Gweek podcast 129: Bondage Britney!

Mark Frauenfelder 5:35 pm Wed Jan 15, 2014

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In each episode of Gweek, I invite a guest or two to join me in a discussion about recommended media, apps, and gadgets. My guests this time were Joshua Glenn of HiLoBrow and artist Mitch O'Connell, who painted the above photo of Britney Spears for Rolling Stone. We discussed: the next books in Josh's Unbored series of activity books for kids; new titles from HiLo Books; the Circulon Contempo teakettle; B-Fest — a 24 hour film festival in Chicago; The closing of Uncle Fun, a store in Chicago full of amazing junk; Candid Candid Camera — Mitch's favorite TV series NOT on DVD; Treehouse — a great video course for Web design; Uni-Ball Vision Elite Pens; and How to be a Math Genius — a fun (really!) book that introduces kids to math through puzzles and real-world applications.

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