About this episode
The hosts discuss their favorite cultural works from the year 2025 as they reflect on a challenging year.
We chat about our favourite movies, podcasts, games, moments and books of 2025 as we get ready to say goodbye to a pretty bad year. Tom's Top Five Books: 5 Poetry of Rilke (Ed Snow trans.) 4 Aesthetics of Resistance vol II by Peter Weiss 3 Autobiography by John Cowper Powys 2 Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes 1 Lieutenant-Colonel de Maumort by Roger Martin du Gard Don's favourites were Aesthetics of Resistance Vol I and II by Peter Weiss and Correction by Thomas Bernhard.
Topics covered
- movies
- podcasts
- games
- books
Keywords
- 2025
- best of
- year in review
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Poetry of Rilke, Aesthetics of Resistance vol II, Autobiography, Terra Nostra, Lieutenant-Colonel de Maumort, Aesthetics of Resistance Vol I, Correction
Books & works: Best of a, Terra Nostra, Aesthetics of Resistance Vol I, Correction
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