192: May Wrap-up 2024

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We're back in action this week again with another wrap-up episode of the best of what we read and watched in May 2024:

Introduction and Weeks (0:00)

Mailbag and Op-Ed (12:19)

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance featured in Ep. 15

Books we read (17:22)

Federico Garcia Lorca by Ian Gibson

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

La Nochevieja de Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri

Movies we watched (32:46)

The Addams Family (1991)

Red River (1948)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

¡Three Amigos! (1986)

City Lights (1931)

When Marnie Was There (2014)

Challengers (2024)

Perfect Days (2023)

Ivan's Childhood (1962)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Coming Up on the Pod (1:21:54)

Our Album Recs (1:23:09)

Ladies of the Canyon -Joni Mitchell

A Sailor's Guide to Earth -Sturgill Simpson

Thanks for listening !