Here’s the 219th edition of my weekly series, The Last 7 Days, weekly recommendations of What To Read, What To Listen and What To Watch.
What To Read:
- Nvidia’s rivals take aim at its software dominance. Read more here.
- Warning: Dietary advice on social media can lead to food anxiety. Check it out here.
- Bread, butter, milk-based health drinks, cooking oils classified as ultra-processed food, ICMR advises restriction. Read here.
- Why Spotify is launching its own font, Spotify Mix? Read it here.
- Why did Hollywood not want to fund “Megalopolis” and “Horizon”? Check it out here.
What To Listen:
*The attached links redirect to Spotify, but you can search for these episode titles wherever you listen to your podcasts.
- Dr Frank Anderson, a leading trauma expert and psychiatrist, on The School of Greatness, the challenges of growing up in a family with conflicting messages of love and acceptance, how enduring difficult childhood experiences can impact one’s self-perception and mental health, and more. Listen to it here.
- Why do humans have most of our hair on our heads, not our bodies? Why do we have so many varieties of hair colour, thickness, and curliness? Dr. Tina Lasisi, a biological anthropologist, on Origin Stories, shares her research into why humans have scalp hair and her insights on why curly hair is uniquely human. Check it out here.
- Getting your heart broken sucks — and for some of us, it even feels physically painful. So why does it hurt so bad? And what can science tell us about how to get over it? Science Vs dives into all of this with neuroscientist Prof. Lucy Brown. Listen here.
- According to neurobiologist Christi Gendron, what you experience through your senses — sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch — can impact how healthy you are and how long you live. Listen more here.
- On Smartless, David Beckham discusses his playing career with Manchester United, Real Madrid, and other top clubs, as well as the abuse he faced from fans and media after England’s 1998 World Cup exit, transition to club ownership with Inter Miami CF, his businesses, and more. Check it out here.
What To Watch:
- Cristiano Ronaldo, on the WHOOP podcast, discusses his first memory of playing football, being motivated by his father, talent vs. work ethic, being at the top for so long, how Cristiano uses WHOOP, his recovery modalities, mindfulness and visualization, and more. Watch it here.
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai, on Decoder with Nilay Patel, on how it’s building AI into virtually all of its products, AI-powered search, the future of the web, and more. Check it out here.
- Su filindeu, or “threads of God,” is the rarest pasta in the world. For a century, it was made by a single family in the Sardinian city of Nuoro for religious celebrations. Business Insider went to Italy to see how the process of making su filindeu is Still Standing. Watch here.
- Documentary Recommendation of the Week: Arnold (Follows the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from his days of lifting weights to his successes in Hollywood, his time serving as governor of California, and both the joys and volatility of his family life.)
- Movie Recommendation of the Week: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.)
You can check out the previous editions of The Last 7 Days – here.
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