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On the DFW TGI Fridays Being Named the #1 Airport Bar in the Country
Also: reading lists, NonfictioNowing, ottoman thoughts
Jun 13
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Justin St. Germain
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May 2025
“Oh shit, I have a book”: An interview with Karie Fugett, author of Alive Day
Go buy the book! Right now!
May 5
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Justin St. Germain
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“Oh shit, I have a book”: An interview with Karie Fugett, author of Alive Day
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April 2025
I cover a class, an LLM covers me, a few new releases
AI did not write this subtitle
Apr 7
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Justin St. Germain
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March 2025
Oscar Documentary Predictions
Also: three great non-nominees, mascot harassment, a doc about rocks
Mar 1
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Justin St. Germain
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Oscar Documentary Predictions
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January 2025
Oscar docs, pandemic poems, border essays
Also: author bios, Poetry Thoughts, Nonfiction Issues
Jan 31
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Justin St. Germain
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December 2024
A Few Favorites of 2024
hypocrisy and commerce!
Dec 31, 2024
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Justin St. Germain
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A Few Favorites of 2024
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Serial and the perils of success
Also: fake documentaries, assignments in the age of AI, I talk about Tombstone on the radio
Dec 3, 2024
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Justin St. Germain
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October 2024
Murder on film
Teaching In Cold Blood (again), trigger warnings, “pornoviolence"
Oct 31, 2024
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Justin St. Germain
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September 2024
True Crime 101
how I became a true crime professor, colonial crime stories, more recommendations
Sep 30, 2024
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Justin St. Germain
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True Crime 101
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August 2024
Unpacking My Library
Also: bad times at my old workplace, a new essay, why I'm anti-list, Shoah, hometown movies, etc
Aug 28, 2024
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Justin St. Germain
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June 2024
Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Also: Walter Benjamin's Illuminations, the Apu trilogy, a brief hiatus
Jun 10, 2024
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Justin St. Germain
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May 2024
Cactus Country, vibes novels, documentary binging
Also: basketball injuries and a little thanatology
May 7, 2024
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Justin St. Germain
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