Things That Bring Us Joy
This is a collection of all the things that bring us joy from each (and every) episode
Episode 240:
Remarkable (a new gadget)
Fixing things (particuarly 3D printing in this case)
Episode 239:
Red Rising saga from Pierce Brown
The Audacy app
Episode 238:
Episode 237:
Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)
Severance on AppleTV+
Episode 236:
Baseball (Especially Spring Training with the Pittsburgh Pirates)
Ireland (and Library St. if you are looking for a restuarant recommendation)
Episode 235:
James by Percival Everett
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Episode 234:
Conclave
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Episode 233:
My Old Ass
White Lotus Season 3
Episode 232:
Paradise on Hulu
Hirshhorn Museum in the Simthsonian Institute
Episode 231:
Paul Krugman on Substack
AI Snake Oil
Episode 230:
The Last Showgirl
Anatomy of a Fall
Episode 229:
Skiing
Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: The future of education for the 21st Century by Rosemary Luckin
Episode 228:
Shogun on FX
The Diplomat on Netflix
Episode 227:
English Teacher
Lee Movie
Episode 226:
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Episode 225:
Holiday Movies
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Episode 224:
Sampson Boat Co. YouTube Channel
Everyone This Christmas has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
Episode 223:
The Murderbot Diaries
The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast
Episode 222:
Portugal (yes, the country)
Tom Lake by Anne Patchett
Episode 221:
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Shrinking on AppleTV+
Episode 220:
Only Murders in the Building on Hulu
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Episode 219:
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
NCAA College Football
Episode 218:
The Penguin
Question Everything with Brian Reed
Episode 217:
PA Teacher Educator of the Year
Episode 216:
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Home Improvement Projects
Episode 215:
Horseby Geraldine Brooks
Nobody Wants This on Netflix
Episode 214:
Against the Rules podcast
The Old Guard
Episode 213:
Apple Cider Doughnuts
Smokeless Firepits (Breeo (not (yet) a sponsor)
Episode 212:
Dear Reader game
Pittsburgh Riveters
Episode 211:
Mike Bribiglia - The Old Man and the Pool on Netflix
Rex Orange County - The Alexander Technique
Episode 210:
The Fall Guy
Slow Horses, Season 4
Episode 209:
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
The Gentlemen series on Netflix
Episode 208:
All Joy's Episode. Check Shownotes.
Episode 207:
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
The band, Dehd
Episode 206:
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America by Les Standiford
Episode 205:
Spotle, Music Wordle game
Immunity to Change book
Episode 204:
Teaching Climate Change: Fostering Understanding, Resilience, and a Commitment to Justice by Mark Windschitl
The Plinko Bounce by Martin Clark
Episode 203:
Free Library of Philadelphia
International Futbol
Episode 202:
Bright Future by Adrianne Lanker
Wilco (maybe specifically Kicking Television: Live in Chicago)
Cut Worms
Episode 201:
Taskmaster
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Episode 200:
Midnight Run
Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Episode 199:
Slow Burn podcast - Season 9
Serial podcast - Season 4
Episode 198:
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Fantastic Cat
Episode 197:
Pixar's 2015 movie, Inside Out
Palmer Museum of Art
Episode 196:
Ken Burns' Commencement Speech a Brandeis (2024)
Grilling / Griddles for a Grill
Episode 195:
The Trees by Percival Everett
The Big Door Prize on Apple TV+
Episode 194:
Fabbri Amarena Wild Cherries
Stan Smith Shoes
Episode 193:
Search Engine Podcast with PJ Vogt
Welcome to Wrexham Season 3
Episode 192:
Graduations
One Love
Episode 191:
Elements of Architecture by Rem Koolhaas
Slow Horses on Apple TV+
Episode 190:
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
[End of Story](End of Story) by A.J. Finn
Episode 189:
Go As A River by Shelley Read
Doctoral students that develop as scholars (Being a proud papa)
Episode 188:
Pittsburgh Pirates
Total Solar Eclipse of 2024
Episode 187:
Everyone on this Train is a Suspect
Articles of Interest
Episode 186:
Good food delivery
Abstract: The Art of Design
Episode 185:
Kids of Rutherford County podcast
Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
Episode 184:
Search Engine Podcast
One Day on Netflix
Episode 183:
Anatomy of a Fall
Erasure by Percival Everett
Episode 182:
The Last Repair Shop on Hulu
James Acaster's Repertoire on Netflix
Episode 181:
Poor Things
Magic Jigsaw Puzzles
Episode 180:
American Fiction
Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching by Jarvis R. Givens
Episode 179:
The Holdovers
All of Us Strangers
Episode 178:
Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way by Roma Agrawal
The Right Mistake by Walter Mosley
Episode 177:
Cerakote Headlight Restoration
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Episode 176:
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Dr. No by Percival Everett
Episode 175:
Jack Reacher Season 2
Slow Horses Season 3
Episode 174:
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Rye Lane on Hulu
Episode 173:
Noah Kahan
Great British Baking Show Holidays
Episode 172:
Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Episode 171:
Advent Calendars
8 Mile Pizza
Episode 170:
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Grapevine Podcast
Episode 169:
College Football: Michigan vs. Ohio State
Tootsie Roll Snowballs
Episode 168:
Holiday Movies, in particular Four Christmases
Scene on Radio, in particular the series Seeing White
Episode 167:
Hadsel by Beirut
The Squirrel and Acorn Bookstore
Episode 166:
The Banshees of Inisherin
Research Rabbit
Episode 165:
Hidden Potential by Adam Grant
Make Stuff
Episode 164:
Great British Baking Show on Netflix
Tour de France Unchained on Netflix
Episode 163:
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Episode 162:
Fall/Autumn Weather (Sweater Weather)
Dan Coe Carto
Episode 161:
Stop Making Sense
Episode 160:
Adult Kids Moving Out
Chef Reactions
Episode 159:
Hijack on Apple TV+
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Episode 158:
Seth Godin's Blog
The Killing Room by Robert Smartwood
Episode 157:
The US Open
Theater Camp
Episode 156:
All Joys Episode (Check the Shownotes)
Episode 155:
John Mulaney's comedy special, Baby J on Netflix
Heart of Stone on Netflix
Episode 154:
Among the Thugs by Bill Buford
They Cloned Tyrone on Netflix
Episode 153:
Oppenheimer
Episode 152:
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
John Wick Chapter 4
Episode 151:
Good Night, Oscar
My Brilliant Friend
Episode 150:
Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Translator)
Obsidian
Episode 149:
The Diplomat on Netflix
Asteroid City
Episode 148:
The Bear on Hulu
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat
Brooklyn Nine Nine on Peacock
Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA
Episode 147:
Secret Invasion
Dear Hank and John
Episode 146:
Wellword
Osmos+ on the Apple App Store
Episode 145:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Carlos Alcaraz
Episode 144:
Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish on Peacock
Killing Moon by Jo Nesbø
Episode 143:
Appertivo
Great Scoops cookbook
Episode 142:
Soul Town on Sirus XM Radio
Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment by Robert Wright
Episode 141:
How It Ends
The Incredible Jessica James
Episode 140:
Collaborative Spotify Playlist
Marvel Snap on iOS
Episode 139:
The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
Elevate app
Episode 138:
Shameless on Showtime
John Craigie
Episode 137:
Science Teacher Preparation](https://static.nsta.org/pdfs/2020NSTAStandards.pdf) and some dispositional documents available on the Penn State College of Educaiton website.
Episode 136:
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
Apple TV
Episode 135:
DJi Microphones
Banh Mi sandwiches
Episode 134:
Blossom
Enchiladas - Recipie from Sauver
Episode 133:
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Ted Lasso Season 3
Episode 132:
Women Talking
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
Episode 131:
Jack Ryan series on Prime Video
Causeway movie on Apple TV+
Episode 130:
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Lifeline+ for iPhone (Sorry Scott called it Afterlife in the episode)
Episode 129:
Zingerman's Deli in Ann Arbor, MI
King Cake
Episode 128:
The Last of Us on HBOMax
Fantasy Football (and not just because Ollie won his league)
Episode 127:
Shrinking on AppleTV
The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Episode 126:
Banshees of Inisherin
The English on Amazon Prime
Episode 125:
We were featured in a list of Best Science Podcasts for 2023
Episode 124:
The Chalk Man: A Novel by C.J. Tudor
Tom Sachs
Episode 123:
Tree House Brewing Company
Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Episode 122:
Nope](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10954984/) (and other films by Jordan Peele)
Jammies (butter cookies) [Note: recipe that is similar, but not identical]
Episode 121:
World Cup Football Finals
All Quiet on the Western Front
Episode 120:
All of Nothing: Aresenal on Amazon Prime
The White Lotus on HBO Max
Episode 119:
Wednesday on Netflix
World Cup 2022
Episode 118:
Spotify Wrapped (Ollie's top artist was Stevie Wonder, not Japanese Breakfast)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Episode 117:
Daytum
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Episode 116:
Stauffer's Stars (both milk chocolate and dark chocolate)
Kringle Danish Pastry (OH Brand) available from Trader Joe's
Episode 115:
Reacher on Amazon Prime
The Big Brunch on HBOmax
Episode 114:
Infinity Triology from Marvel Comics
You Are Not So Smart Podcast from David McRaney
Episode 113:
Premier League Soccer
Inciting Joy by Ross Gay
Episode 112:
Ultra Podcast by Rachel Maddow on MSNBC
Dr. Who - In particular the Thirteenth Doctor played by Jodie Whittaker
Episode 111:
The Sandman series on Netflix
Fall
Episode 110:
Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North American by Matt Kracht
Andor on Disney+
Episode 109:
Making Pasta with Scott Conant
Abbott Elementary Season 2
Episode 108:
Wet Leg
Shopcraft as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford
Episode 107:
The Spirited Man by Van Neistat
House of the Dragon
Episode 106:
Welcome to Wrexham on Hulu
House Projects - Building a Deck on the Back of the House
Episode 105:
Fantasy Football
The Great Serena Williams
Episode 104:
All Joys Episode (Check the Shownotes)
Episode 103:
Brandi Carlile
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Episode 102:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Terminal List on Amazon Prime
Episode 101:
Bullet Train with Brad Pitt
Sean Carroll's Midscape Podcast
Episode 100:
For the first time ever we have a shared joy - The Bear on FX/Hulu
Episode 99:
Fifth Element by N.K. Jemisin
Umbrella Academy Season 3
Episode 98:
The Boys - Season 4 on Amazon Prime
Ozark on Netflix
Episode 97:
Elie Mystal's book - Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
Top Gun: Maverick
Episode 96:
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Under the Banner of Heaven on Hulu
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Episode 95:
Thor: God of Thunder - God Butcher series
Sierra Six: A Gray Man Novel by Mark Greaney
Episode 94:
Ronin by Frank Miller
Middlewest by Skottie Young
Episode 93:
This American Life podcast
Nice Try podcast
Episode 92:
Doom Patrol on HBO Max
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Episode 91:
Joining a Community Band
The Punisher on Disney+
Episode 90:
Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
Limonchello - Unfortunately you can't have Ollie's artisanal limonchello, but still, you can get some.
Episode 89:
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Moon Knight on Disney+
Episode 88:
Julia
Peacemaker on HBO Max
Episode 87:
Word Hunt on Game Pigeon
Sage Solitaire
FlipFlop Solitaire
Episode 86:
Primanti Brothers - OG Locations - 1832 East Carson Street and 2 Market Square
Turning Red on Disney +
Episode 85:
Fear of the Dawn by Jack White
Abbott Elementary
Episode 84:
Station Eleven
Marvel Unlimited
Episode 83:
Radiolab Episode: The Helen Keller Exorcism
White Folks by Timothy J. Lensmire
Episode 82:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Adam Project on Netflix
Episode 81:
Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace by David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson
Project Hail Mary by Adam Weir
Episode 80:
Free Guy
Batman Hush
Episode 79:
Creating Wicked Students by Paul Handstedt
Jackass Forever
Episode 78:
Episode 77:
The Morning Show
Dave Grohl's Storyteller
Episode 76:
All joys, because we picked our favorite science books, the so check the shownotes.
Episode 75:
Tender Bar on Amazon Prime
This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
Episode 74:
All joys, because we picked our favorite science movies, the so check the shownotes.
Episode 73:
Radio Lab's Mixtape project
Merlin Mann's Wisdom Project
Episode 72:
Butterhorns [Not MY Grandmothers recipe, but close]
1971 - The Year that Music Changed Everything on Apple TV+
Episode 71:
Nobody movie
Spiderman: No Way Home movie
Episode 70:
Christmas Lights
Movies (Maybe Oscar Nominees?) - Power of the Dog, The Unforgivable, Passing, Bruised.
Episode 69:
The 8 Blog
Westworld
Episode 68:
Dori's Cookies by Dori Greenspan - In particular, Macrons (Homemade)
Cactus Blooms
Leftovers
Episode 67:
Group Tabs in Safari
Five Second Rule
Episode 66:
OECD Schooling During a Pandemic: The Experience and Outcomes of Schoolchildren During the First Round of COVID-19 Lockdowns
APA Historical Chronology: Examining psychology’s contributions to the belief in racial hierarchy and perpetuation of inequality for people of color in U.S.
Episode 65:
What happened Ms. Simone? on Netflix
Throughline : The Deep History of Dune
Episode 64:
Saga by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples
How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Katy Milkman
Episode 63:
South Lake Podcast
Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller
Episode 62:
Book Stores (in Scott's case: Webster's Bookstore and Cafe, State College, PA)
Sex Education on Netflix
Episode 61:
Michigander
Harry Styles
Episode 60:
The Dresden Files Novels by Jim Butcher
Squid Game on Netflix
Episode 59:
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead / the Wonder Years reboot
Bodywork / Massage Therapy
Episode 58:
Reservation Dogs on FX via Hulu
After Life on Netflix
Episode 57:
Spanish Model by Elvis Costello
Lift Hydrofoil Surfboard
Episode 56:
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Episode 55:
Marvel's What if...? on Disney +
Longwood Gardens
Episode 54:
Live Music - Green Day, Weezer, and Fall Out Boy
Maintenance Phase Podcast
Episode 53:
99% Invisible Podcast
AAA
Episode 52:
All our joys for the year.
Episode 51:
Allison and all of our listeners! As we finish season one of this podcast, we appreciate all of you who are listeners. You bring us joy!
Episode 50:
Great Pottery Throwdown on HBO Max
Olympics - 3 on 3 Basketball
Episode 49:
Ted Lasso, Season 2 on Apple TV+
McCartney 3, 2, 1 on Hulu
Episode 48:
Meditation and apps to help like, Calm, Headspace, or Ten Percent
The Summer of Soul on Hulu
Episode 47:
Black Widow on Disney+
Peaky Blinders on Netflix
Episode 46:
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Electric Townie Bikes
Episode 45:
Sweet Tooth on Netflix (yes, again)
Part 2 of Lupin on Netflix
Kubb
Episode 44:
Sweettooth on Netflix
Peanut Butter Covered JoJo's
Episode 43:
Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet
Mare of Easttown
Check out Saturday Night Live's Durder Murder skit
Episode 42:
Z Library - A resource for books and articles.
The Missing Course by David Gooblar
Episode 41:
Gutterballs: The Big Lebowski Deepcast (Episode 1)
Pangram App
Episode 40:
Slow Burn Podcast from Slate
The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand
Episode 39:
Lupin on Netflix
Middleditch and Schwartz on Netflix
Episode 38:
Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney +
Invincible on Comixology and Amazon Prime
Episode 37:
Mr. Miracle
Sunny Rowing Machine
Episode 36:
Nomadland
Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard by Michael Ruhlman
Episode 35:
Things that bring us joy this week:
Smartless Podcast
Sound of Metal
Episode 34:
Beartown on HBO Max
What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami
Episode 33:
Magic Playlist on Spotify
Domi and JD Beck - Sniff
Episode 32:
The White Stripes Greatest Hits
Tim Harford's Data Detective and Cautionary Tales Podcast
Episode 31:
Gray, R., McDonald, S., & Stroupe, D. (2021). What you find depends on how you see: Examining asset and deficit perspectives of preservice science teachers’ knowledge and learning. Studies in Science Education.
Breville Smart Scoop
Episode 30:
Things that bring us joy this week:
Letterkenny on Netflix
Meeting the Universe Halfway by Karen Barad
Episode 29:
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab
A Beginner's Guide to Snow Shoeing
Episode 28:
Things that bring us joy this week:
Blown Away on Netflix
Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel by Bernardine Evaristo
Episode 27:
Premier League Soccer
The Flight Attendant on HBOMax
Episode 26:
500 Rum/Rummy
Song Exploder on Netflix and as a podcast
Episode 25:
Lego - Yoda
Bob's Burger's Clue Game
Episode 24:
Definitely Maybe (2008)
The Manifesto for Teaching Online
Episode 23:
Occulus Quest
Scene on Radio - In particular the most recent season (3) focused on Democracy, and the first season about whiteness.
Episode 22:
The Hot Ones
Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager
Episode 21:
Jackbox Games in particular T.K.O., Trivia Murder Party, and Quiplash.
Derry Girls on Netflix
Episode 20:
Caves of Steel by Issac Azimov
Poetry for Neanderthals
Episode 19:
Sunderland 'Til I Die on Netflix
Stevie Wonder's Songs on the Key of Life and Talking Book
Episode 18:
Dune by Frank Herbert
Harley Quinn Series on HBO Max
Episode 17:
Mandalorian on Disney Plus
Sonos The Encyclopedia of Bittany Radio Show
Episode 16:
The Queen's Gambit on Netflix
Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell
Episode 15:
The Old Guard Vol. 2: Force Multiplied
American Utopia on HBO Max
Episode 14:
Fargo (The TV show, Season 4) on FX
Watchmen on HBO
Episode 13:
The Adventure Zone
Boy Pablo - in particular, "Hey Girl"
Episode 12:
Anthropocene Reviewed
Adobe Scan App
Episode 11:
Mission to Zyxx
Gideon Falls
Episode 10:
Bob's Burgers
The Boys on Amazon Prime based on The Boys comicbook
Episode 9:
Ted Lasso on Apple TV+
Grey Man Series
Episode 8:
Qwirkle
Ticket to Ride
Bananagrams
Chronology
Episode 7:
East of West
Documentary Now; In particular, Season 1 episode named "A Town, A Gangster, A Festival"
Episode 6:
TrailLink
Biking - nothing to recommend except to go out and do it. Can look at Strava.
Episode 5:
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Nina SImone
Episode 4:
The Old Guard Graphic Novel
The Old Guard Movie
Episode 3:
Oceanhorn 2
Leaders Eat Last
Episode 2:
Memory Palace Podcast
Cautionary Tales Podcast
Episode 1:
The Food Network show Chopped
Against the Rules podcast by Michael Lewis