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Read to Know Basis is a weekly interview series with authors. It features debut authors and established writers talking about reading, writing, and of course snacks. This series is free to all. If you like what you read considering subscribing to support the work of Unstacked, and of course go out and buy the book!Joseph Earl Thomas is the author of Sink, a memoir, the novel God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer, and the short story collection Leviathan Beach (Grand Central, 2025).

A few weeks ago, I trialled the first Tell Me About It reading hour and it was, hands down, one of the most relaxing Sunday evenings I’ve had in a while. A group of you - my wonderful subscribers - sat together, over Zoom, and read our books for an hour. It went SO fast and I slept really well afterwards. Why don’t we ma… ncG1vNJzZmibnJa2s7HCqJ%2Bepl6owqO%2F05qapGaTpLpwvI6rnJqcXay2tbSMppxmrJiewG6%2F1KebmrFdlsFuhM%2Bm

This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you appreciate the content here, please consider supporting the newsletter by subscribing and/or sharing! I have had several readers ask about the Lark program. In each case, it was being actively marketed to them, without their consent, by their insurance company and/or employer. Lark is, predominantly, a weight loss program that also bills itself as a “diabetes prevention” program and “mind body” health coaching all offered by an Artificial Intelligence powered app.

This post is for anyone interested in reading about and/or discussing land ownership in parallel with the reading circle I’m leading on Threadable. If you can access Threadable and want to try it, I recommend diving into other circles, too—I’ve been enjoying reading Cadillac Desert with the Water Politics and the World circle; and the 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case Tanner v. United States with the hosts of 5-4, a podcast about “how much the Supreme Court sucks.

I wasn’t planning on writing specifically about Bluey’s big 28-minute special, The Sign. The understanding in my household was that I was easily the most excited about the extra-long Bluey episode, but I was waiting to watch it with my child because they might enjoy it. Listen, I was very close to watching it on my own first (and maybe that would’ve prepared me better for the emotions the episode would elicit), but I held strong.

Listen to this article here: Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Okay, before you blast me for my anachronistic assertion about culinary preferences a few decades ago, I am very well aware that the popular book - “Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche” - was actually published in 1982. That being said, the lead-up to this societal pronouncement was brewing for quite a while, in the preceding years.

Psychiatrist and Real Self-Care author Pooja Lakshmin joins us to discuss her experiences with faux self-care and toxic wellness culture, her definition of real self-care and how it can fit into your life, the importance of setting boundaries (and what that actually looks like), how to tell if you need self-care or professional help, and more.  Dr. Pooja Lakshmin MD is a psychiatrist and author, the founder of the women’s mental health platform Gemma, and a contributor to The New York Times.

Before we get going, this quick note. I got a lot of love for my latest masterclass: How to Make People STOP Scrolling and BUY Your Stuff! For the next 2 days, you can watch the replay for free (then it expires). What’s inside? My “Fast Food Approach” to getting new readers, subscribers, and customers Why a cute lil fashion influencer got nearly 3 million followers… but only sold 26 T SHIRTS!

If you like the crisp edges of lasagne, the soaked croutons, the whipped cream that gets icy around the chocolate scoop - you’re in the right place. Hi everyone. Thank god it’s spring. Officially, irrevocably spring! This week I’m sharing my favorite way to cook asparagus right now—I’ll call it steam-roasting. The method is quick, ovenless, and manages to preserve the succulence of the stems while crisping the tips.  Asparagus isn’t a vegetable that recipes well.