Sunday, February 15, 2026
The Kwakwaka'wakw Nation Roots Behind the Seahawks Logo
The Adventures of Cliff Booth
The Rise of Bad Bunny and Producing a Super Bowl Halftime Show
The Atlantic - "How Bad Bunny Did It"
"At the center of Bad Bunny’s sound is the rhythm that has ruled Latin American pop for decades: reggaeton, which marries dancehall and rap in crisp, minimalist fashion. Inspiring partying often with just a drum machine and a vocalist, reggaeton first flourished as the sound of working-class urban life in Puerto Rico. “This is where I was born, and so was reggaeton, just so you know,” Bad Bunny boasts in Spanish in one song.
He also grew up as a highly online Millennial at a time when American pop culture was ruled by Fall Out Boy’s pop punk, Lady Gaga’s synth pop, and Drake’s rap blues. All of those touchstones now inform his maximalist take on reggaeton. In any given Bad Bunny song, the melodies roll and sway between emo dejection and childlike glee, the electronic beats call to mind Nintendo games, and the low end churns as ominously as a lava pit. Bad Bunny’s vocal tone is unique: husky and flat, peppered with gasps and grunts, and shimmering with digital effects. He sounds like a ringmaster in a futuristic circus, and you don’t need to know Spanish to feel that a thrilling story is unfolding."
New York Times - "Super Bowl Halftime Is the World’s Biggest Stage. He Designs It."
The Re-Rise of Bathhouses
Bloomberg - "Why We’re All Trading Happy Hours for the Bathhouse
By Madison Darbyshire and Eleanor Thornber
Previously,
The Sauna Lifestyle of Northern Minnesota (Jan. 25)
The Rise of Hunting
Bloomberg - "Can a Return to Hunting Change How America Eats?"
By Madison Darbyshire
"Wild game hunting has gained popularity across the US in the past five years, as the pandemic pushed people to seek
outdoor activity and popular podcasters such as Joe Rogan and Theo Von became outspoken fans of the sport. Social media platforms — and that same podcast manoverse — allowed internet-famous hunters such as Steven Rinella, Cam Hanes, Adam Greentree and Donnie Vincent to build huge followings.
Rogan and others in the Make America Healthy Again-aligned world have framed wild game as part of a protein-heavy diet, making it more fashionable with a type of supplement-loving American man. But while hunting has long been popular in some regions of the US, guides say new demand for hunts is coming from the coasts and tech centers such as Austin. "











