Your Mid-Week Experiment
Merry Christmas!
Welcome to your always free, reader-supported edition of The Experiment where we share great things to read, cook, listen to, and watch. As always, this bugga free.
Let’s get right to it:
You know that book, The Body Keeps the Score? Did you know it was full of hooey? h/t Emi Nietfeld’s newsletter (Mother Jones)
Did you know The Starry Night was scientifically accurate? h/t Elie Jacobs (gift link)
“I look both ways when you cross my mind…”
The first half of Scott Galloway’s case that “the brand age is over” is absolutely brilliant. (No Mercy, No Malice)
Lost of interesting insights in Jonathan Martin’s Q&A with Trump’s campaign manager and pollster. (Politico)
“My taste in music is your face…”
This! Not good! Could be very bad! (The Independent)
Merry Christmas! David Sederis reads about Dutch Christmas traditions!
This movie knew exactly what it was, aimed right at the target, and hit it.
We set up a merch table in the back where you can get T-shirts, coffee mugs, and even tote bags now. Show the world that you’re part of The Experiment.
Buy the book Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick banned from the Bullock Texas History Museum: Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of the American Myth by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and myself.
The Body Keeps the Score profoundly helped me. I have a lot of trauma related mental health challenges— PTSD is so horrible. It may be true there’s some stuff in there that doesn’t work but I don’t think dismissing it out of hand is the best choice. This could keep people from reading it who could really benefit from it. The author has a questionable reputation however he includes research from many good sources.