The Will Leitch Experience

This has definitely been one of those weeks when you want to hang onto your kids very tightly.

Here are this week’s stories:

MONDAY
The Thirty: The Most Deserving All-Star on Every Team (MLB.com)

WEDNESDAY
The NBA Draft Is Un-American (New York Magazine)
The Appeal of Simple Rating System (MLB.com)

THURSDAY
The Mariners’ Success Is Less Fun Without a Great Felix Hernandez (MLB.com)
Debate Club: Funniest Genre Spoofs (SYFY Wire)

FRIDAY
Book Review: “Kicks” (The Wall Street Journal)
My Friend Jami Attenberg Asked Me to Write Something For Her Fantastic, Inspirational Newsletter (10,000 Words of Summer)

THE WILL LEITCH SHOW

This week’s guest is Chris Nashawaty, author of “Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story.” Watch it here!

PODCASTS

Grierson & Leitch (subscribe in iTunes)
"Incredibles 2,” “Tag” and wrapping up our Linklater series with “Before Midnight.’

Seeing Red (subscribe in iTunes)
Bernie Miklasz and I are in a dark place.

Waitin’ Since Last Saturday (subscribe in iTunes)
No show this week.

I know every person as they get older looks around the world and says, “it’s all going to hell.” But good lord, this week.

Have a great weekend, everyone, and remember: Kindness covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”