NPR's Book of the Day - Two books reflect on the highs and lows of adolescence

Today's episode focuses on very different experiences of the teenage years. First, NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Christine Suggs about their new graphic novel, ¡Ay, Mija!, inspired by Suggs' formative trip to Mexico to understand their parents' upbringing and reconnect with their family and culture. Then, NPR's Rachel Martin sits down with psychologist Lisa Damour to discuss her new book, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers. They discuss the stresses and anxieties young people deal with – especially as a result of the pandemic – and how parents can help manage these intense feelings.

the memory palace - Episode 206: The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American

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Music

  • Halcyon and Photosynteses and Embryo by H. Takehashi

  • Intro by Library Tapes

  • The Florist Wears Knee Breeches by M. Sage

Notes

  • I found Andrew Isenberg's book, The Destruction of the Bison, An Environmental History, completely fascinating.

  • If you want to do a deep dive on Madison Grant, I'd recommend Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant by John Peter Spiro.

  • If you want to do a deep dive on the Catalina Buffalo, this site is a fun place to start.

NPR's Book of the Day - Terrance Hayes’ poems span history, fables and quarantine in ‘So to Speak’

Writing is a practice – especially for MacArthur Genius Grant and National Book Award winner Terrance Hayes. His new collection of poems, So to Speak, comes out of that practice during turbulent times: COVID quarantine, the 2020 protests after the killing of George Floyd. And they reach further back, too, to the Jim Crow South and his mother's youth. In today's episode, Hayes speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about engaging with language and reimagining family members in a new light.

Land of the Giants - The Human Cost of Ultra Hardcore

“Please prepare yourself for a level of intensity that is greater than anything most of you have ever experienced before,” Elon Musk once wrote in an email to employees at Tesla. The subject line, “ultra hardcore,” also operates as an edict - go hard or go anywhere else. But this “ultra hardcore” philosophy has led to injuries, scandals and lawsuits. Are the costs of “ultra hardcore” worth it?

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