S4 E28 Bye Bye 2021

In our annual holiday special, our four hosts (minus Diaodiao) and our editor Joshua look back on our favorite LMM episodes, as well as TV shows and movies that made us laugh, made us think, and got us through the year. 

2:47 Afra’s favorite: time travel trilogy (part I, II, III)4:07 Ina’s favorite: ‘Sound of Metal’ (part I and II) and a window into the deaf and hard of hearing community (and their representation in pop culture, e.g. The Bachelor) 8:20 Joshua’s favorite: ’Shang Chi’ (episode here)11:57 Juan’s favorite: We are all 'Minari' 21:48 Afra discusses ‘Spencer’36:25 Ina discusses her favorite shows of the year: ‘Succession’ (worry not, we are making an episode on it)，HBO's ‘Sex Life of College Girls’ and the girls’ authentic friendship; wholesomeness of ‘Great British Bake-off’; ‘Ted Lasso’; ‘Hospital Playlist’ (embracing the urban friendships that have become family)41:52 Joshua discusses his favorite from this year: creating characters and writing your own plot with TTRPG48:15 Juan and Ina finally learn to appreciate audiobooks via: ‘How much of these hills are gold’, ‘The Cult of We’, ‘Empire of Pain’55:37 Listener voice memos (thank you to those who submitted and thank you all for the support) 

[Audio editor]

Joshua Ogden-Davis

[Links & resources]

Cathy Park Hong, “Minor Feelings”Michelle Zauner (singer Japanese Breakfast), “Crying in HMart”Jay Caspian King, “The Loneliest Americans”C Pam Zhang, ”How much of these hills are gold“Eliot Brown, Maureen Farrell“The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion ”Patrick Radden Keefe, “Empire of Pain”

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