Episode 230 - Spring 2026 Media Update

It's episode 230 and time for us to talk about media we've been enjoying! We discuss music, video essays, movies, comics, books, crafts, and more!

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards

Things We're Enjoying:

• Matthew
  • The Music Video Is Dead, Long Live The Music Video by Patrick (H) Willems
  • Hobtown Mystery Stories, vol. 2: The Cursed Hermit by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes, colour by Jason Fischer-Kouhi
  • Witchy Stitching: 25 Patterns to Haunt Your Home by Meg Black
    • The Witchy Stitcher
• Meghan
  • KEXP
    • "Me more cowboy than you" by the Brudi Brothers
    • Glass Beams (full set)
    • Angine de Poitrine (full set)
      • The kerfuffle Meghan mentioned
    • Live on KEXP podcast
  • Live music at local venues
  • Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
• Jam
  • New music highlights (YouTube playlist):
    • The Apple Tree Under the Sea by Hemlocke Springs
    • Nothing's About to Happen to Me by Mitski
    • "23" by Lime Garden
    • "Bend Your Knees" by Henry Mansfield
    • "ça pik un peu quand même" by Miki
  • Jam's full Jan-Feb 2026 New Music Playlist
    • (spreadsheet will be shared in our Discord)
  • Hundreds of Beavers (2022 movie)
  • Raspberry and almond sourdough cake
    • Based on the "Cherry and Almond Bake" recipe from 10-Minute Sourdough by Vanessa Kimbell
• Anna
  • Twinkleby
  • Nicole Rudolph
    • Who Cursed us with Popcorn Ceilings?
    • The Myth of a Clean Home
    • They're selling us AI floor plans (with @AbbyCox )
    • TMFD Alum Spotlight: Nicole Rudolph, Fashion Historian
  • Webtoons
    • Love is Loading (mature) by 97pieces
    • Love is Loading (all ages)
    • Our Sunny Days by  Jeong Seokchan
    • Our Sunny Days, vol. 1

Other Media We Mentioned

• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Childish Gambino - This is America
• Beyoncé - Formation
• Lambrini Girls on KEXP
• triple j - Like a Version playlist
• Jam's music  podcast
• The Apothecary Diaries

Links, Articles, and Things

• Artemis II
• Beyoncé explains why she stopped making music videos
• YouTube Ditches the Billboard Charts

15 Non-Fiction Books about Psychology by BIPOC Authors:

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast 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.

• Patterns That Remain: a Guide to Healing for Asian Children of Immigrants by Stacey Diane Arañez Litam
• Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma by Mariel Buqué
• Flourishing Kin: Indigenous Wisdom for Collective Well-Being by Yuria Celidwen
• Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho
• What My Bones Know: a Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
• The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez 
• Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone by Khameer Kidia
• But What Will People Say? Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love and Family Between Cultures by Sahaj Kaur Kohli 
• How I Know White People Are Crazy and Other Stories: Notes From a Frustrated Black Psychologist by Johnathan Mathias Lassiter
• Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice by Jennifer Mullan
• Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life by Shigehiro Oishi
• Autistic and Black: Our Experiences of Growth, Progress and Empowerment by Kala Allen Omeiza 
• Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
• All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety by David A. Robertson
• Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans by Jenny T. Wang

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Join us again on Tuesday, May 5th when we'll be talking about Sapphic Horror!

Join us again on Tuesday, June 2nd we'll be talking about "coming of (old) age" books.