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A documentary about competitive bird watching turns out to be one of the best things on YouTube. Plus: the Criterion Channel recommends feel-good films, a small Iranian boy tries to return a notebook, fiction gets a bad reputation, and nobody can remember the plot of Slaughterhouse-Five.Mentioned in this episode:Listers — documentary, free on YouTubeeBird appMerlin appThe Criterion ChannelTampopo (1985, Juzo Itami) Where is the Friend's House? (1987, Abbas Kiarostami)The Rest is EntertainmentWolf Hall — Hilary Mantel,Dark Matter — Blake CrouchSlaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut, novel and graphic novelThe Maniac — Benjamin LabatutWhen We Cease to Understand the World — Benjamin LabatutExhalations — Ted ChiangStories of Your Life and Others — Ted ChiangVictory Land — the New York band recommendedImage used in episode art by Bettina Arrigoni, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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A documentary about competitive bird watching turns out to be one of the best things on YouTube. Plus: the Criterion Channel recommends feel-good films, a small Iranian boy tries to return a notebook, fiction gets a bad reputation, and nobody can...

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