A Drink With a Friend Tsh Oxenreider

It's June, which means Seth and Tsh are at the end of their first of the year challenges. Seth updates us on what he's learned being away from social media for six months, what he'll do differently, and what he misses. Tsh chimes in on her reflections about using our phones as instruments instead of devices so that the internet returns to how it works best: as a bicycle for the mind. 

Seth: Newsletter | Website
Tsh: Newsletter | Website
Pick up a round of drinks
Come to Italy with us
Our recommended reads
The Life We’re Looking For, by Andy Crouch
Digital Minimalism, by Cal Newport
Mohamed El-Erian on Twitter
Stephanie Duncan Smith on Instagram
Man and His Symbols, by Carl Jung
The Liturgy of the Hours, from Word on Fire

Hobbies aren't just the things we do whenever we have spare time — they're actually important to our health. The things we do just because we enjoy them, staying at amateur status for the love of the craft, starting at the beginning and learning from zero, make us more of who we're made to be. Seth and Tsh each share some of their favorite hobbies and why they're so important to them.

Seth: Newsletter | Website
Tsh: Newsletter | Website
Pick up a round of drinks
Come to Italy with us
Our recommended reads
Leisure: The Basis of Culture, by Josef Pieper
Band of Brothers
Vivian Maier

Seth moseys by a river and sits among the birds to explain what's up this week. He and Tsh be back next week with a new episode! Stay tuned.

Both Seth and Tsh became Catholic just a few years ago, as adults after a lifetime of being Protestant. Why? ...That's the question they get asked by many of you ALL the time. In this episode, they dip their toes in the water of answering this massive question that doesn't have just one answer, focusing first more on Tsh's journey. (This will likely be an ongoing series, peppered throughout other chats...) 

Seth: Newsletter | Website
Tsh: Newsletter | Website
Pick up a round of drinks
Come to Italy with us — $250 off when you register by May 31, 2022!
Our recommended reads
Pink House Alchemy 
Tsh’s Catholic research 
Fr. Mike on ‘why be Catholic and not just Christian’
How to Read (and Write) Like a Catholic, by Joshua Hren
Henri Cartier-Bresson

It's the end of the school year, and May is always nuts. When life feels flustered, it's grounding to remember the ordinary things adding beauty to our days. Seth and Tsh each share what they're currently reading, watching, and listening to that are bringing them more joy and insight.

Seth: Newsletter | Website
Tsh: Newsletter | Website
Pick up a round of drinks
Come to Italy with us — $250 off when you register by May 31, 2022!
Our recommended reads
Tsh's Summer 2022 playlist ​​ 
The Black Keys, Typhoon, Jason Isbell, & S. Carey's Paralyzed
Learning the Good Life, edited by Jessica Hooten Wilson & Jacob Stratman  
The Wall Street Journal
Principles for Dealing With The Changing World Order, by Ray Dalio
Cultivating Catholic Feminism video series
Inventing Anna on Netflix 
Under the Banner of Heaven on Hulu 
Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer 

How do we connect with people when our differences are exacerbated by algorithms and echo chambers? Seth and Tsh are joined around the table by their friends Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart-Holland from the podcast Pantsuit Politics — together, they chat about what it looks like to listen and learn from others when it feels like we disagree on almost everything.

Beth and Sarah's podcast, Pantsuit Politics
Their new book, Now What?
Seth: Newsletter | Website
Tsh: Newsletter | Website
Pick up a round of drinks
Come to Italy with us — $250 off when you register by May 31, 2022!
Our recommended reads
Conflict is Not Abuse, by Sarah Schulman
The Biggest Little Farm
i thank you god for most this amazing, by e.e. cummings
Southland in the Springtime, by Indigo Girls
Glow Up on Netflix