What's hip?

We love some good intel. Here's what we're currently obsessed with.

2020

Courtney

What are you listening to?

Barreling through My Favorite Murder (podcast)
Bon Iver & Devandra Banhart are always on constant loop
Anything with a “raunchy beat” from Malaa & TroyBoi to The Hood Internet

What are you watching?

I love anything historical – currently watching The Crown and Downton Abbey
The Devil Next Door
EVERYONE should see JoJo Rabbit

What are you reading?

Working my way through Game of Thrones in between more reputable books chosen by my book club

What are you learning about?

How the female body really works!
Yoga – from the basics to more progressive, advanced poses
Words in other languages we don’t have in English

Jared

What are you listening to?

The Reality Dysfunction by Peter Hamilton (audiobook)
Future Development by Del
MBMBAM

What are you watching?

The Mandalorian
His Dark Materials

What are you reading?

Dead Astronauts club

What are you learning about?

Rewiring classic car

Alex

What are you listening to?

Ariel Pink’s Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures
Crash Course (bounce around between a number of topics)

What are you watching?

Perfume
90 Day Fiancé
Rotten
Letterkenny
Lodge 49

What are you reading?

Metamorphosis Frank Kafka
Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly+Ken Niimura
Various SEO and SEM blogs

What are you learning about?

Dabbling in sketching/drawing
Writing plays/scripts
Learning how to create podcasts/YouTube content

Lauren

What are you listening to?

Joe Rogan Podcast minus the wrestling stuff
Standup specials on Netflix (just the audio)
John Craigie, Talking Heads records

What are you watching?

Transparent
Trying to play guitar instead of more screen time

What are you reading?

NYT front page daily
The Green Mile (never read it!)
I Am That by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

What are you learning about?

How to build out a van into a camper
How to best optimize our health for longevity and happiness (physically, mentally, emotionally)

Blake

What are you listening to?

Rich Roll Podcast
Set my Spotify discover weekly to save to a master playlist and am slowly weeding out songs I don’t like. Makes for a great go to when you don’t know what to listen to.

What are you watching?

Just watched “Don’t Fuck with Cats” – crazy
On our 4th round of watching Schitt’s Creek – amazing

What are you reading?

About to start “The subtle art of not giving a fuck” – Christmas gift

What are you learning about?

Going to learn to play the Harmonium with Tawni!

Marin

What are you listening to?

Lofi hip hop is my work jam, especially with jazz or a video game theme

What are you watching?

My favorite show on the air right now is “The Magicians”
Living vicariously through the YouTube channels of exotic animal caretakers

What are you reading?

Irish Wonders by D.R. McAnally, Jr., a compilation of folktales and history

What are you learning about?

I’m relearning the piano
Teaching myself to mend clothes and make stuffed animals

Adam

What are you listening to?

Oh man, anything hip-hop, reggaeton, reggae, or dancehall. I typically listen to whole albums instead of mixtapes with reggaeton being the exception
Bad Bunny – X 100pre, Koffee – Rapture EP, Burna Boy – African Giant, Kaytranada – Bubba, Mick Jenkins – The Circus, Ozuna – Odisea
Really excited for the new Mac Miller album on the 16th
Ummm, and I can’t get this Shaggy-inspired reggaeton song out of my head this week

What are you watching?

I’m on TV hiatus this week, but the last movie I saw that I really liked was the Korean film called Parasite

What are you reading?

I just picked up Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Stripe Documentation

What are you learning about?

My mom just taught me a new salad dressing recipe last night
Continuing to improve my Spanish

Spencer

What are you listening to?

Deep Work by Cal Newport (Audiobook)
NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series

What are you watching?

YouTube channels relating to cars or mountain bikes: Hoonigan, Rob Dahm, Throttle House, Seth’s Bike Hacks, Jordan Boostmaster, Pinkbike, Gee Milner

What are you reading?

Island of Genius
On the Trail of Genghis Khan

What are you learning about?

Constantly improving my cooking skills via Kenji Alt Lopeze’s Book, The Food Lab
How to build and overclock a PC

Clint

What are you listening to?

Most popular records played at home include:

Mother Hips
Ween
Frankie and the Witch Fingers
Beatles
Tommy James & the Shondell

What are you watching?

I’ve really been enjoying the Geology videos being put out by Central. https://www.youtube.com/user/CentralWashU
The Geology professor, Nick Zentner travels around Washington filming and talking about the roadside geology of Washington, and holds community lectures on geology in Washington.

What are you reading?

Topo Maps

What are you learning about?

Rocks and minerals around Washington State. I’m looking forward to exploring the North Cascades this summer

Frank

What are you listening to?

Generally whatever Youtube’s algorithm think I would like, as I don’t know jack about music.
Celtic
Bluegrass (Trampled by Turtles, Smoky Mountain String Band, Avett Bros)
Lord Huron-esque mellow jams
Bit o’ synth like Tycho
Podcasts:
- Freakonomics
- Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
- The Infinite Monkey Cage

What are you watching?

Midnight Diner Tokyo Stories
Paddle to Seattle Documentary
Expanse Season 4
River Monsters with Jeremy Wade

What are you reading?

Just finished Thin Air by Richard Morgan (author of Altered Carbon)
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads

What are you learning about?

Birds of the West Coast
3D printing
Motion picture film formats and decoding/encoding/transcoding
Started on learning for CCSP [Certified Cloud Security Professional]
How to build and overclock a PC

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