Things You Should Like: Recent Episodes
Miguel Meruje
Things You Should Like is a weekly podcast on things that I love and that you should like, about the good things in life with an emphasis on art and culture. For both new discoveries that deserve to be shared and for random knowledge that I have accumulated throughout my life. Topics include artworks, songs, texts and books, people, places, food, objects and memories. Hosted by Miguel Meruje. Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast #thingsyoushouldlike
Episode 17 of Things You Should Like comes after a very justified hiatus. Life has become more hectic, but with two very bright rays of joy that we welcomed into the world. On this episode, Miguel talks about happiness, doubts, the present and the future, all while having to take care of two bottomless mouths.
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The third episode of Things You Should Like is now live. The topic is Bond International, a shop in London's Soho that is long gone but not forgotten, a mainstay of a different era, whose front bench served as a social hub for an international community.
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The second episode of Things You Should Like is about Sushi, a reception at San Francisco's city hall and a youthful delight towards what was an exotic food for uncultured taste buds.
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The first episode is dedicated to a painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner, a portrait of Napoleon in exile on the island of Saint Helena. Curiosity leads us to take a look at a small animal on the rock, a limpet. As he conquered Europe and beyond, power evaded Napoleon too, an intriguing personality whose destiny should teach us something.
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Things You Should Like takes a darker turn in episode 15, with a cinematic masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick, his final movie Eyes Wide Shut, released in 1999. With a script based on 'Dream Story', a novella written by Arthur Schnitzler, the Christmas setting is the background for an emotionally turbulent rollercoaster that features eerie music, an array of vanishing characters and people being left behind. All this, wrapped in beautifully shot scenes and remarkable characters that face the consequences of their actions — or is it all a dream?
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A literary episode for episode 14 of Things You Should Like, as we travel back to 17th century Spain and a compilation of 300 aphorisms by Baltasar Gracián titled The Pocket Oracle & Art of Prudence. His witty sayings have plenty of pieces of wisdom that have lasted through the ages and are still helpful today, as our host found out when he recently translated this book for an upcoming edition.
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Episode 13 of Things You Should Like profiles Wallpaper* Magazine, the long-running design publication that branches into other areas, namely sustainability and architecture, and where our host worked many years ago.
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A new episode of Things You Should Like to start the week. Number 5 is about Mark's Inc. and two of their products, the Storage.It notebooks and the Tout Les Jours pens.
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This week, the fourth episode is about a Los Angeles restaurant and institution near Western Avenue and Pico Boulevard, Dino's Famous Chicken.
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In Episode 16 of Things You Should Like we take a look at the remarkable verse by Inspectah Deck on the Wu Tang Clan song Triumph. In 1997, the group picked Triumph as the lead single of their sophomore album, shooting an expensive music video for a song that didn't even have a chorus. The first rapper was Inspectah Deck, who used it as a showcase, not just for his lyrical mastery, but also for a lesson in how to flow through the instrumental.
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Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 6 of Things You Should Like is about the book Hunger by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. The narrator, a journalist called Tangen, wanders around Kristiania in 1890, as Oslo was known at the time of writing. More than a century later, the same city was the setting for some enjoyable moments, including reading Hunger there.
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Episode 7 of Things You Should Like is about the architectural masterpiece Maison de Verre. Located in Paris, France, this house of glass was created by Pierre Chareau, Bernard Bijvoet and Louis Dalbet for Dr. Alsace — as his medical clinic but also his family home. This machine for living was built in 1932 but it is still gorgeous a century later.
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Episode 8 of Things You Should Like is about the London book publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions. Their excellent international catalogue of authors is matched by a clean and effective book design that makes the books stand out from the shelves with their simplicity and encourage the discovery of new authors published by them. As essays have white covers and fiction has blue ones reminiscent of the International Klein Blue, the episode ends with a little detour about that pigment.
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Episode 9 of Things You Should Like is about the West End staging of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, which our host kept returning for multiple performances even though his preference is for books over live theater and which pretty much renders every other play since then meaningless.
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Episode 11 of Things You Should Like is about Vanilla Coke. While praising the silkiness of the soda, we take a dive into the history of vanilla and the origin of the beans out of orchids near the Equator.
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Episode 12 of Things You Should Like has a summery feeling, as the topic is riads, the high-walled houses in old towns converted into small hotels with relaxing features such as orange trees, fountains, silence and small pools.
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The 10th Episode of Things You Should Like is focused on the collection of tapestries known as The Hunt of the Unicorn. The intricate details of the painted flora is expanded by the narrative divided in seven different moments. The chivalric tradition was portrayed in these flat figures, however, the artworks are peppered with allegories of purity and restraint that are timeless.
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Things You Should Like takes a darker turn in episode 15, with a cinematic masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick, his final movie Eyes Wide Shut, released in 1999. With a script based on 'Dream Story', a novella written by Arthur Schnitzler, the Christmas setting is the background for an emotionally turbulent rollercoaster that features eerie music, an array of vanishing characters and people being left behind. All this, wrapped in beautifully shot scenes and remarkable characters that face the consequences of their actions — or is it all a dream?
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
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www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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A literary episode for episode 14 of Things You Should Like, as we travel back to 17th century Spain and a compilation of 300 aphorisms by Baltasar Gracián titled The Pocket Oracle & Art of Prudence. His witty sayings have plenty of pieces of wisdom that have lasted through the ages and are still helpful today, as our host found out when he recently translated this book for an upcoming edition.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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This week, the fourth episode is about a Los Angeles restaurant, and institution near Western Avenue and Pico Boulevard.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
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www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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The first episode of Things You Should Like podcast is again available. The topic is a limpet in Turner's painting featuring Napoleon in exhile.
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Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
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Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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The second episode of Things You Should Like podcast is now live. The topic is sushi, sashimi and San Francisco.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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The third episode of Things You Should Like is now live. The topic is Bond International, a shop in London that is long gone.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 6 of Things You Should Like is about the book Hunger by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. The narrator, a journalist called Tangen, wanders around Kristiania in 1890, as Oslo was known at the time of writing. More than a century later, the same city was the setting for some enjoyable moments, including reading Hunger there.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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A new episode of Things You Should Like. Number 5 is about Mark's Inc. and two of their products, the Storage.It notebooks and the Tout Les Jours pens.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 13 of Things You Should Like profiles Wallpaper* Magazine, the long-running design publication that branches into other areas, namely sustainability and architecture, and where our host worked many years ago.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 12 of Things You Should Like has a summery feeling, as the topic is riads, the high-walled houses in old towns converted into small hotels with relaxing features such as orange trees, fountains, silence and small pools.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 11 of Things You Should Like is about Vanilla Coke. While praising the silkiness of the soda, we take a dive into the history of vanilla and the origin of the beans out of orchids near the Equator.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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The 10th Episode of Things You Should Like is focused on the collection of tapestries known as The Hunt of the Unicorn. The intricate details of the painted flora is expanded by the narrative divided in seven different moments. The chivalric tradition was portrayed in these flat figures, however, the artworks are peppered with allegories of purity and restraint that are timeless.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 9 of Things You Should Like is about the West End staging of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, which our host kept returning for multiple performances even though his preference is for books over live theater and which pretty much renders every other play since then meaningless.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 8 of Things You Should Like is about the London book publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions. Their excellent international catalogue of authors is matched by a clean and effective book design that makes the books stand out from the shelves with their simplicity and encourage the discovery of new authors published by them. As essays have white covers and fiction has blue ones reminiscent of the International Klein Blue, the episode ends with a little detour about that pigment.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 7 of Things You Should Like is about the architectural masterpiece Maison de Verre. Located in Paris, France, this house of glass was created by Pierre Chareau, Bernard Bijvoet and Louis Dalbet for Dr. Alsace — as his medical clinic but also his family home. This machine for living was built in 1932 but it is still gorgeous a century later.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 6 of Things You Should Like is about the book Hunger by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. The narrator, a journalist called Tangen, wanders around Kristiania in 1890, as Oslo was known at the time of writing. More than a century later, the same city was the setting for some enjoyable moments, including reading Hunger there.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 5 of Things You Should Like is about two products made by Japanese brand Mark's Inc.: the Storage.It notebooks and the Tout Les Jours pens, including a brief mention about a café in the Parisian district that is perfect to take some notes while watching people going by.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 4 of Things You Should Like is about the Los Angeles restaurant Dino's Famous Chicken, serving the working class local community in Pico Boulevard.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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Episode 3 of Things You Should Like is about the London shop Bond International and how its bench worked as a social club for a youth culture that was still in development at the time.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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On the very first episode of Things You Should Like the topic is a limpet in a painting by J. M. W. Turner.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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The second episode of Things You Should like is about the first taste of sashimi in San Francisco.
Things You Should Like
Hosted by Miguel Meruje
Contact: thingsyoushouldlikepodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: @thingsyoushouldlikepodcast
thingsyoushouldlike
www.buymeacoffee.com/tysl
Intro and Outro Track by Marlow Digs
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