TouchStone Reads - April 4th, 2025

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We often set aside articles that are longer, deserve a re-read, are broader in scope…or just for fun - for weekend reading. Below are some from this week - pour yourself a hot cup of coffee & enjoy...

  • Must Read: From the temple to the garden. Participating in the birth of a new media system (The Substack Post)

  • Listen: Who Is Government? Storytime with Michael Lewis (Jon Stewart)

  • Private equity’s latest trade: The financial futures of millions of retirees (Semafor)

  • Earners vs. Owners (No Mercy No Malice)

  • The Recession Road Map: Are we there yet? Not exactly. (OptimistiCallie)

  • With Shake Shack in First Class, Airline Food Is No Longer a Joke (Businessweek)

  • What Makes a Memory Real? Changing the narrative on false memories might be surprisingly simple. (Nautilus)

  • You should be setting rejection goals: Getting your dreams crushed can be surprisingly good for you. (Vox)

  • Spaghetti science: What pasta reveals about the universe. But for almost a century, physicists have puzzled over spaghetti’s counterintuitive properties. (BBC)

  • The Resurgent Appeal of Stevie Nicks: Her generous songs provide an antidote to today’s often embattled pop music. (New Yorker)

  • GLP-1s are drastically changing consumer habits even after treatment has stopped (Source: Bain & Company)

What are you reading or listening to?