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No. 074 - Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” changed my life
Erin Byrne Siskind on loathing, leaving, and finally loving the city she grew up in
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No. 073 - Ali Sethi & Shae Gill’s “Pasoori” changed my life
Salena Malhotra on the 1947 Partition of India, ancestral stories never fully told, and the invisible borders we cross in search of self
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Diary 💗 My first nights out
🏆 A top-read post • Cotton undershirts, getting ready, and how music helped me take my clothes off
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No. 072 - Orange Juice’s “Rip It Up” changed my life
Sal Kimura dances with hope, and finds transformation, in the face of destruction
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Best of Bites: Year One 🍪
A music quiz, which musicians you loved most, and celebrating the first year of Monday Bites
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No. 071 - Nick Drake’s “Road” changed my life
A rotting picnic table, the Grand Tetons, and a secret stash of film reels under the stairs — Josh Cohen assembles memories of his grandfather
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December 2024

Top essays of 2024
The most-read essays of the year are here! (Plus a few honorable mentions)
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No. 070 - The Menzingers’ “Gates” changed my life
A prescient shower thought and a fateful phone call — how James Barrett's teenage dream came true
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A Bite of Eartha Kitt 🍪
How “the most exciting woman in the world” broke barriers of prejudice and changed history
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No. 069 - Incognito’s “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing” changed my life
As Karabo Lediga's childhood home fades away, the radio sends a message of hope and comfort
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Ultimate Christmas Playlist 🎄
The best songs for a holly jolly time
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No. 068 - Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” changed my life
From riding shotgun with her dad to road trips with friends, Laura Frizzell talks big love, good sadness, and treasuring life's great adventures and…
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