers a poignant lesson in compassion from behind bars and iLost reunites lost treasures with their owners, we round out the experience with the analog velvet groove of Dabeull: a track best enjoyed with a chilled Negroni. This is your curated toolkit for a life lived with more presence and less noise.

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In this edition we navigate the fascinating intersection of heritage and high-tech. We begin with the luminous precision of the LUMO optical grill, before seeking refuge in Tokyo’s literary hideaway, Book and Beds. We track the return of vintage habits in a modern world and visit the SPAM Museum to dissect the ‘cubism’ of an immutable icon. Finally, we digitize vinyl crates with the Plastic app and lose ourselves in the velvet Yacht-Funk of Thundercat’s latest release, Distracted. Settle in for a curated journey through functional excellence and sonic mastery.

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