What's Up

What's up. What's going on. What am I doing, reading, interesting stuff to share that I don't feel like making a separate page for. Kind of a duplicate of Random Snippets, not sure which will prevail. Also I don't expect myself to keep this super regularly updated or at all comprehensive of my activity - but it's a place to put stuff that I find noteworthy.

April 2026

• Listened to part of an episode of the podcast called "Sceptic's Guide to the Universe" (episode #1079). I've been following this podcast for a while but never listened to an episode. I like it. More of a conversation about different topics, with an intellectual/academic tone. e.g. this episode jumped from discussing a) hygiene during medieval times, b) a logical fallacy called "fundamental attribution error", c) agricultural science related to photosynthesis. (And that was just barely half of the episode.) Long episodes. I have a feeling I'll be listening to this podcast more often.
• Another podcast I've been listening to (on walks) is "The Bowery Boys", which covers interesting tidbits of NYC history. Listened to 1) about the construction of an underwater railway across the Hudson River, 2) about the 'scandal' surrounding Robert Ray Hamilton (grandson of Alexander Hamilton), 3) about the Great Fire of 1835 which destroyed hundreds of buildings, 4) about the Ellis Island processing center and hospital. All very interesting listens.
• Saw The Lost Boys (musical) on Broadway