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A bite-sized daily podcast from the Culture and The Goods teams at Vox that goes wherever our (and your!) pop culture and consumerism curiosities take us. Hear the stories behind the news and trends, get personal about purchases, and find your next book or binge watch. New episodes daily, Monday to Friday. Each 15 minutes or less.

Vox Quick Hits

We’re going to make this goodbye short and sweet: Vox Quick Hits is ending. 
All of us from the Vox Culture Desk and the team at The Goods want to thank you for following our work and tuning in to Tell Me More, Ask a Book Critic, The Best Money I Ever Spent and What to Watch. You can still keep up with us on vox.com.
Vox Quick Hits was made by...
Hosts: 

Constance Grady

Meredith Haggerty

Rebecca Jennings

Alanna Okun

Emily Stewart

Emily VanDerWerff

Alissa Wilkinson

Producers: Sofi Lalonde and Schuyler Swenson
Senior Producer: Taylor Maycan
Engineers: Paul Robert Mounsey 
Editors: Julia Rubin and Jen Trolio
Executive Producer: Liz Kelly Nelson
Thanks so much for listening.
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A quick goodbye (and thank you!)

Everything you should have watched this summer as recommended — for the final time — by Vox's film critic Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and critic at large Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw). Thanks for listening to What to Watch. If you enjoyed the show, please rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.

Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw)
Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan)
Engineer: Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions)
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What you should have watched this summer | What to Watch

Writer Gray Chapman tells us why a dinner of oysters, caviar, and champagne the night before she gave birth was the best $298 she ever spent. 

Link to essay: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22456529/best-money-birth-c-section-oysters-cocktail 

Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
 
Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app.

This episode was made by: 

- Editor: Alanna Okun (@alanna)

- Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde)

- Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey

Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts
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Cocktails and caviar before my C-section | The Best Money I Ever Spent

For our very last episode, a listener asked for books with disabled protagonists. Specifically, characters whose disability is not their defining trait. Ask a Book Critic will continue in text form, so don’t stop sending your requests! Check out vox.com/ask-a-book-critic. Thank you for listening! 
Constance recommends: 

The Cormoran Strike books by Robert Galbraith

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel

Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles

 
If you’re looking for a book recommendation, you can email constance.grady@vox.com — and be sure to use the subject line “Ask a Book Critic.” 
 
Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
 
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How to find yourself in a book | Ask a Book Critic

Writer Mae Rice goes to Starbucks every day. She tells us why she has no plans to stop.

Link to essay: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/9/18296792/starbucks-habit-millennials-money 

Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
 
Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app.

This episode was made by: 

Editor: Alanna Okun (@alanna)

Producers: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde)

Engineer: Cristian Ayala

Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts
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$20,000 on Starbucks | The Best Money I Ever Spent

HBO’s hit series The White Lotus takes the darkly comedic mind of creator Mike White and turns it loose on an elite resort in Hawaii. It’s a very funny, very engrossing look at the global mega-rich, with phenomenal performances up and down the cast list. And you can watch all six episodes right now.

Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
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What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts

Episode by: 

- Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw)

- Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan)

- Engineer: Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions) 

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Welcome to The White Lotus | What to Watch

A listener asks for help with getting out of a reading rut. A voracious reader as a child, they now need some help falling in love with reading again. Vox Book Critic Constance Grady recommends big, grab-you-by-the-throat books to help us all rediscover our love of reading. Plus, hear some of Constance’s conversation with Tamsyn Muir from their Vox Book Club Zoom event.
Constance recommends:

The Carry On series by Rainbow Rowell

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

The Shadow and Bone series by Leigh Bardugo

Sorcery and Cecilia: Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Caroline Stevermer and Patricia Wrede

Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth of the Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

If you’re looking for a book recommendation, you can email constance.grady@vox.com – Be sure to use the subject line “Ask a Book Critic.” 
 
Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
 
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Help me love reading again | Ask a Book Critic

Three movies and a TV show perfect for back-to-school season. 

Alissa’s picks:

‘Legally Blonde’ 

‘Approaching the Elephant’

Emily’s picks: 

‘Community’ 

‘To Have and To Be’

Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app.

What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts

Episode by: 

- Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw)

- Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan)

- Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey 
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Back to school | What to Watch

Writer Doree Shafrir explains why she and her husband spent $3,000 on dog training for their unruly yet deeply loved dog, Beau. 

Link to essay: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/9/20677946/doree-shafrir-dog-training-best-money

Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
 
Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Quick Hits by subscribing in your favorite podcast app.

This episode was made by: 

- Editor: Alanna Okun (@alanna)

- Producers: Sofi LaLonde and Schuyler Swenson 

- Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey

Support Vox Quick Hits by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts
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$3,000 on dog training | The Best Money I Ever Spent

CODA is a heartwarming coming-of-age story about a teen, her dreams, and her deaf family. In theaters now and streaming on Apple TV+.

What to Watch has new episodes every Friday. Support the show by rating Vox Quick Hits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts, or by making a financial contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts 
 
Episode by: 
Hosts: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw)
Producer: Taylor Maycan (@taylormaycan)
Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey
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CODA | What to Watch

Poorer countries have received less than 1 percent of the Covid-19 vaccines distributed around the world. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what the WHO is calling a “catastrophic moral failure.”﻿
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Vaccine hoarding | Today, Explained in 10

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