The news continues to be heartbreaking and overwhelming. And in New York City, where the majority of the Jezebel staff lives, it’s forecasted to rain for the seventh weekend in a row—which is not helping a general sense of impending doom. Elsewhere in the country, athletes are buying houses; Texas is suing a city for funding reproductive health; Republicans keep lying; people are trying to read Julia Fox’s memoir; and our government is seemingly collapsing from the inside. It’s been a long, cold, lonely winter, but yet it’s only October.
However you’re choosing to spend this weekend, we hope you’re giving your nervous systems a respite. Here are the podcasts, books, and music we’ve been using to calm our souls.
