Podcast person. Summer Album / Winter Album | What Now w/ Trevor Noah | This Day | Good Sport | The Puzzler | 30for30 | 538 | WNYC, more. Everybody has their own thing that they yell into a well. jodyavirgan.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mruhkkg5us2rI must have read the Odyssey in high school but I have zero recollection, and Greek mythology just never clicked for me as an area of interest. But between my daughter getting into it, and the movie discourse, I've finally been diving in. Turns out, this "xenia" thing -- pretty useful concept!30 Jul 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruhkkg5us2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mrsd56rjpc2oPutting aside the absurd ideas in here, I feel like I've noticed a real decay in enunciation on the part of politicians and other prominent people -- talking super fast, mumbling, rattling off jargon. Am I making this up? Is it because they're all listening to podcasts and YT videos on 1.8x speed? [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsd56rjpc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mrprvigkl22iMakes me think of one of my favorite NYC moments, when *three* different people stood up on my train and started preaching at the same time. Led to a real-time war of ideas, crowd switching sides, heckling, very fun.. (to state the obvious, that is fine because you can switch cars at the next stop) [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrprvigkl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mrpoeq5pl22iTook a citi bike to citi field. Love this citi.28 Jul 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpoeq5pl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mro3vcz3cc2qThere was probably part of me that thought "oh my kid will just eat whatever we eat" and of course that's gone out the window. It's been replaced by a theory, which I think is true, that being picky about food is one of the first/few places a child can actually exert some agency. So I get it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mro3vcz3cc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mro2kktenk2iMy daughter recently had the idea - completely unprompted, she thinks she invented this entire concept - to buy some Chuck Taylors and draw on them with markers. I think this is just a hard-coded human instinct.27 Jul 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mro2kktenk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mrnp5emkz22iI will never tire of Matt Damon referring to "Ben and I" -- great picks. https://youtu.be/ZCxYGx6ueNM?si=U7VJxJZFXa75q1xp27 Jul 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnp5emkz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mrnkyckhak2nMeta can bail after four years. Four years! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/business/meta-data-center-louisiana-takeaways.html27 Jul 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnkyckhak2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mrn24nxozc2sI quite liked the movie and the big idea about guilt that Nolan lands on, but this point is well taken - it didn't feel like everything was building towards it in a cohesive way. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn24nxozc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mrmyzfodwc2sTucked into @shamblanderson.bsky.social's piece on menswear is this word, that *totally* threw me for a loop. Is this really the NYT house spelling for cabbie?!27 Jul 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmyzfodwc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mrkckngri22nHere's a good song to listen to early on a Sunday morning. https://youtu.be/wwiMdKfoYoQ?si=NUSfiTwBnGo8ijnc26 Jul 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkckngri22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodyavirgan.com/post/3mraev3ures2uNominees for goal of the tournament. For me it's Cabral -- nothing was as electric as that moment. (also, what a poorly edited video! Seemingly arbitrary about when they cut into and out of the action, and the lower third graphic covers half of it anyway) https://youtu.be/--aLJLGrFts?si=DEhPB74pvccC6xQf22 Jul 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:4lrhjsksrwb5ikgpu3lj7qwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraev3ures2u