Today I learned that if I accidentally run my AirPods through the washing machine, they still work.

I'm really into the band Joy and the Wildfire. A little Sara Bareilles. A little alt-rock ass-kicking. youtu.be/pwqGE66yH8g?si…

The retirement home in Netflix's A MAN ON THE INSIDE is full of clues... about the mystery in the plot and about the subtle lives of the characters. At IndieWire, the design team told me how they created the show's world. indiewire.com/features/craft…

if there’s one thing king wenceslas is going to do, it’s look out over the feast of Stephen

I love the show SILO, and for the second year in a row, I was able to chat with prop designer Jonathan Norman about how they hand-make the objects that drive the plot. This time, with a deep dive into the "new" Silo where Steve Zahn lives! indiewire.com/features/craft…

Here are my top 10 songs of 2024. Let me know what's on your list as well! lostsongs.substack.com/p/my-top-40-so…

Returning to Tennessee ended a yearning I'd felt for years, and it got me interested in folks who came to Nashville from other states. I wrote about several who're using "out of state food" to bring a sense of their distant home to their new one. thefoodsection.com/homecoming-din…

This year's Oscar nominations allowed me to update my quiz on nominated actors with #1 hits on the Hot 100. sporcle.com/games/TheFurio…

What happens when your most important social hub closes overnight? I spoke to some of the people displaced by the sudden collapse of a 124 year-old restaurant in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. thefoodsection.com/history-comes-…

I started watching The Fox Hollow Murders and immediately realized I wanted to discuss it on @CrimeSeenPod. And now it's happening!

I had a great time talking about this show, which is absolute trash.

I'm digging into the structure of Indigo Girls' "Least Complicated," and that leads me directly to its emotional power. lostsongs.substack.com/p/least-compli…

Please enjoy my (slightly heated) argument that even though she doesn't write lyrics or compose music, Reba McEntire is still an author of her material. lostsongs.substack.com/p/you-lie-reba…

I'm honored to the guest on today's episode of City Cast Nashville, talking about how out-of-state transplants are using their regional cuisines to rapidly change the food scene here. nashville.citycast.fm/podcasts/how-n…

Friends, let's explore the kolache conundrum. It's a food with competing definitions and multiple migrant stories, but no matter what, it's delicious. Over at The Food Section, I'm investigating how the kolache conundrum plays out in Nashville. thefoodsection.com/kolaches-at-th…

There's a restaurant in Dayton, TN that contains practically the entire religious history of the town. I wrote about it for Edible Nashville. ediblenashville.ediblecommunities.com/#flipbook-df_3…

I'm writing about Michelle Branch's brief (yet remarkably successful) run in country music. lostsongs.substack.com/p/my-oh-my-the…

I just wrote about one of the most usual and satisfying places to eat lunch in Nashville... The Scarritt Bennett Center Center. The food is great, and the atmosphere is literally heavenly. It's a hidden oasis in the chaos of the Music Row area. thefoodsection.com/change-at-the-…

In Nashville fruit tea inspires legends, secrets, and scandals. I've got all the juicy beverage stories over at The Food Section. thefoodsection.com/fruit-tea-gone…

Here's proof that Aerosmith isn't the only act with a hit song about romance in a stuck elevator. lostsongs.substack.com/p/heaven-on-th…