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!