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Stories We Read and Watched from the Week of Sept 7, 2026

10 Books We Want to Read

10 Book Recommendations

Workspace Setups, Good Podcast Hangs, & The Future of the Pod | Ted Lasso S4E3

Ted Lasso Season 4 and College Road Trip to University of Utah

Ted Lasso Season 4 and Widow’s Bay: Home, Role Models, and The Jobs We’re Born to Do

Ted Lasso Season 4 is Coming, When to Retire, Women and Kalshi, and Information Sickness with David Shields

LeBron to Sixers, Thoughts on Middle Age, Writing Advice, and The Odyssey

Is the End of Reading Here? GenAI and the Reading Writing Classroom

From Los Angeles to Warsaw, Poland: Anne from the PURO Warszawa State Miasto

“Why We Travel” by Pico Iyer and Anne is Headed for Bad Bunny in Poland

Otherwise Known as the Human Condition (with Particular Reference to Doughnut Plant Doughnuts)

Untold Epstein Story, San Antonio Love Triangle, World Cup Mbappe, Widow’s Bay, and Three Billboards

Knicks Win NBA Finals, MVP Brunson, Wemby as a Villain, Matricide, Office Romance and Other Stories We Read or Watched

Stories We Read and Watched: Knicks and Spurs, University GenAI, Caitlin Clark, Castaway and Obama Library

It’s the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals

Best and Worst Work Stories and NYC to LA Bagel Testing: Inspired by Thomas Beller’s “Portrait of the Bagel as a Young Man”

Project Hail Mary Movie Review: Ryan Gosling and Andy Weir

Richard Ford’s story “Rock Springs”

The Art of the Music Playlist: Bill’s for a Mountain Run and Anne’s for a Los Angeles Walk

Noah Kahan’s Album The Great Divide and our Favorite Musical Storytellers

David Foster Wallace’s “Derivative Sport in Tornado Alley”

Steve Carell stars in HBO’s Rooster. Is it worth watching?

NCAA Basketball Final Four Podcast

NCAA Basketball Tournament: From the Sweet Sixteen to Final Four

Men’s and Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament First Round Reactions

A Marital Affair Story: Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Little Dog”

Our Oscar Film Picks, Lees McRae to the NCAAs, and Helios Resort at Epic Universe

Our High School Season Comes to an End Podcast

Places We Know Well

5 Things We Know A Lot About

Super Bowl LX Podcast: Seahawks, Patriots, and Our Commercial Rankings

Most Meaningful Athletes Podcast

Patriots and Seahawks to the Super Bowl Podcast

NFL Divisional Round: Games Down to the Wire, Big Officiating Calls, and a Bronco Broken Ankle

NFL Wild Card Weekend and Indiana Hoosiers vs. Miami Hurricanes for the Title

NFL Playoff Preview, Hoosiers Advance and You Can Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card

2025 Favorites on The Torg Stories Podcast

Triple Overtime Win, Carolina Panthers Grab First Place, and 52 Places to Go in the World

Christmas Playlists 2025 on the Torg Stories Podcast

Santaland Diaries, Our Elf Names, the Inspiration for Ferrell Elf movie, and Christmas in NYC

Panthers Upset Rams, Colts Lose a Big One, and Lane Kiffin goes to LSU

Performance Strategies to be a Blue Head Under Pressure

Grace, Jesus, and Parenting in Flannery O’Conner’s story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”

Rocky, Long Distance Running, Writing, Grief and Ambition

High School Basketball Season Begins + Dodgers Win the World Series

Weapons is more than a Horror Film

Who Can Get Better the Longest? Broncos Historic Comeback, Giants Blow It, Dodgers and NBA Season Futures

NFL Week 6 Recap: Panthers’ Rico Dowdle Dominates Cowboys, Flacco Debuts for Bengals, Chiefs Beat Lions

NFL Week 5 Upsets, Taylor Swift’s Showgirl Album and the Horror Film Weapons

NFL Week 4 and the WNBA Playoffs: Colts Fumble, Chiefs Statement Win and the Indiana Fever are One Win Away From the WNBA Finals

NFL Week 3 Chaos: Eagles’ Wild Finish, Fever Upset Aces and Torg Game Ball Winners

Cowboys and Colts Win Thrillers, NFL Week 2, WNBA Playoffs, and Anne’s LA Staycation

Spitting and Sportsmanship: NFL Week 1 Look Back and Anne in Vegas

NFL Kicks Off The Season, WNBA Regular Season Winds Down, and Anne’s $100 NFL Bet

David Foster Wallace’s “Ticket to the Fair” and County Fair Memories on the Torg Stories Podcast

Torg Favorite Books, Movies, Musical Artists and Shows

WNBA Podcast: This Week, We Watched All the Teams

Wes Anderson’s film The Royal Tenenbaums on the Torg Stories Podcast

Top 100 Movies of the 21st Century on the Torg Stories Podcast

A Maui Travel Report Podcast

Summer Playlists on the Torg Stories Podcast

Los Angeles and Boone: What to do on a Beautiful Day

Indiana Pacers Lose the NBA Finals, Haliburton Injury, and A Fan Reflection

Caitlin Clark Returns, Pacers and Thunder in the NBA Finals and Asheville Recommendations

Pacers in NBA Finals, Worried about the Fever, and Reasons for Living in LA and Boone, NC

Coaching Influences, Basketball Analytics, and Coaching Our Daughters with McDowell’s Zack McCartha

Ted Lasso Final Episode, Season 3 Finale Podcast: So Long, Farewell

Knicks Pacers, Indiana Fever, Mission Impossible, and Ted Lasso Season Three, Episode 11

The Highs and Lows of Sports, NBA Playoffs, and Ted Lasso Season 3 Episode 10

Mom Memories, Maybe the Knicks Don’t Suck and Ted Lasso Season 3, Ep 9

Trying to Enjoy the Victories, NBA Playoffs, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 8