Back in Episode 5, we decided to introduce a new feature to the podcast called the Weekly Pick. This segment would feature one of us (we generally take it in turns) recommending something we’d been enjoying recently, whether a book, an app, some music, a movie, or in some cases a gardening tool or running belt. We tend to only do the Weekly Pick in those episodes where we also have a Question of the Week, so we don’t do it every week (some weeks we spend a whole episode on a special topic), but this page lists the Weekly Picks from those episodes where we did have one.
You may find it entertaining that Aaron’s Weekly Picks have included both a Utah-based band called the National Parks, and the actual National Parks of Utah.
(This page was last updated on September 15, 2016, and will be updated periodically going forward with the latest Picks)
Aaron’s Picks:
- Episode 5 – Leon Bridges’ album Coming Home on iTunes and Apple Music
- Episode 6 – The FlipBelt
- Episode 8 – Mind of a Chef on the PBS website (past episodes are also on Netflix)
- Episode 10 – The website for Altra Running shoes, which are also on Amazon (affiliate link)
- Episode 12 – The four websites from Aaron’s Weekly Pick:
- Cool Tools – Kevin Kelly’s repository of useful tools
- The Wirecutter and sister website the Sweet Home
- Tools and Toys – in-depth reviews and gear guides
- Episode 16 – The National Parks (band), their music on iTunes. They also offer a number of their songs through SoundCloud players on their website including Monsters of the North, which Aaron recommended
- Episode 18 – another book: New Ideas from Dead Economists, by Todd Buchholz (Amazon affiliate link)
- Episode 20 – The Jabra Speak 510 (Amazon affiliate link)
- Episode 24 – On Writing Well, by William Zinger on Amazon (affiliate link) and iBooks
- Episode 26 – Broken Age, on the iOS App Store (it’s also available for a variety of other platforms)
- Episode 28 – a knife sharpener, on Amazon (affiliate link)
- Episode 29 – SUPERFIGHT, a card game, on Amazon (affiliate link), and which was previously recommended on Six Colors
- Episode 33 – VidAngel
- Episode 35 – Serious Eats, a cooking blog/website
- Episode 37 – the Netflix show Chef’s Table, which you can find here on Netflix. The show was renewed for three additional seasons today as well
- Episode 41 – the National Parks of Utah. You can read more about those on the section of the National Parks website devoted to the state of Utah
- Episode 43 – a weeding tool made by Fiskars – you can buy it on Amazon here
- Episode 49 – the latest season of Chef’s Table on Netflix
- Episode 53 – iPad slip case from Byrd and Belle and Field Notes Byline notebook
- Episode 55 – the app Prisma, which is available on the iOS App Store and Android
- Episode 58 – The White Man’s Burden, by William Easterly, which you can find on Amazon (affiliate link)
- Episode 59 – the Oral B Vitality Floss Action model, which you can find on Amazon (affiliate link).
- Episode 62 – the kids’ TV show Gravity Falls, which you can find on Hulu and iTunes, among other places.
- Episode 64 – a series of books from author Trenton Lee Stewart, whose works you can find on Amazon and iBooks among other places (affiliate links).
- Episode 67 – a Twitter account, Mark Miller’s @MDMDeals account, which tweets only the most worthwhile deals on iOS apps.
- Episode 70 – the Ohuhu camping stove (Amazon affiliate link).
- Episode 72 – the movie Arrival, which is still in theaters.
- Episode 74 – Jason Kottke’s Holiday Gift Guide
- Episode 78 – two cooking books: The Flavor Bible, by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg; and The Food Lab, by Kenji López-Alt (Amazon affiliate links).
- Episode 80 – The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown (Amazon affiliate link), a children’s book Aaron has been enjoying with one of his sons recently (and which, he revealed later on Wednesday, has an emotional ending).
- Episode 82 – banjo player Noam Pikelny, whose website is here and whose song Waveland you can watch/listen to on YouTube.
- Episode 84 – the life-hack-enabling Wilton squeeze bottles, available in various sizes and configurations on Amazon (affiliate link).
- Episode 86 – the TV show This is Us, which is available on Hulu among other places.
Jan’s Picks:
- Episode 7 – Erik Larson’s Dead Wake on Amazon(affiliate link) and iBooks
- Episode 9 – Natalie Prass’s eponymous album on Apple Music
- Episode 11 – Far from the Madding Crowd on iTunes and Amazon (affiliate link) and the trailer on YouTube
- Episode 13 – Wildcard in the iOS App Store
- Episode 15 – Trailer for Love & Mercy, and the movie itself on iTunes and Amazon (affiliate link)
- Episode 17 – the Launch Center Pro app
- Episode 19 – Adobe’s apps on the iOS App Store
- Episode 21 – The album Blood, by Lianne La Havas (Apple Music, iTunes)
- Episode 22 – Bridge of Spies, on IMDB
- Episode 25 – a set of Apple TV apps for families to enjoy: Crossy Road, Beat Sports, League Star Bowling, and Sketch Party TV
- Episode 30 – Easy Music and Little Broken Robots on the iOS App Store
- Episode 34 – the movie Brooklyn is available on iTunes. Jan mentioned a specific scene which is available on the New York Times website here
- Episode 36 – the movie Eddie the Eagle, and you can see a trailer here and the movie website here
- Episode 40 – Madam Secretary, on the CBS website and on Netflix (season 1 only)
- Episode 42 – the Outlook productivity app for iOS and Android, made by Microsoft. Here’s the iOS version and Android version
- Episode 48 – the Recode podcasts, and the REDEF newsletters
- Episode 52 – the Broadway Cast Recording of Hamilton the Musical (clean version here)
- Episode 54 – the movie Eye in the Sky (here’s the iTunes link)
- Episode 57 – the movie Concussion, with Will Smith, which you can find on iTunes and Amazon (affiliate links)
- Episode 60 – the movie The Man Who Knew Infinity, which is a true story about Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The movie is available to buy and rent on iTunes and Amazon.
- Episode 63 – a set of iPhone apps that support the new RAW photo functionality in iOS 10: Manual ($3.99), Obscura Camera ($4.99), and Pro Cam 4 (this is the only one of the three that supports both lens switching on the iPhone 7 – $4.99).
- Episode 66 – Kubo and the Two Strings, an animated movie, which you can preorder on iTunes or Amazon (affiliate links).
- Episode 71 – the movie The Light Between Oceans, which will be available on DVD and digital services in January (Apple and Amazon affiliate links).
- Episode 73 – the book I Invented the Modern Age, by Robert Snow, which is a biography of Henry Ford (Amazon affiliate link).
- Episode 79 – Go Like Hell, by AJ Baime (Amazon affiliate link), which recounts the Ford-Ferrari rivalry in racing in the 1960s.
- Episode 81 – Planet Earth II, a BBC nature documentary which is coming to the US next week on BBC America. You can read more and see a trailer on the BBC America site, but this YouTube video is as good a preview as you’re going to get.
- Episode 83 – the puzzle app Wordlings, which is available on the iOS App Store.
- Episode 85 – the Great British Baking Show, a TV show from the UK with two seasons available on Netflix.