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The Monthly Magpie November 2023

The Monthly Magpie November 2023

October was a sprinting month for me, but now it's time to look at revisiting reviews from the past year for December. This year we're doing ranked choice voting on seven podcasts. The Top Four will be getting a Release Day Review Revisited in December!

Review: House of Skulls

Review: House of Skulls

It is heartwrenching, thought-provoking, and surreal to realize that this history is there and so interconnected with everything we know.

Journal #5: Spooky or Spoopy Please

Journal #5: Spooky or Spoopy Please

This week I looked for spooky, Halloween-ish episodes of podcasts that aren’t horror.

Release Day Review: The Kids of Rutherford County

Release Day Review: The Kids of Rutherford County

Set in a courthouse with a “feudalistic feel” that had a history of over-incarceration of minors, this story is shocking.

Review: The Sisters

Review: The Sisters

The team here did a stunning job of transitioning the audio through time and space. You’re never quite left behind, but you’re never quite sure if the next scene is going to be in the same time.

The Monthly Magpie October 2023

The Monthly Magpie October 2023

We will never read every book, watch every movie, or listen to every podcast. It’s okay! It’s important that we listen to what we like, and what will make us better humans. It’s about balance, and we’re going to find that together.

Review: Moonrise

Review: Moonrise

While interspersed with interviews and clips from the past, there is no choppiness to the story or quality. This is a gorgeous glide of audio documentary to listen to.