A Great Thriller, a Conan Tribute and AI

A Round-Up of Good Views and Listens

Hello and welcome to Mature Content, a newsletter about lifelong learning, where I offer tools, insights, and resources for personal growth and discovery. This is the monthly installment of Good Views/Listens, where I round up some of the amazing things I’ve been seeing and hearing of late.

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Good Views

1. If, like me, you love a good thriller and you can do no better than Bodyguard, which unites cops, organized crime, veterans and politicians in 21st century UK. The first (and only) season of this tour de force was in 2018. It’s positively crying out for a sequel, but that seems unlikely now. Catch this one on Netflix; it is well worth your while.

2. I love award shows. No wonder, then, that I thoroughly enjoyed watching Conan O’Brien being roasted and toasted by other comedians when he won the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor earlier this year. Whatever you do, don’t miss Sarah Silverman’s bit.

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Good Listens

1. I absolutely loved listening to Season Two of the joint New York Review of Books/Lit Hub podcast A Critic and her Publics. This season was all about editors. I particularly enjoyed interviews with Leo Carey, Ben Calhoun, and

   Meghan O'Rourke
   .

2. I seem to be sharing a lot of content about AI here, and its affect on teaching and learning. Here’s a great interview with John Warner over on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast about how to think about writing in the age of AI. (H/t

   Mark Danowsky
   )

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Bonus Material

Tis the season of graduations! If you want a quick pick-me-up, do watch as writer, physician and Stanford profesor Abraham Verghese delivers the commencement address at Harvard University this year.