Episode 270: Planes, Trains, and Miracles

In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk peak reviewing, Martha Stewart's redemption, and Vietnamese recovery. Also, Spotify brings Dave full circle while Sarah uncovers a lost monologue from an 80s classic.

• Click here to read "Whatever You Do, Don't Review This" by Eric Taub in the NY Times.
• Click here to read Belle Tindall's "What Spotify Wrapped Really Tells Us About Ourselves" on Seen & Unseen.
• Click here to read Elizabeth Bernstein's column on "The Micropolitics of Family Gift Giving" in the WSJ.
• Click here to read about "Martha Stewart and the Pursuit of Perfection" on Mbird, courtesy of Sam Bush.
• Click here to read "Finding Sobriety--and Jesus--in Vietnam's Christian Rehabs" by Angela Lu Fulton in CT.
• Click here to read Mbird's list of Favorite Christmas Movies.
• Click here to listen to Sarah C's recent sermon, "The Tragic Gap of Advent."
• Click here to read the original script for Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. The scene Sarah references is on pages 119-122.

Finally, click here to give a yearend gift to Mockingbird. We'll be back in mid-January!