The Process with Alex Beightol

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Fiasco! A Recommendation Aug 04, 2024

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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.

The Road: Revisting Cormac McCarthy's Novel During an Election Jul 29, 2024

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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.

The Improvement Association Jul 21, 2024

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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.

The Violent Answer We Live With Jul 15, 2024

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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.

The Perfect Wife Nightmare Jul 08, 2024

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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?

CLIPPED: Thoughts on Hulu’s Story of a Scandal Jun 24, 2024

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We’re looking at how the villain narrative gets murky in the previously released episodes of CLIPPED on Hulu and how that tendency might lurk in all of us.

Emergency Session: A Supreme Court Ruling and You Jun 16, 2024

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You might have to save your own life here. In this emergency session we’re breaking down in SIMPLE terms the recent Supreme Court ruling that sent shock waves through the country and the mental framing we need to deal with the coming fall out.

CLIPPED: The scandal that shook the NBA. Jun 10, 2024

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This is an overview and quick commentary on episode one WHITE PARTY of Hulu’s new show CLIPPED. Donald Sterling was on top of the world. A real estate empire, owner of an NBA team, and beloved businessman. And then his wife waged war on his mistress and assistant.

Reading Wendell Berry While Black: an introduction. Jun 03, 2024

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It’s rough out here. In this episode we sit with a poem from farmer, philosopher, and poet Wendell Berry and look at what kind of good life it invites us to.

MAY DECEMBER: What’s this film about exactly? May 27, 2024

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An overview and companion to the movie MAY DECEMBER, loosely inspired by an American scandal and abuse case.

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