The Saturday List — January 17, 2026

What I'm Watching, Reading, Listening to, and Rediscovering

Hello there! We’re at the third Saturday of 2026, in a month with five Saturdays, and the weather where I am is…well, it’s giving me the vibe that says “curl up with a good [INSERT MEDIA THING HERE] and relax.” So we shall.

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Watching: Jordan Peterson Interviews Scott Adams

We lost Scott Adams this week.

I looked back at my own editorial calendar for this newsletter, and I realized that the very first TSL had a link to this video. Fitting to share today, as it was a treat to hear two of my favorite thinkers on one show.

Fare the well, Scott.

Reading: Art & Money, by Tom Badley

If, at first glance, you read the author’s name and thought “Why did the Mayor of Los Angeles write a book on currency?” you aren’t the only one who made that mistake.

Coincidentally, Mr. Badley references Mr. Bradley in the book.

It’s a coffee table book about one of my interests: paper currency.

I actually started my own collection with the Zimbabwe $100 Trillion Bill, which served as the poster child for hyperinflation — and which I wrote about in that very first issue of TSL — and Tom’s book is about the art of currencies throughout the world, and throughout time. And there’s a nod to how digital currency like Bitcoin and Ethereum have shaped both art and currency.

He’s an artist and designer, has created scores of art projects connected to the field, and it’s a really cool book.

Listening To: Breakfast in America, by Supertramp

Really, Dave?

Yeah, Supertramp is the ultimate throwback to the late 70s for me. Their Breakfast in America remains a classic; released in March of 1979, the album also led to an amazing live performance in Paris in November of that year. Here are four tunes from that performance, starting with “Goodbye, Stranger;” all four of these songs made the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA. (This one hit #15.)

Here’s “The Logical Song,” the band’s highest-charting US hit; it reached #6.

“Breakfast in America” (which was known colloquially as “The Girlfriend Song”). (Oddly, only reached as high as #62.)

And, “Take the Long Way Home,” the fourth single off the album that charted in the USA, hitting #10.

Rediscovering: A Legendary Standup Set from Richard Jeni on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

It must be seen to be believed. It was a debut set. August 5, 1988. Amazing performance.

Enjoy your week(end) and we’ll see you around.