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Here's the thing about THE THING - it might be the best movie we've ever covered? Emily VanDerWerff joins us (and joins the five-timers club!) to discuss Carpenter's Arctic paranoia classic, which was unfairly maligned upon release. Topics covered include the “Brimley COCOON Line,” the film as a trans allegory, and dogs getting their faces peeled back like bananas. This episode is sponsored by: Noom (noom.com/check) Indeed (indeed.com/check) 3Chi (CODE: BC2021) Checkout Emily's podcast What to Watch on the Vox Quick Hits feed or the scripted series Arden! Join our Patreon at patreon.com/blankcheck Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter and Instagram! Buy some real nerdy merch at shopblankcheckpod.myshopify.com

We're going to make this goodbye short and sweet: Vox Quick Hits is ending.  All of us from the Vox Culture Desk and the team at The Goods want to thank you for following our work and tuning in to Tell Me More, Ask a Book Critic, The Best Money I Ever Spent and What to Watch. You can still keep up with us on vox.com. Vox Quick Hits was made by... Hosts: Constance Grady Meredith Haggerty Rebecca Jennings Alanna Okun Emily Stewart Emily VanDerWerff Alissa Wilkinson Producers: Sofi Lalonde and Schuyler Swenson Senior Producer: Taylor Maycan Engineers: Paul Robert Mounsey Editors: Julia Rubin and Jen Trolio Executive Producer: Liz Kelly Nelson Thanks so much for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everything you should have watched this summer as recommended — for the final time — by Vox's film critic Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and critic at large Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw). Thanks for listening to What to Watch. If you enjoyed the show, please rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer Gray Chapman tells us why a dinner of oysters, caviar, and champagne the night before she gave birth was the best $298 she ever spent.  Link to essay: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22456529/best-money-birth-c-section-oysters-cocktail  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  - Editor: Alanna Okun (@alanna) - Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde) - Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For our very last episode, a listener asked for books with disabled protagonists. Specifically, characters whose disability is not their defining trait. Ask a Book Critic will continue in text form, so don't stop sending your requests! Check out vox.com/ask-a-book-critic. Thank you for listening!  Constance recommends:  The Cormoran Strike books by Robert Galbraith Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo The Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles   If you're looking for a book recommendation, you can email constance.grady@vox.com — and be sure to use the subject line “Ask a Book Critic.”    Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Ask a Book Critic on Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer Mae Rice goes to Starbucks every day. She tells us why she has no plans to stop. Link to essay: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/9/18296792/starbucks-habit-millennials-money  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  Editor: Alanna Okun (@alanna) Producers: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde) Engineer: Cristian Ayala Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HBO's hit series The White Lotus takes the darkly comedic mind of creator Mike White and turns it loose on an elite resort in Hawaii. It's a very funny, very engrossing look at the global mega-rich, with phenomenal performances up and down the cast list. And you can watch all six episodes right now. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by:  - Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) - Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) - Engineer: Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A listener asks for help with getting out of a reading rut. A voracious reader as a child, they now need some help falling in love with reading again. Vox Book Critic Constance Grady recommends big, grab-you-by-the-throat books to help us all rediscover our love of reading. Plus, hear some of Constance's conversation with Tamsyn Muir from their Vox Book Club Zoom event. Constance recommends: The Carry On series by Rainbow Rowell Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi The Shadow and Bone series by Leigh Bardugo Sorcery and Cecilia: Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Caroline Stevermer and Patricia Wrede Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth of the Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir If you're looking for a book recommendation, you can email constance.grady@vox.com –  Be sure to use the subject line “Ask a Book Critic.”    Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Ask a Book Critic on Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three movies and a TV show perfect for back-to-school season.  Alissa's picks: ‘Legally Blonde'  ‘Approaching the Elephant' Emily's picks:  ‘Community'  ‘To Have and To Be' Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by:  - Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) - Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) - Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok has a tendency to make products fly off the shelves. But then they flame out fast. Vox's in-house TikTok expert Rebecca Jennings explains the phenomenon, the relationship between influencers and brands, and the inevitable pitfalls that come with a rapid rise to recognition. Read Rebecca's story here.  This episode of Vox Quick Hits was made by: Hosts: Adam Clark Estes (@adamclarkestes) and Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) Producers: Schuyler Swenson and Taylor Maycan Engineers: Paul Mounsey and Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions) Learn something new today? Rate Recode Daily and Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, even better, tell a friend!  Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Tell Me More by subscribing to Vox Quick Hits in your favorite podcast app. Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer Doree Shafrir explains why she and her husband spent $3,000 on dog training for their unruly yet deeply loved dog, Beau.  Link to essay: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/9/20677946/doree-shafrir-dog-training-best-money Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  - Editor: Alanna Okun (@alanna) - Producers: Sofi LaLonde and Schuyler Swenson  - Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CODA is a heartwarming coming-of-age story about a teen, her dreams, and her deaf family. In theaters now and streaming on Apple TV+. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by rating Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts, or by making a financial contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts     Episode by:  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A listener asked for books that are mysterious, intriguing, and may or may not involve a murder. More specifically, books like The Secret History. Vox book critic Constance Grady gives four recommendations this week, including an entire genre. Plus, hear part of last year's Vox Book Club Zoom event about The Secret History with writer Nicole Cliffe. Constance recommends:  If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio The Likeness by Tana French Tam Lin by Pamela Dean Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo If you're looking for a book recommendation, you can email constance.grady@vox.com — and be sure to use the subject line “Ask a Book Critic.”    Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Ask a Book Critic on Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summer vacation is top of mind here at What to Watch. Grab your flip flops, some popcorn (or perhaps a piña colada?) and pretend you're on holiday with one of these four fantastic films.  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by:  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Mounsey  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer Deepa Lakshmin explains how spending $29 on a concert ticket – for a show she didn't even attend – taught her to love doing things alone. Link to essay: https://www.vox.com/2019/12/3/20991951/best-money-concert-ticket-solo-activities  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  - Editor: Alanna Okun (@alanna) - Producers: Sofi LaLonde and Schuyler Swenson  - Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A swashbuckling tale of adventure that feels dragged out of the mists of time, the new A24 film stars Dev Patel and is based on one of the most famous and important works of English literature: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century Arthurian tale penned in Middle English that has inspired centuries of study, contemplation, and scholarly bickering.  Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson explains why you should spend time in Gawain's world this weekend. The Green Knight is in select theaters starting July 30.  Read more about The Green Knight:  Alissa's review The magic, sex, and violence of the 14th-century poem behind The Green Knight by Vox's Constance Grady. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by:  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Mounsey  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A caller asks for books that feel like The Wonder Years. Vox book critic Constance Grady recommends three books that are perfect for summer nostalgia. Plus, Constance discusses the “free narrative” of The Princess Bride in a clip from the Vox Book Club Zoom event. Constance recommends:  All Adults Here by Emma Straub Summer Sisters by Judy Blume The Princess Bride by William Goldman If you're looking for a book recommendation, you can email constance.grady@vox.com — and be sure to use the subject line “Ask A Book Critic.”    Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of “Ask a Book Critic” on Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week: Sports! You had to know we were going to talk about sports, right? Yes, the long-overdue 2020 Tokyo Olympics are here. Get in the competitive spirit with these movies, TV shows, and episodes.  Fake It So Real  The Rookie  Nimrod Nation  Brockmire The Office - season 4, episodes 1 and 2  Battlestar Galactica - season 3, episode 9  Did you love something we recommended? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and tell us about it in a review on Apple Podcasts. Looking for a new show or movie? We can help! No request is too vague or too specific. We'll pair you with something perfect. Contact taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email!  Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by:  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It seems reasonable to assume that food packaging saying the contents are expired indicates inedible food. You can trust the labels on what you buy in the grocery store, can't you? Except America's food label system isn't standardized, and it has very little to do with food safety. In other words, you could be tossing eggs and milk and other goods that are perfectly fine to eat. Vox's Alissa Wilkinson explains. Learn More:  Read Alissa's story here. This episode of Tell Me More was made by Host: Emily Stewart (@emilystewartm) Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde) Engineer: Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions)  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, even better, tell a friend!    What do you want to learn on Tell Me More? Send your requests and questions to tellmemore@voxmedia.com. We read every email!    Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Tell Me More by subscribing to Vox Quick Hits in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

K-pop is hugely popular worldwide, and boy band BTS's “Dynamite” was virtually inescapable in 2020. And yet, the genre is hard to find on American radio. Despite K-pop's takeoff online in the US and all over the globe, radio DJs still find most of it too risky to play for a Top 40 audience. Aja Romano, a culture writer at Vox, explains why. Learn more:  Read Aja's story about K-pop and American radio here. While you're at it, check out Aja's BTS explainer.  And they made a K-pop playlist! Check it out on Spotify. Also, Explained has a Netflix episode on K-Pop!  This episode of Tell Me More was made by Host: Emily Stewart (@emilystewartm) Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde) Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, even better, tell a friend!    What do you want to learn on Tell Me More? Send your requests and questions to tellmemore@voxmedia.com. We read every email!    Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Tell Me More by subscribing to Vox Quick Hits in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just like teen getting famous on TikTok over night, products are now going viral on the platform. Vox's in-house TikTok expert Rebecca Jennings explain how this phenomenon works, the relationship between influencers and brands, plus the inevitable pitfalls that come with a rapid rise to recognition. Learn More:  Read Rebecca's story here.  This episode of Tell Me More was made by:  Hosts: Rebecca Jennings(@rebexxxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) Producer: Schuyler Swenson Engineer: Paul Mounsey Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, even better, tell a friend!    Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Tell Me More by subscribing to Vox Quick Hits in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Katherine Oung's mother says “I love you” with plates of cut fruit. Katherine say it with cups of coffee. The Best Money I Ever Spent is a personal essay series from The Goods about the purchases that changed our lives in ways big and small. This episode was produced by Schuyler Swenson, edited by Alanna Okun and mixed by Paul Mounsey. You can read Katherine's essay here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of The Best Money I Ever Spent on Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes all you want to do on a sticky summer weekend is huddle up next to the air conditioner with a great, bingeable comedy. Emily VanDerWerff, Vox's critic at large, recommends three short-run TV comedies you can finish by Monday: We Are Lady Parts on NBC's Peacock, Mythic Quest on Apple TV+, and Feel Good on Netflix.  We're conducting an audience survey to better serve you. It takes about five minutes, and it really helps out the show. Please take our survey here: vox.com/survey Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Looking for a new show or movie? We can help! No request is too vague or too specific. We'll pair you with something perfect. Contact taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email!  What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts And be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by following us in your favorite podcast app. Episode by:  - Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) - Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) - Engineer: Melissa Pons, Hemlock Creek Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In many parts of the world, insects are a regular part of people's diets. That's not the case in the United States, but perhaps it should be. Vox senior correspondent Dylan Matthews explains why eating bugs may be a more environmentally friendly alternative to eating meat, as well as what insect farming might look like. He also lays out why some people still have reservations about insect diets (beyond the ick factor), since we don't know whether insects feel significant pain. Learn More:  Read Dylan's story here.  And you can read more about sustainability and farming from the team at Future Perfect.  This episode of Tell Me More was made by:  Host: Emily Stewart (@emilystewartm)  Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde) Engineer: Paul Mounsey Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, even better, tell a friend!    Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Tell Me More by subscribing to Vox Quick Hits in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's been a lot of pressure to become a better person during the pandemic — to pick up a new hobby, read more books, or learn a new language. And as life gets back to something like normal for many Americans, that pressure is coming around again. Some employers are reportedly asking job applicants about the "passion project" they pursued over the past 18 months. Even in social circles, there's a sense that you were supposed to have undertaken some form of self-improvement during the Covid-19 outbreak, instead of just surviving. Vox's Anna North dives into why some people still feel they were expected to treat the pandemic as an opportunity for growth. Learn more:  Read Anna North's pandemic productivity story here.  Vox senior reporter Constance Grady also wrote about pandemic productivity back in April 2020. This episode of Tell Me More was made by:  Host: Emily Stewart (@emilystewartm)  Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde) Engineer: Sofi LaLonde Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, even better, tell a friend!    Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Tell Me More by subscribing to Vox Quick Hits in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nothing makes a corporation seem less evil than a shout-out to small business. Big companies love to talk about how much they support the little guys. But are they actually helping or harming and what can be done about their fraught relationship? Vox's Emily Stewart explains how companies like Uber and Facebook and Amazon use the reputation of small business for their own benefit and what we as consumers can do to actually save their smaller competitors. Read the full story:  https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22550608/how-big-business-exploits-small-business Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  - Hosts: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) - Producer: Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Constance recommends novels about how being Extremely Online™ messes with our brains. Plus, hear Constance in conversation with Rumaan Alam about his book Leave the World Behind from Vox's Book Club Zoom event in June. Constance recommends: Self Care by Leigh Stein Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam If you're looking for a book recommendation, you can email constance.grady@vox.com –  Be sure to use the subject line “Ask a Book Critic.”   Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Ask a Book Critic on Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Drive-in movie theaters have made a comeback — and today, we pretend we're at one. From horror to weird cult classics, we pick our dream drive-in flicks. Grab some popcorn and a giant soda and join us! Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Looking for a new show or movie? We can help! No request is too vague or too specific. We'll pair you with something perfect. Email our producer taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by: Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Mounsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A special repost from the folks at Vox Quick Hits! While the Recode Daily team is out enjoying some vacation, Tell Me More host Emily Stewart and Vox senior correspondent Anna North are here to explore the ways the pandemic changed the way we work, and whether we can — and should — go back.  This episode originally aired June 8, 2021 on Vox Quick Hits.  Learn more:  Read Anna's story on bosses moving past the pandemic: https://www.vox.com/22455058/jobs-restaurants-office-employers-covid-pandemic-workv Find Emily's story on states cutting off unemployment insurance early here: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/6/3/22465160/states-ending-unemployment-labor-shortage-texas Tell Me More is a Vox Quick Hits podcast hosted by Emily Stewart and produced by Sofi LaLonde. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email!   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Recode Daily and Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Max Ufberg and his girlfriend left New York for Pennsylvania at the beginning of the pandemic, they assumed it would be a quick trip. But as weeks became months, they splurged on a kayak and began to spend their downtime ambling through the very landscapes Max had once been so eager to leave behind. And he started to realize just how wrong he was about the place.  Read his essay here; https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/11/10/21556650/best-money-covid-19-moving-home-kayak Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producers: Sofi LaLonde and Schuyler Swenson Editors: Alanna Okun and Taylor Maycan Engineer: Paul Mounsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wrinkles have been the bane of aging women's skin since forever. A fear of growing older and physical signs of aging is at the core of a $200 billion dollar anti-aging skin care industry, but there's hope that this may start to change. Vox senior correspondent, Anna North, explains what's behind a growing movement to love the skin we're in, no matter what age. Read the full story: https://www.vox.com/22526590/wrinkles-skin-botox-aging-pandemic-filler Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  - Hosts: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) - Producer: Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summer of Soul revives the forgotten, groovy history of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a pivotal moment in Black culture sometimes dubbed “Black Woodstock.”  This massive concert series spanned multiple weekends and featured everyone from Sly and the Family Stone to Nina Simone to Stevie Wonder to Mahalia Jackson. But the footage of the festival sat in a basement for 50 years. Now it's been compiled into a documentary by director Ahmir Thompson — better known as Questlove, the drummer and frontman for the Roots — and the result is absolutely infectious. How to watch it: Summer of Soul is in theaters and streaming on Hulu. Read Alissa's review here: Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Looking for a new show or movie? We can help! No request is too vague or too specific. We'll pair you with something perfect. Contact taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email!  Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by:  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Melissa Pons (@melissapons1 — Hemlock Creek Productions: https://www.hemlockcreekprod.com/)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, a caller from Chicago requests books that take a deep dive into world building and world destroying. Think apocalyptic fiction! Plus, hear Naomi Alderman talk about her book, The Power, as we revisit the Vox Book Club zoom event from April. For books about the end of the world, Constance recommends:  The Terra Incognita Trilogy by Ada Palmer Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Learn More:  Find Constance and Naomi's book club conversation here. If you're looking for a book recommendation, you can email Constance Dot Grady at Vox dot com. Be sure to use the subject line “Ask A Book Critic.”    Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Ask a Book Critic on Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wrinkles have been the bane of aging women's skin since forever. A fear of growing older and physical signs of aging is at the core of a $200 billion dollar anti-aging skin care industry, but there's hope that this may start to change. Vox senior correspondent, Anna North, explains what's behind a growing movement to love the skin we're in, no matter what age. Read the full story: https://www.vox.com/22526590/wrinkles-skin-botox-aging-pandemic-filler Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  - Hosts: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) - Producer: Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fast cars! Explosions! Family! Outer space! The Fast & Furious franchise has a glorious new addition. In fact, F9 might be the most perfect Hollywood summer blockbuster ever made.  Read Alissa's review here. Read Emily's explainer of The Fast & Furious franchise here.  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Looking for a new show or movie? We can help! No request is too vague or too specific. We'll pair you with something perfect. Contact taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email!  Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by:  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Melissa Pons, Hemlock Creek Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Commuting by ferry — remember when we all used to commute? — gave The Goods Deputy Editor Meredith Haggerty cheap and easy access to a feeling mostly reserved for movie trailers. Read Meredith's essay here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of The Best Money I Ever Spent on Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app.   This episode was made by:  - Editor: Alanna Okun (@alanna) - Producers: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan), Schuyler Swenson and Sofi LaLonde - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been almost a decade since the idea of the “girlboss” emerged in the corporate world. And while the concept had feminist intentions, the conflation of feminism and capitalism has lead to its downfall. Senior culture writer, Alex Abad-Santos (@alex_abads) explains why we weren't wrong to hope that girlboss culture would change the workplace for the better, and why it ultimately failed. Read the full story: https://www.vox.com/22466574/gaslight-gatekeep-girlboss-meaning Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  Hosts: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) Producer: Schuyler Swenson Engineer: Melissa Pons (@melissapons1), Hemlock Creek Productions  Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A 68-year-old, retired grandmother wants to know: "Are there any reads about senior women having creative, life-altering adventures that don't heavily involve matriarchal family stuff? " It's a tough request considering the publishing industry hasn't demonstrated much interest in these types of stories. But Constance did some research, phoned a friend for help (her mom) and has three books to recommend. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Ask a Book Critic by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts If you're looking for a book to read, email constance.grady@vox.com for a recommendation. Be sure to use the subject line “Ask A Book Critic.” And remember, the more specific you can be about the kind of book you're looking for, the better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Whether or not you grew up watching the hit TV teen drama, Dawson's Creek, you are probably familiar with a gif of the titular Dawson, played by James Van Der Beek, sobbing all over the internet. Why did this become a thing and what was the backstory behind it's existence in the first place? Vox's Constance Grady interviewed showrunners, editors, and TV critics to find the answers. Read the full story: https://www.vox.com/culture/22364676/dawson-crying-gif-secret-history-dawsons-creek-legend Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits  and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app.This episode was made by:  - Hosts: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) - Producer: Taylor Maycan, Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the Heights, the new movie musical based on Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit Broadway debut, seems poised to be the movie of the summer. It's an electric, joyful celebration of the Latino community in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood — and it will make you want to dance. If you haven't been back to the theaters yet, this is the movie to go see.  Read Alissa's review of In the Heights here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Looking for a new show or movie? We can help! Let us know the occasion or what you're in the mood for and we'll pair you with something perfect. Email taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every message!  Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by:  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Mounsey    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Despite TikTok's promise of being the world's biggest algorithmically-driven talent show, you may have noticed that the app rewards...the same kinds of people. Rebecca Jennings explains why the TikToc to Hollywood pipelines doesn't always produce the most interesting or unique stars. Read the full story:  https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2021/5/18/22440937/tiktok-addison-rae-bella-poarch-build-a-bitch-charli-damelio-mediocrity Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  - Hosts: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) - Producer: Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Drive-in movie theaters have made a comeback — and today, we pretend we're at one. From horror to weird cult classics, we pick our dream drive-in flicks. Grab some popcorn and a giant soda and join us! Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Looking for a new show or movie? Let us help! No request is too vague or too specific. We'll pair you with something perfect. Email our producer taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email!   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by: Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Mounsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Books can feel like a plane ticket to a new part of the world you've never seen, a glimpse into a lifestyle or new way of being in the world. A caller from Chicago requests sprawling nonfiction books about a city and the characters in them. Constance recommends: Erik Larson's Devil in the White City Thomas Dyja's New York, New York, New York Conor Dougherty's Golden Gates Watch all of Constace's conversation with author N.K. Jemisin and The Great Cities trilogy at the vox book club here: https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/5/1/21242844/nk-jemisin-interview-the-city-we-became-vox-book-club If you're looking for a book recommendation, you can email Constance Dot Grady at Vox dot com. Be sure to use the subject line “Ask A Book Critic.”    Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Ask a Book Critic on Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You may have noticed that shorts are getting shorter, legs are the new abs, and it's now socially acceptable to thirst over men with huge thighs on the internet. Vox senior culture reporter, Alex Abad-Santos (@alex_abads) explains why this summer is all about men's thighs and why we should care. Read Alex's story here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  Host: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Producer: Schuyler Swenson  Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've all got one: a go-to comfort watch — that show or movie you can always turn to for a pick-me-up. This week on What to Watch, we share ours.  Vox's film critic Alissa Wilkinson is hooked on HBO's Selena + Chef, critic at large Emily VanDerWerff can always count on Star Trek (especially Deep Space Nine), and senior producer Taylor Maycan explains her longtime love of CBS's Survivor.  What to Watch is a Vox Quick Hits exclusive series. New episodes every Friday.  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Can't find a good movie or show to watch?  Let us help! No request is too broad or too specific. We read every email: taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear next week's episode of What to Watch by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Language and identity are tightly intertwined. Which is why for Latina writer Maria Theresa Hart, conquering the Spanish language was something she's tried to achieve since childhood. When Trump was elected in 2016, she decided to double down on her commitment. Read Maria's essay here: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/8/4/21348704/spanish-classes-latina-trump-america-english  This episode was made by:  Writer: Maria Theresa Hart Editor: Alanna Okun Producers: Schuyler Swenson, Sofi LaLonde Engineer: Paul Mounsey Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of The Best Money I Ever Spent on Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's an ongoing reckoning happening in the book publishing industry. Younger staff at publishing houses like Simon & Schuster and Hachette are starting to organize a protest their company's decisions to publish books by controversial figures, from Mike Pence to Woody Allen. And it's forcing the industry to ask itself some really tough questions about it's role as a huge platform and financial resource for authors. Vox book critic Constance Grady joins the show to shed some light on book deals and discuss her take on the industry's existential woes. Read the full story:  https://www.vox.com/culture/22423485/publishing-book-deal-simon-schuster-mike-pence-kellyanne-conway-dutton-linda-fairstein Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  - Hosts: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) - Producer: Taylor Maycan, Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jean Smart (the living legend and multiple Emmy winner) plays Deborah Vance, a famous comedian whose glory days are behind her. Deborah's agent has a suggestion for her: Hire a younger comedy writer named Ava (Hannah Einbinder) to help spice up her material.  Smart and Einbinder's chemistry and performances take “Hacks” from a showbiz comedy to something with broader appeal. It's a show that's interested in the ways women in male-dominated industries are constantly one mistake away from having their careers seriously undermined, the ways that women across different generations view the world differently, and the ways those different points of view can make for varied types of comedy. “Hacks” will release two new episodes on HBO Max every Thursday until June 10. The first four are streaming now. Read Emily's review of Hacks here. Looking for a new show or movie? Let us help! No request is too vague or too specific. We'll pair you with something perfect. Contact taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email!  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A caller writes “I love a good plot twist. Bonus if the plot isn't a murder or cfrime.” Vox book critic, Constance Grady gives some recs and shares an excerpt of her conversation with Susan Choi, author of Trust Exercise, from the Vox Book Club.  Constance recommends: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein The Nickle Boys by Colson Whitehead Trust Exercise by Susan Choi Watch Susan Choi's full conversation with Constance here:  https://www.vox.com/culture/22163906/susan-choi-trust-exercise-interview-vox-book-club If you are looking for a book recommendation, you can email Constance Dot Grady at Vox dot com. Be sure to use the subject line “Ask A Book Critic.”    Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thanks to Afterpay and Klarna, it’s easier than ever to buy in installments. Now, the model is coming for necessities. The buy now pay later concept isn’t new, but as startups make it more popular, what might be the unforeseen consequences, and why might Americans be particularly susceptible to going into more and more debt?  Rebecca Jennings and Meredith Haggerty are co-hosts of the Vox Culture desk audio series, What’s the Story? Featuring reporter Terry Nguyen, who wrote about this topic for The Goods.  Read the full story:  https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2021/5/11/22429014/buy-now-pay-later-pandemic-expansion Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  - Hosts: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) - Producer: Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thanks to Afterpay and Klarna, it's easier than ever to buy in installments. Now, the model is coming for necessities. The buy now pay later concept isn't new, but as startups make it more popular, what might be the unforeseen consequences, and why might Americans be particularly susceptible to going into more and more debt? Terry Nguyen wrote about this for The Goods.  Read the full story:  https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2021/5/11/22429014/buy-now-pay-later-pandemic-expansion Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  - Hosts: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) - Producer: Taylor Maycan, Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This weekend, Vox critic-at-large Emily VanDerWerff and film critic Alissa Wilkinson recommend you dive into the first few episodes of Amazon Prime Video's 10-episode miniseries The Underground Railroad.  Directed by Moonlight director Barry Jenkins, the series adapts Colson Whitehead's award-winning novel about a young woman escaping slavery by traveling on a literal underground railroad, with a train and everything. The series is a mesmerizing adaptation of a wonderful novel, and it's one of the best TV shows of the year so far.  All 10 episodes are available on Amazon Prime Video. Episodes range in length from 20 minutes to 77 minutes. (Yes, really. But trust us — it works)  Read Emily's review of The Underground Railroad.  Looking for a new show or movie? Let us help! No request is too vague or too specific. We'll pair you with something perfect. Contact taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email!  - Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. - Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. - What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Episode by:  - Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) - Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) - Engineer: Paul Mounsey    ^^^^^^ copy to review - thanks so much!  ^^^^^^^ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you haven't been fat, you might not know what it's like to fly as a fat person. To walk past rows of passengers who meet your face with dread, disgust, or fear. To hear your body loudly derided in your presence. To be removed from a flight and required to rebook, sometimes without a refund, and nearly always without legal recourse.  This week on The Best Money I Ever Spent, Aubrey Gordon, the writer behind ‘Your Fat Friend' and the co-host of the Maintenance Phase, explains how a simple device she purchased for $19.98 — her travel talisman — helped her reclaim control and dignity over some of the worst aspects of flying.  Read Aubrey's essay here.  This episode was made by:  - Writer: Aubrey Gordon (@yrfatfriend) - Editor: Alanna Okun (@alanna) - Producers: Schuyler Swenson, Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan)  - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

America’s high-flying housing market might mean you’ll be renting forever — or, at least, for quite some time. Housing prices have soared during the pandemic as people have rushed to buy homes to escape cities and secure space for themselves and their families. Big companies have scooped up houses as well, sometimes outcompeting would-be homebuyers. As a result, more people may be pushed toward rentals because they can’t find or afford houses to buy. Recode’s Rani Molla explains whether the housing boom is turning America into a nation of renters. Learn more:  Read Rani’s story on how soaring home prices are pushing people into the rental market here.  Find Vox’s explainer about North America’s lumber mania here.  Enjoyed this episode? Find more episodes of Tell Me More in the Vox Quick Hits feed!  Don’t forget! Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email!    Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether or not you grew up watching the hit TV teen drama, Dawson's Creek, you are probably familiar with a gif of the titular Dawson, played by James Van Der Beek, sobbing all over the internet. Why did this become a thing and what was the backstory behind it's existence in the first place? Vox's Constance Grady interviewed showrunners, editors, and TV critics to find the answers. Read the full story. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  Host: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Producer: Schuyler Swenson Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vox critic-at-large Emily VanDerWerff and film critic Alissa Wilkinson recommend FX's groundbreaking series Pose, which recently started its third and final season. The show dramatizes the lives of members of New York City's drag ball community in the late 1980s and early '90s. It's a fundamentally warm and optimistic celebration of found family, but it's also not afraid to look at the terrible things that can happen to queer people in our culture, particularly during that time period. Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Netflix. 18 episodes total. New episodes Sunday on FX and available Monday on Hulu. Looking for a new show or movie? Let us help! No request is too vague or too specific. We'll pair you with something perfect. Contact taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday on Vox Quick Hits. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and please leave a review! Episode by: Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Mounsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tell Me More is Vox Quick Hits exclusive series, hosted by Vox reporter Emily Stewart and produced by Sofi LaLonde. America's high-flying housing market might mean you'll be renting forever — or, at least, for quite some time. Housing prices have soared during the pandemic as people have rushed to buy homes to escape cities and secure space for themselves and their families. Big companies have scooped up houses as well, sometimes outcompeting would-be homebuyers. As a result, more people may be pushed toward rentals because they can't find or afford houses to buy. Recode's Rani Molla explains whether the housing boom is turning America into a nation of renters. Learn more:  Read Rani's story on how soaring home prices are pushing people into the rental market here.  Find Vox's explainer about North America's lumber mania here.  Tell Me More is Vox Quick Hits exclusive series, hosted by Vox reporter Emily Stewart and produced by Sofi LaLonde. What are you curious to know more about? Send your questions to tellmemore@voxmedia.com. We read every email! Enjoyed this episode? Rate Tell Me More ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Tell Me More by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Tell Me More by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A caller from Austin, TX wants to check out some books from her local library, but is finding that many titles are on hold. Vox book critic, Constance Grady recommends some under the radar hits that will likely be available a local public library. Constance recommends: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis Cakes and Ale by William Somerset Maugham The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah If you are looking for a book recommendation, you can email Constance Dot Grady at Vox dot com. Be sure to use the subject line “Ask A Book Critic.”    Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let's be clear: All the available vaccines are worth taking and public health officials have avoided comparing them, because the best coronavirus vaccine is whichever one you can get. But that hasn't stopped people from inventing their own perceptions about what it means to be part of the Moderna Mafia or the Pfizer Pham. Vox contributor Luke Winkie (@luke_winkie) explains why we do this. Read the story. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Host: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Producer: Schuyler Swenson  Engineer: Paul Mounsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've been hunkered down at home for more than a year and, for many families, that's meant finding common ground in viewing habits.  This week on What to Watch, Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson and critic at large Emily VanDerWerff help Stasi, a California mom with two tweens (ages 10 and 12). Stasi says it has been tough to find things to watch as a family — the options are either too juvenile or too mature, and very few hit that sweet spot right in middle. So she wants to know: What should they try? Emily recommends: Wolfwalkers (Apple TV+): Animated storytelling at its finest.  Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix): One of the greatest shows ever made.  Lost (Hulu): Perhaps the most significant show of the 21st century. Alissa recommends: Nailed It! (Netflix): A playful reality baking show that celebrates the joy of sugar, friendship, and messing up. I Am Greta (Hulu): An intimate, vulnerable documentary about the teen behind the headlines. The Water Man (in theaters May 7): It feels like a family film from a bygone era — and that's what makes it great. Looking for a new show or movie? Let us help you find it! No request is too broad or too specific, and we'll pair you with something perfect. Email taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email.  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by: Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Mounsey  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Questionable facts and numbers plague the conversation around sustainability and fashion, and that makes the industry harder to regulate. Sustainable fashion expert and journalist Alden Wicker found out why and how the average person can help.  Read Alden's full story here. - Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. - Looking for a new show or movie? Let us help you find it! No request is too vague or specific. Email taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email.  - Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. - What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  - Host: Meredith Haggarty (@manymanywords) - Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan), Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You may have noticed that shorts are getting shorter, legs are the new abs, and it's now socially acceptable to thirst over men with huge thighs on the internet. Vox senior culture reporter, Alex Abad-Santos (@alex_abads) explains why this summer is all about men's thighs and why we should care. Read Alex's story here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  Host: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Producer: Schuyler Swenson  Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Film critic Alissa Wilkinson and critic-at-large Emily VanDerWerff do an epic speed run through the eight films nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars (Sunday, April 25, on ABC).   In this Best Picture Battle Royale, Alissa and Emily go head to head and each make a case for four films — why these films deserve to win Best Picture and why you should watch them before the big night. (Spoiler alert: Not all of them are worth your time!) Read more about the nominees: Judas and the Black Messiah Mank Minari Nomadland Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal The Father The Trial of the Chicago 7 Are you on the hunt for a good show or movie? Let us help you find it! No request is too broad or too specific. We'll pair you with something perfect. Email taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email.  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Looking for a new show or movie? Let us help you find it! No request is too vague or specific. Email taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email.  Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Mounsey  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Highlighting Earth Week with an essay by London-based writer Grace Linden about the $219 air filter she bought her parents after the historic fires in California and the pandemic. Read Grace's essay here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. This episode was made by:  Editor: Alanna Okun (@alanna) Producer: Schuyler Swenson  Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the spirit of Earth Week, Vox book critic, Constance Grady shares some favorite books that inspired her to start her own garden: reads about what makes gardens look good and what emotional needs they can provide for us. Constance recommends: Down to Earth by Monty Don Essential Earthman by Henry Mitchell “The Rosary” an essay from How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee If you are looking for a book recommendation, you can email Constance Dot Grady at Vox dot com. Be sure to use the subject line “Ask A Book Critic.”    Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It feels like mushrooms are everywhere these days, but why? Vox culture reporter Terry Nguyen explains why mushrooms are super versatile, and how the fungi took over food, wellness, and (of course) drugs. Read Terry's story here.  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Host: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Producer: Schuyler Swenson  Engineer: Paul Mounsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perhaps the oddest film about the environment that you'll ever see is Darren Aronofsky's Mother!, a movie that layers metaphors and symbols into one very weird tale. Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson and critic at large Emily VanDerWerff dig into what the film means and why you should watch it. Read Alissa's review of Mother! here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Looking for a new show or movie? Let us help you find it! No request is too vague or specific. Email taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email.  Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Hosts: Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) and Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie)  Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Mounsey  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alissa loved Godzilla vs. Kong. She wishes she could have seen it on an IMAX screen. She breaks down the plot (spoiler-free!) and the most spectacular moments, shares her one major quibble with the film, and explains why, ultimately, Godzilla vs. Kong is the welcome, bombastic relief we all need right now.  Read her review here. Godzilla vs. Kong (113 minutes) is available in theaters and on HBO Max.  - Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. - Looking for a new show or movie? Let us help you find it! No request is too vague or specific. Email taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com. We read every email.  - Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. - What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan) Engineer: Paul Mounsey  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is The Best Money I Ever Spent, a series of personal essays about the purchases we make – big and small — that make an impact on our lives. When Max Ufberg and his girlfriend left New York for Pennsylvania at the beginning of the pandemic, they assumed it would be a quick trip. But as weeks became months, they splurged on a kayak and began to spend their downtime ambling through the very landscapes Max had once been so eager to leave behind. And he started to realize just how wrong he was about this place.  Read his essay here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producers: Sofi LaLonde and Schuyler Swenson Editors: Alanna Okun and Taylor Maycan Engineer: Paul Mounsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer and Vox contributor Anne Helen Petersen talks with poet and novelist Patricia Lockwood about the experience of being extremely online. They discuss Lockwood's book No One Is Talking About This, writing and religious upbringing, the parts of life perfectly suited to the internet, and the human experiences that glitch the system. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A group of students in Topeka, Kansas, discovered their high school was named after an exalted cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan. Then they tried to change it. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt and Dara are joined by Vox's Dylan Scott to examine the portion of Biden's infrastructure plan designated for the "caretaking economy." Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the most famous moral panics in history, the Satanic Panic, may have been at its peak in the 80s, but did it ever really go away? Vox culture writer Aja Romano walks up through the history of this fear of the occult from the Mason family to Lil Nas X. Read Aja Romano's full story at Vox.com Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Monday night, the Senate parliamentarian gave Democrats an unprecedented blessing. Vox's Ella Nilsen and Li Zhou explain what they might do with it. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Joe Biden has a decision to make by May 1: whether to pull troops from Afghanistan or have them stay. There is no easy answer; both options could have serious consequences. But a decision has to be made. President Donald Trump made a deal with the Taliban that troops would leave by May 1, but in the end, Biden has to make the call. What would happen if the troops stay, and what would happen if they leave? Vox's Alex Ward is here to discuss. He's a White House reporter and a co-host of the Worldly podcast.  Learn more:  Alex recently talked to two experts who argued both sides of the decision. You can read those arguments here: staying in Afghanistan or leaving Afghanistan. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support Tell Me More and Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Tell Me More is hosted by Emily Stewart. Let us know what you want to learn more about! Send us an email at emily.stewart@vox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not all mother-daughter relationships are sunny and cheerful. Vox book Critic Constance Grady recommended a few novels that unpack complicated dynamics in clever, original ways. Swamplandia! by Karen Russell Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Hot Milk by Deborah Levy Ask a Book Critic is an exclusive series from Vox Quick Hits. New episodes every other Wednesday and you can read the column here.  If you'd like Constance to recommend a book for you, email constance.grady@vox.com with the subject line “Ask a Book Critic.” The more specific your mood, the better! Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the Vox Quick Hits archive (Feb. 19, 2021): Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson and critic-at-large Emily VanDerWerff recommend Minari. Minari is the story of Korean immigrants Jacob (Steven Yeun) and Monica (Yeri Han) who move their two small children (Noel Kate Cho and Alan S. Kim) from California to Arkansas in pursuit of Jacob's dream of farming. But Jacob and Monica's marriage is on the rocks, a circumstance that doesn't improve the way they hoped it would when Monica's mother (Yuh Jung Youn) comes to stay with them. Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung (Munyurangabo, Lucky Life) and set in the 1980s Ozarks, Minari feels deeply personal. It's both a family drama seen through the eyes of a Korean American boy and a moving tale of love and loss in the American heartland, exquisitely told. Read Alissa's review of Minari here. Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Enjoyed this episode? Rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Want to get in touch? Email our producer: taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear next week's episode by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the Vox Quick Hits archives (Jan. 21, 2021): A preview of Vox columnist Anne Helen Petersen's conversation with sociologist Rachel Sherman about Sherman's research into the anxieties of wealthy people and their desire to be seen as "middle class." Her work exposes the flawed stories we tell ourselves about who qualifies as middle class and who qualifies as "good" in the US. Want to hear the rest of the conversation? Listen here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next mini episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the Vox Quick Hits archives (Jan. 27, 2021): “Manifesting,” or the practice of thinking aspirational thoughts with the purpose of making them real, has never been more popular: From late March to mid-July in 2020, Google searches for the term  skyrocketed 669 percent; “shut up I'm manifesting” was among the defining memes of 2020. Vox's Rebecca Jennings joins host Meredith Haggerty to explain what manifesting is, who's doing it, how it works, and how it doesn't. Read Rebecca's story here. Host: Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords), co-deputy editor of The Goods Enjoyed this episode? Rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of One Good Answer by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the Vox Quick Hits archives (March 8, 2021): Earlier in the pandemic, a feud between Gen Z and millennials started, largely on TikTok. And recently there's been a resurgence of Gen Z dragging their elders to filth online. Vox reporter Terry Nguyen (a Gen Zer) explains to Rebecca Jennings (a millennial) why there's a war and why we should care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've all got one: a go-to comfort watch — that show or movie you can always turn to for a pick-me-up. This week on What to Watch, we share ours. Vox's film critic Alissa Wilkinson is hooked on HBO's Selena + Chef, critic at large Emily VanDerWerff can always count on Star Trek (especially Deep Space Nine), and senior producer Taylor Maycan explains her longtime love of CBS's Survivor.  What to Watch is a Vox Quick Hits exclusive series. New episodes every Friday.  Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Can't find a good movie or show to watch?  Let us help! No request is too broad or too specific. We read every email: taylor.maycan@voxmedia.com.   Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear next week's episode of What to Watch by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your 20s can feel like the best of times and also the worst. Book Critic Constance Grady offers a few reads to help navigate through the murky existential waters of starting a career or finding a new purpose. Wild by Cheryl Strayed Losing It Emma Rathbone Florence in Ecstasy by Jessie Chaffee.  Ask a Book Critic is an exclusive series from Vox Quick Hits. New episodes every other Wednesday and you can read the column here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A caller from Florida asks for help finding books that explore social class with humor and are not set in New York City. Vox's book critic Constance Grady recommends: Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld  Ask a Book Critic is an exclusive series from Vox Quick Hits. New episodes every other Wednesday and you can read the column here.  If you'd like Constance to recommend a book for you, email constance.grady@vox.com with the subject line “Ask a Book Critic.” The more specific your mood, the better! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Katherine Oung's mother says “I love you” with plates of cut fruit. She say it with cups of coffee. The Best Money I Ever Spent is a personal essay series from The Goods about the purchases that changed our lives in ways big and small, and it's a Vox Quick Hits exclusive audio series. This episode was produced by Schuyler Swenson, edited by Alanna Okun and mixed by Paul Mounsey. You can read Katherine's essay here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been harder to buy things online this past year. Some of that has to do with the pandemic causing supply chain holdups but there's another reason why so many hard-to-find items are ever harder to find lately. Casey Taylor is a contributor for Vox who tracked down the origin story from sneakers to The Nugget Couch in the online reselling market.  One Good Answer is a Vox Quick Hits exclusive series hosted by co-deputy editor of The Goods, Meredith Haggerty, produced by Schuyler Swenson and mixed by Paul Mounsey. New episodes every other Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vox's Ian Millhiser joins Matt and Dara to talk about the most effective way for Congress to safeguard the right to vote. Bonus episodes of The Weeds are available only on Vox Quick Hits. New episodes every Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Joe Biden is known for his love of Amtrak — and now, many young Americans are hoping that might translate to a push for public transit, maybe even high-speed rail, from the federal government. A meme has taken off among Gen Z and millennials of an imagined high-speed rail system that would connect many of the biggest cities in the country. Vox policy and politics intern Gabby Birenbaum discusses how a meme about trains took off among young people, and how their aspirations go beyond the internet. They want a better, more equitable transit system, and they hope Biden can deliver. Read Gabby's story here. Tell Me More is a Vox Quick Hits exclusive series hosted by politics and business reporter Emily Stewart and produced by Sofi LaLonde. New episodes on Mondays and Tuesdays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A caller in her early 20s is in the middle of a messy breakup and seeking books to help her move forward. Vox's book critic Constance Grady recommends: Normal People by Sally Rooney Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney  I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith  The Idiot by Elif Batuman Ask a Book Critic is an exclusive series from Vox Quick Hits. New episodes every other Wednesday and you can read the column here.  If you'd like Constance to recommend a book for you, email constance.grady@vox.com with the subject line “Ask a Book Critic.” The more specific your mood, the better Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this Vox Quick Hits exclusive, Vox's Emily Stewart joins Matt and Dara to issue dreary prognostications on the fate of the $15 minimum wage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A daily playlist of bite-sized audio from Vox to start your day a little more informed. Tune in every weekday morning starting Tuesday, January 19th for episodes spanning politics, policy, and culture – all in 10 minutes or less. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices