Over the holidays, we spent a week at our friends’ house before the memorial service for my in-laws, who recently passed away. Our friends live in an immaculate house. Everything has its place, and every place has its purpose… except for the small things, which baffled me. It wasn't just one thing that didn’t make sense, but a dozen little things. Because everything else was so pristine, that just made them stick out more.

MY SMILE GROWS as the stall owner piles handful after handful pomegranate seeds into the juicer and I watch a pint of deep ruby red pomegranate juice pouring into my glass. Sweet yet sour, tart and tangy. With each sip, I swear I can feel the juice seeping into my body, replenishing, recharging, restoring. I should explain. I’m in Kathmandu, Nepal. Just back from a 21 day trek to Base Camp Everest, my body is completely depleted, drained of energy and craving fruit.

Nikhil and I recently had an interesting discussion with Carbon Health CEO Eren Bali on Carbon Health’s journey from software to clinics, tech strategy and future plans. You can listen to our conversation on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Eren described Carbon’s journey from a tool to share complex cases to a new EHR to actually running clinics including how they designed an EHR from scratch and thought about selling software vs building clinics.

In the four years since releasing their self-titled EP, Scowl have shown a sense of fearlessness and exploration that have made them one of hardcore’s most talked-about bands. But along with that newfound attention comes a persistent feeling of scrutiny, and while singer Kat Moss has been dealing with much of it in private, she recently made headlines for issuing a sharp and very public rebuke of some of the more egregious criticism—and specifically, the clearly gendered accusations of Scowl being “industry plants.

February 12, 2024 Bob Edwards, who led NPR ’s Morning Edition for two and a half decades, has died at 76 years old, NPR confirmed Monday morning. The newscaster’s voice narrated the morning rundown for millions of Americans between 1979 and his retirement from the show in 2004, sharing the news with generations of Americans. In a statement, NPR’s CEO John Lansing added, “As an NPR listener myself, I will always remember Bob Edwards’ deep warm baritone and the confident ease of his delivery.