What I'm Reading — March 2023

Rebecca Solnit, Carl Jung, Sean Vigue, Heterodorx, Tim Urban, Rob van Vuuren, Patti Smith, TOP BOY, Annie Murphy Paul, Sebastian Junger, Hilary Jacobs Hendel, Reva Mann, Rae Katz and Joey Trotz

Bowen Dwelle

Mar 31, 2023

A few things I’m reading, listening to, watching, using and learning this month.

My old friend Joey Trotz’ incredible celestial photography @jetrotz on Insta →

How to See Impossible Colors by Mike Sowden

Confessions of an Entrepreneur by Rae Katz

Raising Hell, Raised by Hells Angels by Jon Kinyon

DECIDE NOTHING

Let Monday Be Truth Day

How much not quite the full truth are you carrying around on any given day? Can you think of anyone that you need or would like to say something to, but you just haven’t gotten around to it? Is there something that you’ve felt the need or desire to say or share, but then the moment slips by—and the feeling along with it, sometimes not to return for weeks…

3 years ago · 8 likes · 1 comment · Bowen Dwelle

A great interview by Rick Rubin with the Edge (of U2)

The Rabbi's Daughter, by Reva Mann (memoir)

Why 'Progress' is Bad for Women — Mary Harrington on the Triggernometry podcast

Reactionary Feminist

How Andrew Tate smashed the patriarchy

I wrote earlier this week at UnHerd about the direct line between the erosion of sociocultural guard-rails at the hands of liberal philosophy, and the antisocial posturing of masculinist ‘influencer’ Andrew Tate, recently arrested in Romania in connection with a people-trafficking investigation…

3 years ago · 127 likes · 87 comments · Mary Harrington

It’s Not Always Depression, by Hilary Jacobs Hendel

Memories, Dreams, Reflections — Carl Jung’s memoir.

The Free Press

Weekend Listening: Why Do Men Seek Danger?

For most people here in L.A., weekends are for spending time with family, taking a long hike or walking the beach, maybe barbecuing. But for those of us formerly known as indoor kids, weekends are for binging podcasts. If that sounds like your jam, I invite you to take a listen to the two most recent episodes of…

3 years ago · 162 likes · 174 comments · The Free Press

Patti Smith Loves Being Alive on The Active Voice, which is the podcast by Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie

Rob van Vuuren's Mom on the Your Mom with Schalk podcast — Rob is the “Namastae Bae” guy and also a great experimenter with language and accents.

Science of Creativity

To Be More Creative, Let Your Body Lead the Way

Why do we get our most creative ideas while going for a walk, or while taking a shower? Scientific research has generated some potential answers. Studies suggest that the increased blood flow to the brain that we experience while walking may sharpen our thinking. And a recent study on the so-called “shower effect…

3 years ago · 14 likes · 11 comments · Annie Murphy Paul

TOP BOY on Netflix — very interesting for the lingo

Tim Urban: Wokeism, Cancel Culture, Social Justice, Marxism & Liberalism on the Lex Fridman podcast

Bagan - City Of Temples on the Fall of Civilizations podcast

Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan

557 - Eric Czuleger (Traveler to Non-Existent Countries)

Listen now (151 min) | Eric Czuleger is currently banned from entering Turkey due to an accusation that he is a PKK spy. He is not a PKK spy. He is however, the author of books and plays as well as long form nonfiction and journalism. Most recently he spent a year living and working in countries that don’t exist. His travel book…

Listen now

3 years ago · 14 likes · 9 comments

No BS with Dr. Adi Jaffe on the Angry Therapist podcast

The Sinner on Netflix — kinda creepy, but redeemingly not super creepy

DECIDE NOTHING

Guided Meditation: Breathing Colorful Attention

I’ve been focusing again recently on building daily a habit of meditation. I mostly use the Vedic or “flow” method—basically, a simple mantra meditation, or even just counting, or focusing on the breath. Once in a while I find a guided meditation to be helpful, and I was asked to lead a guided session the other day, so I recorded this short guided sessi…

3 years ago · 6 likes · 6 comments · Bowen Dwelle

How to Speak, How to Listen, and How to Comply on the Heterodorx podcast

Wanderlust: A History of Walking—Rebecca Solnit

DECIDE NOTHING

Anxious Masculinity—How Things Fall Apart

The phrase “Things Fall Apart” has been stuck in my head since I read Chinua Achebe’s novel in my first year at Cal Berkeley. Looking back at my 1990 transcript, I took Development Studies, Scandinavian Culture, South Asian Literature, Acting, Linguistics, and even something called “Writing,” along with many courses from my major in geography. I was int…

3 years ago · 7 likes · 6 comments · Bowen Dwelle

I put out chapters eight, nine and ten from my memoir in progress (and opened several more to all readers), and released podcast episodes with world-class ultra-runner Charlie Engle and The Abstinence Myth author Adi Jaffe, and recorded with Scott Britton, which will be released on April 3. I'll be recording an interview with Sean Vigue, my favorite Pilates teacher that same day, for release on April 17.