Linda Holmes
@lindaholmes.bsky.social
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Linda Holmes
@lindaholmes.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Back After This by Linda Holmes: 9780593599259 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A podcast producer agrees to host a new series about modern dating—but will the show jeopardize her chance at finding real love? From the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
My next book is set in the world of podcasts, dogs, influencers and sketchy dating advice. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720444...
Good luck convincing people who are buying bigger and bigger SUVs and pickup trucks so tall that they can’t see kids in front of them that what they really want is a station wagon. Imagine the pent-up demand!
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Good luck convincing people who are buying bigger and bigger SUVs and pickup trucks so tall that they can’t see kids in front of them that what they really want is a station wagon. Imagine the pent-up demand!
We have several year-end traditions at PCHH, and this one is so much fun. Your four hosts identify the moments that made our year amazing. Not your basic top ten list. (I am confident that my final pick is probably on very few year-end lists.)
2025 Pop Culture Favorites
Podcast Episode · Pop Culture Happy Hour · 12/04/2025 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We have several year-end traditions at PCHH, and this one is so much fun. Your four hosts identify the moments that made our year amazing. Not your basic top ten list. (I am confident that my final pick is probably on very few year-end lists.)
This is so obviously menacing *and* foolish that the first time I saw this quote, I assumed it was someone talking about what someone *else’s* business model was, because nobody would say this about their own product. True story!
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is so obviously menacing *and* foolish that the first time I saw this quote, I assumed it was someone talking about what someone *else’s* business model was, because nobody would say this about their own product. True story!
The Somali community was well-established in Minnesota when I lived there in the late ‘90s and early aughts. The vitriol being directed at them is just as dangerous as any attack on any other group would be. Turning people against their neighbors only hurts communities.
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Somali community was well-established in Minnesota when I lived there in the late ‘90s and early aughts. The vitriol being directed at them is just as dangerous as any attack on any other group would be. Turning people against their neighbors only hurts communities.
I honestly can’t think of anything the traditional dudes masculinity pundits imagine when they think about Real Men would find more ridiculous than masculinity pundits.
December 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I honestly can’t think of anything the traditional dudes masculinity pundits imagine when they think about Real Men would find more ridiculous than masculinity pundits.
There are men out there being told that THIS is why women don’t want to have sex with them, and that is very sad.
Yes where else could men possibly receive this scorching insight
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There are men out there being told that THIS is why women don’t want to have sex with them, and that is very sad.
I don’t need any more information about Tarantino’s opinions as long as I live. Truly. If he wants to make movies, he should go make movies! But sharing what Tarantino said *on Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast* is like a turducken of I Absolutely Do Not Care Even Slightly.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I don’t need any more information about Tarantino’s opinions as long as I live. Truly. If he wants to make movies, he should go make movies! But sharing what Tarantino said *on Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast* is like a turducken of I Absolutely Do Not Care Even Slightly.
I get it — but ultimately, somebody (by which I mean several people) should watch the thing, all the way through, while paying attention, and see if it’s right before they post it. Looking specifically for stuff like aspect ratio and extra business on the edges! That’s an incredibly modest ask.
actual news, which seems extremely plausible:
(also - the customer shouldn't have to care whose fault it is - Lionsgate hasn't been promoting the hell out of this show, it's been HBO Max, which has a certain amount of responsibility in ensuring its programming is accurate)
bsky.app/profile/eric...
(also - the customer shouldn't have to care whose fault it is - Lionsgate hasn't been promoting the hell out of this show, it's been HBO Max, which has a certain amount of responsibility in ensuring its programming is accurate)
bsky.app/profile/eric...
UPDATE: This actually wasn't HBO Max's fault.
Source tells me incorrect files were delivered to HBO Max. Lionsgate is working on getting them the right files now and those corrected files will be posted as soon as possible.
updated @vulture.com >>>
www.vulture.com/article/mad-...
Source tells me incorrect files were delivered to HBO Max. Lionsgate is working on getting them the right files now and those corrected files will be posted as soon as possible.
updated @vulture.com >>>
www.vulture.com/article/mad-...
December 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I get it — but ultimately, somebody (by which I mean several people) should watch the thing, all the way through, while paying attention, and see if it’s right before they post it. Looking specifically for stuff like aspect ratio and extra business on the edges! That’s an incredibly modest ask.
The sin here isn’t just this particular thing; it’s that this particular thing suggests such a slapdash and disrespectful approach to the whole project.
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The sin here isn’t just this particular thing; it’s that this particular thing suggests such a slapdash and disrespectful approach to the whole project.
Well, this ridiculous thing is back. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The annual PosCast Holiday Draft: Holiday Villains!
Podcast Episode · The PosCast with Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur · 12/02/2025 · 2h 14m
podcasts.apple.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Well, this ridiculous thing is back. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
It has “Christmas In Hollis” and “Let It Snow.” It has Christmas packing tape and a Christmas tree at a Christmas party. It has a Santa suit and “HO-HO-HO.” It happens at Christmas and involves a visit for Christmas. This is not a hard question.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
It has “Christmas In Hollis” and “Let It Snow.” It has Christmas packing tape and a Christmas tree at a Christmas party. It has a Santa suit and “HO-HO-HO.” It happens at Christmas and involves a visit for Christmas. This is not a hard question.
I see the Affair Of Too Many Z’s has followed the Joe Millionaire arc.
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I see the Affair Of Too Many Z’s has followed the Joe Millionaire arc.
So many things about this are awesome: Every member of the ensemble is fun to watch, the blue suits are perfect against the adorably busy background of the TD, the music is tremendous, the physicality of playing instruments really comes through … just the whole thing is utterly fabulous.
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
So many things about this are awesome: Every member of the ensemble is fun to watch, the blue suits are perfect against the adorably busy background of the TD, the music is tremendous, the physicality of playing instruments really comes through … just the whole thing is utterly fabulous.
Absolutely magical.
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Absolutely magical.
This kid is as much *fun* to watch as anybody in the league.
November 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This kid is as much *fun* to watch as anybody in the league.
Cleaned out the fridge. I feel like after you do that, an elf should appear and clean the rest of the kitchen.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Cleaned out the fridge. I feel like after you do that, an elf should appear and clean the rest of the kitchen.
Reposted by Linda Holmes
Today would have been the 51st birthday of Petra Mayer, who was in charge of NPR’s Book Concierge/ Books We Love for many years and wore her fingers to the bone getting it perfect every year.
Here her colleagues remember her:
www.npr.org/2021/11/16/1...
Here her colleagues remember her:
www.npr.org/2021/11/16/1...
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today would have been the 51st birthday of Petra Mayer, who was in charge of NPR’s Book Concierge/ Books We Love for many years and wore her fingers to the bone getting it perfect every year.
Here her colleagues remember her:
www.npr.org/2021/11/16/1...
Here her colleagues remember her:
www.npr.org/2021/11/16/1...
I am convinced that one reason why NPR’s Books We Love has been so successful is that while it allows you to filter in a bunch of ways, it also emulates elements of browsing. In its regular cover mode, it’s not a list, it’s an array, and when you refresh the page, it shuffles. (1/)
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I am convinced that one reason why NPR’s Books We Love has been so successful is that while it allows you to filter in a bunch of ways, it also emulates elements of browsing. In its regular cover mode, it’s not a list, it’s an array, and when you refresh the page, it shuffles. (1/)
Ah, the accusatory “we,” where rather than describing something the author and others do, it means “you,” and it is meant to describe something others, but certainly not the author, do, which is implied to be wrong or unreasonable.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ah, the accusatory “we,” where rather than describing something the author and others do, it means “you,” and it is meant to describe something others, but certainly not the author, do, which is implied to be wrong or unreasonable.
The world’s neediest dog checks in.
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The world’s neediest dog checks in.
Based on what I saw of this bit, it is classic “technically about discrimination, really about laughing at har-har fat people,” plus he throws in some completely irrelevant mean bullshit about trans people. Being uninterested in him is not complicated. www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Based on what I saw of this bit, it is classic “technically about discrimination, really about laughing at har-har fat people,” plus he throws in some completely irrelevant mean bullshit about trans people. Being uninterested in him is not complicated. www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
I feel like now that it’s after Thanksgiving, I can re-share my FLOP HOUSE episode about RED ONE, in which we discussed seeing things in 4DX, JK Simmons’ workout routine, and how much more annoying this movie would have been with Ryan Reynolds in it. overcast.fm/+AAA93mq5FA8
Ep.#457 – Red One, with Linda Holmes — The Flop House
It’s Christmas in… August?
overcast.fm
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I feel like now that it’s after Thanksgiving, I can re-share my FLOP HOUSE episode about RED ONE, in which we discussed seeing things in 4DX, JK Simmons’ workout routine, and how much more annoying this movie would have been with Ryan Reynolds in it. overcast.fm/+AAA93mq5FA8
My dog appreciates the shout-out. Also: I am really looking forward to this, because I thought this movie was weird and many things about it didn’t work, but Jordan Crucciola on our show convinced me that there are interesting ideas kicking around in it about who benefits from smart technology.
Friend of the show/wonderful human Chris Weitz joins us tomorrow, to discuss his film AFRAID.
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My dog appreciates the shout-out. Also: I am really looking forward to this, because I thought this movie was weird and many things about it didn’t work, but Jordan Crucciola on our show convinced me that there are interesting ideas kicking around in it about who benefits from smart technology.
Brought a stick of butter over to my neighbor for their Thanksgiving prep. I enjoy having neighbors who I can do that stuff with/for.
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Brought a stick of butter over to my neighbor for their Thanksgiving prep. I enjoy having neighbors who I can do that stuff with/for.
Currently playing the Switch game “Unpacking.” In it, you methodically unpack and put everything in its proper place. Very meditative.
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Currently playing the Switch game “Unpacking.” In it, you methodically unpack and put everything in its proper place. Very meditative.