Episode 1 – Wall Street Samurai
Portfolio manager Andrew Silva talks about starting Brazilian jiu-jitsu, getting his mind and body right, cryptocurrencies, and cauliflower ear.
Haredi Women: שֶׁקֶט quiet
שֶׁקֶט The Haredi woman tells me my prayers aloud are poisonous to God. שֶׁקֶט The Haredi women’s whistles and screams are poisonous to my prayer. תקשיב I enter the holy space, ready to receive and embrace the new month, Elul. תקשיב Instead of embracing melody and neshama, I am bombarded with discord and fear. שֶׁקֶט…
History on Repeat
Why U.S. history tends to repeat itself — from the Indians to today.
Fiction: Grown-Ups These Days
‘I swear, man, we’re screwed, the whole world is done. Over. … This generation, Emily’s, I swear. They’re worse than we were.’
Fiction: Bruh
‘His two huskies pawed at an old dead possum, above them the cicadas were singing at full pitch as warm wind blew through the green leaves like hot breath.’
Old Lies About the New World
And why people keep telling them.
Symbol in the Syllables
Xánath Caraza’s ‘Sin preámbulos/Without Preamble.’ Translated by Sandra Kingery and published by Spartan Press
Puerto Rico Se Levanta
Puerto Rico rises, every day.