Free-For-All Newsletter #60

Sup, Nerds!

In case you missed the meeting last night, here's a list of some of the stories we discussed.

Enjoy! :)

Movies:
14 Peaks

Fearless Nepali mountaineer, Nimsdai Purja, embarks on a seemingly impossible quest to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks in seven months.

King Richard

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

The Alpinist

Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. The free-spirited 23-year-old makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. With no cameras and no margin for error, Leclerc's approach is the essence of solo adventure.

Books:
That Will Never Work

From idea generation to team building to knowing when it's time to let go, That Will Never Work is not only the ultimate follow-your-dreams parable but also one of the most dramatic and insightful entrepreneurial stories of our time.

You'll Be the Death of Me

From the author of One of Us Is Lying comes a brand-new pulse-pounding thriller. It's Ferris Bueller's Day Off with murder when three old friends relive an epic ditch day, and it goes horribly — and fatally — wrong.

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

Life is short. No one knows that better than seventeen-year-old Lenni living on the terminal ward. But when she meets a rebel-hearted, eighty-three-year-old from the next ward over, she learns that it's not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with.

Shows:
The Magicians

After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discovers that the magic they read about as children is very real — and more dangerous than they ever imagined.

Dexter: New Blood

Set 10 years after Dexter Morgan went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, he is now living under an assumed name in Upstate New York, Iron Lake, far from his original home in Miami.

Shadow and Bone

Dark forces conspire against orphan mapmaker Alina Starkov when she unleashes an extraordinary power that could change the fate of her war-torn world.

Podcasts:
The Friendship Onion

Join your favorite Hobbits, friends, and co-stars, Billy Boyd and Dom Monaghan as they take a look back at their time on The Lord of the Rings.

What Happened to Being Rational?

Steven Pinker is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. His newest book, Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters, is available now.

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Trace Brady

Bloomington, IN, 47408
United States


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