The erosion of documentaries, the 'weird vote', and spotting unhealthy food at the store

Weekly Reads #4

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How Streaming Elevated (and Ruined) Documentaries: A Statistical Analysis

Daniel Parris

| Stat Significant | 10 minute read

Though I covered Daniel’s work in a previous edition of Weekly Reads, I couldn’t help but feature his latest piece on the transformation of the documentary film space—it’s just that good. Always letting the data inform his arguments, Daniel makes the case that as documentaries have become more mainstream, the Netflix-ization (rising popularity) of them has led to the market being flooded with productions lacking quality. If you’re like me (a junkie for documentaries and docuseries), you’re going to want to give this a read!

Read the full post, here.

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Kamala Harris needs weird voters

Nate Silver

| Silver Bulletin | 6 minute read

Do you remember that interesting shift in the narrative from the left when they began to describe everything going on with the right as “weird”? Well, it may have either had a negligible impact or potentially even backfired—the Kamala Harris campaign has lost significant ground in the past week or so.

Nate silver is one of my favorite follows on this platform—he doesn’t miss, ever. He’s a pollster, a statistician, an author and a poker player. His expertise is in politics and probabilities, and he breaks down his take on what the Harris campaign strategy should be as we hit the final stretch into Election Tuesday.

Read the full post, here.

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4 ways to spot unhealthy products at the store

Jack Livaditis

| Modern Wellness | 7 minute read

Much has been said lately about the lack of nutrition in the American diet. I’ve seen this topic discussed on podcasts, in social circles, and even in U.S. congressional hearings. It’s troubling, because not only does the American diet lack nutrition, our foods are also jam-packed with toxic additives.

Luckily, Jack Livaditis—who creates content in the ‘biohacking’ space—is on a mission to educate people on this topic. And in this article, he does just that. I found it not only informative, but useful as a guide for avoiding toxic foods as well. If you’re worried about the foods you’re putting in your body, this is a must-read.

Read the full post, here.

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As always, thank you for reading. I look forward to sharing more of my favorite Substack reads with you—same time next Sunday.

Authentically,

Will