Curated Letter N°19
January&February 2023 Edition
A curated selection of what matters now—because confidence grows with insIghts
My Dear Friends,
Some weeks call for soft cashmere and voice strong opinions. Curated Letter gets you ready to do both. Here’s your edit of what’s worth knowing, worth reading, and certainly worth an intelligent chat with others. Wrap yourself in some cashmere, take the letter´s shortcut to noteworthy news—because confidence grows with curated insights
Confidence is an important currency, and curated insights are a tested tool to stockpile this vital currency. Until next month.
– Yours, Harper
Bookology
When you’re in the mood to feel informed, entertained, or ever-so-slightly superior, these reads do the trick without boredom or hassle.
Podtails
Listening suggestions for darker mornings, longer evenings, and that strange season when everyone seems to have the urge to rebrand and grow their confidence.
Maintenance Phase
Wellness and weight loss,
debunked and decoded
The ‘wellness’ industry is crawling with snake-oil salesmen hocking miracle cures. Maintenance Phase is here to help sort fact from fiction with its funny, erudite look at the BS clouding the market. From fad diets to vibrators and fat-shaming to whatever Gwyneth Paltrow’s doing at every moment, the show is here to demystify an extremely complicated topic in a way we can all understand.
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Philosophy Bites
Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds invite guests for great intros to the debates, thinkers and thoughts that have shaped our world.
Engaging and thought-provoking conversations with leading philosophers on a selection of major philosophical issues that affect our lives. Subjects include pleasure, pain, and humour; consciousness and the self; free will, responsibility, and punishment; the meaning of life and the afterlife.
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Money for the rest of us
This podcast explains how money systems work and how to invest in them.
The focus is on teaching the listener how to understand the financial world we live in, in a simple-to-understand manner. Worth listening to, where ever you come from, despite the very U.S.-focused approach.
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Obsessed
“Did you hear about XYZ …………” It’s the beginning of many conversations that slip into a dinner party–make sure you are never left out; stay in the loop.
Cosy Living
With people spending more time at home, soft lighting and squishy sofas are increasingly in demand – yet cosy living is about more than just décor. Our global interest in all things cosy – from fluffy slippers and crackling fires to twinkly lights and indoor jungles – has soared during the pandemic.
Submarines
Submarines are the new yachts, Ray Dalio and Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron have bought an equity stake in a submarine maker that allows the ultra-wealthy yachting class to explore the remotest parts of the planet.
Questionable
Call it a shift, a ripple, or a full-blown pivot- here’s what caught my eye and might spark an interesting discussion!
January Wisdom
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker.