With Ridley Scott’s new movie, Napoleon, out soon and starring Joaquin Phoenix as Bonaparte and Vanessa Kirby as Josephine, much discussion has been prompted over its historical accuracy. If your interest is peaked then you must check out these six books on the Corsican Ogre/Greatest Frenchman (delete as appropriate). Scott has caused much consternation among historians who have taken his comments to heart, so if you want to find out the truth, or their truth, you could do worse than one, or all, of the following titles that cover so many aspects of his extraordinary life.

India and Geopolitics By SL Kanthan Discussion of the emerging multipolar world and the tectonic shifts happening in the world. We are at a crossroads and the next decade will be consequential and even dangerous. I am a geopolitical analyst, columnist, author, blogger, podcaster & Tweeter. ncG1vNJzZmirpZfAta3CpGWcp51kjbS4ypqlraCRow%3D%3D

Welcome to The #Content Report, a newsletter by Vince Mancini. I’ve been writing about movies, culture, and food since the aughts. Now I’m delivering it straight to you, with none of the autoplay videos, takeover ads, or chumboxes of the ad-ruined internet. Support my work and help me bring back the cool internet by subscribing, sharing, commenting, and keeping it real. One of the great things about being just a guy with a newsletter and not “official film critic” from “established site” is that I no longer feel compelled to see every movie.

So much of producing narrative audio seems to be geared towards building a clear structure and giving our listeners a specific perspective. Making more abstract audio, outside the confines of journalism, gives us an opportunity to instead leave listeners with a feeling. Katie Semro makes sound art that blends interviews, sound design and music, and has collaborated with visual artists and galleries.  The composer and performer was invited to make a piece for Sound Scene, an interactive sound festival in Washington DC.

IEM Katowice 2023 came and went a few weeks back, capping off yet another season of professional StarCraft II. Watching Oliveira’s legendary run unfold on a busy Sunday afternoon, I started working on a piece wondering whether a more aggressive tuning philosophy, especially around map pools, was a good direction to head in now that the professional players’ balance council was off and running. Little did I know - I was writing about a game that was dead!