Tag: Station Eleven

• Favorite TV Shows of 2022

  I realized this year that I’ve pretty much stopped watching traditional TV, i.e. shows with 22-ish episodes per season and an undetermined end date. I’m much more interested in limited series and shows with short seasons—the key being intentional and self-contained ideas from the show and a predictable time commitment from me. Luckily that’s becoming…

  Feb 1, 2023

  # best of, Bluey, HBO, lists, Station Eleven, television

• Long live the limited podcast series

  My recent experience with the Band of Brothers podcast made me realized I’m very much a fan of the modern trend of “official” companion podcasts released alongside limited series by the show’s creators—Watchmen and Station Eleven being two recent examples I enjoyed and appreciated. These are slightly different beasts from the popular post hoc recap…

  Mar 24, 2022

  # DVDs, film, Lost, movies, podcasts, Station Eleven, television, Watchmen

• Favorite Books of the 2010s

  See also: my favorite films, TV shows, and albums of the 2010s. This list happens to coincide perfectly with the period of time I began (1) reading for fun once I graduated college, (2) tracking my reading, and (3) reading a lot more. This means I had tons of titles to consider. I forced myself…

  Dec 12, 2019

  # Atlas of a Lost World, best of, books, Boom Town, Circe, Kory Stamper, lists, Madeline Miller, Station Eleven, Steven Johnson, The Hunt for Vulcan, The Shepherd’s Life, Typewriter Revolution

• Crunchy Cons

  In Station Eleven, survivors of a global pandemic and subsequent post-apocalyptic chaos decamp to an abandoned airport in Michigan and eventually establish a Museum of Civilization, comprised of assorted artifacts from life before “year zero,” when the pandemic paralyzed the world and rendered much of the stuff that had comprised their lives useless. The Museum…

  Mar 23, 2016

  # books, Crunchy Cons, Democrats, Donald Trump, education, God, homeschooling, nature, politics, religion, Republicans, review, Rod Dreher, Station Eleven, synchronicity, The Benedict Option