June 20, 2026
What I'm Watching, Reading, Listening to, and Rediscovering This Week
Welcome back to another edition of The Saturday List! Today marks the 33rd consecutive Saturday where we’ve curated some recommendations from around the Internet and elsewhere of things to check out.
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Watching: She Spent a Year Renovating an Abandoned General Store
I am now asking myself…how did I miss this?
No worries, as vlogger Emma Shaye catches us up on her progress taking an abandoned general store and turning it into a home and homestead.
The video below is a 40-minute recap on Year One; and, if you subscribe, you can catch up on what she’s done since.
It’s darn impressive.
Reading: The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss
This may have been the book that brought us the concept of “biohacking.” Timothy Ferriss entered the American psyche with his first book, The 4-Hour Workweek, in 2006 and followed it up in 2010 with The 4-Hour Body. Both were bestsellers.
The subtitle of The 4-Hour Body reads as follows: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman. I’ll leave the last two pieces up to you to review on your own, but I can certainly vouch for the “Rapid Fat-Loss” element.
Ferriss led the charge with what’s called the “Slow-Carb Diet,” which can work — YMMV, talk to your doctor before trying any new diet and all that — by zeroing in on low carbohydrates, high fiber, and giving your body one “cheat day” each week.
The book is chock full of other advice; for example, certain exercises have much more return on time invested than others. (Squats, for instance, are the kind of compound-exercise that, if done correctly, can really pay off.)
Listening to: Oliver Tree (1993-2026)
Singer, songwriter, rapper, artist, producer; Oliver Tree was a man of one bowl cut and many talents.
Oliver Tree died in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, June 14, 2026.
I had not heard any of his music before he died, so, like many others, I am just now discovering his work. I figure his two most popular songs would be worth sharing here.
Here’s “Life Goes On.”
And here’s “Miss You,” which he performed with Robin Schulz.
RIP Oliver.
Rediscovering: Glengarry Glen Ross…And the Legendary Alec Baldwin Scene
I recall seeing this movie for the first time when it arrived in a Netflix envelope. Released in 1992, Glengarry Glen Ross is the movie adaptation of David Mamet’s 1984 play of the same name. It’s profane, raw, and brilliant.
You can find it on quite a few streaming services; here, we’re sharing Alec Baldwin’s scene. That one. “Put that coffee down!”
For some of us, it’s been…a week. For others, maybe the official start of Summer will kick things into a positive gear.
In any event, thanks so much for reading. We’ll talk to y’all next week.
Dave