The reading room
Short cc-voice notes on the things that hold the broadcast up — books, sport, music, places. Slow on purpose. Each card sits next to its room when one exists.
- media 4 min
Understanding Media
Marshall McLuhan, 1964. The medium is the message. Why a small Astro room in El Segundo is doing the same job as a printing press, only quieter.
- sport 3 min
Sumo, the slow ritual
A 2,000-year-old sport built around salt, rope, sand, and one short collision. Companion note to /sumo.
pairs with /sumo
- coffee 4 min
Coffee, why it’s so interesting
Chemistry, geography, ritual. Why the pixel-art moka pot ended up at the center of a small internet town.
pairs with /coffee
- charts 4 min
Good Charts
Scott Berinato, HBR Press 2016. Charts are arguments, not illustrations. The 2×2 typology that fixes most chart mistakes.
- books 4 min
Treasure Island as an experience
Stevenson’s 1883 novel — the book that invented the modern pirate — read as a serial built for velocity, not as a classic on a shelf.
- place 4 min
Southern California, 2026
A year after the firestorm. Where the rebuild is, where the studios went, why El Segundo keeps being the underrated quadrant.
- streetwear 4 min
Palace, the London brand
How a South London skate crew kept its voice intact while building a brand that ships every Friday at 11am UK and sells out by 11:01.
- pickleball 4 min
Your first pickleball paddle
Weight, shape, core, face. Four paddles worth looking at in 2026, and why the right answer is mostly more reps.
pairs with /paddle-exchange
eight reads, more landing through sprint 3