Episode 165 - Favourite Reads of 2022
This episode we’re talking about our Favourite Reads of 2022! (Some of them were even published in 2022!) We discuss our favourite things we read for the podcast and our favourite things we read not for the podcast. Plus: Many more things we enjoyed this year, including video games, manga, graphic novels, food, and more!
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In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
Favourite Fiction
For the podcast
Anna
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell, narrated by Tanya Eby
Episode 158 - Audiobook Fiction
Jam
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Episode 160: Biographical Fiction & Fictional Biographies
Matthew
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori, narrated by Nancy Wu
Episode 158 - Audiobook Fiction
Meghan
Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler
Episode 164 - Military Fiction
Not for the podcast
Jam
Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh
Episode 147 - Contemporary Fantasy
Matthew
Semiosis by Sue Burke
Meghan
Black Helicopters by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Anna
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, translated by Philip Gabriel
Favourite Non-Fiction
For the podcast
Matthew
Soviet Metro Stations by Christopher Herwig and Owen Hatherley
Episode 141 - Architecture Non-Fiction
Meghan
The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers by Emily Levesque
Episode 149 - Astronomy & Space
Anna
Unholy: How White Christian Nationalists Powered the Trump Presidency, and the Devastating Legacy They Left Behind by Sarah Posner
Episode 162 - Investigative Journalism
Jam
Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century by Charles King
Episode 145 - Anthropology Non-Fiction
Not for the podcast
Meghan
Fashion Is Spinach: How to Beat the Fashion Racket by Elizabeth Hawes
Anna
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us by Rachel Aviv
Jam
Into the Minds of Babes: How Screen Time Affects Children From Birth to Age Five by Lisa Guernsey
Matthew
X-Gender, vol. 1 by Asuka Miyazaki, translated by Kathryn Henzler, adapted by Cae Hawksmoor
Other Favourite Things of 2022
Anna
Tasting History with Max Miller
Debunking the Myths of Leonardo da Vinci
Jam
Dirty Laundry/“Garbage Tuesday”
French tacos (Wikipedia)
Matthew
Unpacking
Meghan
Favourite manga: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, vol. 1 by Sumito Oowara, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian
Runner-Ups
Anna
Video Games
Crashlands
Wobbledogs
YouTube:
Ryan Hollinger (horror movie reviews)
Podcasts
American Hysteria
Maintenance Phase
You Are Good
Other (Audio)Books:
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz
Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf (Wikipedia)
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland by Jonathan M. Metzl
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
The Invisible Kingdom by Patrick Radden Keefe
Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything by Kelly Weill
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
Jam
Favourite classic:
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Episode 151 - Classics
Favourite manga:
Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama, translated by Stephen Kohler (Wikipedia)
Favourite Album:
Laurel Hell by Mitski (Wikipedia)
Working for the Knife (YouTube)
Favourite AAA video game:
Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Wikipedia)
Favourite indie video game:
Wytchwood
Favourite Wordle spin-off:
Worldle
Matthew
Video game
Hyper Light Drifter
Manga
Dai Dark by Q Hayashida, translated by Daniel Komen
My Dress Up Darling by Shinichi Fukuda, translated by Taylor Enge
lMonthly Girls' Nozaki-kun by Izumi Tsubaki, translated by Leighann Harvey
Descending Stories by Haruko Kumota, translated by Matt Treyvaud
Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma, translated by Amy Forsyth
Biomega, vol. 1 (just the first volume really, it does not stick the landing) by Tsutomu Nihei, translated by John Werry
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Otsuka and Housui Yamazaki, translated by Toshifumi Yoshida
Disappearance Diary by Hideo Azuma, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian and Elizabeth Tiernan
Graphic novels
Beetle and Hollowbones by Aliza Layne
A Gift for a Ghost by Borja González, translated by Lee Douglas
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott McCloud
Books
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Meghan
Favourite new-to-me author:
Zviane
Favourite work of translation:
The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate, translated by David Bowles
Podcast non-fiction runner up:
Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism by Barnabas Calder
Podcast fiction runner up:
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Non-fiction
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette
Sum It Up: 1,098 Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective by Pat Summitt and Sally Jenkins
Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash by Eka Kurniawan, translated by Annie Tucker
Runner up graphic novels:
Himawari House by Harmony Becker
Taproot by Keezy Young
Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto and Ann Xu
Sunny Sunny Ann! by Miki Yamamoto, translated by Aurélien Estager (French)
L'homme qui marche by Jirō Taniguchi, translated by Martine Segard (French, available in English as The Walking Man)
Something Is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera
Le petit astronaute by Jean-Paul Eid (French)
Tony Chu détective cannibale by John Layman with Rob Guillory (French, available in English as Chew)
Radium Girls by Cy. (French)
Queen en BD by Emmanuel Marie and Sophie Blitman (French)
Memento mori by Tiitu Takalo (French)
Enferme-moi si tu peux by Anne-Caroline Pandolfo and Terkel Risbjerg (French)
Links, Articles, Media, and Things
Episode 140 - Favourite Reads of 2021
Episode 142 - Sequels and 2022: The Year of Book Two
ChatGPT (Wikipedia)
There no longer appears to be an easy way to find images sent through Google Chat anymore, so no screenshots of fake podcast co-hosts discussing reptile fiction. Sorry!
I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki (Wikipedia)
Brian David Gilbert - The Perfect PokéRap
24 Travel Non-Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
America in an Arab Mirror: Images of America in Arabic Travel Literature by Kamal Abdel-Malek
Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun by Faith Adiele
Due North: A Collection of Travel Observations, Reflections, And Snapshots Across Colors, Cultures and Continents by Lola Akinmade Åkerström
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Bashō, translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa
The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Ibn Battuta
Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
A Stranger in the Village: Two Centuries of African-American Travel Writing edited by Farah Jasmine Griffin & Cheryl J. Fish
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey by Langston Hughes
Red Dust: A Path Through China by Ma Jian, translated by Flora Drew
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie
Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon
Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee
The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors by James Edward Mills
The Middle Passage by V.S. Naipaul
Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move by Nanjala Nyabola
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham
An Indian Among los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa
From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet by Vikram Seth
Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud by Sun Shuyun
Richard Wright's Travel Writings: New Reflections by Virginia Whatley Smith
Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain by Lori L. Tharps
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Join us again on Tuesday, January 3rd we’ll be talking about Sports non-fiction!
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The official music video for “Fight City” mini-series produced by Vita Pictura and Roll Up Films and directed and performed by John Lee.
John Lee created this series while teaching math at a high school and doing his master’s degree. Fight City was shot in New York, Cleveland, and Tallinn. The film builds on the range of issues one faces while growing up in a community segregated by financial status, class, and race. The production just proved that film has no boundaries, as long as you are convinced to go through all of the ups and downs of the process.
Production Company | Vita Pictura
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Music Video Credits:
Music Video Director | Isam Muhammad
Producer | John Lee, Isam Muhammad
Music Video Editors | Georgius Misjura, Isam Muhammad, Lev Kovalenko
Music Video DOP | Arnold Kaplan
Music Video Colorist | Dmitri Morjakin
Series Credits:
Director | John Lee
Writers | John Lee, Christina Richardson
Creative Directors | Georgius Misjura, Anastasia Zazhitskaya
Executive Producer | John Lee, Mark Parson
Producers | Imani Louden, Kelsi Paden
Production Assistants | Ronnetta Lee, Mason John Lee, Mya Betty Nicole Lee
Assistant Directors | Isam Muhammad, Ray Johnson
SteadiCam Operator | Arnold Kaplan
Stunt Supervisor | Leslie Peterson
Casting Supervisor | John Lee
Editors | Aleksei Sharapanjuk, Lev Kovalenko
Assistant Editors | Mihhail Tkats, Nikita Kurashov, Karl Jakob Vibur
Sound Designers | Dmitri Morjakin, Lev Kovalenko
Sound Editors | Dmitri Morjakin, Lev Kovalenko
Sound Production Mixers | Joe Cantor, Edwin Diagon
Series Cinematography | Snyder Derival
Colorists | Dmitri Morjakin, Lev Kovalenko
Series Makeup Department | Daurisa Tessier
Story Contributor | Jemier Jenkins
3rd Unit Cinematographer | Inder Mann
First Assistant Camera | Austin Cohlie, Jakub Sztuk
Steadicam Operator | Arnold Kaplan
DIT | Cullen K Askew
Gaffer | Lamont Liquid Burrell
Best Boy | Keston Frank
Key Grip | Jose del C Martinez
Camera Package | Arnold Kaplan
Drone Operator | Brad Smolinski
Art Director | John Lee
Set Designer | John Lee
Costume Designer | John Lee
Makeup Artists | Melo, Terrell Perkins, John Lee
Special Effects Supervisor | John Lee
Fight Choreographer | Leslie Peterson
Cast
Ace | John Lee
Maloney | Patrick Heraghty
Javier | Juan Carlos Merino
Hiram | David Arquilla
NYPD Detective | Chris Scarciotta
Aisha | Kiana Suggs
Auntie | Candice Whitner
Cube | Brady Gilbert
Reggie (Boss) | Dewey Bozella
Olivia | Natalie Chapman
Chanel | Brittany Angelica Chance
Sleeze | Richard Bird
Joe | Omarr Salgado
Hazel | Whitney Holmes
Slick Tony | Marco Malgioglio
Turtle | Lamar Slaughter
Ronnie | Lian Amado
Kanwar | Leslie Peterson
Bushwick Fight Referee | Artagres Steele
Black Rhino | Christopher Barrow
FC Gatekeeper | Manuel Belliard
White Rhino | Joseph Pierro
Jim | John Khinda
Gina | Alana Johnson
Denise | Desiree Vanessa
Lee | Vincent Chan
Teenage Ace | Richard Adelaja
Teenage Butta | Isaiah Dupree
Butta | Justin Jllyfe Thomas
Champion Fighter | Jay Feng Cobb
Officer Whyte | Jafet Perez
Street Bettor | Michael Durgavich
Chino | Omar Pelaez
Backyard Fighter | Soulo Smith
Agent Black | Kevin Benton
Ocky | Imani Bruno
Frenchie | Bob “Lil Bob” McCall
Uncle Kenny | Frederick Nixon
Fighter 1 | John Anthony
Therapist Steve | Victor Landol
Tommy Pickles | Vincent Ford
Big Black | Bryan King
Maloney Goon | Rob Manning
Local Fighter | Jaime Cooper
Ace’s Sister | Janelle Black
Harlem Boss | Darnell Criggs
Yonce | Imani Louden
Supreme | Hadassah McGrew
Detective | Anthony Reed
Man in Estonian Bar (Leather Jacket) | David Gugulyan
Man in Estonian Bar | Sergei Uustalu
Barman in Estonian Bar | Jürjo Võisula
Estonian Man With the Passport | Roman Maksimuk
Special Thanks | Kemet Ojo, Ruth Parker, Jerrell Chesney, Geofferey Taylor, Akram Harrison, Tyrone Mixon, Kellen Walker, Roderick Jackson, Cloud from Philly, Ray, Arnold, Andrew Freedman House, Backstage, Imani Louden, Andre Dre Deuce Smith, City of Cleveland, City of New York
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